This might just be the best day of my working life. The nut-job launch event for the Pirelli P7 Corsa Classic was pure, Italian, chaotic genius with Markku Alen and Juha Kankkunen. Watch and smile.
I do the exact same thing. Watching those guys behind the wheel of those cars driving the way they do I think to myself my God what would it have been like when they were in their prime, you couldn't have nailed my butt into one of those cars with them. I love it when Chris is in the 037 and he says " That's Fast" 3 times in a row....lmao! Eyes bugging out
@@Juniper458 So true. Absolutely zero cognitive load dedicated to not looking like he's having a stroke. He's too busy driving the balls off the car to care what his face is doing.
When i was 7 in 1977 my dad , was the managing director of Public Relations at Pirelli in England. Dad took me up to Silverstone where there was some rally car show on . He fixed me up with a ride in the Alitalia Stratos around the track , driven by the man himself ... Sandro Munari! I was only 7 so i don't remember many details but i haven't forgotten about that little adventure ever since. Thanks for this video ...thanks Daddy..Rest in peace❤
I couldn't agree with you more.. And Chris Harris has the best job learning so much from Pro's like this. Once Old timers like this pass on. We lose a big part of history, and extreme talent..
To be honest, the drivers on most fronts aren't that bad either. Most of them are decent. An exception is Formula One maybe. There are a considerable number of drivers there that I wouldn't like to be around.
The finns will always be chill no matter what they drive. Out of all the nationalities i have met the finns and canadians have by far the highest like/dislike ratio
Renzsu yeah it did. It started making cynically shit cars noone in their right mind would buy. You could watch a lancia rust while the oil quietly stained your driveway. Shitboxes selling on the name.
Do not forget that behind all these glorious times was the Abarth racing team. Fiat held only the "Lancia" as a good brand name that time after the merger in 1969. The Abarth became the Fiats Group official racing department.
@@Tsagami It's a shame, really. The Stratos, the 037 and the Delta S4 were mental machines. I wouldn't mind owning either of those. But then again they probably wouldn't be as easy to live with as the Mighty Quattro. It really is a pity they got abandoned for Abarth. Although the 037 also has a couple of scorpions on it.
Jesus... Agreed... I'd forgotten how bloody awesome those old time rally monsters sounded. Old rally drivers don't fade away, they just spend their time making us mere mortals look like learners!
I only wish the editor had used more onboard footage. That bit when Chris went 'That was fast' - would have been great to see the car going through the corner.
I have met my compatriot Juha Kankkunen a couple of years ago. When I approached him, I only thought of meeting one of my childhood heros and a 4 times World Champion. Almost all of that was "forgotten" immediately, because he was such a gentleman, polite, considerate, easy to approach and relaxed, a thoroughly nice person. The best and also a funny part was that it started to rain and as I was standing outside of a ground-level veranda and Juha was standing under a balcony about a meter away from me, he pulled me away from the rain to keep me from getting wet. A small gesture, yet a very nice and a genuine one,too. What a great ambassador for the sport and for Finland. He made one fan very happy that day. :D
They say you should never meet your heroes as you may not like what you find in person. Always nice to read a story that proves this bit of "conventional wisdom" to sometimes be untrue.
still my favourite Chris Harris vid, must've watched it 30 times or more and its still as impressive as the first time. hero day, hero cars just properly proper stuff :-)
+GTTeancum I agree that Ferrari 2.4 L V6 is probably the best sounding V6 ever , a lot of that noise is also induction noise since the rally stratos runs triple Weber DCNF Carbs with no sort of air filters usually
Street Racers UK I can believe that. Paolo Andreucci is a monster behind the wheel. Go and watch some onboard videos from the Italian Rally Championship
adm194 Audi Quattro was fantastic, but here we are celebrating the legend of Lancia, who ruled the Rally World Championships for 20 years with at least 4 different generation of cars... 4 and 6 cylinders, 2 or 4 WD, with and w/out Turbo, Turbo+Supercharger, 8 or 16 valves, carburators or electronic injection... Lancia retired from Rallies in 1992 for manifest superiority, German fanboys should only respect it this glorious brand!
Was actually given to me by my Finnish driving instructor when I seemed to be veeeeery unpleased about the performance of the schools car while flooring it to a highway ramp for the first time....haha. Very applicable in motorspots!!!
+ThatOneGuy Lancia is Red (like Ferrari and Alfa) not because brand colour is Red. Red is Italian official colour for Motorsport (and speed sports in general like downhill race or bobsleigh for example). Italy Red, British green, Germany white.. etc
The way all of these drivers smile when they finish the stage is just Motorsport at its finest, I was smiling with them. Absolutely beautiful machines, and truly brilliant drivers.
I keep coming back to this vid every now and then. its truly one of the best iv ever seen, its got an aura surrounding it that iv not seen in other vids.... god bless group B and those that lived the dream, and chris harris for his best vid and hes not even driving,
We had a Lancia Fulvia 1.3 in the 70s in our family, pity not a HF, it was too expensive for us, the maintenace and the insurance just out of reach. When I see a Lancia, no matter wich one, it beings back lovely memories, Lancias of the late 40s and early 50s were the cars that we Italians liked to have as workmanship was at its best, elegant and very reliable. Not to forget the F1 Lancia D50 that Ferrari used to win the world championship in 1957 with Juan Manuel Fangio. It is a great pity that such a make after winning 10 world rally championships, Fiat decided to just put and end to this historic lame. We Italians will always have Lancia in our heart. Lovely video, thans a lot Mr Chris Harris.
What impresses me the most is the calm demeanor of the older drivers. None of the drama and attitude of young drivers, just all business. Very impressive.
These were the guys who taught the guys that taught us. If you think that's scary, imagine how they would be driving in their prime in 1985 with pacenotes so they don't have to hold back.
@@nightowlrally To be honest, all three would know those roads very well indeed. As Markku said after his drive, he first drove the Stratos on the San Remo. The same roads were used in Juha's day, and of course, in the Italian Championships, Paulo would have driven the road several times a season...
I can't imagine what it was like to ride with these legendary drivers, this would have left me speechless and drooling on myself with my heart exploding out of my chest and shorts full of you know what. Incredible once in a lifetime experience, and a pleasure to watch.
Absolutely not the same games. Like apples vs oranges. I deeply admire both kind of drivers. Can't say the same for NASCAR drivers though: Dorks in dork "cars" involved in dork demolition derbys. Clowns.
@@paulcaswell2813 haha nope! Audi’s are too front heavy to do a wheelie and rally cars aren’t not designed to do that, it would have to be rwd like the Stratos, a Stratos would wheelie if it had like 900hp
*This is INTENSE!!* Absolutely phenomenal!! This gets your adrenaline flowing just by watching it!! Even Chris Harris seemed a bit overwhelmed!! Talk about thrill rides!! Wow!!
I had that thought too. This is a guy who's driven nearly everything there is to drive, and when Juha got on the throttle his initial response was "dear God!" Really makes you appreciate what a monster the S4 was. The other thing I noticed about the S4 section was from the bumper-level view just after 7:26. Just watch the motion of the scenery going by, and how fast it picks up when he punches the throttle. At first I actually thought the video had been sped up for a quick flythrough of the course, but if you listen to the engine during that burst of speed and through the next turn, the car's motion syncs up with it, and the engine's pitch sounds normal. So it really is (apparently) gathering speed that quickly. Just unreal.
You are very right...good observation. I watched it again and at the 7:26 mark, it is noticeable how quickly it accelerates. Absolutely phenomenal! I am also so impressed at how they drive these cars so fast around such twisty, tight turns! So much talent...and experience! 👍 😎
Jim Griffin Damn I really miss the group B, there were some brave drivers back then and the cars were beasts! U really needed them balls! And the audi, the noise and sheer power was amazing! Had the luck of seeing some stages back in the 80's, still remember them like yesterday!
This is The best video that include cars on youtube ever. Chris Harris, you describe cars, their handling, preformance and everything that's important about driving like no one else. Surreal is the word for your describing and you almost put me in front of steering wheel in some of your videos. Thank you Chris Harris and please continue you legacy.
I don't really know why, but i get a tear in the corner of my eye when i watch this. Maybe because i will probably never get the trill to se these wounders in person. Or maybe i just miss my old Lancia...
You subconsciously try to turn your thoughts into words with your tongue, so biting your tongue means you can focus that wasted brain power on more important things like not crashing and dying.
MIKEK3NT It wasn’t that kind of event. Those cars are worth too much to have anyone but one of the former or current WRC drivers at those speeds on narrow tarmac like that. Chris Harris is a good driver but he is not a rally racer. The difference in driving ability is actually quite staggering from just about anyone who just drives around recreationally to the near-godlike touch WRC drivers have; I doubt Chris would truly begrudge that comment as the better driver you become the more you realize you don’t know shit about driving at the truly best-5 to 10 on the whole planet level.
Chris was more than comfortable sitting in car with the drivers he grew up with idolizing - the actual rally legends. I think he was afraid when it was Paolo´s turn to drive. That´s not necessarily a good thing is it.
@@liekkilada If I was able to sit in one of those cars with any rally legend. I'd want him to rip the arse out of the stage in it, I wouldn't give a fuck if I returned. I'd happily die in the chapel of engineering perfecton that is the group B car.
When I first started watching and saw that the video was 16+ minutes long, I thought I'd scan through and catch the good parts. Well, I kept watching in the entire video and couldn't believe it was over, "already". What a priceless experience!!! Thanks for sharing.
That is one of the best Chris Harris videos ever. Extraordinary. Says a bloke who's owned a couple of Fulvias and an Integrale and now drives an Alfa Giulietta QV ;)
This video is addictive. I can't keep from watching it over and over and over again. It's a pity that cars like these aren't, and can't, be built anymore. By comparison, new cars are bloated behemoths relying on microprocessor-based control systems to keep them out of the weeds. With these cars, there's no one to save you from yourself. It's just you and the car. There's no computer code separating you from your maker.
I was in total aww of these cars as a kid it was phenomenal the noise they made going through the forest's spitting their unburnt fuelled flame thrower's into the night it sent tingle's and shiver's through my whole being. The old driver's Walter Rohl,Markku Alen,Stig Blomkvist and Juha Kankkunen are living god's to me I totally understand how an ex ballet dancer became a world class rally driver this is pure poetry in motion every tiny element of balance exploited to the enth degree. The 037 I'm glad to see is actually as scary to ride in as it looked in a rally these car's are homologation's in their truest form for me they are pricless work's of art the the lightness coupled with their vicious power will enthral me for the rest of my life. The Audi's were the force de resistance I will always remember Michell Mouton the lone female driver of the time being right in the thick of it in her Audi sport swb. The death trap Lancia Stratos and the whine of the supercharged s4 Lancia will stay within my soul after I'm dead. Those Were THE DAY'S!!! Beautiful to watch thank you Chris.
The whole package is sexy. I'd pick the Stratos over all the others and would be perfectly happy to eat their dust with that wonderful sound at my shoulder.
037 - weight (distribution) For example the Group 4 Stratos is actually a couple hundred pounds lighter than the 037, but the 037 has a lower center of gravity for faster change of directions and longer wheelbase for more stability
@@ducatikawasaki1290 great N/A engine but it was obsolete by the 80's, they even turbocharged it but that didn't work out very well so they moved on to build more powerful and crazier engines
wow what a legends when i was about 16 (1985) rally was a biggest event in my city in southern hungary we only heard about this guys but later on via videos we were stunned and blowned away by grupe B . Long live grupe B after 30 year still gives me the chills :)
what a cool old dude though. He's all excited because of the little Lancia, Chris is all excited because he gets to sit shotgun to one of the greats. It's just Glorious!!
Paolo has got to be the ‘Michael Jordan’ of Rally Car drivers . . . those expressions! He looks enormously gifted, yet helpless, while piloting this beast of a supercar. Man & Machine are perfectly synchronized & it’s a wild thing to watch! Lancia greatness!
There's this meme in Italy, allegedly in an interview before a race Markku Alén once said "If tire grips I win the race... if tire doesn't grip I end up like a bomb in the mountain" of course it sounds better in Italian spoken by a Finnish guy
Every once and a while I come back to watch this too. it's the stuff real car guys like Chris and the rest of us adore. He goes to a tire launch press event that is frankly kind of beneith him journalism-wise. he goes because the cars are ledgendary, and so too the drivers. Who could pass up that opportunity? I love that part where he does his journaistic duty and starts flogging how good the tires are, even the driver has a laugh at how disingenuous it is, lol.
I can imagine that Chris gets a big grin all over his face every time he remembers this day. It must have been a lot of fun to be driven by those legends. And I love the look of the Stratos, what a design.
Heaven is right. Seriously, all that day needed was an Audi S1 to cap it off. But... I admit I drooled over the 037's just as much as I did the S1's and the 205 T16's when I was a wee lad :p Fantastic seeing the 037 being driven properly. A+ video.
I can’t believe I first watched this video 10 years ago. It’s still awesome and every once in a while I come back and watch it just to enjoy the car porn. Life has changed a lot since this video launched and I’m honestly not nearly as passionate or enthusiastic about cars as I was then, but this video still hits all those tinglys for me.
Periodically I come back to watch this great video. I’ve share it with loads of people, if you like motorsport. Or fast car in general and appreciate what it takes to make them go fast on the absolute limit... it doesn’t get any better, perfect ever time 👌🏼 Chris dose the F40 vs F50 it’s worth a watch, the F50 is a serious underrated car... I appreciate it’s looks and that noise more than ever. Nice work 👍🏼
For a road car, Ferrari overdid it with the F50. Rose-jointed suspension indeed - as someone once said regarding the car, if one ran over a coin one could tell if it was heads or tails...
I briefly worked with the local team of Vic Preston jnr. and John Lyall preparing for the 1984 Marlboro Safari Rally in which they and Markku Alen raced the 037 to 4th and 6th place against the four wheel drive competition. I have never forgotten what a beautiful rocket that car was! Legendary.
Can someone please explain to me what is wrong with these 249 people who gave this raceporn video a tumbs down? This is probably one of the coolest video I've ever seen. Ok... gonna watch it again. For the 5th time
This is the best ever 16m38s on RU-vid, i can watch this video again and again and again, Chris Harris genuinely cannot believe his luck getting to ride in these oh so special Lancia's with World Rally Champions and a 6 time national champion. I wish that I could have been on the Pirelli tyre test that day For me the best will always be the S4
Search "teknavi san remo", there's more of this event, like Alén driving several of the cars with his "sidekick" (they have a ton of videos with Alén driving things (usually cars but there were some military vehicles and such too) and the younger guy riding shotgun. Some videos have at least some sort of English subtitles.
