@@whoyell2888 Juha’s single rally feats are also pretty incredible (not that other drivers don’t also have amazing feats of driving) but I mean, there was one rally where he went from 1st to 76th after rolling his car, and then managed to climb all the way back up to 9th, and in doing so help to secure the manufacturer’s title for Toyota…
@4:28 suicidal dog crossing the GT4 @..@ i love that this video is made without any annoying or distracting background music. the sound of the engine, blow-off valves, exhaust, backfiring, chirping etc. *is* the music!
Loeb is a champion in an era with watered down competition and hardly any manufacturers involved. Back in the Group B and consequent WRC era in the late 80's and 90's, the competition was razor sharp. Literally a piranha club of great drivers (many champions) and manufacturers looking to eclipse each other. When Kankkunen drove he raced against greats like Rörhl, Alen, Blomqvist, Vatanen, Mikkola, Biasion, Sainz and other great drivers.
There's something special in the way he pulls that Celica in and out of those corners... Him behind that GT-FOUR is untouchable...
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What's crazy about this guys is that he is one of the few who drove a championship event in *every* top category of the World Rally Championship. He's driven Group 3-4 cars, he's driven Group B cars, he's driven Group A cars, and he's driven WRC cars. To put it another way, in 2002 he was the last guy who had driven an event in the original regulations (the ones from 1973).
And when you think what kind of competition he had and still won.. Loeb is a great driver, one of the best there is, but only one overpowered car and half the time only bums against him. And he didnt have one hand on steering another on stick and cicarette on his lips while doing it.. To me, Juha is goat. Closest to Loeb being so secure driver, very few mistakes but still fast. But concidering how different cars and opponents etc his trophys are way more impressive IMO.
@@RoisinT2Loeb beat both Mcrae and Sainz in his first full year in the same car. I find it amazing that guys like Solberg, Gronholm, Martin, Hirvonen are considered weak oposition. Sure he might have had very little top guys to compete with it but its not like he raced bums. Burns, Sainz, Mcrae, Makkinen were all still there in 2003 and he beat them all.
Celica GT-Four. The best looking rally car ever. When I was a kid I had a poster of the St-185 on my bedroom wall. 19 years later I now own one and just had the Castrol graphics put on it. Oldest car I have ever owned, and yet the best. Starts first time in winter and also loads of fun in the snow too.
He looked great with the Celica - very comfortable on the road. How he pulled through those corners is just amazing. He was a great driver and a beauty to watch
Watched Juha on rally NZ in group a and WRC era. Lancia delta integrale, toyota Celica, ford escort, Subaru Impreza, Hyundai accent. Against all the other legendary drivers. A truly great rally car driver. The overseas drivers loved rally NZ too. The highlight of the year for me back then. Would stage hop over three days to watch the greatest show on earth!!! What of the cars these days? Can't even tell what model they are. I remember that last escort WRC Juha drove, every gear change it made a bang like a fucking shotgun going off! Brilliant!
@@adithyamahesh6961 some Finnish rally driver back in the 80's or so actually recorded a speed of over 300 km/h on the 1000 lakes rally of Finland which has basically no grip on the gravel and sand surface
I'm with you 100% on that one, got my 92 RC 5 years ago and it still makes me smile every time I drive it. So pleased with the performance and reliability I got another one for the winter and parked my truck.
He was so precise, consinstent,well planned is incredible! He was born to be the best rally driver! Sebastien Loeb is the king if we look the stats, than Tommi. But without doubt Juha is the most successful driver on real-life level, because he was able to make wins with any kind of a car, from group B, group A and with WRC car, and achive 4 world champion title with 3 different car in two different era. That is called proffesionalism!
Funny fact is that most ppl from Finland use a word "Kankkunen" when they say that they have Hangover 😎 "Damn ill Drink too much and now ill have horrible Kankkunen"
I really love those Group B monsters, but when I was a young boy my favourite rally car was that A-Group Celica. It just looked so good, and for me it's still the best looking rally car ever. I remember it was that Celica which had the turbo cheat system that was so clever it took a long time before they notice it at the inspection... some kind of a mechanism that allowed more airflow to the turbo when the car was driven at full throttle.
Imo in gran turismos (especially between 2-4) rally experience was quite bad. Playing colin mcrae in ps1 is much better. And now later dirt rallies with wheel are really pleasant experiences.
rallying seemed so much better then than the corporate talking drivers we have today maybe its me getting old but Juha was real rally driver in real cars
It's the cars blow off valve. A "BOV" is what releases the air jammed up in your intake pipping after you release the gas "Throttle body closes" and that's when the blow off valve purges a weird sound. It's for turbo cars.
As grazy as it sounds group A was golden era of rallying. So many car brands racing against each other and any of them could win some rally during season.
It was my favorite car when I was a kid also and I got one as a first car. Everyone told me I was crazy investing 20000 euros in a 20 year old car that I would end up crashing. I'm so happy that I didn't give a fuck what anyone told me and still have her. There is something about the T18 that stands out and looks different to everything else.
At 7:49 that 205T16 E2 sounds like a jet fighter on steroids. It must have taken amazing driving skill to control a group B car with 550BHP over long rally stages. Kankkunen is the master.
Restored a '90 St-185 about 10 years ago. Criminally under-appreciated vehicle, and probably the most attractive car from a design standpoint I've ever owned.
At least he one his world titles in different cars. He drove plenty of rally cars across the 2 decades. A true champ. " seb loeb may have won more than anyone else but he has to drive for a different team before he retires.
10:25+ And THIS is what rally should be! Second battle back and fourth with smile on their faces, having fun! Not this shit like novadays, 4 stages and the leader is 2+mins away, 3rd is some 5 mins away from the leader etc. Winner is day earlier in the finnish line than 3rd. Fuck yeah how it can be exiting!
@@ilkkak3065 It only had 350 horsepowers. It was 50 hp more than the preceding ST185, which had 300 hp due to the 34 mm restrictor plate. This 34 mm restrictor plate rule came into effect in 1987, when Group B was banned, and Group A cars got this part to limit their power. Toyota went the highest, with 300 hp, with Subaru and Mitsubishi being around 270 hp. In 1995, with those two becoming very competitive, the new ST205 got the cheating device from TTE, to level the playing field a bit. They were caught and the Celica was doomed.
Yeah.. in my book he really is the greatest! I think when you look how many cars he drove, and how he really mastered them all! How smooth it was, i mean, Mäkinen were fast / but he crash a lot. Mcrae were fast / but he crash a lot. Vatanen were fast / but he crash a lot... etc. At least when you compare to Juha. On his time, Sainz were as smooth maybe, but not as fast in many times.. I think Loeb maybe the only one that is as smooth/smoother, and fast. Really fast. Tell me when is the last time Loeb crashed? And how many times at all.. But as all arounder, when driven so many different cars, this man is above them all. My all time hero.. :)
loeb was only had it his way after grönholm retired. before he had to fight hard. ogier has the same luxury, he's not got competition from the same calibre. latvila is good but he hasn't got the consistency to fight ogier. kankunen ruled the roost against plenty of other strong title contenders in competitive cars, his career is the impressive one for sure.
He won on Group B class, A class and WRC class.
3 different teams as well.
Too hard bite for ogier
You forgot something between A and WRC.
Juha won 4 champion ships with 4 different cars and makers.
Loeb did 7 but all with same citroen.
@Travis Kody yea, no one gives a shit u bot
@@whoyell2888 Juha’s single rally feats are also pretty incredible (not that other drivers don’t also have amazing feats of driving) but I mean, there was one rally where he went from 1st to 76th after rolling his car, and then managed to climb all the way back up to 9th, and in doing so help to secure the manufacturer’s title for Toyota…
Juha Kankkunen, One of the greatest rally drivers ever.
100% agree, along with Mikkola and Alen.
THE greatest 👍🏻
Kankkunen in that Celica is just magic.
@4:28 suicidal dog crossing the GT4 @..@
i love that this video is made without any annoying or distracting background music. the sound of the engine, blow-off valves, exhaust, backfiring, chirping etc. *is* the music!
+1 for not putting shitty music on top.
Loeb is a champion in an era with watered down competition and hardly any manufacturers involved.
Back in the Group B and consequent WRC era in the late 80's and 90's, the competition was razor sharp. Literally a piranha club of great drivers (many champions) and manufacturers looking to eclipse each other.
When Kankkunen drove he raced against greats like Rörhl, Alen, Blomqvist, Vatanen, Mikkola, Biasion, Sainz and other great drivers.
Auriol, Delecour, McRae, Makkinen, Solberg... yeah
@@mattroyce plus Loeb competed against some of the guys the original comment mentioned and still beat them
Loeb vs Grönholm was epic tho, he's a master on his own
Can't take away from Loeb though.
@@jimbrown5268 Loeb vs Röhrl in Group B cars would be interesting. The two smoothest drivers of all...
There's something special in the way he pulls that Celica in and out of those corners... Him behind that GT-FOUR is untouchable...
What's crazy about this guys is that he is one of the few who drove a championship event in *every* top category of the World Rally Championship. He's driven Group 3-4 cars, he's driven Group B cars, he's driven Group A cars, and he's driven WRC cars.
To put it another way, in 2002 he was the last guy who had driven an event in the original regulations (the ones from 1973).
True gentleman. At 09:40 he waited for his navigator.
Marrs101- Well noted!
Kankkunen was one hell of a driver.
Still is
Best rallydriver ever! No matter was it a rwd, a group B, a group A or a wrc, He handled and won with them all! 💪
And when you think what kind of competition he had and still won..
Loeb is a great driver, one of the best there is, but only one overpowered car and half the time only bums against him. And he didnt have one hand on steering another on stick and cicarette on his lips while doing it..
To me, Juha is goat. Closest to Loeb being so secure driver, very few mistakes but still fast. But concidering how different cars and opponents etc his trophys are way more impressive IMO.
@@RoisinT2Loeb beat both Mcrae and Sainz in his first full year in the same car. I find it amazing that guys like Solberg, Gronholm, Martin, Hirvonen are considered weak oposition. Sure he might have had very little top guys to compete with it but its not like he raced bums. Burns, Sainz, Mcrae, Makkinen were all still there in 2003 and he beat them all.
He really is a legend....
Celica GT-Four. The best looking rally car ever. When I was a kid I had a poster of the St-185 on my bedroom wall. 19 years later I now own one and just had the Castrol graphics put on it. Oldest car I have ever owned, and yet the best. Starts first time in winter and also loads of fun in the snow too.
He looked great with the Celica - very comfortable on the road. How he pulled through those corners is just amazing. He was a great driver and a beauty to watch
A motorsports hero, and a very cool guy.
Watched Juha on rally NZ in group a and WRC era. Lancia delta integrale, toyota Celica, ford escort, Subaru Impreza, Hyundai accent. Against all the other legendary drivers. A truly great rally car driver. The overseas drivers loved rally NZ too. The highlight of the year for me back then. Would stage hop over three days to watch the greatest show on earth!!! What of the cars these days? Can't even tell what model they are. I remember that last escort WRC Juha drove, every gear change it made a bang like a fucking shotgun going off! Brilliant!
Juha is best of the best. Forever.
The fastest moustache on earth...
22fret Isn't it Nigel Mansell?
@@brianyau9812 Juha drove at the same speeds as Mansell.. except he does it on dirt
Theory: Rosberg's twin
Both blonde
Both moustache
Both Finn
Both REALLY fast
Both World Champion as well
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 No way im wheezing in tears!!!!!!
@@adithyamahesh6961 some Finnish rally driver back in the 80's or so actually recorded a speed of over 300 km/h on the 1000 lakes rally of Finland which has basically no grip on the gravel and sand surface
He drove the crap out of that Celica
What a great driver , drove every group A car with panache ! Enjoy WRC while you can 2021 will be a great year !
I'm with you 100% on that one, got my 92 RC 5 years ago and it still makes me smile every time I drive it. So pleased with the performance and reliability I got another one for the winter and parked my truck.
Kankkunen is my favorite rallydriver of all times
Juha, what tyres are you driving? ”Black and round Pirelli.”
He was so precise, consinstent,well planned is incredible! He was born to be the best rally driver! Sebastien Loeb is the king if we look the stats, than Tommi. But without doubt Juha is the most successful driver on real-life level, because he was able to make wins with any kind of a car, from group B, group A and with WRC car, and achive 4 world champion title with 3 different car in two different era. That is called proffesionalism!
Juha was driving all kinds of cars and was a master with them all...Loeb is only the WRC-champion, keep remembering it.
Thanks! I love this video with pure sound and no stupid music. But Ari Vatanen is still my favorite of Finnish rally drivers.
Great video!!! Thank you!!! Finally a video well made!
What a legend, absolute genius!! M
Subaru and toyota celica I love it..!!!!
Omg preparing to say exactly the same thing, and you already did it. The celica is badass.
***** Yes, Of course..!!
Great driver,awesome rallying,unbelievable control of the "beast"!! VERY FAST MOUSTACHE!
The sounds are amazing
This has to be the best ralling vid ever ,
Juha is one of my fauvorites too, but he won two championship with Lancia Delta.
Funny fact is that most ppl from Finland use a word "Kankkunen" when they say that they have Hangover 😎 "Damn ill Drink too much and now ill have horrible Kankkunen"
Legend!!!!
Kiitos Juha !!!! Subaru FRWR
There is something indescribable about the Celica, I just love that car!
Have you all seen his car collection??!....he has got pretty much all the classic rally cars....👍
I really love those Group B monsters, but when I was a young boy my favourite rally car was that A-Group Celica. It just looked so good, and for me it's still the best looking rally car ever. I remember it was that Celica which had the turbo cheat system that was so clever it took a long time before they notice it at the inspection... some kind of a mechanism that allowed more airflow to the turbo when the car was driven at full throttle.
kankkunen a LÉGEND
Wow, he drove for everyone at least once.
i love the squirrel noise of the subaru, but group b cars were on their own level, freaking beasts
Jop3lius it always reminded me more of a dolphin
Cars I remembered in my childhood from Gran Trismo 3 & 4!! :)
Same
Imo in gran turismos (especially between 2-4) rally experience was quite bad. Playing colin mcrae in ps1 is much better. And now later dirt rallies with wheel are really pleasant experiences.
rallying seemed so much better then than the corporate talking drivers we have today maybe its me getting old but Juha was real rally driver in real cars
when wrc spec cars came in replacing group a it rapidly deteriorated.
Awesome, thank you.
2:30
Subaru
powered by dolphins
Best video on youtube?!!
Amazing video !!
One of the best
a great performance from the prince of rallying
He drove ALL the legends in their prime!!
he drove lots of great cars...
Legend.
Celica is still the best looking rally car even compared to the cars of today
Not much footage in the Escorts, and Imprezas, considering he was with Ford for two seasons, and Subaru for two seasons...
Du pur bonheur!!!
Merci amjayes...
Legendary Juha
Thank you, Juha
Fact about Group B
They never used handbrakes
?? Really? Why?
@@paavipappa8461 locked central diff
@@josemabm5065 oh i see
They never used it because they can't :)
And didn't need
MAN it's good to see the ST-185 do what it was meant to do.
It's the cars blow off valve. A "BOV" is what releases the air jammed up in your intake pipping after you release the gas "Throttle body closes" and that's when the blow off valve purges a weird sound. It's for turbo cars.
As grazy as it sounds group A was golden era of rallying. So many car brands racing against each other and any of them could win some rally during season.
the fucking dog at 4:27!
It was my favorite car when I was a kid also and I got one as a first car. Everyone told me I was crazy investing 20000 euros in a 20 year old car that I would end up crashing. I'm so happy that I didn't give a fuck what anyone told me and still have her. There is something about the T18 that stands out and looks different to everything else.
Awesome style!!!! forever juha
Buenisimo....Juha...eres increible....
ooohhhh my godness......Juha is the best...
At 7:49 that 205T16 E2 sounds like a jet fighter on steroids. It must have taken amazing driving skill to control a group B car with 550BHP over long rally stages. Kankkunen is the master.
I have a ST182 & ST185, i love that car -)
Restored a '90 St-185 about 10 years ago. Criminally under-appreciated vehicle, and probably the most attractive car from a design standpoint I've ever owned.
Pure magic!
all rally drivers are good but, this guy was something pretty special.
My favourite idol ❤️
Ahhhh the Integrale. The pocket rocket - still the best-looking rally car of all...
I know the word "breath-taking" is overrated... But would you look at this slide: 2:49
sos el mejor me tiembla la piel de escuhar esos motores y al rey de rally
At least he one his world titles in different cars. He drove plenty of rally cars across the 2 decades. A true champ. " seb loeb may have won more than anyone else but he has to drive for a different team before he retires.
Wie geil der Lancia war, sensationell
Chirping of Subaru is the highest.
legend!!
Juha Kankkunen The Pro :)
Legenda!
awesome
HBD Juha!! :)
legend
Veo estos videos después de tantos años y KKK me parece aun mas rápido, un piloto con mayusculas.
10:25+ And THIS is what rally should be! Second battle back and fourth with smile on their faces, having fun! Not this shit like novadays, 4 stages and the leader is 2+mins away, 3rd is some 5 mins away from the leader etc. Winner is day earlier in the finnish line than 3rd. Fuck yeah how it can be exiting!
That BOV sound in Toyota Celica is so terrifying
Big boss
with this video you can do infinitely many sentences with the phrase "almost died"
2:49 OMFG
The celica at 1995 was have 400hp anyway one of the best drivers ever!
1995 Celica st-205 had 550hp, but it was outlaw.
@@ilkkak3065 It only had 350 horsepowers. It was 50 hp more than the preceding ST185, which had 300 hp due to the 34 mm restrictor plate. This 34 mm restrictor plate rule came into effect in 1987, when Group B was banned, and Group A cars got this part to limit their power. Toyota went the highest, with 300 hp, with Subaru and Mitsubishi being around 270 hp. In 1995, with those two becoming very competitive, the new ST205 got the cheating device from TTE, to level the playing field a bit. They were caught and the Celica was doomed.
Legend one rally king on laukaa
I miss 80s rally😕
Maestro!!!! 7:15 watch!!!
Yeah.. in my book he really is the greatest! I think when you look how many cars he drove, and how he really mastered them all! How smooth it was, i mean, Mäkinen were fast / but he crash a lot. Mcrae were fast / but he crash a lot. Vatanen were fast / but he crash a lot... etc. At least when you compare to Juha. On his time, Sainz were as smooth maybe, but not as fast in many times.. I think Loeb maybe the only one that is as smooth/smoother, and fast. Really fast. Tell me when is the last time Loeb crashed? And how many times at all.. But as all arounder, when driven so many different cars, this man is above them all. My all time hero.. :)
Mäkinen did not crash a lot, atleast in his "golden years" 98-99
loeb was only had it his way after grönholm retired. before he had to fight hard. ogier has the same luxury, he's not got competition from the same calibre. latvila is good but he hasn't got the consistency to fight ogier.
kankunen ruled the roost against plenty of other strong title contenders in competitive cars, his career is the impressive one for sure.
Great job. Juha still is my favorite rally driver but I still believe 86 should have been Markku's, not his.
Yeah !!!!!! Only ENGINES SOUND !!!!!!
AMO el rally
Damn.. they drive so fuckin smooth..
4：１０ That cute babe. And yes Juha is truly one of the WRC all time greats