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5th May 2023, 08:20 #3051
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Does anybody remember former WRC driver Urmo Aava? After a long break from rallying he is back on the entry list of Rapla Ralli in Estonia (look at #12):
https://www.ewrc-results.com/entries...la-ralli-2023/http://www.rallymadness.prv.pl - rally photos and movies!
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5th May 2023, 08:38 #3052
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Speaking of old cars... maybe some of you will be interested in watching Miko Marczyk testing Audi Quattro S1 E2? English subtitles are provided:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1CKXaeKSPwhttp://www.rallymadness.prv.pl - rally photos and movies!
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5th May 2023, 08:59 #3053
yes that should be very interesting to see how he can keep up with new guns
Here is a little of his testing action before this rally
https://play.tv3.ee/Ghost%20AVOD%20N...t,clip-5453096
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5th May 2023, 11:23 #3054
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5th May 2023, 15:34 #3055
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That car was a Talbot Horizon LOTUS
As they hatched plans for the Sunbeam’s successor they rejected its upcoming replacement, the French-made Samba, and decided to base their next-generation col conqueror on the larger Horizon hatchback, re-engineered to take the Sunbeam Lotus engine mounted longways behind the front seats and driving the rear wheels.
As installed in the first prototype it ran the same output as the Sunbeam competition cars, around 250bhp, but Lotus engineers had an ace to play. Like Renault, they’d been early adopters of turbocharging and by fitting a second Horizon prototype with a tweaked-up engine from an Esprit Turbo they had a 300-horsepower rally fighter on their hands.
https://www.evo.co.uk/features/20586...ead-on-arrival#M-SPORTER
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5th May 2023, 21:56 #3056
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Yes Eddie, I had a bit of a look this afternoon and read that David Lapworth was one of the test drivers, apparently it wasn’t so good on corners. I also found a few interesting cars that were being trialled by the psa group. Plenty of visa prototypes were made in 4wd form for group b (found one that looked interesting with quite aggressive aero bodywork on and known as a visa lotus) and also a group b Peugeot 305 v6 rear wheel drive that looked interesting.
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6th May 2023, 22:31 #3057
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It seems Aava has rusted a bit. He finished the rally down in the 6th position:
https://www.ewrc-results.com/results...la-ralli-2023/http://www.rallymadness.prv.pl - rally photos and movies!
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7th May 2023, 06:18 #3058
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7th May 2023, 09:43 #3059
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Yeah you got to look the whole picture incl. driving in a old Gr. N Impreza against newer Rally2 machinery + time penalty + puncture. Tells a bigger story than just looking at the overall results. And yes, he definitely is rusty as well.
Sent from my DN2103 using TapatalkLast edited by cali; 7th May 2023 at 10:27.
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8th May 2023, 12:31 #3060
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This is a brilliant resource on Group B cars and especially the fascinating prototypes that never came to fruition.
https://rallygroupbshrine.org/the-gr...-b-prototypes/
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