The World Rally Championship has produced countless moments of pure magic to stir emotions over the past 50 years. Here are the WRC\u2019s top 20 moments as voted for by the championship\u2019s panel of experts and fans
The World Rally Championship has produced countless moments of pure magic to stir emotions over the past 50 years. Here are the WRC’s top 20 moments as voted for by the championship’s panel of experts and fansSince it launched in 1973, the WRC has created a myriad of memorable moments from emotional victories and defeats, historic game changing achievements, to feats that simply defy belief.Distilling all the action from the last half century into 20 defined moments is by no means a small task.
A puncture for Sainz effectively condensed the title fight into a Battle of Britain between Scotland’s McRae and England’s Burns. McRae pushed from the start, opening up a lead over Peugeot’s Marcus Gronholm, with Burns fourth after three stages. However, McRae’s title hopes were extinguished in spectacular fashion when he cut a corner and hit a hole, sending his Focus into a barrel roll.Burns almost threw it away after seeing McRae’s damaged Focus at the side of the road.
Vatanen lived up to the early billing by ending Rohrl’s run of consecutive Monte Carlo wins at the time-honoured season-opener despite an error from co-driver Terry Harryman that resulted in an eight-minute penalty for checking into the Gap control early. The Spaniard had damaged his left foot in a violent roll in Argentina a month prior, but still became the first driver born outside of the nordic countries to win the fast gravel rally, and went on to claim the first of his two world titles.
The rules attracted eight factory teams in 2000, a WRC golden era. The opening round, Monte Carlo, was won by Subaru’s Piero Liatti.McRae furthered his growing cult hero status with his quick thinking in 1998Colin McRae was loved for his flamboyance but it was his grit and determination to never give up that endeared him to many.
sprung into action, hanging out of the passenger window and using his weight to act as a counterbalance.It caught the attention of the police but, instead of issuing a ticket, the authorities escorted the pair back to service. After the Xsara underwent repairs, Loeb and Elena recovered to finish a remarkable fourth.
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