"One flat, three left. Death ahead, maybe."

@Sil3nt

3 жыл бұрын

twisty 350

@unfreezeme5793

3 жыл бұрын

hahaah thats a good one

@legm5298

3 жыл бұрын

💀💀💀

@thatyoudliketoknow1628

3 жыл бұрын

Flat ldft, maybe, just kidding hard right. I said maybe.

@bingo5229

3 жыл бұрын

LOL!

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!

@bebbingtonbrickservices1776

8 жыл бұрын

+SingleTurboSupra That's why they call it the silly seat! ;)

@mrsquishyboots

7 жыл бұрын

SingleTurboSupra my roommate would drive us to work like this. why I helped him build his volvo. ....

@Krondelo

7 жыл бұрын

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!!

@davidmg1925

7 жыл бұрын

SingleTurboSupra .....Totally.

@harri9885

7 жыл бұрын

A lot of maybe's though in the co-driver's notes. :)

Behind all Rally legends there's also a legendary co-driver. Huge respect to both of them.

@soconoha8495

2 жыл бұрын

And beneath each there's an enormous pair.

@hidedollar5818

Жыл бұрын

It is like snipers, next to every legendary sniper there is also legendary spotter, excluding "White Death".

@yurokasportboys9166

Жыл бұрын

Terry Harryman.

@eemelisavela4718

Жыл бұрын

@@hidedollar5818 yes white dead didn't have a spotter

@user-zq6yz5gf6d

Жыл бұрын

@@soconoha8495 it's a wonder that the car can still drive with all that added weight

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

@defender1006

Жыл бұрын

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!

@sapogato4518

Жыл бұрын

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.

@ZiggZacc

Жыл бұрын

​@@sapogato4518this

That's a more sincere "Dear God" than you'll ever hear in church.

@apets1100

4 жыл бұрын

Also the "Ohh" before that.

@erikwestrheim804

4 жыл бұрын

LOL so true AAAH

@keyboarddancers7751

4 жыл бұрын

1:58

@Rasscasse

4 жыл бұрын

Definitely :-)

@crossedout5952

4 жыл бұрын

He 'let go' right there..lol

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

4 жыл бұрын

F1 drivers would already have stopped their car. :D

@hoatattis7283

4 жыл бұрын

Van Poll What is a Tire?

@brianmcmenamin7269

4 жыл бұрын

...pushing on like "a true professional" is what you meant to say...😁!

@Jashtvorak

4 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@Macias1000000

4 жыл бұрын

@@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..? 🤔

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.

@jayswarrow1196

2 жыл бұрын

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.

@sleepwalker8600

2 жыл бұрын

Yep the car is under steering really bad on the right hand hairpins, he nearly hit the wall at 20mph at one point lol

@sumakjuly16

2 жыл бұрын

Wow I didn't even notice, thank you! Absolute badasses

@1988Demien

2 жыл бұрын

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

@epoxcide

2 жыл бұрын

Holy shit that’s terrifying

I watched this live. We were having a picnic in the 14th easy right. The backdraft blew our marmalade sandwiches everywhere.

@Calligraphybooster

3 жыл бұрын

Sit down elsewhere -may be--

@CrysleyXavier

3 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah. I was there too. Was beautiful. I was the tree on the left. Maybe.

@enlightnd0ne446

3 жыл бұрын

Dam

@Morphinem

2 жыл бұрын

I watched this live. We were having an in the . The backdraft . Certified compatible with all YT videos

@GeorgeTsiros

2 жыл бұрын

@@Morphinem I watched this live. We we having an _shit_ in the _bushes_ . The backdraft blew _our shit everywhere_ .

Just noticed this was 1983, looks like early 2000s. Unbelievable camera quality

@SRNF

3 жыл бұрын

Its film not digital...not that hard to believe if converted correctly.

@godlyobject6509

3 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@googlewolly

3 жыл бұрын

Not really.

@WilliamRConley

3 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@jacklondon7873

3 жыл бұрын

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.

"oh dear God, I just shat myself.... maybe"

@AimanEzzat95

3 жыл бұрын

Man I laughed so hard..... maybe 😂😂😂😂😂😂

@ramushsteinuts9318

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@xithappens

3 жыл бұрын

LOL !!

@KABBARANKS

3 жыл бұрын

Best comment on this video, maybe... 😂👍

@raysaade

3 жыл бұрын

HAHAHAH

Terry: "Dear God" Ari: " Continue".

@koltinn

2 жыл бұрын

actually "punctured it"

@chaos6839

2 жыл бұрын

@@koltinn continue is better

@N3onDr1v3

2 жыл бұрын

Sami: breaking the car

@jeremybelcher1727

2 ай бұрын

I initially thought he said “on with it”, yelling at him for stopping lol!

That remains one of the most extraordinary moments in rallying history.

@61js

Жыл бұрын

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."

I love how in '83 they had better onboard audio recordings)

@whitepeoplergullible9241

3 жыл бұрын

Look up Nagra. Beautifully engineered recorders for film.

@The_ZeroLine

3 жыл бұрын

@@whitepeoplergullible9241 I checked them out. Interesting company.

@peterbrown6453

3 жыл бұрын

Did they also have open front helmets though? Many have a chin bar now.

@The_ZeroLine

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah. Lots of open face helmets. I don’t think even semi-open face is legal anywhere now.

@MariaEngstrom

3 жыл бұрын

That's because they used superior analogue technology.

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.

@usernamemoved

8 жыл бұрын

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.

@SajuGraphics

8 жыл бұрын

+Steve McIlroy it must have been an experience for you!

@TheRebelOne.

6 жыл бұрын

Steve McIlroy Frame that piece of paper and lock it in a safety deposit box 👍

@kooartsi

6 жыл бұрын

That's him. Gods blessed driver and a gentelman.

@SparkySlow

6 жыл бұрын

Steve McIlroy amaizing you meet him hehe, seem a nice guy

reporter: what's going through your mind after the near crash? were you worried? co-pilot: *maybe*

@FlintstoneR1

2 жыл бұрын

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. :-)

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.

Oh.........dear God.

@paulkyle7840

8 жыл бұрын

+Steve Gunnis Yon know..

@willdarling1

8 жыл бұрын

2:08 that is awesome.... and Ari has to tell him to carry on with the calls, right?

7 жыл бұрын

Probably it was quite uncomfortable to finish with shit in his pants... so he had to push him.. crazy.. well - "those times"

@Pazaluz

7 жыл бұрын

I would've probably shouted : NNNNOOOOO !!!!

@Tinmar_Isation

7 жыл бұрын

Probably punctured the tire, hence the crazy understeering for the rest of the stage

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.

@Bunno1177

5 жыл бұрын

Tyre

@paulocapelas2881

5 жыл бұрын

Way faster. I would say close to 200

@wotever99ninynine

5 жыл бұрын

in a good way

@1989Chrisc

5 жыл бұрын

A regualr drive here in rural Ireland

@snewl5324

5 жыл бұрын

That's rally

“Triple Caution TRIPLE CAUTION!”

@DerdOn0ner

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe

@shahul8222

3 жыл бұрын

@BOSS_RUN THEMUFFINMAN Samir

@DS-ee4gn

3 жыл бұрын

@@shahul8222 shadap

@SalmanAwan464

3 жыл бұрын

*STAY CENTER!*

@rishabprasoon5970

3 жыл бұрын

shadap

Vatanen is a legend! Always amazing how these “crazy” rally drivers are able to compartmentalize near crashes and stay focused for the remaining stint.

@iettord3124

Жыл бұрын

You have crazy drivers then you have Finns...

@parthlad

9 ай бұрын

​@@iettord3124Sisu

rally drivers, most skillful drivers in the world.

@kingcarrot6355

3 жыл бұрын

Nobody even comes close, but don't say that to a F1 fan - LOL

@silkee

3 жыл бұрын

You never seen me get to the off licence before closing time.

@kwakkers68

3 жыл бұрын

Slight modification needed: *Finnish* rally drivers, the most skillful drivers in the world. :-)

@AimanEzzat95

3 жыл бұрын

Without a doubt!

@Jackwylde68

3 жыл бұрын

@@kwakkers68 I'd have to disagree and say Irish drivers 😉

Dear God!!! Best onboard video,MAYBE...

@RP-kr2kb

6 жыл бұрын

samanosukeka absoluut!

@kubhak

6 жыл бұрын

dear god moment is giving me chills

@lenoohpuls

5 жыл бұрын

Maybe

@locusmortis

5 жыл бұрын

you lot should really watch Frank Kelly/Mick Coady videos for a mad driver/co-driver combo

@mertduraman5014

5 жыл бұрын

No you are absolute right.

The amount of time he spent flat out in a Manta is INSANE! What a pleasure to watch.

@britishgaming6

2 ай бұрын

flat out with a flat tyre aswell

We have a saying in Fin: One has Vatanen's feet, but own wrists...and you find yourself in ditch.

Still driving like a absolute maniac even with a puncture.

@zacjohnson8404

5 жыл бұрын

maybe

@cesteres

5 жыл бұрын

He must hurry before before all air leaks out.

@zacjohnson8404

5 жыл бұрын

@@cesteres the faster you go the more the centrifugal force pushes the tyre to its maximum diameter essentially mimicking an inflated tyre.

He gave me my Diploma of Rally Driving and Navigation at his rally school. Respect.

@simonlloyd7557

3 жыл бұрын

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.

@adelarsen9776

3 жыл бұрын

@@simonlloyd7557 All the best, cheers :-)

@carlkamuti

3 жыл бұрын

@@hermansule5750 Stop polluting the comments with this shit GG!! No one wants what you're selling.

@hermansule5750

3 жыл бұрын

@@carlkamuti Don't be sad ... just silent

@carlkamuti

3 жыл бұрын

@@hermansule5750 At last a post from you that doesn't have that stupid link!!

The driver's reflexes in correcting the skid is incredible pinpoint accuracy.

@AverageAlien

2 жыл бұрын

that's not the only skid left behind after that manoeuvre

I was shitting myself and I'm only watching it .......massive respect to the driver and co-driver ....balls of steel

1:58 The moment you came for.

@paulmichaelfreedman8334

3 жыл бұрын

Not just mate, Every time i come back here I watch the whole video, that whole stage is sensational.

@jayphilipwilliams

3 жыл бұрын

@@paulmichaelfreedman8334 Well put. Why would I skip a second of this?!?!?!

@SA-rz6fj

3 жыл бұрын

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.

@PatrickPierceBateman

3 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@glipk

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate

"A bit of a puncture" - carries on driving like a maniac. #ballsofsteel

@briangreen6602

4 жыл бұрын

The sad truth is that even on 3 good tires, he could out-drive the average Joe

@hoatattis7283

4 жыл бұрын

Liam Booth: In rallying that is the norm

@Vikingr91

3 жыл бұрын

@@briangreen6602 How is that sad?

@briangreen6602

3 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@Vikingr91

3 жыл бұрын

@@briangreen6602 Ah gotcha, so true. Man was driving like he was possessed or something

I met Ari last week in Germany, total gent and had the time to sit and talk.

"So do you love me" "Yes, maybe"

@HimWitDaHair98

3 жыл бұрын

Don't cut

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.

@theant9821

Жыл бұрын

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.

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.

@charlieross-BRM

3 жыл бұрын

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.

@michaelgautreaux3168

3 жыл бұрын

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 🦊

@AlanAttack

3 жыл бұрын

You lucky sausage you

@i7Qp4rQ

3 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@tapsulinka

3 жыл бұрын

@@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

"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?

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

I always watch this while taking a dump, it really helps!

@tyree9055

3 жыл бұрын

lol

@andrewbergamann7982

3 жыл бұрын

Dear God...

@rev3

3 жыл бұрын

Omg a gem

@rev3

3 жыл бұрын

Plonk

@GreatLakesLogger

3 жыл бұрын

Geez. Better not have constipation or you might rip something.

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...

@nallukainen

3 жыл бұрын

Siitä sanonta:" Vatasen jalat ja omat kädet"

@aaronturner2694

Жыл бұрын

Heck yeah, having to overcorrect for the bad tire 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

Жыл бұрын

MR DUNNS LEGEND 🙂👍

@mrdunns3338

8 ай бұрын

@@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.

Favorite onboard video ever. Pure insanity.

A bit different from my wife's comments when I'm driving...

@steveman1982

4 жыл бұрын

Drivers: driving Front seat passengers: reflecting sun light off phones into drivers eyes, mixing up directions.

@SoilentGr33n

3 жыл бұрын

Well to be fair, I hear "Dear god" a lot.

@RGV2300

3 жыл бұрын

@@steveman1982 also telling the driver to look through the windows, then you have to remind them you are driving.

@Ilikeurmominminiskirt

3 жыл бұрын

mine can NOT tell the difference between saying turn right to turn left when I am driving..... I love her so much!

@bruno640

3 жыл бұрын

@@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...! ☺

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!

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 😵

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.

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

What a save at 2:10 !!!!

@effiedeia1850

9 жыл бұрын

I couldn't keep my mouth off the floor. My reaction reflected by the navigator "oh dear god". Thread the needle.

@malacuea5963

9 жыл бұрын

jajajaja xd. Increíble !!!

@edwardlack9665

9 жыл бұрын

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.

@soldier7799

9 жыл бұрын

MrObiwan1 Dear God!

@sailsSK8

9 жыл бұрын

MrObiwan1 perfect driver

Terry Harryman. As good as it gets. His are the only pacenotes i can actually follow in real time

@dielaughing73

9 ай бұрын

It's his voice in Sega Rally, isn't it. I recognised it instantly

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.

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.

Maybe, left, maybe right..

@wortrex1304

7 жыл бұрын

:D

@maninthecab

7 жыл бұрын

Jose Archer No , it means flat out maybe .

@k-aw-teksleepysageuni8181

6 жыл бұрын

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.

@davitfisher104.5

6 жыл бұрын

lol :D

@pruizish

6 жыл бұрын

I have no strong feelings one way or the other

I adored the Manta 400, got a Manta as my second ever car, one of the happiest days of my life!

What car control to make that recovery after bumping with the road wall and making it through the wooden door. Simply beautiful.

these guys literally put their lives in each other's hands for a living. For no purpose but to go fast.

@bradman7281

5 жыл бұрын

Dylan McCallister some people are just addicted to adrenaline.

@badmudafucka4448

5 жыл бұрын

not for A living, but to truly live.

@bittasweetsymphony726

5 жыл бұрын

the sober human brain knows no bounds

@williamdoody

5 жыл бұрын

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.

@terryjackson4538

5 жыл бұрын

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.

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.

@kodylodovico272

3 жыл бұрын

That's what you gotta do, the second you start thinking about it trying to baby it your technique goes out the window

That driver has some skill. To drive that fast with a flat tire is insanity.

@joelrodrigues4354

3 жыл бұрын

He's only won the WRC in '81, haha.

@NecroxProduction

3 жыл бұрын

they had a flat?

@RaccRacing

2 жыл бұрын

@@NecroxProduction You hear him after the Dear God mention possible puncture

@RaccRacing

2 жыл бұрын

Also 4:15 you can hear the car sputtering because of it

This is true legend driving and a big salute for both Ari and his Co Driver!! Amazing!!

The co driver is so chilled it sounds like he's commentating a civilised match of tennis

@MartVaarpu-

4 жыл бұрын

hahahaha amen!

@Element4ry

4 жыл бұрын

That's Terry Harryman for ya!

@peterebel7899

3 жыл бұрын

Wasn't it Billard?

@EdwardT9

3 жыл бұрын

I kept waiting for him to say “one hundred and eighty!”

@brianmclean8666

3 жыл бұрын

The legendary Terry Harryman one the best Co pilots in the world

"'did you crap your pants?'' Absolute right!!

@allosaurusfragilis7782

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe.....

@gabrielp8660

4 жыл бұрын

@@allosaurusfragilis7782 I can't breathe

@alerey4363

4 жыл бұрын

and where did the shit go? easy left :p

@deividasradziunas3696

4 жыл бұрын

@@alerey4363 lol

@stevebirmingham9650

3 жыл бұрын

Absolute right maybe !

That control at 4:15 with a flat is incredible.

@dielaughing73

9 ай бұрын

Yeah the car really didn't want to turn right at that stage

Group B is the most pure of all of motorsports. Nothing comes close.

@Waitsforit

13 күн бұрын

@@robbiddlecombe8392 Thanks dude, I will.

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!

@thomaskositzki9424

3 жыл бұрын

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.

I don't see how that cars suspension doesn't squat more, carrying those massive balls around

@abcdecghijklmn

6 жыл бұрын

OhighO Skater HAHAGAAAA:DDDDDD

@mepmep619

5 жыл бұрын

diferencial diferencial i don't understand anything that you said

@mepmep619

5 жыл бұрын

diferencial diferencial i don't care if nobody talked to me, i still want to know

@bilbine5766

4 жыл бұрын

@@mistry6292 how old are you, 12?

@dkphantomdk

4 жыл бұрын

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

Oh my foooking lord, this kid is flying unbelievable driving, and half of it with what looked like a puncture. Balls of steel

To go at these speeds with a punture, while fighting the car and probably the wind at those heights, is unthinkable to most. True grit.

Haha..the remark..'oh dear god' priceless

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.

Just incredible driving. Seriously incredible 😎

When you look at this, you cannot help but be amazed just how BRAVE the people standing at the roadsides really are!!

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 was saying ‘dear god’ on most of the corners.

@remkojerphanion4686

3 жыл бұрын

Same here!

@frankwhite9696

3 жыл бұрын

Dear God Maybe.

@legm5298

3 жыл бұрын

@@frankwhite9696 😂😂😂

This is scary as hell. Amazing job, both guys.

This intense shake is what race games don't have yet

Ari "in the zone" over the mountain, with a deflating tyre, all his senses plugged into the car, magic.

at 2:13-2:15 you can hear vatanen say "keep on reading" that hit didnt even phase him. amazing driver!!

@topi7743

7 жыл бұрын

Spiro Tsavaris he said punctured it i think

@tzvetlinvelev224

6 жыл бұрын

he did seem to slow down a little after that?

@shakes.dontknowwhatyergettin

6 жыл бұрын

+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.

@thfFromRussia

6 жыл бұрын

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

@troybowen3024

5 жыл бұрын

You Dam Right He Drove the Fucking Wheels off that car Badass driver

I've watched this many times and it's always just as good!

@dukevideo

6 ай бұрын

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Omfu...... God Im Speechless.... You must have balls of steel to drive like this... Speechless And I drive a ZX10r

Ari was an absolute genius behind the wheel and will always be my hero.

Co-driver: Oh dear God! Driver: .... Co-driver: .... Driver: KEEP ON READING So Finnish.

@JMJC1

5 жыл бұрын

Did he not say ''I've punctured it.'' ?

@cancelled_user

5 жыл бұрын

Good that they Finnished the race.

@hell_pike9150

4 жыл бұрын

He says "ON WITH IT"

@ShaoKhanWarriorTenis

4 жыл бұрын

2:00

@lazyjackass77

4 жыл бұрын

@@cancelled_user Yes. Yes.

I am glad I watched this video to see the contrast of 1980’s technology rally car and a current car. No turbo anti-lag sound. No paddle shifters.

Glorious control in maybe the most accurate-needed high speed turn of the track. And that ‘oh....dear god’. Just biblical.

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😎

God level skills. Balls of steel. Mental peace of Dalailama :-) Ladies and Gentlemen - Mr Ari Vatanen...

I was there as a marshal and spectator in 1983 when this incident happened. At the Rally Show presentation that evening in Villa Marina, Douglas, there was a delay getting the pre-presentations show underway. Then David Vine (a famous TV sports commentator at the time, working for Rothmans on this event), strode onto the stage, to say: “Sorry for the delay folks. We’ve been working flat out to get the video footage from today’s stages processed so we can show you some clips here tonight. This first one is some in-car footage from Ari and Terry Harryman on Tholt-y-Will. We think you’ll like it.” When it reached the “Dear God” cattle grid, the assembled crowd of experienced rally enthusiasts, fellow competitors and marshals, simply erupted into an almighty roar of appreciation. The volume of which must have come close to shattering the windows......

These two were legends, If you put a bed sheet over the screen, Ari would still follow the pacenotes.

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.

@1971dave

3 жыл бұрын

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,

@Agret

3 жыл бұрын

@@1971dave will gordon ramsay be joining you for dinner or is that next week?

Last half was done with a puncture after the Dear God moment! Sheer genius at the wheel and notes !

Ari Vatanen is such a talent.. excellent footage, thank you!

"oh dear god" i really miss the group b, that was true rally

@theant9821

5 жыл бұрын

This was group 4

@brendanbrendan6721

5 жыл бұрын

All the horses going to the rear wheels of the hairy Manta..

@theinventor3986

5 жыл бұрын

@@theant9821 Nope, this is a Group B Manta 400 on the Manx.

@theant9821

5 жыл бұрын

@@theinventor3986 didn't think they used group b manta in British championship events until 85, most being upgraded ex group 4 spec

@theinventor3986

5 жыл бұрын

@@@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.

Over 120km/h with left front puncture... The vatanen style.

@Logan-np7zv

8 жыл бұрын

+frdmf105 It's 120 mp/h..

@hendrikhanso

8 жыл бұрын

+Logan W he said over so :D

@Logan-np7zv

8 жыл бұрын

But 120 miles per hour is more significant xD

@user-uk9dx4vn8o

8 жыл бұрын

+Logan W I thought wrc (and group b) used km/h as a unit, or am i mistaken?

@liverush24

8 жыл бұрын

+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.

Added to my list of videos to watch when I'm out of coffee.

Rally racing has enthralled me as of late. In fact moments like this take my breath away. Amazing.

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...

@ludaheracles7201

Жыл бұрын

What was he flying?

holy shit!! Vatanen was a mad fucking genius!!

"Just watch it up through here" In other words, "Btw I don't really feel like dying today"

Being a rally co-driver or a navigator, I'm sure it's one of the scariest job ever.

I respect most forms of motorsports but I have always said these guys (drivers and navigators) are on there own level

Plot Twist: Driver's name is Maybe

@10zoll

3 жыл бұрын

Mr. May B.

@iplaysdrums

3 жыл бұрын

Not to be confused with James Maybe

@relaxingnature2617

3 жыл бұрын

Mabie you're right

@Tomichika

3 жыл бұрын

Oh man, I really laughed now. Thanks

@hermansule5750

3 жыл бұрын

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Man, this manta engine is revving soooo high I love it !

At the 2:16 minute mark, you can hear the co-driver calling: "We have a bit of a puncture?" That means that this absolute beast of a driver, tackled the rest of the stage with a damaged tire, eventually fully breaking by the end of the video judging by how much he fought the car at those insane speeds. Btw it looks like the front right wheel got punctured, based on how much he had to compensate, and how hard those hairpins were. I have no words. Also can we just admire the nerves of steel of the co-pilot too? Not missing a beat after the "Dear God". What an amazing trust they have on their drivers. I gotta add tho, I never realized how much easier the number system Colin McRae came up with, that is also widely used in Rally simulation games, like "Dirt: Rally"; made things up for understanding the course you're dealing with.