Funniest moment in WRC

Yoong Montoya · 14 Dec 2002, 20:25 (Ref:449991)

Mine would be when Francois Delecour (it was him wasn't it?) crashed out of the British rally and he started swearing in French to his co-driver! At least some of it was swearing at least. I was laughing my arse off!

Lee Janotta · 15 Dec 2002, 04:20 (Ref:450157)

I don't remember who it was, but someone had a half-spin on a rally in '00, and was looking straight at a helpful spectator who casually stood there, and pointed the stopped car in the right direction.

I think it _might_ have been Tommi...

DavidStHubbins · 15 Dec 2002, 08:12 (Ref:450217)

I know it could have been fatal but the crash Tommi had a few years ago at San Remo i think.

Tommi was going round a blind corner at about 130mph on the edge of a cliff when he hit a cow that was standing in the middle of the road! The cow flew into outer-space and Tommi and car rolled 100ft down a mountain side!! The cow was never seen again...

I have seen this clip from an in-car view and it was amazing yet shocking. Gives Tommi something to talk about in the pub when he isnt fixing his tractor.

SJ Spode · 15 Dec 2002, 10:56 (Ref:450273)

If I can expand it to the funniest moment in world rallying it has to be one of the RAC rallies in the '70s when Roger Clark and Tony Mason took a huge shortcut on one of the stately home stages and drove into a pond. Rumour has it, that's when the term 'DON'T CUT!!' was added to the pace note terminology.

racer69 · 15 Dec 2002, 12:35 (Ref:450348)

Neal Bates in Rally Australia in 1996, wipers not working and drives through a huge water splash which covers the windscreen in mud, and the footage of him with a cloth in hand trying to wipe the mud away is amusing.

More of an amusing i can't believe they did that smile, FISA's handling of the 1986 WRC. The sudden banning of Group B & canning of Group S, shortening the routes, the Peugeot San Remo saga (ok more the locals in that case)

In the 1978? RAC, Fiat put Walter Rohrl's co-driver Christian Geistdorfer in the middle of the back seat of his Fiat 131 Abarth. Not repeated since as it was banned after the event for some reason.

Speeddemon555 · 15 Dec 2002, 15:05 (Ref:450419)

Recently, Francois Delacour lost his temper and curse his co-driver out in French at the Rally of Great Britain when he lost control of his Lancer and ended up in a ditch.

rdjones · 15 Dec 2002, 16:16 (Ref:450440)

Luis Moya - RAC 1999...................

429CJ · 15 Dec 2002, 18:11 (Ref:450508)

I Remember somebody chrashing to lion-house in some late 70's - early 80's RAC rally, can't remember who it was. It was in those first day Mickey Mouse stages.

DavidStHubbins · 16 Dec 2002, 04:08 (Ref:450805)

Footage of Juha Kankunnen in the Rally of Greece(?) a few years ago on the mobile phone explaining to the Subaru team that he had to stop as there was something wrong with the radiator on his car. Then you look behind him and the Subaru is totally wrapped round a tree!!! SLy old dog...

egor · 16 Dec 2002, 10:56 (Ref:450993)

Not quite a WRC moment, but if I remember it was a round of the German national championship.

It was a stage on an Military range, and one of the top guys in a Celica GT4 lost the back end and slid backwards through the safety tape and came to rest with his back wheels(back end) on top of a Ford Capri, smashing through the rear hatch.
Obviously one of the marshalls had thought he had parked out of the way, how wrong could he be(or she).

The car paused for a second or two, driver selected a forward gear and spun his way off the top of the Capri, and carried on as if it was normal. It made me laugh.

**garcon** · 16 Dec 2002, 16:06 (Ref:451215)

One or two spring to mind.

Gwyndaf, 2 or 3 years ago at the Network Q, lost it on one of the park stages, photographer dived out of the way, only to see Gwyndaf drive straight over his camera box, spin the car round then drive straight back over what was left to get back on stage...

Richard Burns stuck in a ditch 50 metres from service at the Safari 2002.

Sorry Dicky.

That look that our mate Nicky Grist gave Mad Colin after he'd overcut and barrel rolled them out of the Network-Q 2001. In one hard stare Nicky said all the things a thousand words couldn't have... "For sake, will you EVER learn?!" would have been just the beginning...

Yoong Montoya · 16 Dec 2002, 20:43 (Ref:451368)

Quote:

Originally posted by garcon
Richard Burns stuck in a ditch 50 metres from service at the Safari 2002. Sorry Dicky.

Was that the one where he lost his front wheel and got stuck in sand?

NGS · 19 Dec 2002, 21:55 (Ref:453783)

When Petter Solberg's steering wheel came loose and he told co-driver Phil Mills to get the tools and screw it back on while he was driving.

gazzarallie · 20 Dec 2002, 07:28 (Ref:454019)

richard got well and truly stuck in the sand and tried to get the car out by removing one of the wheels and using the speer wheel to get the traction needed, he did not lose the wheel before hand. Very emberassing moment for him i believe

Hog · 20 Dec 2002, 09:38 (Ref:454075)

Can't recall the driver (poss Bertie Fisher?) or the rally but there is an in car sequence where the driver loses all his brakes at the end of a straight. Driver and co-driver are frantically waving at the spectators as they thread there way through a load of parked cars at about 60mph - missing the lot - must have been a funny smell in the car afterwards. I'm sure someone will be able to more accurately identify who and where - it's been shown on Havoc video's.

ss_collins · 21 Dec 2002, 15:46 (Ref:454922)

For me its got to richard burns slightly quizzical look when he retired from the Rally GB this year. I thought he was about to burst out laughing.

Radisichrox · 23 Dec 2002, 03:31 (Ref:455913)

For me it's when Marcus Gronholm last year started cursing at Corrado Provera or someone at Peugeot during the Rally NZ. It sounded something like this...

MG-"Hey, I got time 11.17 is that correct? Hey? (says some words in finnish to Timo Rautiainen)..."
They cross the stage finish, and Gronholm is furious. "You show 11.17-F****** hell, F****** hell!!!"

This year too when Derek Ringer lost his pace notes when him and Colin McRae retired in rally Australia on that huge jump. Again, here's what it sounded like

"Six right, and care narrow jump line and six right... right tightens.....right tightens to six! To stop....Something's broken? ****!"

There's so many I could keep going.

Minardi4eva · 4 Jan 2003, 21:14 (Ref:463819)

Tina Thorner saying,"the car is

"

cybersdorf · 4 Jan 2003, 21:25 (Ref:463832)

The Donut.

Margam · 4 Jan 2003, 23:52 (Ref:463976)

Back in 1992 in think during the 1000 lakes.Colin McRae crashes out after spending every stage before that trying to make the Subaru fly........

Margam · 5 Jan 2003, 00:04 (Ref:463982)

avsfan733 · 8 Jan 2003, 19:55 (Ref:467697)

Not so much funny as amazing but anyways. Everyone has seen the Tommi crash from Argentina, did any one else notice the person he came about a foot from crushing in mid-roll? The guy just stood there!

**Dani Filth** · 9 Jan 2003, 12:36 (Ref:468374)

it has to be ... Mamma jr t'aime ... Mamma jr t'aime done by a french driver(I think is Delecour) when he rolled his car over

Matthopps · 9 Jan 2003, 14:11 (Ref:468462)

2002 Monte Carlo Rally, When Roman Kresta lost it at a harpin and ended up perched precariosly on a wall, dangling over a cliff, stopped only by a well placed wooden post!

SJ Spode · 9 Jan 2003, 16:59 (Ref:468599)

Quote:

Originally posted by Dani Filth
it has to be ... Mamma jr t'aime ... Mamma jr t'aime done by a french driver(I think is Delecour) when he rolled his car over

It was Daniel Grataloup, Didier Auriol's co-driver after a roll in the SEAT Cordoba WRC.

(Not sure some of these are funny though)

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