WRC

i know nothing of WRC cars. i heard of some group b car in 1986 was so fast that it could have taken 6th on the grid. what are these various groups a, b, n etc

i am no expert,but the letters refer to different technical specifications and homologation requirements

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/28/2006 04:49PM by tripleM.

WRC actually belongs into the off-topic section, since this is strictly speaking an F1 forum.

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i think there should be a motorsports section, as well as f1. off-topic isn't really all that good for this, it's still motorsport, as is f1!

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Group B were souped up versions of the normal rally cars. They were banned after some drivers and spectators were killed in 1986 (I think). A Lancia one was fast enough to have taken 6th place on the grid for the Portugese GP...

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The Lancia Delta S4 was a monster for it's time... now I don't remember many data about but I'm sure that was a 4WD, 600HP monster with two supercharger systems (volumex and turbo) with some sort of ground effect body and . the chassis was made with a magnesium alloy that demonstrated all his dangerous side when during the Corse Rally in 1986, Henry Toivonen lost the control of his car and went in a slope. There was a quick and huge fire and Toivonen and his navigator, Cresto, died because of that.
B monsters were put aside at the end of 1986 for the more human A and N groups.
While A group was still a "born to race" class with very good performances you can consider N group similar, in some way, to the SuperBike class.

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Battousai

Crazy thing was that a lot of the time spectators used to line the roads like human armco back in the 80s and with cars with over 500bhp and able to do 0-60 in 2.5secs that is scary.

nutters

I remember a clip of a Mitsubishi entering in the crowd during Portugal Rally in 1985 or 1986... quite scaring vision...

Battousai

In many places in WRC today the spectators still line the roads. It's a wonder they aren't mowed down on a regular basis. I was a WRC fan before I discovered F1, and I still think the WRC drivers are some of the best in motorsport given the various surfaces and conditions in which they drive...



"There are some pikeys there at Turn 10 putting tarmac down - what do you think of that?" - Martin Brundle

as drivers, i rate WRC guys FAR above F1 in terms of car control and as the word "driving" suggests, driving skill.

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Jagdpanzer Wrote:
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> In many places in WRC today the spectators still
> line the roads. It's a wonder they aren't mowed
> down on a regular basis.

Ah but compare the 1980's to modern rallying: the spectators used to literally line the road in their thousands like an armco barrier as mikef1 said. These days they are generally more dispersed and a few more feet from the edge of the road, and if a stage does get overcrowded, the rally organisers tend to cancel it before it begins.

the spectators used to literally line the road in their thousands like an armco barrier

Like this?



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