6° RallyLegend 2008 videos: Cesena Simone Campedelli wins as Juha Kankkunen claims second in a Martini Racing Lancia Delta HF Intergrale
The sixth edition of this highly popular historic event attracted another array of stars and cars. Such names as Blomqvist, Kankkunen, Biasion, Fiorio, Munari, Cunico, del Zoppo, Cerrato, “Tony” etc etc, competed this year and they weren’t the only major draw.
The cars are what also makes the event and all the greatest machines from the past were there. These included a vast array of Lancia’s, Opel’s, Audi’s etc etc… Continue reading
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Fabrizio Tabaton in a Martini Lancia Delta S4 on the 24hrs rally of Ieper 1986
For the Ypres Rally 1986 Fabrizio Tabaton was called up to drive a works Martini S4 which was originally to be driven by Miki Biasion. Biasion was called upon to drive in New Zealand, at the last minute, as Lancia were in a battle with Peugeot for the manufacturers’ crown that year in the WRC. Lancia Martini, though, still wanted a presence in Ypres that year.
Tabaton was then nominated to take… Continue reading
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1985 Rallye Sanremo, Walter Rohrl scores the only WRC win for the Audi Sport quattro S1 E2
Rohrl wasn’t confident before the start of the 1985 Sanremo. The quattro S1 required much development work in the weeks and months leading up to the rally. Cracked brake discs were an on-going problem and much testing was completed on tarmac in Italy to rectify the problem, as well as tyre testing.
Rohrl felt some progress had been made here but there was a nagging doubt over the new differential. The open… Continue reading
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