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I remember the Tour de Corse in 1987.

Ragnotti's FWD Renault 11 Turbo with a 1.4 engine and tiny turbo was settiing times within just 1sec/km of the mega-powerful Group B's the year before.

I could only find comparable times for a couple of stages. Most Corsica stages were changed because new regulations allowed them to be 30 km long at max. I don't have 1987 maps so I only assume they were similar.

1986 SS3 Petreto - Aullene 1 20.03 km Toivonen, Henri 12m 55s 93.04 km/h
1987 SS2 Petreto - Aullene 20.00 km Beguin, Bernard 13m 48s 86.96 km/h
Difference is 2.6 s/km

1986 SS6 Aullene - Zivaco 25.33 km Salonen, Timo 16m 19s 93.14 km/h
1987 SS5 Aullene - Zicavo 25.30 km Balesi, Claude 18m 43s 81.10 km/h
Difference is 6s/km (is there a mistake or rainy weather in 1987?)

1986 SS16 Moriani Plage - Orsoni 20.10 km Toivonen, Henri 14m 18s 84.34 km/h
1987 SS13 Moriani Piage - Orsoni 20.10 km Ragnotti, Jean 15m 05s 79.96 km/h

Difference is 2.3s/km

EDIT: Two more

1986 SS13 Sainte Florent - Col de San Stefano 26.81 km Saby, Bruno 19m 52s 80.97 km/h
1987 SS10 St Florent - Col San Stefano 26.80 km Ragnotti, Jean 20m 53s 77.00 km/h
Difference is 2.3s/km

1986 SS15 Folelli - Ste Lucie de Moriani 18.49 km Toivonen, Henri 14m 29s 76.60 km/h
1987 SS12 Folelli - Ste Lucie de Moriani 18.40 km Ragnotti, Jean 15m 08s 72.95 km/h
Difference is 2.1s/km