WRC car on TG test track?

Isn't that drifting, the ski ballet of motorsports? ;)

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Originally Posted by janneppi

Isn't that drifting, the ski ballet of motorsports? ;)

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:laugh: Sooooooo true. Drifting is the most useless "sport" in the world after Drifting, Drifting and Drifting.

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Originally Posted by pentti

Henry himself told me about this Estoril test that he would have been 5th in F1 grid but you have to remember that he was comparing both car types in wet. I still not believed then and now.But maybe he was.
I once tested T 16 evo with 5th wheel attached on back to record accurate for Autocar mag. From standing start on dry tarmac it took 2,7 seconds to reach 60 miles/hour, which at time were some 0,2 second faster than F1. But I never got perfect start. Either too much wheel spin or not enough. Over 500 horse power was too much for me. When you changed to 6th gear fiber class doors started open little and you could see road under the doors. No protection but the biggest problem was to be able to change gears quick enough. I mean in that type run i had to change in H-pattern from 1st to 3rd under total time of 2,7 seconds!
The car I would like to see in TG so called track would be Rod Millen,s Toyota truck, which he used in Pikes Peaks. Over 800 horses, 4wd, big wings and light. Eat your heart out super cars!

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Maybe it had snowed on Estoril, pentti?

Your story about the T16 just goes to show that the Group B cars were awesome "creatures" anyhow. And scary too I believe. There was a lot of Ford RS200 cars in Norway during the glory days of rallycross (after Groub B were banned from rallying). Martin Schanche ran a 2.2 litre version believed to have around 700 hp. But the safety features in the car, the roll cage etc., was ridiculous. I don`t know if the ground was visible in 6th gear in the Ford, but it probably was. Group B cars will forever stay as the icons of rallying, but as story also reminds us, they were deadly machines.