Jeff N.

Pretty interesting. I like watching how he closely manages the rear slip angle/oversteer on those corners. He keeps back end buttoned up pretty nice except when he needs just a tad of rotation to get the car turned in. Looks like he makes a slight mistake on the exit at the 1:30 mark; you can see the back slide out a bit at the exit of the turn when he's starting a long straight.

Gotta be tricky as hell in that car to not get power oversteer in those turns yet maximize the acceleration.

Olli Snellman

It's good to be a Finn:

World Rally Championship driver's wins by nation

Finland 148
France 102
Sweden 43
United Kingdom 36
Italy 30
Spain 27
Germany 17
Norway 13
Kenya 8
Estonia 5
Japan 2
Austria 2
Portugal 1
Argentina 1
Ivory Coast 1
Belgium 1

Penguinracer

Yeah I run a 1990 Ur Quattro 20 valve in addition to the 951 here in the UK. The technology is miles ahead of my '90 951 - it has four valves per cylinder, sequential injection, torsen centre diff etc & max torque kicks in at 1950 rpm! Not bad for a 20-year old turbo motor.
Special Tool you're right about the relatively short gearing on these cars. I'm a kiwi & I can remember that on the Rally of New Zealand one year the police came out with a radar gun to clock some speeds of these monsters on the gravel. On one straight the A2 quattros were htting 240 km/h (150 mph) - on the gravel! A friend who is a mechanic & has rallied at national level & track raced at international level (Group A) said that there is NO comparison between rallying & tracking racing. He said rallying requires skills on another level to track racing. He runs a 400 bhp mid-engined Subaru Justy in hill climbs & on the track, rallies a 500 bhp Scooby Impreza & a mid-engined V8 Skoda (ex-rear-engined).
If you really want to know why we rave about Walter Rohl...perhaps this will enlighten you - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HjXX...eature=related
Tim

blodstrupmoen

Thanks for that link Penguin ..

Walter is a legend , and as everyone knows he is a Porsche test driver.
This is taken from a interview with him about the then new Carrera GT and as a side note he explains why they (Porsche) put larger rear tire on the 996 Gt2

David Floyd

How crazy are those spectators !!!

TRP951

that video is awesome

A.Wayne

Definitely a lot slower than the original GRoupe B cars driven by Toivonen. Makes sense as it is now a vintage private effort and not a werkes effort and toivonen , like Worhl, Mikkola and vatenen where all special drivers .......

Here Ari at Pikes Peak http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKgeCQGu_ug

Audi's earlier attempt http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKKfz...eature=related

Walter http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJjBzSKN7LE

sweanders

Rallying is cute compared to Rallycross.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wG5pEOu8l3o

I have been to a few rallies and it sure is fun to be out in the forest watching the insanity.

blodstrupmoen

Anders I`m sure you remeber this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmpVpPD2FqA

More Mr rallycross
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOJp6...eature=related

N-Dub

This is some driving!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bf3cJ...eature=related

gt37vgt

i really feel that ari varatin vid is the best thing ever at this stage and have for a while. I really need to put my super kart together .

Olli Snellman

Some Finnish rallycross 4-wheel drive turbos from mid 80's

333pg333

That stuff is mildly organised chaos! Crazy fun though.
Also as mad and bad as the Gruppe B stuff is, I'm betting old Bruno's car is running more hp/tq than the older factory cars?