Spectacular rally drivers!!!!

[urabus-denoS2000]

This is thread dedicated to spectacular and very attractive rally drivers around the world!!!!

Give us your opinion for the drivers from national championships,from the smallest to the top classes,possibly with some videos so we can all enjoy the driving (maybe insanity???? :) ) from these maniacs!!!!

[Mirek]

Well, I'm starting with some video stuff of Pavel Valoušek :)

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=aPA6wAIBehM
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=h7RdeADBSVQ
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=nREPgkcxjog

[SubaruNorway]

Mads "McRae" Østberg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mhzYlFEfIY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJWWOwYEs6U

[Mirek]

Emil Triner:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=AdkAI3WOUd8&feature=related
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=3snmURYLTtU&feature=related

[MrJan]

For some reason I can only log ino Swedish Youtube so some might not be able to see this.

Okay so it's hillclimbing not rallying but this guy is insane:
http://se.youtube.com/watch?v=wPjCQzxFo3E

[bluuford]

Well.. From last year I can remember that Novikov was the one who used all the road and a bit more :-) and on the jumps he was complete lunatic.
This year Ott Tänak was even more spectacular and he managed to get very good results (winning 4 out of 7, one four place and 2 third places).
In WRC Urmo Aava and Per Gunnar Andersson were defenitely very agressive:-)

Tänak: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCboVNJf5uE first new subaru in this video

[urabus-denoS2000]

Mitja Slejko is the Slovenian 2008 division 2 champion.He drives a Renault Clio N3 and he is by one word insane!!!!
He is often called the "Slovenian Jean Ragnotti".

Here are some videos from 2 rallies,Postojna and Pićan.It is only a small part of what he has shown.This is not all attractive material but some of it is spectacular.I plan to make an best-of Mitja Slejko but I have problems with my compilation program so I cant guarantee when,but if I do make it it is going to be spectacular

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaT5CdHOnRY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZnKduZJosc

[Josti]

Leszek Kuzaj immediately springs to mind. These 5 seconds are enough to see why :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MhsY5_dAlg

[Barreis]

Please find (if You can) videos of Daniel Šaškin's crashes (Pićan and Croatia rally) when he destroyed twice EVO 9 but very spectacular driver (and so fast) from Croatia!!!

[urabus-denoS2000]

Here you go Barreis the crash from Delta (the one from Opatija was not recorded)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZW_BiNWrH8 (at 1:00)

[urabus-denoS2000]

Ah,yes...we hace come to Kuzi...
He is attractive in his own way...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDjaFn0KpKk&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngT9yQrZVPs&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmSNMOVDiSc&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aRnM8wLBZ8&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1lfx3xlhwQ&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LF3yPWoebsc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPu3kFDKZmk&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FD3TQRUyrVw

...

But all jokes aside,I really think he is a legend and a very attractive driver.
I remember him on the Delta Croatia Rally with his Corolla WRC,very attractive
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2Y_wMPULh4&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRff075qOsA&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y81it1if2ns&feature=related

[teufel]

Szabó Gergő springs in my mind when it comes to speed AND spactacular style in Hungary :) He's driven lot of cars in his career and he was fast with all of them, like Golf kit-car, corolla wrc, octavia wrc, focus wrc and lately evo9. He even came 2nd in this year's romanian championship and plans to compete Rally Norway next year.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JspwMboGOHM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAMPzgt1kTo

[Mirek]

Teufel: Don't You know if Szabó plans Prague rallysprint? He is always welcome here :)

[Ciko]

]Teufel: Don't You know if Szabó plans Prague rallysprint? He is always welcome here :)
No, he doesn't plans, he won't start more rally in this year. :(

http://videa.hu/videok/sport/szabo-gergo-pragai-rallysprint-rally-szabog-Sqsan7YUSsd10R5U

:)

[Sulland]

Jean Ragnotti, Ari Vatanen and Colin McRae are my top 3 !

[UKOG~Will]

Colin McRae, Walter Röhrl, Sebastien Loeb

McRae - Just awesome.
Röhrl - Audi quattro through 1000 Lakes :D
Loeb - best driver of all time.

[WRC1]

Colin McRae, Walter Röhrl, Sebastien Loeb

McRae - Just awesome.
Röhrl - Audi quattro through 1000 Lakes :D
Loeb - best driver of all time.

sorry, but walter röhrl NEVER drove the rally of the 1000 lakes....

reg

wrc1

[BDunnell]

Jean Ragnotti would be my choice, no doubt about it.

[urabus-denoS2000]

Ragnotti is a glass of his own.
These guys are attractive,Ragnotti is a maniac

[Corny]

Mark van Eldik ;)

[Mirek]

Paolo Andreucci:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5SLFDFX2-0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7UO4uxjaHo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSxfEgEQUjE

[cut the b.s.]

Cedric Robert, although I didnt start this thread I think it will be more intersting to keep things relatively recent or obscure, of course McRae and Vatanen are hard to top but they are well known here already :)


http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=mU5G1GeT90E

[Helstar]

Colin McRae, Walter Röhrl, Sebastien Loeb
McRae - Just awesome.
Röhrl - Audi quattro through 1000 Lakes :D
Loeb - best driver of all time.
Agree first one, but the others .... just lol

Also, Ragnotti and Gigi Galli of course (after Colin, undisputable n.1 spectacular rally driver of all time).

[pino]

Colin McRae, Walter Röhrl, Sebastien Loeb

McRae - Just awesome.
Röhrl - Audi quattro through 1000 Lakes :D
Loeb - best driver of all time.

Totally agree about McRae, and maybe Rohrl, but Loeb shouldn't be on your list as He's one of the most "cleaner" driver of all time ;)

My list :

Colin
Ari
Armin
Gigi

:s mokin:

[ShiftingGears]

I think any great driver is spectacular, given cars that demand drifting to be driven fastest.

[A.F.F.]

Paasonen
Paasonen
Paasonen.

[Odie]

Mikko Kauppinen and Starlet.
He really pushed that car on its limits.

Heavy crash. With pacenotes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD_cryptdpo&feature=related

Same from outside.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMvY2E46d78&feature=related

Rallysprint on gravel.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=164Oi0TW7y8&feature=related

Rallysprint on asphalt.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kiWnTKGX5s&feature=related

Rally without pacenotes.
motorsportmad.com -> toyota starlet incar FINLAND

More videos in his homesite.
http://www.mikakiracing.net -> image&video calleries ->seasons 2006 to 2008

Watch especially those Vetomies vids from Urria and Ouninpohja 1 in 2006.
In Urria he was only 3 sec slower than the fastest s1600 driver (Wilks) and was 3 sec faster than some Andersson who was driving Suzuki :)

[Mirek]

A.F.F.: Paasonen will most probably start in Prague on 5th december.

[Fiorio]

Gigi Galli
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sg0cW6GDd3I

Armin Schwarz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63OtlZsgVDY

Jean Ragnotti
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNNOLRgTblw

The best drivers of all times....END!

[dimviii]

Jean Ragnotti by far even with a fwd car. :D

[Sulland]

Galli is of course a man on the list.

But to be fare to the threadstarter, he initially thought of national champ drivers, sorry that I did not read the first post well enough, and derived into international drivers !!

[urabus-denoS2000]

Sulland,dont worry you can post anything you want!!!!

[UKOG~Will]

sorry, but walter röhrl NEVER drove the rally of the 1000 lakes....

reg

wrc1

Shows how much I know.... :( :D

[urabus-denoS2000]

Andrea de Luna.
Italian fans will maybe know him from his drives in his Clio Williams.
Now he drives a Swift S1600.
I saw him at Rally Valli Pordenonesi e Piancavallo this year where he and his little Swift S1600 were by far the most attractive,especcially on snow ;)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s9lSx4GrLI&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zuu8QA98hc&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Hu9ZBQOhAo&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ix0vWfQuSKA

http://www.rallypuza.bloger.hr/ my friends video from Piancavallo where de Luna was very spectacular (Swift S1600)

[urabus-denoS2000]

And a short story about Andrea

http://rally.krokar.info/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5908&Itemid=113 (also contains stories and videos about Elwis Chentre and Michell Piccolotto,attractive drivers who should also be on this list)

[Fly]

For those of you who follow rallying for more than 10 years, one name came into my mind: David Metcalfe on the Vauxhall Nova. He died in a crash as a passenger while testing the Opel Calibra 4WD turbo with an engineer.

[drivacee]

1st Henri Toivonen,for his speed and daring
2nd Sebastian Loeb ,the best all round current driver
3rd Walter Rohl ,for the way he came to do the Manx in a private Porsche in the early 80s,with a small service crew,No recce and still finished 2nd to Pond,and that was only because of the last stages being at night
4th Hannu Mikkola for being a nice guy .

[BDunnell]

I am a bit surprised that anyone is mentioning Röhrl in this thread. He was brilliant, but spectacular? Certainly no more so than anyone else of his era. In fact, I'd say he was more controlled, and thus less spectacular, than most — certainly when compared to people like Toivonen and Vatanen.

[Christina]

Giiigiii Gaaallliiii!!!!

Not only is he an awesome driver to watch, he's also one of the nicest guys i've ever met. Hope we see him back next year!

[TKM]

2nd Sebastian Loeb ,the best all round current driver
I thought this was a thread about spectacular drivers.

For god's sake please let's not turn this into another "Loeb is the best" thread.

[havk]

One more very spectacular crash by Kuzi:
http://pl.youtube.com/watch?v=ubvziHCbLbI
And a nice clip:
http://pl.youtube.com/watch?v=BgTa3KJ9hu4

Also Holowczyc was known from his very spectacular style:
http://pl.youtube.com/watch?v=shuZWCvh44A&feature=related
http://pl.youtube.com/watch?v=i1hqiirbiLs
http://pl.youtube.com/watch?v=Op3voHswWMk&feature=related

[Helstar]

2nd Sebastian Loeb ,the best all round current driver
4th Hannu Mikkola for being a nice guy
http://www.motorsportforums.com/forums/images/icons/icon11.gif bah

I thought this was a thread about spectacular drivers.
For god's sake please let's not turn this into another "Loeb is the best" thread.
http://www.motorsportforums.com/forums/images/icons/icon14.gif

[farquar wrc]

Maurice Moffet is always class in the Starlet
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=b4k-d5Mr9Y8

How a ex works RS1800 should be driven
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=dopKGsBH_A8
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=f8KNyv8eM1g&feature=related
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=jVZDgqby4KQ

[cosmicpanda]

At the last Rally NZ, Loeb was the most spectacular.

He always seemed to be on the edge of control in a way the Fords and Sordo didn't, slid more than most (probably due to running on the loose gravel) and jumped the highest, with only Hirvonen, Latvala and Duval comparable. He seemed to be visibly fastest.

And I'm not a particularly big Loeb fan. I've just had to grudgingly respect him for what he's done.

[Sladden]

Didier Auriol I think is overlooked nowdays both as a driver and especially as a spectacular driver. His all or nothing agressive approach was crazy and beautiful.. allways flicking the car on loose surfaces.

Pushing hard meant going a bit too fast over jumps and throu corners. Finland 1993 comes to mind when he tries to catch Vatanen and Kankkunen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sw08auA6RRk

But noting beats Colin McRae.. in his Subaru years

Part 1 91-97 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmceisz4DTo
Part 2 97-98 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zIbvOliNGc&feature=related

[noel157]

Snijers, M3, Manx Rally 1988
http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJB8BtkSEHM

Paul Lietaer, Lotus Sunbean, 84 Haspengauw
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=a_anUxSZhlY

[urabus-denoS2000]

Snijers, M3, Manx Rally 1988
http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJB8BtkSEHM


Oh,that is a classic clip,how could I forget that one :)

[Ferjancz]

The Hungaian pilot Balazs Ocsi with his Lada :)

http://se.youtube.com/watch?v=1vPNEP4wSfk

Of course Ragnotti with the clio especially with the maxi this for sure we can say is spectacular.
http://se.youtube.com/watch?v=BE53_bAxmfA&feature=related

And Gilles Panizzi :)
http://se.youtube.com/watch?v=cPzcihPq3mk&feature=related

[iJones]

Jean Ragnotti, Ari Vatanen and Colin McRae are my top 3 !
x2
Galli and Snijers are also great.

[MrJan]

Love watching this old stuff. About 6 minutes in Ari is on it :up:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Hck7MBnFWPM

Love this too, absolute nutter

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Pbl8LgLXwRo&feature=related

[urabus-denoS2000]

The Hungaian pilot Balazs Ocsi with his Lada :)

http://se.youtube.com/watch?v=1vPNEP4wSfk

Of course Ragnotti with the clio especially with the maxi this for sure we can say is spectacular.
http://se.youtube.com/watch?v=BE53_bAxmfA&feature=related

And Gilles Panizzi :)
http://se.youtube.com/watch?v=cPzcihPq3mk&feature=related

This guy is crazy,I have seen him on 3 rallies lately and I remember whenever he passes by the crowd is absoultely insane!!!!

Now he drives an Evo IX and preety fast!!!!

[noel157]

This guy is crazy,I have seen him on 3 rallies lately and I remember whenever he passes by the crowd is absoultely insane!!!!

Now he drives an Evo IX and preety fast!!!!

Amazing driver Balazs Ocsi and it looks he has a standard rack in the Lada too. Great car control.

[urabus-denoS2000]

Just wanted to add that I just came back from Rally Novi Vinodolski in which Mitja Slejko proved he is an absolute maniac

[A.F.F.]

]A.F.F.: Paasonen will most probably start in Prague on 5th december.

Great :up:

Witl luck Urheilukanava here will show some footage of that rally :)

[Mirek]

Unfortunately he's not in the entry list although we all thought he would be as last year :(

[shurik]

The Hungaian pilot Balazs Ocsi with his Lada :)

http://se.youtube.com/watch?v=1vPNEP4wSfk

Yeah, his onboards is one of my favorites, especially because he drives the same car I do. Another hungarian driver I like is Szabó László..
http://youtube.com/watch?v=mFOoMJun234
http://youtube.com/watch?v=0k65N00x4-I

[A.F.F.]

]Unfortunately he's not in the entry list although we all thought he would be as last year :(

:s :

[Ferjancz]

Yeah, his onboards is one of my favorites, especially because he drives the same car I do. Another hungarian driver I like is Szabó László..
http://youtube.com/watch?v=mFOoMJun234
http://youtube.com/watch?v=0k65N00x4-I

I just couldn't get it why he breaked the front glass , may be someone who speaks hungarian can tell !

Of course Gigi Gali :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjeaimPXxWE

May be every one knows this video , especially at the end :) Well I've spoken to Vitorio Kaneva , Italian rally teacher, when he was in Bulgaria , and he told me that this fabulous slide at the end was made because Gali didn't have brakes and the only thing he could do was this :D :D Well Gali was his student :)

[Helstar]

I think it's time to end all the speculations over that hairpin :D here you are the "truth" from an early 2006 Gigi's interview:

Q: "Looking at some movies on your site, one of them is very spectacular, where you seem to make a spin and instead you’re making a hairpin very close to a pole and a car…"

G: "I don’t know, it was not me driving that car… He was another man, another Galli ! Anyway there are some situations when you need to improvise and in that situation, where we had snow tyres on the tarmac, with a nails line in the internal part, the car suddenly lost the grip because of a little bump and in less than a second I thought to be too long. The first thing I thought was to pull the handbrake. The car was sliding on her left so I thought that the only hope we had was to crash with the rear part saving the front part with engine, radiator… And the instinct made me to “paint” the hairpin (he also used the reverse gear NDR). But I must be sincere, it was a very lucky working…"

ps. It's Vittorio Caneva :)

[C64WDU]

For those of you who follow rallying for more than 10 years, one name came into my mind: David Metcalfe on the Vauxhall Nova. He died in a crash as a passenger while testing the Opel Calibra 4WD turbo with an engineer.

Totally agree, the way he drove that nova gte was phenomenal.

[tmx]

Bertie Fisher driving night stage in the Manx, but I can't find any online video. Armin Schwarz was spectacular, he is all out all the time than steady so he didn't finish so many rallies. I like some of Jan Kopecky tarmac driving too. Ofcourse my fav right now is Jari. It's sort of a trade off, because it's hard to have a driver that is consistent and spectacular at the sametime, even Gigi is forced to drive clean.


Röhrl - Audi quattro through 1000 Lakes :D you probably mean Stiq Blomqist, he was probably the most sideway driver I've seen. Rohrl was one of the neater driver of the time and people compare Loeb driving to his.


Loeb - best driver of all time. most boring driver of all time. also add sebastian ogier and daniel sordo to that list.

[AndyRAC]

Anybody who was at the jump in Port Talbot for the final stage would say Sebastien was spectacular - fully committed - awesome!!

[Helstar]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ME-VJMsmLpY&fmt=18

A video just to compare Loeb, Duval, Martin and Galli styles on tarmac back in 2005 ... say it all.

[Corny]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ME-VJMsmLpY&fmt=18

A video just to compare Loeb, Duval, Martin and Galli styles on tarmac back in 2005 ... say it all.

No, it does not.. I've seen Duval many times in Condroz rally and he's been spectaculair almost every corner. So it might have to do with the car also

[Barreis]

Gigi is sliding too much.. It's incredible how clean Martin drove it... Loeb!!!

[tmx]

Anybody who was at the jump in Port Talbot for the final stage would say Sebastien was spectacular - fully committed - awesome!!

I saw that one from the coverage, he was really going fast in the last leg, it blew me away that he beat latvala. It's probably one of the moment he put risk into his driving to get the win, I remember the other time was the end of Turkey if I remember correctly until the tires wore off. I would like to see him driving like that more often.

[Helstar]

No, it does not.. I've seen Duval many times in Condroz rally and he's been spectaculair almost every corner. So it might have to do with the car also
Duval ? Ahahah, please :)

[ShiftingGears]

Being the fastest means scrubbing off the least amount of speed through cornering, which is why being smooth is being fast.

[muscrae]

Serkan Yazıcı - 4 Times Turkish Rally Champion, 3th in 2000 FIA Teams Cup

Watch: http://www.rallivideo.com/pages/showvideo.php?id=105
Download: http://www.rallivideo.com/multimedia/Ralli/2008_ralli_kocaeli/video/2008_kocaeli_serkan_yazici_show.FLV

[young walsh]

two of the maddest men ever let loose in a rally car

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=EIhtTvMtvzw

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=dM9GlCyOJNs

[jonas_mcrae]

Jean Ragnotti full attack in Renault Megane Maxi 15 minutes video (incar and outside). Amazing driver in an Amazing car. Not as sideways as with the Clio but damn what a sound and raw speed!

http://videos.streetfire.net/video/Jean-Ragnotti-in-full-in_73200.htm

by the way anyone knows what ragnottiis doing now?

[Barreis]

Jean Ragnotti full attack in Renault Megane Maxi 15 minutes video (incar and outside). Amazing driver in an Amazing car. Not as sideways as with the Clio but damn what a sound and raw speed!

http://videos.streetfire.net/video/Jean-Ragnotti-in-full-in_73200.htm

by the way anyone knows what ragnottiis doing now?

Great video!! I saw in EVO magazine a picture of him testing Clio 197 few years ago..

[Miika]

Didier Auriol I think is overlooked nowdays both as a driver and especially as a spectacular driver. His all or nothing agressive approach was crazy and beautiful.. allways flicking the car on loose surfaces.

Pushing hard meant going a bit too fast over jumps and throu corners. Finland 1993 comes to mind when he tries to catch Vatanen and Kankkunen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sw08auA6RRk


Of the drivers I´ve seen live Ari and Colin are the easy choices as the most spectacular ones, especially Colin could always try a bit different line compared to the rest of the pack. But comparing Didi´s style to today´s borefest driving styles, he was quite a treat to watch as well.

Didi (#1) and Juha (#4) in that 1000 Lakes -93 battle with original sound, in-car footage of this event would be priceless:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbYm3dWWj5Y

And Didi on tarmac, do I need to say more:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MG23W-ggwA

[urabus-denoS2000]

Wow,I forgot one very spectacular driver........

Jasen Popov,multi-time Bulgarian champion,very fast and attractive driver
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wo999DlyzMs&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJLZV5n3y2w&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3X3WiTbZhY&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmdtcq1aML4&feature=related

[jonas_mcrae]

Wow,I forgot one very spectacular driver........

Jasen Popov,multi-time Bulgarian champion,very fast and attractive driver
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wo999DlyzMs&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJLZV5n3y2w&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3X3WiTbZhY&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmdtcq1aML4&feature=related

didn't he do some PWRC with OMV?

[tolis]

didn't he do some PWRC with OMV?

Yes, he did Monte and australia 2006 and Ireland 2007!

[Mirek]

And he also had an incredible crash in Monte 2006. He jumped into a deep valey and they had to use helicopter to get them and their wreck out from the deep...