A tribute to Ari Vatanen, 1981 World rally champion. A great character and a gentleman by all accounts. I do not claim ownership to any of the clips in this video
the drivers from the 70s and 80s were the best ever ari was a true genius and the escort was the perfect car for him . he could make it dance and he was on the limit . with the technology of the time :-)many thanks molesport rallying
Just double checked my old photos, you are correct guys, Ari was driving a Rothmans Escort and Kullang was driving an Ascona. Both were sensational! Definitely February 1980, says on the back of the photos.
Blessed to have seen Ari and Dave live a few times simply awesome pairing they are from the best and like they say about WW2 vets the greatest generation because things were much harder back then, I know because I competed in blind rallies when there are no pacenotes just a roadbook with only junctions and the odd warning about big drops and much longer stages and events things were harder then and required different skills
E à mais,McRay,Sainz,Ari Rovampera,T. MAKKINEM,JARI MATI LATVALA,S. LOEB,JHIUTA KLEINSMITH,etc. Big pilots,in big races...Tanks,forever...Congratulaçiones for vídeo,please more...Tanks...
Vatanen and a Mk2 'scort, skill, precision, and sheer guts......nice bloke too by all accounts. I grew up on the edge of my seat watching Ford clear up so many events with Mk1 and 2. Great days, simpler times. Loved rallying my Mk1 Escort Sport, Renault 12 and finally a Talbot Sunbeam.
When they decide who was the best driver ever, this is a name that must be right up there for the top spot. This guy is an artist, the likes of which we can only dream of seeing again.
pzkw108 The drivers from that era were very special, they didnt have the driver aids of today and yet they drove on the edge all the time. We each have our favourite drivers for what ever reason we have and to pick a definite best driver EVER could never be a fair assessment in any event. Remember them in their glory days, we won't see what they did ever again.
***** I challenge you to find a driver who can drive a two wheel drive at the same speed as a 4 wheel drive on an unsealed surface. The basic rules of physics rule that out. Having said that I never said that Ari was the greatest of all. If you re-read my initial comment I simply said that Ari should be rated up there with the best. There were many great drivers, Stig Blomqvist, Juha Kankkunen, Colin McRae, Carlos Sainz just to name a few and lets not forget the modern era. I just commented on a video about Ari, if it had been about Stig or Juha etc I would have rated them equally.
A superb driver but just pipped to the number one spot by the real gentleman. That being the true legend of Roger Clark. I often wonder just how good the modern day rally drivers would be if you took away the sequential gearbox, paddle shift gear change, traction control and all the other modern technology. Would they beat the older generation of drivers like Roger Clark, Russel Brookes, Malcolm Wilson, Ari Vatanen etc etc, who drove cars with a clutch pedal and a floor gear change? Also, how would they fare with the 1970's International rallies which, as was the case of the Lombard RAC rally, sometimes lasted up to 5 days with 40+ special stages. We will never know.
+Mal Hutchinson They are all hugely skilled,modern day drivers would manage just fine, seen a few clips of then testing older cars, believe me they were fast in them too.Drivers of the past would be the same in the the modern stuff too. To day the pool of skilled drivers should be much larger, far more kids taken part in the sport, from many more different countries, but it would be very hard to say, even seen that the pool is larger, if the top skills would any higher. As for fitness levels, with personal trainers and top dietitians ect, modern day drivers would definitely be ahead, so 5 days should be no problem.
Mal Hutchinson ... Once the driver gets a feel for the car it becomes an extension of themselves. Swap cars, swap drivers; new or old, they are all the highest level professional and would perform fantastically no matter what they’re driving.
A couple of mistakes, since the 205 with the blue circle on the roof it's not vatanen... It's salonen... Ari had the red circle. Plus, all the images of the 205 with the big back wing that's not Ari either. That's the 205 t16 evo 2 and vatanen never got to drive that one on normal rallys because a) vatanen had a terrible crash in Argentina 1985 but with the first 205, not the evo 2, and after that he returned a year and a half later for the Dakar b) first normal rally with the evo 2 was Finland and this rally was after Argentina so it is impossible that Ari could have drove the evo 2... Other than that... Nice video
All cars should be forced to be backwheeldriver and 1000hp at least.. this current really is not rally. Cars drive like trains on track.. not enough skill -> not so fun to watch
+Migo Elmigo Well don't watch it. I for example will watch WRC because it's awesome! And even if it was allowed, no team would make 1000hp car. It would be way too much power for rallying. Especially if they were RWD. I'm just hoping that one day people would learn that it's not just power that makes the cars fast. Todays cars are very fast around corners, lot faster than Group B cars were. So you need extremely fast reflexes to drive them. So yes, todays drivers do have skill, much more than you can even imagine.
+Migo Elmigo I don't think awd is that bad. Group b used them anyways. Although maybe a smaller separate series for them could be nice. Atm they can't be found on tv :/ And definitely don't ban tarmac rallies. The whole point of rally is diversity. Maybe if they had couple with mix of tarmac and gravel would be great, but tarmac only rallies are great as well
the drivers from the 70s and 80s were the best ever ari was a true genius and the escort was the perfect car for him . he could make it dance and he was on the limit . with the technology of the time :-)many thanks molesport rallying
I can't believe they didn't stop the music to hear terry get nervous. That always makes me smile.
That MAN is a LEGEND!
Today's WRC boys WATCH AND LEARN!
Time is the enemy. Steering wheel is the friend.
Samraat Dash it’s really just something to hold onto at that point
His donegal in 78 in the escort was unreal
Ari is the Rally God!!
i know I am kinda randomly asking but does anybody know of a good website to stream new tv shows online ?
@Pedro Will Try flixzone. You can find it on google =)
@Neil Cayson Definitely, have been watching on flixzone for months myself :D
@Neil Cayson thanks, I went there and it seems to work :) Appreciate it !!
@Pedro Will you are welcome =)
Met Ari years ago at the RAC rally. Complete gentleman and yes a true legend of the sport. When rallying was at its peak with the Group B Cars.
The most entertaining,
The most exciting,and the days of the most the greatest and courageous driver's of all time! FACT.
I first saw Ari at the Mintex International in 1980 - he was was utterly sensational in a works Opel Ascona. Still have a photo
Ari drove a Rothmans Escort in 1980
I think Ari drove the Mantas and asconas in 82/3, but not an ascona in 80. Ascona would have been Anders Kulläng
Just double checked my old photos, you are correct guys, Ari was driving a Rothmans Escort and Kullang was driving an Ascona. Both were sensational! Definitely February 1980, says on the back of the photos.
Moral of the story is this man can take ANY car to the limit and beyond.
Old school rally legend. Group B, the absolute heyday of rallying
Todays rally driver cant even be compared to these legendary drivers!
Blessed to have seen Ari and Dave live a few times simply awesome pairing they are from the best and like they say about WW2 vets the greatest generation because things were much harder back then, I know because I competed in blind rallies when there are no pacenotes just a roadbook with only junctions and the odd warning about big drops and much longer stages and events things were harder then and required different skills
Love how he put the indicator on 5:27 to say he is going wide, for the crowd
We have here Finland many great rally drivers of all time,Alen,Kankkunen,Mäkinen,Mikkola,Toivonen,Grönholm etc. but Vatanen is greatest
E à mais,McRay,Sainz,Ari Rovampera,T. MAKKINEM,JARI MATI LATVALA,S. LOEB,JHIUTA KLEINSMITH,etc. Big pilots,in big races...Tanks,forever...Congratulaçiones for vídeo,please more...Tanks...
I used to try my best to emulate Ari's style when I was a Rally Driver....he is the Jedi Master of Rally Driving!
A true legend an entertainer, watch pikes peak climb dance awsome!!
Group B, Where Legends were born. Forged in the fire of all out competition. Demigods amongst mortals.
Ari Vatanen,sin duda uno de los mejores pilotos de la historia del WRC y del antiguo París-Dakar.
He‘s the best driver that ive Every seen in my Life. RIP 😢🙏🥺🥺
Ari a true legend.. Love him in the Escorr Mk 2
the way he was pushing that escort in outstanding
back in the days, those guys weren't rally drivers, they were freakin' warriors.
Ari is one of old true driver kings :)
Vatanen and a Mk2 'scort, skill, precision, and sheer guts......nice bloke too by all accounts. I grew up on the edge of my seat watching Ford clear up so many events with Mk1 and 2. Great days, simpler times. Loved rallying my Mk1 Escort Sport, Renault 12 and finally a Talbot Sunbeam.
A Legend!
Great video for a great driver..a true legend in rallysports!
4:23' "50... easy left... 100... uh dear God"
Ari est l'homme qui connait la vie et la mort.... Formidable humilité de cet homme... de l'art....
When they decide who was the best driver ever, this is a name that must be right up there for the top spot. This guy is an artist, the likes of which we can only dream of seeing again.
+SLACWA1 I would put him in the same class as Jean Ragnotti !!!!!!
pzkw108 The drivers from that era were very special, they didnt have the driver aids of today and yet they drove on the edge all the time.
We each have our favourite drivers for what ever reason we have and to pick a definite best driver EVER could never be a fair assessment in any event.
Remember them in their glory days, we won't see what they did ever again.
***** So power steering, four wheel drive, active suspension etc are banned????? Since when?
***** I challenge you to find a driver who can drive a two wheel drive at the same speed as a 4 wheel drive on an unsealed surface. The basic rules of physics rule that out.
Having said that I never said that Ari was the greatest of all. If you re-read my initial comment I simply said that Ari should be rated up there with the best.
There were many great drivers, Stig Blomqvist, Juha Kankkunen, Colin McRae, Carlos Sainz just to name a few and lets not forget the modern era.
I just commented on a video about Ari, if it had been about Stig or Juha etc I would have rated them equally.
how do you call paddle shift gearbox ???
Vatanen un piloto Excelente , esplosivo , y radical . En los 80 enseñó ah todos ah ir deslizando y llevar el coche en Diagonal . El mejor de todos
Los dos mejores conductores de coches . Vatanen y Senna los dos son B+ y yo que tambien tengo ese gem de rapido
Ari Vatanen and Mika Häkkinen. True gentlemens and legends in the motorsports.
5:22', 7:48', 8:04' music is way too loud to be able to understand anything!
Ford Escort mk2 awesome car!!!
A truly great driver and man
Mon pilote préféré.Un grand Monsieur.
Group b legend....... and so much more.
It's this guy that makes me believe there is real life quicksaving. I'm kidding this guy is a genius.
With original audio would have been 1000 times better! Thanks for the video anyway
Artista. Legend.
Che emozione! Guidava come un pazzo, solo che guidava in modo splendido. Adesso ricordo perchè, da bambina volevo sposarlo.
A superb driver but just pipped to the number one spot by the real gentleman. That being the true legend of Roger Clark. I often wonder just how good the modern day rally drivers would be if you took away the sequential gearbox, paddle shift gear change, traction control and all the other modern technology. Would they beat the older generation of drivers like Roger Clark, Russel Brookes, Malcolm Wilson, Ari Vatanen etc etc, who drove cars with a clutch pedal and a floor gear change? Also, how would they fare with the 1970's International rallies which, as was the case of the Lombard RAC rally, sometimes lasted up to 5 days with 40+ special stages. We will never know.
+Mal Hutchinson They are all hugely skilled,modern day drivers would manage just fine, seen a few clips of then testing older cars, believe me they were fast in them too.Drivers of the past would be the same in the the modern stuff too. To day the pool of skilled drivers should be much larger, far more kids taken part in the sport, from many more different countries, but it would be very hard to say, even seen that the pool is larger, if the top skills would any higher. As for fitness levels, with personal trainers and top dietitians ect, modern day drivers would definitely be ahead, so 5 days should be no problem.
Mal Hutchinson ... Once the driver gets a feel for the car it becomes an extension of themselves. Swap cars, swap drivers; new or old, they are all the highest level professional and would perform fantastically no matter what they’re driving.
I wish I could double triple click the "like" button!!! Thanks for the video!!!
Mr Vatanenn you ARe The Best!
why people ruin good videos with music i guess i'll never understand................if i wanted to listen to music i would go to mtv
The Valhalla of Racing Driving.
Love the background music whatever it is and of coarse ARI at full chat
He wasn't called " 'Arry Flatters " by the British fans for nothing. Terrific bloke as well.
That Pikes peak run is legendary. Now they have ruined it with tarmac surface!
Mr Vatanenn in many dakars. I respet mr Vaatanen
wauuu FINNISH driver legend!!!
Hello, does anybody know the original clip/video of 1:30?
Thanks in advance
awesome Video!
We don't need the background music - let us hear the cars!
A couple of mistakes, since the 205 with the blue circle on the roof it's not vatanen... It's salonen... Ari had the red circle. Plus, all the images of the 205 with the big back wing that's not Ari either. That's the 205 t16 evo 2 and vatanen never got to drive that one on normal rallys because a) vatanen had a terrible crash in Argentina 1985 but with the first 205, not the evo 2, and after that he returned a year and a half later for the Dakar b) first normal rally with the evo 2 was Finland and this rally was after Argentina so it is impossible that Ari could have drove the evo 2... Other than that... Nice video
Flávio Ponte Thank you Flávio!
Grp4 and grpB ... Those were the days.
Gods that peugeot 205 was fast.
Anyone notice how he actually warns people by blinking at 5:30.
"...dear god..."
MY IDOL AND HERO
You are the best
Amazing!!!...vatanen..and ..mcrae....the best!!..natural rally ....
Verdade? Só falta aí o Tommy MAKKINEM,Peter Solberg,LATVALA...
ABRAÇO,Portugal
4:20 👏 👏 👏 the best!
Nice
El Finlandes volador......
Pourquoi faire une vidéo sur un pilote de rallye , et masquer le son des voitures avec de la musique ?
POURQUOI ?
Top man
my hero fucking legend :)
How could you use that awful music over the sound of a BDA engine?
4:18 to 4:25
co diver explains it best
yeah, i know!
Y el único que ha ganado el mundial con un coche de calle oh sin ser oficial , bueno y ahora Oguier
No music would have been nice
and easier to edit.
4:15
Why put a god damned music that covers the engine sound, I hate that really...
hyvä
Is that a lancia fulvia hes driving in the first few clips?
Dougal Skanes Ford Escort
un dio sulle 4 ruote!!!
Viva i fillandesi o piloti scarsa aderenza sono loro i piloti da rally
steal balls
im not gay
but i know what u wanted to say
I like the music, what is it?
+Stephen Pearson Two Steps from Hell - Heart of Courage
All cars should be forced to be backwheeldriver and 1000hp at least.. this current really is not rally. Cars drive like trains on track.. not enough skill -> not so fun to watch
+Migo Elmigo You cant be serious.
+Migo Elmigo Well don't watch it. I for example will watch WRC because it's awesome! And even if it was allowed, no team would make 1000hp car. It would be way too much power for rallying. Especially if they were RWD. I'm just hoping that one day people would learn that it's not just power that makes the cars fast. Todays cars are very fast around corners, lot faster than Group B cars were. So you need extremely fast reflexes to drive them. So yes, todays drivers do have skill, much more than you can even imagine.
Well maybe not 1000hp but alot anyway, and RWD and no tarmac races.
+Migo Elmigo I don't think awd is that bad. Group b used them anyways. Although maybe a smaller separate series for them could be nice. Atm they can't be found on tv :/
And definitely don't ban tarmac rallies. The whole point of rally is diversity. Maybe if they had couple with mix of tarmac and gravel would be great, but tarmac only rallies are great as well
Yes because group b was so safe no one died not once
What AWFUL music, completely ruined a potentially good video. The engine noise would have been SOOO much better.
Yes! Stupid music instead of the sound of a beautiful engine 😎
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