Everyone always goes on about how crazy the drivers were, but nobody remembers the co-drivers. Just imagine yourself being the co-driver in a Group B car! That would be way more scarier than driving yourself. You have to trust your life to the hands of the driver, and still keep calm enough to be able to give directions. Huge respect for them!
Yes! I was thinking that while watching this! Who really is crazier, the one in control or the one sitting there and keeping cool. It's terrifying just to watch!!
On a cliff, in fog, with a half flat tire, with damaged steering not being able to corner safely, after a close-to-death-moment... pushing on like a complete maniac.
@@EbonyPope Few of them drove broken cars. Flat spot on tyre is a tricky one. Driving 280km/h+ with tyre shaking the whole car so much, that your vision is blured and you can't see anything really. Or in rain, not see a damn thing throug that fog of water, just hearing when the car infront starts to brake and not lift too soon as you got other maniac that can't see you behind. They are all adrenaline junky maniacs.
@@hoatattis7283 In the US it the equivalent of what in british english is a word 'tyre'... suppose you're a native speaker, I gather you should know that already..? 🤔
@@SRNF Hang on though. That means a camera, the size of a 5-year-old child, is placed into a bouncing and shaking car and produces film that clear (with the audio being equally as impressive, though that's something else entirely) but, because it's "converted correctly" is looks that good? Honestly, this just looks like witchcraft. I can believe that car is from 1983 but, the footage? Not a chance.
@@godlyobject6509 35mm can hold about 4k resolution so if the film was kept in a good environment you can give some really high resolutions. There is a video on this named "Film: the reason some of the past was in HD" by Technology Connections on this subject.
People are only used to film being bad because they always used poor lenses and cheap development. The limits of film before were down to equipment and development assuming it was correctly exposed. With digital the limits are more to do with the sensor. It's pretty easy to believe this is film because I've seen superior film footage to this. Film stocks themselves didn't change massively from the 80s and there were plenty of HQ film stocks in use at the time.
Just when we thought he was badass enough for saving that car from crashing. At about 4:34 onwards you can see him going flat out on the straight, but the wheel is turned on an angle, this is because his wheel is punctured and he is fighting the car from spinning out of control, its hard enough to drive with a punctured tyre, let alone go fast like him. And he's still flooring it like nobody's business. Absolute badass.
Before that too, he was barely loosing his tempo for hairpins, even tho car refused to go into a right-hander at all. These men were the real road-warriors, capable of fighting with their limbs hurting badly.
I bumped into Ari on wales rally GB 2014 in the service park. He was kind enough to stand and talk to a complete stranger as if we had known each other for years. Signed a piece of paper for me, not just an autograph, a sentence quoting go flat out always, and the date. I did nt want to hold him up, but did mention this video, and he stood there telling me all about it, how he had punctured the tyre on the wall previously to arriving at the cattle grid sideways and cooly and calmly said, " It was just one of those moments" respect.
Steve McIlroy Amazing Driver AND a nice guy? It's always nice to hear news like that, especially when we have so many "large egos" in motorsports. I wish Ari all the best.
Ari was/is a GIANT in the rallying world, I'd put him up against anyone in the same car & conditions, in/on forest, roads or race track, you don''t get that good for no reason. I'd just love to see him do a 'quick lap' of the Isle of Man(n) TT circuit in a car!
Ari called it as soon as they went past the grid, listen to the faint "punctured it". Him fighting that steering wheel is a thing of beauty, trying to get a feel for the grip at every turn. But agreed on the legends stuff.
@@sapogato4518 I've watched this video so many times and always thought he was saying "pull yer head in" in response to the co driver seemingly shitting himself and stopping giving pacenotes momentarily. "Punctured it" makes more sense, what a pro.
Yes it probably is. One of my favourite rally interviews was Tony Mason asking Markku Alen what happened after misjudging a bend and ended up flying over a stone wall and into a field. To which Markku replied in that thick Finnish accent " vee got out zer car, opened zer gate, and drove out."
The save is amazing, but let’s not forget that he did the rest of the stage with a puncture, in the fog, with Jimmy McRae bearing down on him. Super ballsy all round.
Respect to you too. I did a short rally driving course and its the most technically demanding form of driving that there is...and that's before you even start going fast.
Dart - what goes through your mind as a co-driver after a moment like that, is to concentrate even more on getting the following calls spot on, to keep the driver’s mind focussed on the hazards ahead, not what is already behind you. :-)
Ari Vatanen, the most spectacular rally driver ever. Saw him live in Port Wine Portugal Rally multiple times in the eighties. Insane skills, iron balls, loved to show off. This clip brings back all of that. Thanks for that.
I watched a lifestyle tour video where someone visited Finland in the winter and was invited to try ice racing, local village style. Those are the "friendly" local races with the villagers running what ever they have. The teenage girls were beating this guy. He never had a chance. They live and breath hairy driving there just to get out shopping.
@@charlieross-BRM Maybe the offspring of some petrolhead families, most do not. And too often ones with new licences wrap a birch or pine with their -80s corollas or kadetts. One girl died from my class, when they drived some gravel backroad with no1 having a licence.
@@i7Qp4rQ I am from Finland and I started to drive when I was 6 years old. Teacher was my cousin with his car. He was 15. I was driving a 400 metre circle, half at public road. When I was young at 80's, it was just a normal at countryside to learn driving at field and ice long before 18. Still today but not so much any more. We Finns really do love driving and we have long distances. Only problem is that I feel currently young's do drive too much nonsafely, taking too much risks and going too often to public roads. Okay, the road I was driving was not the main road and slowly
Thank you Patrick. Don't worry about people like Freedman and Williams: they don't understand how busy us investment bankers are. Especially when you take into account certain specific after work activities. I bet they don't even have embossed lettering in their businesscards. Anyway, I hear you can do a thousand stomach crunches now. Way to go.
@@SA-rz6fj Exactly. When I made that comment I didn't have enough time to watch the whole race because I was in a hurry to return some videotapes before rushing over to Dorsia for my eight o'clock reservation. I'm sure you understand.
It's a testament to Vatanen's driving skill that he was able to continue driving at speed with a puncture shedding tyre fragments onto the road. Feel sure that Harryman appreciated that.
did you all see how he handled the car with a punctured tyre? on the last section he truly push it to the limit and you can see that the steering wheel isnt straight. He is truly the legend of all time, RESPECT!
for 2 people to be from diffrent countries with the language barrier these 2 certainly trusted each other 150%, total respect for being at the top of there game
@@Vikingr91 I'm saying that however good a driver I may think I am, the sad reality is that he could easily beat me with a car with only 3 inflated tyres, over me with a perfect car. It's praise.
This is still the best recovery from a wheel hit I have ever seen. And I've seen a lot. Absolutely brilliant. And just keeps on driving as if nothing's wrong.
Vatanen is a legend! Always amazing how these “crazy” rally drivers are able to compartmentalize near crashes and stay focused for the remaining stint.
Rally cars have the safest standards for crashes. Only a hand few of people have died rallying and those were in the early days. This year 2018-2019 nobody has died rallying.
The early days being less than 10 years ago? Many drivers and co drivers have died in rallies or in testing. Yes the vehicle safety equipment is better, the vehicles have more technical aids and the stages are safer in some areas. The racing is not necessarily better, skill levels are as good which means that Equivalent drivers today are less likely to have a fatal incident.
It essentially means you can potentially cut the corner it is so flat that you can go flat-out "maybe". Only the best rally drivers will speed through those "maybe" sections like a straight away.
@@Ilikeurmominminiskirt Then I feel I'm in good-company! My-wife is the same. Never tell her left or right, just-POINT, and say, "Over-there!". Plus, she gets her turn-signals spot-on, though. She's great in Metro-traffic, as everyone-else seems backwards, too! (Accuses ME, of "being-too-sane", to 'safely'-drive in city. And I reckon she might be right, in-deed!) And, yeah, I love my wife/chauffeur so much, as well...! ☺
I remember once driving home from my girlfriend when my stomach started hurting and I could feel the diharreah knocking on the back door. This video reminded me of that day.
These rally drivers are phenomenal. You feel your heart jumping out of your chest just watching a video of them driving through these narrow corridors at break neck speeds! I wish I could drive like one of these fellows.
A masterclass demonstration of pure skill by of one of the rally greats, in an analogue car with zero driver aids. That poor co driver saw his life flash before his eyes then calmly picked up the the pace notes again! Another rally legend😎
I remember seing this decades ago. The "Dear God" remark had marked my mind and the fact he was going that speed on a flat tire was unreal! First time I see it again since! Still as spectacular... or suicidal! Definately a special breed of men!
These guys certainly had the mental stability to be Apollo Astronauts. They had a 50% chance of catastrophic failure on the first Moon flight and only experienced fighter pilots with test flying and/or combat experience were chosen. Group B drivers were on par with that I think.
Absolutely my favorite piece of in-car footage. Just look at how beautifully he handles it, keeps steering beautifully despite having to massively counteract for the puncture.
Always loved Ari, he was fantastic. Once joked he rolled everything including a combined harvester 😃, loved watching him and all the others of that era.
If I was Vatanen´s co-driver, I would be scared shitless... What a driver, absolutely fearless... Huge respect for both, Ari and co-driver... Petr from Czech.
Respect Ari...this is what's mean to race in 80's...no traction assistant, no electronics tricks, nothing! Only a big big heart ad a big big heavy right foot!!!
These cars dont have suspension, they have solid steel rods to keep the car from scraping the road !! - those balls would leave any suspension bottomed out
Damn it ari is an amazing driver.... Before traction control, abs and even power steering was the norm! Real driving skill and feel for the car/road. Many if not all modern day race/rally drivers could not even get close to him if both driving an old car like this. ....end of Hero👍👍👍👍
I had the pleasure of being a passenger with Ari driving an Escort Cosworth around the old Ford Motosport complex at Boreham airfield in Essex. Such a lovely man and an awesome driver - his feet were a blur on the pedals. How he got through that gate is either a miracle or simply outstanding skill. I’m saying skill.
Vatanen.... I watched him in the 80's as a kid. I remember this footage. Thanks to Duke Video posting it, no words can explain Vatanen was one of the best out there. He clipped the wall, sent car sideways and he corrected it and calmly went through a stone walled cattle-grid. Totally Amazing.
@@@theant9821 The Rothmans Manx Rally on the Isle of Mann in 83 was part of the European Championship. I can remember if Group B was involved in the British championship or not. I watched my first live Rally in 85 when Mouton brought her Group B Audi S1 E2 to Scotland but I think the Scottish was part of the European Championship as well.
I watched many rallies for years, now helping to organise and run events. My first memory and pictures to accompany were on the 1975 Scottish when Ari was driving an Opel Ascona into the ground. His style was severe on the car and it had to be welded up at every service. I think he finished 8th overall. On the same event, the Chequered Flag run Stratos driven by Andy Dawson and Ulf Grondholm driving a Beetle, father of WRC champ Marcus. Happy days Many years later, in 2008 at the McRae Stages, at Perth Racecourse event suite, an evening of chit-chat with the great JaggyBunnet as MC, I had the privelege of meeting and chatting with Ari Vatanen, Hannu Mikkola, Malcolm Wilson, Russell Brookes, Kris Meeke, Alistair and Jimmy McRae, John Buffum, Travis Pastrana, Ken Block, Louise Aitken-Walker, Andrew Cowan, Phil Collins and many others. An evening to remember for sure, and I have the Marshal's Tee shirt to prove it!!
@@PeterOKeeffe3333 Thanks for the thumb-up. Not a legend, really, just someone who loves rallying and I do what I can when I can. Couple of weeks from now, off to Mull to help run the Mull Rally, one of the best in the UK. It'll be a busy week, but we'll do what's needed to get as many as possible to the stop line of the final stage, safely and no casualties, job done.
+jonny j NO. You fucking imbecile. He says " Punctured it". Very clearly, and there is no possible way that he could have said "keep on reading" in that amount of syllables, nor would there be any fuckign reqson for him to tell his co cdriver to keep reading when obviously he was going to keep reading. And the co driver then REPLIES to his comment about the puncture.
i know it only from video games racing, but when you have avoided an accident it is already in past, you relaxed and have to concentrate on your current driving. car doesn't stop and race doesn't, that calm rational reaction is getting with time
There were so many amazing rally drivers from the 80’s era. I commend them all, but Ari was spectacular and I believe calculated that extra bit of ‘crazy’ we all enjoyed. I had the privilege of seeing him drive in the Kenya Safari Rally back in the 1980s. Of course hats off to those navigators. To try and read the navigator notes in every environment and speed has its many challenges. Bravo to you all !!!
Meshack Mutua Yes. ! In Kenya 🇰🇪 The Kenya Safari Rally!!! One of the toughest rallies in the Motorsport rally world. Awesome, thrilling and the excitement was unbelievable!! Cheers.
Guy going mental speed gets out of shape into a left hander car starts to slide, front left wheel hits wall, creates tank slapper, driver somehow straightens it just in time to fly through a gate and cattle grid probably still at motorway speed. Both occupants probably shit themselves but still drive at ten tenths despite a rapidly failing front left tyre and damaged steering. Still proceeds to push the throttle through the floor and hang on for the rest of the stage. And yet people still like football.
I mean, forget the total trust in the driver, that could’ve been the end of the co driver. That oversteer would’ve put the co drivers side of the car straight into the metal gate post. To then pick up on your pace notes again after that is incredible. Then to carry on driving, as that car had a steering problem after that rear left clipped the wall (look at the steering angle towards the end just to keep it straight).
@@martij30 Yeah they definitely had a front left puncture, you can hear the carcass of the tyre thudding against the bodywork later in the stage. That's not to say they might not have bent the trackrod as well, mind. They ended up losing quite a lot of time on that stage, but at least they weren't injured. The only man in rallying crazier than Vattanan was his co-driver! Everyone knew Vattanan was a maniac.
Can’t even imagine going that fast on a narrow cliffside road in a RWD monster from the 80’s with a puncture throughout most of the stage. Just after having a near death experience too 😵
The moment we all were expecting is at minute 2:00 Dear God indeed. Only a master like Vatannen could pull that off sideways. Amazing driving skills at the limit of a very old analog machine like the one he was driving. And his calm answer is: keep reading!!!!
This remembers me the time I was co for one season standing in for someone, and the pilot won the championship that year. Was I scared ? No, it´s 40 years ago and I was 20 :) just excited... The pilot still races, but for me it was a one time thing, and I enjoyed it every second...
@@neilaquino5294 its SO sad she lost the f.i.a. championship in the Audi when her trans broke. To be the only woman to win f.i.a. champ woulda been amazing. That said she drove the fastest most insane group B rally cars and beat most of the men. She is and always will be a legend. Sad she is known so little in societies lexicon.
This driver is so good that even a puncture can't stop him, he understand the car really well. Fantastic job for both, the driver and co-driver as well :)
And to make it even more incredible this Manta wasn't car he felt completely comfortable with, I recall Vatanen saying he found it little bit too understeery after Escort and that Röhrl got adapted to it better.
Ari is my hero! The dichotomy combination of concentration plus sheer nerve, is stunning. I never wanted to drive..., I’ve allways fancied ‘co-pilot’ (an understatement if I’ve ever heard one). One can’t ‘do’, without the other.
Everyone always goes on about how crazy the drivers were, but nobody remembers the co-drivers. Just imagine yourself being the co-driver in a Group B car! That would be way more scarier than driving yourself. You have to trust your life to the hands of the driver, and still keep calm enough to be able to give directions. Huge respect for them!
+SingleTurboSupra That's why they call it the silly seat! ;)
SingleTurboSupra my roommate would drive us to work like this. why I helped him build his volvo. ....
Yes! I was thinking that while watching this! Who really is crazier, the one in control or the one sitting there and keeping cool. It's terrifying just to watch!!
SingleTurboSupra .....Totally.
A lot of maybe's though in the co-driver's notes. :)
"One flat, three left. Death ahead, maybe."
hahaah thats a good one
💀💀💀
Flat ldft, maybe, just kidding hard right.
I said maybe.
LOL!
ROFL XD
On a cliff, in fog, with a half flat tire, with damaged steering not being able to corner safely, after a close-to-death-moment... pushing on like a complete maniac.
F1 drivers would already have stopped their car. :D
Van Poll What is a Tire?
...pushing on like "a true professional" is what you meant to say...😁!
@@EbonyPope Few of them drove broken cars. Flat spot on tyre is a tricky one. Driving 280km/h+ with tyre shaking the whole car so much, that your vision is blured and you can't see anything really.
Or in rain, not see a damn thing throug that fog of water, just hearing when the car infront starts to brake and not lift too soon as you got other maniac that can't see you behind.
They are all adrenaline junky maniacs.
@@hoatattis7283
In the US it the equivalent of what in british english is a word 'tyre'... suppose you're a native speaker, I gather you should know that already..? 🤔
Behind all Rally legends there's also a legendary co-driver. Huge respect to both of them.
And beneath each there's an enormous pair.
It is like snipers, next to every legendary sniper there is also legendary spotter, excluding "White Death".
Terry Harryman.
@@hidedollar5818 yes white dead didn't have a spotter
@@soconoha it's a wonder that the car can still drive with all that added weight
Just noticed this was 1983, looks like early 2000s. Unbelievable camera quality
Its film not digital...not that hard to believe if converted correctly.
@@SRNF Hang on though. That means a camera, the size of a 5-year-old child, is placed into a bouncing and shaking car and produces film that clear (with the audio being equally as impressive, though that's something else entirely) but, because it's "converted correctly" is looks that good? Honestly, this just looks like witchcraft. I can believe that car is from 1983 but, the footage? Not a chance.
Not really.
@@godlyobject6509 35mm can hold about 4k resolution so if the film was kept in a good environment you can give some really high resolutions. There is a video on this named "Film: the reason some of the past was in HD" by Technology Connections on this subject.
People are only used to film being bad because they always used poor lenses and cheap development. The limits of film before were down to equipment and development assuming it was correctly exposed. With digital the limits are more to do with the sensor. It's pretty easy to believe this is film because I've seen superior film footage to this. Film stocks themselves didn't change massively from the 80s and there were plenty of HQ film stocks in use at the time.
That's a more sincere "Dear God" than you'll ever hear in church.
Also the "Ohh" before that.
LOL so true AAAH
1:58
Definitely :-)
I wonder if he was wearing brown trousers that day? 🤣
I love how in '83 they had better onboard audio recordings)
Look up Nagra. Beautifully engineered recorders for film.
@@whitepeoplergullible9241 I checked them out. Interesting company.
Did they also have open front helmets though? Many have a chin bar now.
Yeah. Lots of open face helmets. I don’t think even semi-open face is legal anywhere now.
That's because they used superior analogue technology.
Just when we thought he was badass enough for saving that car from crashing.
At about 4:34 onwards you can see him going flat out on the straight, but the wheel is turned on an angle, this is because his wheel is punctured and he is fighting the car from spinning out of control, its hard enough to drive with a punctured tyre, let alone go fast like him.
And he's still flooring it like nobody's business.
Absolute badass.
Before that too, he was barely loosing his tempo for hairpins, even tho car refused to go into a right-hander at all.
These men were the real road-warriors, capable of fighting with their limbs hurting badly.
Yep the car is under steering really bad on the right hand hairpins, he nearly hit the wall at 20mph at one point lol
Wow I didn't even notice, thank you! Absolute badasses
Also keep in mind some of those cars were god fucking awful when it came to suspension and many other things. No electronic assists nothing
Holy shit that’s terrifying
I bumped into Ari on wales rally GB 2014 in the service park. He was kind enough to stand and talk to a complete stranger as if we had known each other for years. Signed a piece of paper for me, not just an autograph, a sentence quoting go flat out always, and the date. I did nt want to hold him up, but did mention this video, and he stood there telling me all about it, how he had punctured the tyre on the wall previously to arriving at the cattle grid sideways and cooly and calmly said, " It was just one of those moments" respect.
Steve McIlroy Amazing Driver AND a nice guy? It's always nice to hear news like that, especially when we have so many "large egos" in motorsports. I wish Ari all the best.
+Steve McIlroy it must have been an experience for you!
Steve McIlroy Frame that piece of paper and lock it in a safety deposit box 👍
That's him. Gods blessed driver and a gentelman.
Steve McIlroy amaizing you meet him hehe, seem a nice guy
terry calls out a puncture after having a huge close call and ari goes flat out like that's where the fun begins, absolute legends
Ari was/is a GIANT in the rallying world, I'd put him up against anyone in the same car & conditions, in/on forest, roads or race track, you don''t get that good for no reason. I'd just love to see him do a 'quick lap' of the Isle of Man(n) TT circuit in a car!
Ari called it as soon as they went past the grid, listen to the faint "punctured it". Him fighting that steering wheel is a thing of beauty, trying to get a feel for the grip at every turn. But agreed on the legends stuff.
@@sapogato4518this
@@sapogato4518 I've watched this video so many times and always thought he was saying "pull yer head in" in response to the co driver seemingly shitting himself and stopping giving pacenotes momentarily. "Punctured it" makes more sense, what a pro.
"oh dear God, I just shat myself.... maybe"
Man I laughed so hard..... maybe 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Lol
LOL !!
Best comment on this video, maybe... 😂👍
HAHAHAH
That remains one of the most extraordinary moments in rallying history.
Yes it probably is. One of my favourite rally interviews was Tony Mason asking Markku Alen what happened after misjudging a bend and ended up flying over a stone wall and into a field. To which Markku replied in that thick Finnish accent " vee got out zer car, opened zer gate, and drove out."
Oh.........dear God.
+Steve Gunnis Yon know..
2:08 that is awesome.... and Ari has to tell him to carry on with the calls, right?
Probably it was quite uncomfortable to finish with shit in his pants... so he had to push him..
crazy.. well - "those times"
I would've probably shouted : NNNNOOOOO !!!!
Probably punctured the tire, hence the crazy understeering for the rest of the stage
rally drivers, most skillful drivers in the world.
Nobody even comes close, but don't say that to a F1 fan - LOL
You never seen me get to the off licence before closing time.
Slight modification needed: *Finnish* rally drivers, the most skillful drivers in the world. :-)
Without a doubt!
@@kwakkers68 I'd have to disagree and say Irish drivers 😉
The save is amazing, but let’s not forget that he did the rest of the stage with a puncture, in the fog, with Jimmy McRae bearing down on him. Super ballsy all round.
I watched this live. We were having a picnic in the 14th easy right. The backdraft blew our marmalade sandwiches everywhere.
Sit down elsewhere -may be--
Oh yeah. I was there too. Was beautiful. I was the tree on the left. Maybe.
Dam
I watched this live. We were having an in the . The backdraft . Certified compatible with all YT videos
@@AnotherSpaceCowBoy I watched this live. We we having an _shit_ in the _bushes_ . The backdraft blew _our shit everywhere_ .
Dear God!!! Best onboard video,MAYBE...
samanosukeka absoluut!
dear god moment is giving me chills
Maybe
you lot should really watch Frank Kelly/Mick Coady videos for a mad driver/co-driver combo
No you are absolute right.
Basically this guy is doing 120 km/h, on wet tarmac, right next to a cliff, in the fog, with a flat front tire, stick shifting.
Tyre
Way faster. I would say close to 200
in a good way
A regualr drive here in rural Ireland
That's rally
He gave me my Diploma of Rally Driving and Navigation at his rally school. Respect.
Respect to you too. I did a short rally driving course and its the most technically demanding form of driving that there is...and that's before you even start going fast.
@@simonlloyd7557 All the best, cheers :-)
@@hermansule5750 Stop polluting the comments with this shit GG!!
No one wants what you're selling.
@@carlkamuti Don't be sad ... just silent
@@hermansule5750 At last a post from you that doesn't have that stupid link!!
reporter: what's going through your mind after the near crash? were you worried?
co-pilot: *maybe*
Dart - what goes through your mind as a co-driver after a moment like that, is to concentrate even more on getting the following calls spot on, to keep the driver’s mind focussed on the hazards ahead, not what is already behind you. :-)
Still driving like a absolute maniac even with a puncture.
maybe
He must hurry before before all air leaks out.
@@cesteres the faster you go the more the centrifugal force pushes the tyre to its maximum diameter essentially mimicking an inflated tyre.
Ari Vatanen, the most spectacular rally driver ever. Saw him live in Port Wine Portugal Rally multiple times in the eighties. Insane skills, iron balls, loved to show off. This clip brings back all of that. Thanks for that.
I watched a lifestyle tour video where someone visited Finland in the winter and was invited to try ice racing, local village style. Those are the "friendly" local races with the villagers running what ever they have. The teenage girls were beating this guy. He never had a chance. They live and breath hairy driving there just to get out shopping.
Me, Pikes Peak.1 1/2 miles before the finish. Still stunned, literally. The Peugout 405 gr pavement w/ Ari is a "Goddess"! Be safe 🦊
You lucky sausage you
@@charlieross-BRM Maybe the offspring of some petrolhead families, most do not. And too often ones with new licences wrap a birch or pine with their -80s corollas or kadetts. One girl died from my class, when they drived some gravel backroad with no1 having a licence.
@@i7Qp4rQ I am from Finland and I started to drive when I was 6 years old. Teacher was my cousin with his car. He was 15. I was driving a 400 metre circle, half at public road. When I was young at 80's, it was just a normal at countryside to learn driving at field and ice long before 18. Still today but not so much any more. We Finns really do love driving and we have long distances. Only problem is that I feel currently young's do drive too much nonsafely, taking too much risks and going too often to public roads. Okay, the road I was driving was not the main road and slowly
1:58 The moment you came for.
Not just mate, Every time i come back here I watch the whole video, that whole stage is sensational.
@@paulmichaelfreedman8334 Well put. Why would I skip a second of this?!?!?!
Thank you Patrick. Don't worry about people like Freedman and Williams: they don't understand how busy us investment bankers are. Especially when you take into account certain specific after work activities. I bet they don't even have embossed lettering in their businesscards.
Anyway, I hear you can do a thousand stomach crunches now. Way to go.
@@SA-rz6fj Exactly. When I made that comment I didn't have enough time to watch the whole race because I was in a hurry to return some videotapes before rushing over to Dorsia for my eight o'clock reservation. I'm sure you understand.
Thanks mate
Terry: "Dear God"
Ari: " Continue".
actually "punctured it"
@@koltinn continue is better
Sami: breaking the car
I initially thought he said “on with it”, yelling at him for stopping lol!
I always watch this while taking a dump, it really helps!
lol
Dear God...
Omg a gem
Plonk
Geez. Better not have constipation or you might rip something.
It's a testament to Vatanen's driving skill that he was able to continue driving at speed with a puncture shedding tyre fragments onto the road. Feel sure that Harryman appreciated that.
The problem is not the tyre leaving debris on the road but breaking apart and further damaging the car especially if its unseated from the wheel rim.
did you all see how he handled the car with a punctured tyre? on the last section he truly push it to the limit and you can see that the steering wheel isnt straight.
He is truly the legend of all time, RESPECT!
“Triple Caution TRIPLE CAUTION!”
Maybe
@BOSS_RUN THEMUFFINMAN Samir
@@shahul8222 shadap
*STAY CENTER!*
shadap
for 2 people to be from diffrent countries with the language barrier these 2 certainly trusted each other 150%, total respect for being at the top of there game
"A bit of a puncture"
- carries on driving like a maniac.
#ballsofsteel
The sad truth is that even on 3 good tires, he could out-drive the average Joe
Liam Booth: In rallying that is the norm
@@briangreen6602 How is that sad?
@@Vikingr91 I'm saying that however good a driver I may think I am, the sad reality is that he could easily beat me with a car with only 3 inflated tyres, over me with a perfect car. It's praise.
@@briangreen6602 Ah gotcha, so true. Man was driving like he was possessed or something
This is still the best recovery from a wheel hit I have ever seen. And I've seen a lot. Absolutely brilliant. And just keeps on driving as if nothing's wrong.
That's what you gotta do, the second you start thinking about it trying to baby it your technique goes out the window
Vatanen is a legend! Always amazing how these “crazy” rally drivers are able to compartmentalize near crashes and stay focused for the remaining stint.
You have crazy drivers then you have Finns...
@@iettord3124Sisu
these guys literally put their lives in each other's hands for a living. For no purpose but to go fast.
Dylan McCallister some people are just addicted to adrenaline.
not for A living, but to truly live.
the sober human brain knows no bounds
Rally cars have the safest standards for crashes. Only a hand few of people have died rallying and those were in the early days. This year 2018-2019 nobody has died rallying.
The early days being less than 10 years ago? Many drivers and co drivers have died in rallies or in testing.
Yes the vehicle safety equipment is better, the vehicles have more technical aids and the stages are safer in some areas. The racing is not necessarily better, skill levels are as good which means that Equivalent drivers today are less likely to have a fatal incident.
Ari was an absolute genius behind the wheel and will always be my hero.
Maybe, left, maybe right..
:D
Jose Archer No , it means flat out maybe .
It essentially means you can potentially cut the corner it is so flat that you can go flat-out "maybe". Only the best rally drivers will speed through those "maybe" sections like a straight away.
lol :D
I have no strong feelings one way or the other
The amount of time he spent flat out in a Manta is INSANE! What a pleasure to watch.
flat out with a flat tyre aswell
A bit different from my wife's comments when I'm driving...
Drivers: driving
Front seat passengers: reflecting sun light off phones into drivers eyes, mixing up directions.
Well to be fair, I hear "Dear god" a lot.
@@steveman1982 also telling the driver to look through the windows, then you have to remind them you are driving.
mine can NOT tell the difference between saying turn right to turn left when I am driving..... I love her so much!
@@Ilikeurmominminiskirt Then I feel I'm in good-company! My-wife is the same. Never tell her left or right, just-POINT, and say, "Over-there!". Plus, she gets her turn-signals spot-on, though. She's great in Metro-traffic, as everyone-else seems backwards, too! (Accuses ME, of "being-too-sane", to 'safely'-drive in city. And I reckon she might be right, in-deed!) And, yeah, I love my wife/chauffeur so much, as well...! ☺
I remember once driving home from my girlfriend when my stomach started hurting and I could feel the diharreah knocking on the back door. This video reminded me of that day.
These rally drivers are phenomenal. You feel your heart jumping out of your chest just watching a video of them driving through these narrow corridors at break neck speeds! I wish I could drive like one of these fellows.
This is true legend driving and a big salute for both Ari and his Co Driver!! Amazing!!
Co-driver: Oh dear God!
Driver: ....
Co-driver: ....
Driver: KEEP ON READING
So Finnish.
Did he not say ''I've punctured it.'' ?
Good that they Finnished the race.
He says "ON WITH IT"
2:00
@@cancelled_user Yes. Yes.
A masterclass demonstration of pure skill by of one of the rally greats, in an analogue car with zero driver aids. That poor co driver saw his life flash before his eyes then calmly picked up the the pace notes again! Another rally legend😎
I remember seing this decades ago. The "Dear God" remark had marked my mind and the fact he was going that speed on a flat tire was unreal! First time I see it again since! Still as spectacular... or suicidal! Definately a special breed of men!
These guys certainly had the mental stability to be Apollo Astronauts. They had a 50% chance of catastrophic failure on the first Moon flight and only experienced fighter pilots with test flying and/or combat experience were chosen. Group B drivers were on par with that I think.
"So do you love me"
"Yes, maybe"
Don't cut
1:59 He puts a FULL turn of the wheel in to catch this slide , and at that sort of speed as well , wow , just ...wow...
Siitä sanonta:" Vatasen jalat ja omat kädet"
Heck yeah, having to overcorrect for the bad tire as well
Absolutely my favorite piece of in-car footage. Just look at how beautifully he handles it, keeps steering beautifully despite having to massively counteract for the puncture.
Ari on pikes peak would top it
@@seanmaginnis2 and Samir be third 😁
Always loved Ari, he was fantastic. Once joked he rolled everything including a combined harvester 😃, loved watching him and all the others of that era.
If I was Vatanen´s co-driver, I would be scared shitless... What a driver, absolutely fearless... Huge respect for both, Ari and co-driver... Petr from Czech.
We have a saying in Fin: One has Vatanen's feet, but own wrists...and you find yourself in ditch.
Respect Ari...this is what's mean to race in 80's...no traction assistant, no electronics tricks, nothing! Only a big big heart ad a big big heavy right foot!!!
I don't see how that cars suspension doesn't squat more, carrying those massive balls around
OhighO Skater HAHAGAAAA:DDDDDD
diferencial diferencial i don't understand anything that you said
diferencial diferencial i don't care if nobody talked to me, i still want to know
@@mistry6292 how old are you, 12?
These cars dont have suspension, they have solid steel rods to keep the car from scraping the road !!
- those balls would leave any suspension bottomed out
Ari is just amazing!! God given gift - I bet the guy came out of his mother with a steering wheel in his hands.
Thanks for sharing
The co driver is so chilled it sounds like he's commentating a civilised match of tennis
hahahaha amen!
That's Terry Harryman for ya!
Wasn't it Billard?
I kept waiting for him to say “one hundred and eighty!”
The legendary Terry Harryman one the best Co pilots in the world
God level skills. Balls of steel. Mental peace of Dalailama :-) Ladies and Gentlemen - Mr Ari Vatanen...
Favorite onboard video ever. Pure insanity.
The driver's reflexes in correcting the skid is incredible pinpoint accuracy.
that's not the only skid left behind after that manoeuvre
Damn it ari is an amazing driver.... Before traction control, abs and even power steering was the norm! Real driving skill and feel for the car/road. Many if not all modern day race/rally drivers could not even get close to him if both driving an old car like this. ....end of
Hero👍👍👍👍
I'm stunned his car control is second to none
Nd the calmness of his co-d
One of the best rally videos I seem in a while
Legendary video! We will never see anything like this again! Ever...
Benjamin Karslund Can never say never in rally. It always surprises us :]
In the 1998 Rally GB. Makkinen drove on 3 wheels with the axle being torn off.
@@liamgbooth At similar speed and similar perilous course?
I adored the Manta 400, got a Manta as my second ever car, one of the happiest days of my life!
Over 120km/h with left front puncture... The vatanen style.
+frdmf105 It's 120 mp/h..
+Logan W he said over so :D
But 120 miles per hour is more significant xD
+Logan W I thought wrc (and group b) used km/h as a unit, or am i mistaken?
+Just a flesh wound When the speed traps were set up on the RAC Rally in the 80s, they used to light up the display in MPH.
I had the pleasure of being a passenger with Ari driving an Escort Cosworth around the old Ford Motosport complex at Boreham airfield in Essex. Such a lovely man and an awesome driver - his feet were a blur on the pedals. How he got through that gate is either a miracle or simply outstanding skill. I’m saying skill.
Did I ever tell you a l sang with elvis,, wooo that's the door bell, must dash I think thats Roger Federer just popped in for quick knock about,
@@1971dave will gordon ramsay be joining you for dinner or is that next week?
Haha..the remark..'oh dear god' priceless
Rally racing has enthralled me as of late. In fact moments like this take my breath away. Amazing.
I was saying ‘dear god’ on most of the corners.
Same here!
Dear God Maybe.
@@frankwhite9696 😂😂😂
Vatanen.... I watched him in the 80's as a kid. I remember this footage. Thanks to Duke Video posting it, no words can explain Vatanen was one of the best out there. He clipped the wall, sent car sideways and he corrected it and calmly went through a stone walled cattle-grid. Totally Amazing.
"oh dear god" i really miss the group b, that was true rally
This was group 4
All the horses going to the rear wheels of the hairy Manta..
@@theant9821 Nope, this is a Group B Manta 400 on the Manx.
@@theinventor3986 didn't think they used group b manta in British championship events until 85, most being upgraded ex group 4 spec
@@@theant9821 The Rothmans Manx Rally on the Isle of Mann in 83 was part of the European Championship. I can remember if Group B was involved in the British championship or not. I watched my first live Rally in 85 when Mouton brought her Group B Audi S1 E2 to Scotland but I think the Scottish was part of the European Championship as well.
I watched many rallies for years, now helping to organise and run events. My first memory and pictures to accompany were on the 1975 Scottish when Ari was driving an Opel Ascona into the ground. His style was severe on the car and it had to be welded up at every service. I think he finished 8th overall. On the same event, the Chequered Flag run Stratos driven by Andy Dawson and Ulf Grondholm driving a Beetle, father of WRC champ Marcus.
Happy days
Many years later, in 2008 at the McRae Stages, at Perth Racecourse event suite, an evening of chit-chat with the great JaggyBunnet as MC, I had the privelege of meeting and chatting with Ari Vatanen, Hannu Mikkola, Malcolm Wilson, Russell Brookes, Kris Meeke, Alistair and Jimmy McRae, John Buffum, Travis Pastrana, Ken Block, Louise Aitken-Walker, Andrew Cowan, Phil Collins and many others.
An evening to remember for sure, and I have the Marshal's Tee shirt to prove it!!
MR DUNNS LEGEND 🙂👍
@@PeterOKeeffe3333 Thanks for the thumb-up. Not a legend, really, just someone who loves rallying and I do what I can when I can. Couple of weeks from now, off to Mull to help run the Mull Rally, one of the best in the UK. It'll be a busy week, but we'll do what's needed to get as many as possible to the stop line of the final stage, safely and no casualties, job done.
Thats a good quality camera for 1983 - steady...good colour...nice sound
at 2:13-2:15 you can hear vatanen say "keep on reading" that hit didnt even phase him. amazing driver!!
Spiro Tsavaris he said punctured it i think
he did seem to slow down a little after that?
+jonny j NO. You fucking imbecile. He says " Punctured it". Very clearly, and there is no possible way that he could have said "keep on reading" in that amount of syllables, nor would there be any fuckign reqson for him to tell his co cdriver to keep reading when obviously he was going to keep reading. And the co driver then REPLIES to his comment about the puncture.
i know it only from video games racing, but when you have avoided an accident it is already in past, you relaxed and have to concentrate on your current driving. car doesn't stop and race doesn't, that calm rational reaction is getting with time
You Dam Right He Drove the Fucking Wheels off that car Badass driver
Plot Twist: Driver's name is Maybe
Mr. May B.
Not to be confused with James Maybe
Mabie you're right
Oh man, I really laughed now. Thanks
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"we have a bit of a puncture" oh, ok than. That just means I have to go maximum attack so it doesn't go completely flat, right?
I've seen it before, but never get tired of this
One of my fav clips! Incredible finishing the stage on 3 wheels.
I respect most forms of motorsports but I have always said these guys (drivers and navigators) are on there own level
I was shitting myself and I'm only watching it .......massive respect to the driver and co-driver ....balls of steel
Absolutely incredible driving, I have NEVER seen such an astonishing recovery!
"...Dear god"
Unreal!
There were so many amazing rally drivers from the 80’s era. I commend them all, but Ari was spectacular and I believe calculated that extra bit of ‘crazy’ we all enjoyed. I had the privilege of seeing him drive in the Kenya Safari Rally back in the 1980s.
Of course hats off to those navigators. To try and read the navigator notes in every environment and speed has its many challenges. Bravo to you all !!!
did you say kenya
Meshack Mutua Yes. ! In Kenya 🇰🇪 The Kenya Safari Rally!!! One of the toughest rallies in the Motorsport rally world. Awesome, thrilling and the excitement was unbelievable!! Cheers.
Guy going mental speed gets out of shape into a left hander car starts to slide, front left wheel hits wall, creates tank slapper, driver somehow straightens it just in time to fly through a gate and cattle grid probably still at motorway speed. Both occupants probably shit themselves but still drive at ten tenths despite a rapidly failing front left tyre and damaged steering. Still proceeds to push the throttle through the floor and hang on for the rest of the stage.
And yet people still like football.
Footballis MORE !
true story bro !!!!!
Well, team games that you need a brain for are just more fun to play and watch.
I think it's the shower after they like so much 🤷♂️
Why can't we like both? Mr elitist.
Just incredible driving. Seriously incredible 😎
This is the clearest version of this legendary video I've ever seen. Thankyou!
I mean, forget the total trust in the driver, that could’ve been the end of the co driver. That oversteer would’ve put the co drivers side of the car straight into the metal gate post. To then pick up on your pace notes again after that is incredible. Then to carry on driving, as that car had a steering problem after that rear left clipped the wall (look at the steering angle towards the end just to keep it straight).
I'm pretty sure it's the left front that clipped it and went flat.
@@martij30 Yeah they definitely had a front left puncture, you can hear the carcass of the tyre thudding against the bodywork later in the stage. That's not to say they might not have bent the trackrod as well, mind. They ended up losing quite a lot of time on that stage, but at least they weren't injured.
The only man in rallying crazier than Vattanan was his co-driver! Everyone knew Vattanan was a maniac.
No Paddle shift, no GoPro on board, but still amazing drive! Dear god!
Paddle sucks :P
you know its the year 1983 lol.....and the audi was a terrible beast, difficult to drive, but some drivers managed the beast
Too bad this is no Audi but an Opel Manta 400
BMW Alpina - GoPro is just a brand name, they didn’t invent the onboard camera, obviously.
What he meant is that the on board camera was probably 50cm long, 25cm large, and was weighting 4 or 5 kilos :D
Can’t even imagine going that fast on a narrow cliffside road in a RWD monster from the 80’s with a puncture throughout most of the stage. Just after having a near death experience too 😵
The moment we all were expecting is at minute 2:00 Dear God indeed. Only a master like Vatannen could pull that off sideways. Amazing driving skills at the limit of a very old analog machine like the one he was driving.
And his calm answer is: keep reading!!!!
He said "We punctured it"
This remembers me the time I was co for one season standing in for someone, and the pilot won the championship that year. Was I scared ? No, it´s 40 years ago and I was 20 :) just excited... The pilot still races, but for me it was a one time thing, and I enjoyed it every second...
What was he flying?
What a save at 2:10 !!!!
I couldn't keep my mouth off the floor. My reaction reflected by the navigator "oh dear god". Thread the needle.
jajajaja xd. Increíble !!!
MrObiwan1 I'll never know how he found that gap. He literally got the car straight just as he got to the cattle grid! Great respect.
MrObiwan1 Dear God!
MrObiwan1 perfect driver
This is scary as hell. Amazing job, both guys.
Rally drivers have the biggest balls in motorsports. Yes. Even if they´re women
SUPERWOMAN - Michèle Mouton
Testicles or Ovaries, it don't matter. They are still the size of Basketballs.
@@neilaquino5294 its SO sad she lost the f.i.a. championship in the Audi when her trans broke. To be the only woman to win f.i.a. champ woulda been amazing. That said she drove the fastest most insane group B rally cars and beat most of the men. She is and always will be a legend. Sad she is known so little in societies lexicon.
nah that would be those isle of man tt racers!
#IsleOfManTT
This driver is so good that even a puncture can't stop him, he understand the car really well. Fantastic job for both, the driver and co-driver as well :)
And to make it even more incredible this Manta wasn't car he felt completely comfortable with, I recall Vatanen saying he found it little bit too understeery after Escort and that Röhrl got adapted to it better.
Ari "in the zone" over the mountain, with a deflating tyre, all his senses plugged into the car, magic.
Wow , that’s was excellent,edge of your seat stuff 😮 ! Greetings from Portsmouth 🏴 England 🏴
I love how I knew where to cue it up a second before he grazed the wall. The best motorsport clip on YT.
"'did you crap your pants?'' Absolute right!!
Maybe.....
@@allosaurusfragilis7782 I can't breathe
and where did the shit go? easy left :p
@@alerey4363 lol
Absolute right maybe !
What car control to make that recovery after bumping with the road wall and making it through the wooden door. Simply beautiful.
Ari is my hero!
The dichotomy combination of concentration plus sheer nerve, is stunning.
I never wanted to drive..., I’ve allways fancied ‘co-pilot’ (an understatement if I’ve ever heard one).
One can’t ‘do’, without the other.
4:26 the understeer sound is terrifying !!!!!!!!!
+Nabs Zidane punctured tyre, left front.
I literally didn't think he was going to make it
I was sure tire would get completely off and they would fly off the track. Mad skills.
Met the legend ari tonight at the wales rally forum. True gentleman
Excellent driving , old schools cars got to love them
Automotive porn I call this, great stuff
I've watched this many times and it's always just as good!
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