Group B rally vid

[Hawkeye]

Still gives me goosebumps watching this. Absolutely love Group B Rally. Was lucky enough to see a little bit of it for real when i was a kid.

A common dialogue between a Group B engineer and Group B rally driver.

Driver - "The suspension is too stiff"

Engineer - "We'll raise the boost then"

Apparently Nigel Mansell drove the Peugot round Estoril in 86 and would have qualified 6th for the 86 Portugese Grand Prix.

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[fraserd007]

nice vid, chuffin mental.

 

[Beef-Mc]

Some skills, one wrong move and they'd wipe out some amount of people!

 

[Laura182]

Wow Mad!! Would have loved to watch some of this.

 

[Gary-Lew]

Remember going watching these in the Lombard RAC back in the mid eighties

 

[the_prophet]

great video, had forgotten how rapid they actually were. would loved to have seen them in real life.

 

[Mark One]

Apparently Nigel Mansell drove the Peugot round Estoril in 86 and would have qualified 6th for the 86 Portugese Grand Prix.

nearly...one guy says

[FONT=Arial,Helvetica]For instance, the Lancia Delta S4 could accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in 2.3 seconds on a gravel road. Henri Toivonen drove an S4 around Estoril, the Portuguese Grand Prix circuit, so quickly that he would have qualified sixth for the 1986 Portuguese Grand Prix. Nigel Mansell sampled a Peugeot 205 T16 and said it could out-accelerate his F1 car. And, perhaps most impressive (frightening?), the driver's reaction times were cut in half compared with previous rally cars. The Group B rally cars and their pilots were the stuff of which legends are made.[/FONT]

But I personally think this PH quote is closer to the truth

Anyways, the best time Walter Rohl recorded during the test would have qualifed him 6th on the grid for the '86 Portugese GP."

same track, different driver, different car, same claim

and, it's not mentioned on toivonens biography/fan site
www.thruxton.f9.co.uk/henri/henri_career.htm

 

[Gaz85]

Some skills, one wrong move and they'd wipe out some amount of people!

god aye! mental!

 

[DIDITNO]

Some skills, one wrong move and they'd wipe out some amount of people!

they did, a few drivers died, plus a load of spectators, so they banned it. shame as the cars were to put it mildly epic.

 

[young_lew]

The cars are nothing short of epic, and the noise they make can only be comparable to the big bang itself!

But its no surprise they were banned lol, those drivers must either have been crazy or absolute hero's, or perhaps both.

 

[geordieracer]

Awesome period of rallying. The cars and the drivers epic. Fans just as mental as well to be honest, to stand so close and wait so long to jump out of the way.

The video is really well put together as well, edited with the music superbly imo.

 

[Leeshez]

Stunning video .

 

[Josh220]

Love Group B. Only wish I'd of had chance to see it in the flesh. The cars are mental, but that's what the top level of motorsport should be IMO. Push the limits of what's possible.

Oh the sound!!!

 

[Finny]

immense class b...wish id seen it in the flesh...not sure id of stood in their way they are fast as fook! mint song for the vid aswel

 

[Hawkeye]

This was one of the main reasons it was banned. As the info for the video says "the final nail in the coffin for Group B Rally".

Henri Toivonen....Absolute Group B Legend.
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[Brown.]

mint.....

 

[coxy777]

Just look at how many spectators there were compared to now. The WRC must know they killed the sport off with the death of Group B.

I'm all for the safety of drivers, co drivers and spectators. I really think if they controlled spectators more (hard I know) and limited the car to a degree, WRC could be what it once was. Plus the advances in safety compared to then.