Bastos / Saxon 24 hours of Ieper Ypres Rally 1986 – video clips
Rare video clips from the 1986 Belgium Ypres Rally including footage of the famous Sulferberg jump.
The Group B machines of Bruno Saby (Peugeot 205 T16), Fabrizio Tabaton (Lancia Delta S4), Patrick Snyers (Lancia Rally 037), Ian Donaldson (Metro 6R4), Pascal Gaban (Porsche 911 SC RS), Paul Lietaer (Opel Manta 400), Marc Duez (Metro 6R4), Guy Colsoul (Opel Manta 400), Philippe Touren (Renault 5 Maxi Turbo)… Continue reading
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Lois Rally Algarve 1985 video and results: Markku Alen gives the Martini Lancia Delta S4 its official competitive debut
The first official competitive appearance of the Lancia Delta S4 was with Markku Alen on the 1985 Lois Rally Algarve, which took place from 30 October - 3 November.
The S4 actually had its debut outing on the Mille Pistes Rally in July but ran in the prototype class. The car suffered many teething troubles on that event and Markku Alen declared himself unhappy with it which all these things causing the development to… Continue reading
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Too Fast to Race – Documentary on the Group B Rally cars
A documentary chronicalling the history of the Group B category in rallying. The film begins in the late seventies when FISA, the governing body of world motorsport, consider a new formula and Lancia unleashes the Stratos.
Group B was implemented in 1982 with quite a bit of technological freedoms allowed for the manufacturers encouraging Formula 1 like performance. The resulting machines looking very unlike their production counterparts but catching the public… Continue reading
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