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5th December 2008, 19:07 #21
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Originally Posted by TomiRX = You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave!
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5th December 2008, 19:15 #22
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Originally Posted by rx-guruAnother Flying Finn
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5th December 2008, 22:52 #23
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5th December 2008, 23:13 #24
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Originally Posted by FAL
The linked pic was taken during the 1983 Boucles de Spa, at the snowy SS Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.
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8th December 2008, 00:19 #25
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20th February 2009, 10:20 #26
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Henri Toivonen
I had the pleasure of working with Henri in the 79 Total Escort ,for the whole season.What a lot of people DONT KNOW is that Henri did not want to go into rallying at all.He was brought up in go cart racing with Keke Rosberg,and they were both sponsered by Pauli Toivonen,Henri,s father.When Keke went into racing,Henri wanted to do that too.BUT at that time there were lots of fatal accidents in F1 and Pauli told Henri,that when he got to 60 he wanted to still have two sons,SO he wanted Henri to go to rallying which Pauli thought was safer at that time.When Henri won the RAC in 1980 it was Hannu that he was challenging,for the lead .Pauli had helped Hannu immensly in Hannu,s early years in rallying,so Hannu was VERY happy that Henri won that year(1980) as a pay back to Pauli for all his help.What a lot dont know either is that Hannu used to go out with Henri to teach him driving "blind roads" in Finland,again as thanks to Pauli.When I last saw Pauli at Silverstone years later when he was there with Harri ,who at that time was doing some testing of an Aston Martin,Pauli looked like a broken man ,which was so very sad.
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20th February 2009, 14:22 #27
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thanks driveacre, for that i found that intresting, i too managed to watch henri, live on the lombards of the early 80,s, i also met him, and found him to be a genuine chap, i believe he would have won the title , he had charisma, style , and speed, monte 86 was a great drive
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20th February 2009, 20:45 #28
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21st February 2009, 02:32 #29
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkLH56Jx6qI
Can someone tell if this is Toivonen's onboard driving at Corsica? Too bad they disabled the audio for the video.
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21st February 2009, 03:09 #30Originally Posted by tmx
Fourmaux. Btw msport tested also hankook tyres https://youtu.be/DESKqpAqX5o?si=3uxWc8FrCUGMT0Pi https://youtu.be/sHetcbBQwKk?si=M7kq3bf2ar3Slhco
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