Sanremo Rally 2001: Gilles Panizzi wins in Peugeot 206 WRC
The story of the 2001 San Remo Rally in which Gilles Panizzi won for the second year in a row behind the wheel of a Peugeot 206 WRC.
The rally also heralded the arrival of Sebastien Loeb as a serious WRC contender with him finishing 2nd overall in a Citroen Xsara and he was only 11s behind Panizzi. Colin McRae and Richard Burns though, had a forgetable event with Burns crashing his… Continue reading
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Rallye San Remo 1984: Vatanen wins after battle with Rohrl
Great video, uploaded by amjayes, of the 1984 Sanremo Rally which saw an epic battle between the Peugeot 205 T16 of Ari Vatanen and the Audi quattro Sport of Walter Rohrl.
The result would be decided on the final night when, in atroscious conditions, Rohrl had one of the biggest accidents of his career which handed victory to Vatanen.
1984 Rallye San Remo video
[youtube]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=rLpkhCMItOk[/youtube]
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A Tale of Two Rallies: Sanremo and RAC Rally 1979 film
Classic rally footage from the halcyon Group 4 days of the 1979 Sanremo and RAC rallies uploaded to motorsportmad.com.
Witness some fantastic battles between the best drivers and cars in the world at the time. All the stars feature such as Alen, Wadegard, Mikkola, Tabaton, Tony, Lampinen, Airikkala, Brookes, Blomqvist, Pond, Salonen, Vatanen etc etc. The cars were very much the stars as well with the Group 2 and… Continue reading
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