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WRC History

Aero basics WRC History WRC History top 

Wind tunnels in the history of WRC

2020-10-262021-01-01 llluis555 3 Comments

Wind tunnels have been present in WRC history since the moment that manufacturers realized that aerodynamics could also play an

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Mitsubishi Top story 3 WRC History 

Mitsubishi Lancer WRC04 aero design and performance

2020-07-212020-12-31 llluis555 2 Comments

The last evolution of the successful Mitsubishi Lancer to take part in the World Rally Championship (named as WRC04 and

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Aero basics WRC History 

Aerodynamics and cooling for the Safari Rally in the old days

2020-05-172020-12-18 llluis555 4 Comments

The recent confirmation of the cancellation of the 2020 edition of the iconic Rally Safari means that we will have

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Subaru Top story 3 WRC History 

Aero review of the Subaru Motorsport USA rally experience: the early years

2020-04-202020-10-14 llluis555 11 Comments

The 2020 season will be the 20th season of the Subaru Motorsport USA engagement in the National Rally Championship, since

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Hyundai vintage WRC History 

Hyundai Accent WRC aerodynamics

2020-04-122020-05-10 llluis555 3 Comments

Hyundai’s first approach to the rally world came as early as 1991, following Wayne Bell participation in some Australian events

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WRC WRC History 

Are the current WRC cars’ aero devices really original?

2020-01-022020-04-09 llluis555 5 Comments

One of the main characteristics of the current WRC car generation is the use of multiple aero devices in every

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Subaru Top story 3 WRC History 

Subaru Impreza WRC03 aero and rally performance

2019-08-132020-08-18 llluis555 0 Comments

Only nine months after the introduction of the Subaru Impreza WRC01 into the World Rally Championship, Subaru and Prodrive decided

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Seat Top story 3 WRC History 

Seat Córdoba WRC: an unfinished story

2018-10-222020-06-28 llluis555 2 Comments

The Seat Córdoba WRC was the culmination of the rallying experience the Spanish manufacturer accumulated since the 70s. Built after

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Subaru Top story 3 WRC History 

Subaru Impreza WRC 2001/2002

2018-08-242020-06-28 llluis555 3 Comments

After the success of the Subaru Impreza since its launching in 1992, Fuji Heavy Industries decided, as early as in

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Ford Peugeot WRC History 

Rally Finland 2003: Ford Focus RS WRC03 vs Peugeot 206 WRC

2018-07-172020-06-28 llluis555 7 Comments

The 2003 edition of the Rally Finland saw one of the tightest battles between the successful Peugeot 206 WRC, which

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Ford Top story 3 WRC History 

Ford Focus WRC: the start of a new era for Ford (1999-2003)

2018-06-182020-06-28 llluis555 6 Comments

The new Ford Focus road car was launched in July 1998 in Europe, as the successor of the glorious Escort.

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Peugeot Top story 3 WRC History 

Marcus Grönholm led Peugeot back to success with the 206 WRC

2018-06-032020-08-29 llluis555 20 Comments

It was December 1997, just eleven years after the last rally win in the World Championship by Peugeot with the

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Ford Top story 3 WRC History 

Ford Escort WRC: Ford transition to the new century

2018-04-192020-11-19 llluis555 7 Comments

The introduction of the WRC concept for 1997 posed a dilemma for Ford: the new model (Focus) was still in

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Mitsubishi WRC History 

Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI and TME: last success of the Mitsubishi and Mäkinen combination (Lancer Evo part III)

2018-03-262020-08-16 llluis555 2 Comments

As we saw in a previous post, 1998 was the most successful season in the history of Mitsubishi and Ralliart

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Toyota vintage WRC History 

1997: And Toyota came back with the Corolla WRC

2018-01-312020-08-30 llluis555 1 Comment

Toyota had been banned from participating in the World Rally Championship in 1996, after the discovery of a tricky bypass

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Subaru WRC History WRC History top 

Subaru Impreza WRC and the WRC concept

2017-12-272020-08-30 llluis555 6 Comments

The homologation of a group A car, until 1996, was a long and expensive process, as the production of 2500

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Mitsubishi WRC History 

Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV and V or how a group A car could beat the WRC (Lancer Evo part II)

2017-11-292020-08-16 llluis555 4 Comments

The 1997 season brought a major change in the rules of the World Championship, with the birth of the World

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Mitsubishi WRC History 

Mitsubishi Lancer Evo and Tommi Makinen mastered the WRC in the 90s (Lancer Evo part I)

2017-10-022020-09-09 llluis555 1 Comment

Mitsubishi launched the fourth generation of the Lancer model in October 1991. One year later, based on the GSR 1.8

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Mitsubishi WRC History 

Mitsubishi Galant VR4, the base for Lancer Evo dominance in the WRC

2017-08-212018-12-29 llluis555 2 Comments

Mitsubishi appearances in the WRC started in Africa, as Toyota, Datsun or Subaru did. Victories came very soon when Joginder

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Subaru WRC History 

Subaru Impreza extended Japanese dominance on the WRC in the 90s

2017-08-052020-09-09 llluis555 4 Comments

While Toyota mastered the WRC, especially between 1992 and 1994, other Japanese manufacturers made their progress into the Championship, to

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Toyota vintage WRC History 

Toyota Celica GT Four put Japan on top of WRC

2017-05-132019-04-04 llluis555 7 Comments

Japanese cars have been present in the World Rally Championship since the very beginning. They got high reputation in the

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Ford vintage WRC History 

Ford Escort RS Cosworth: the RALLY CAR

2017-04-012020-06-30 llluis555 5 Comments

In the late eighties, Ford had reacted too late for Group B, had been unable of setting up the 4×4

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Lancia WRC History 

Deltona: last winning bid from Lancia

2017-03-192019-11-09 llluis555 5 Comments

Lancia introduced the Delta HF 4WD model in 1987 World Rally Championship, and they refined the car with different and

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Ford vintage WRC History 

Sierra RS Cosworth: first Ford’s whale-tail

2016-07-202018-12-29 llluis555 1 Comment

The Sierra RS Cosworth was an attempt in 1983, from recently named Director of Ford Motorsport in Europe Stuart Turner,

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BMW Ford Mazda Nissan Renault WRC History 

1987: back to Group A simplicity

2016-07-052018-12-29 llluis555 1 Comment

Group B cars were banned since January 1987, as well as new-born group S. In spite of the effort of

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Citroën vintage Ford vintage WRC History 

Ford and Citroën joined group B too late

2016-06-082018-12-29 llluis555 2 Comments

Soon after Ford decided to cancel the development of Escort RS1700T in March 1983, a new project, initially called B200

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MG WRC History 

MG Metro 6R4: F1 technology into rallying

2016-04-182018-12-29 llluis555 1 Comment

Austin Rover sponsoring of Williams F1 team in early 80’s was key for the collaboration of engineers from both teams

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Lancia WRC History 

LANCIA DELTA S4

2016-04-102018-12-29 llluis555 1 Comment

Lancia soon realized that, in spite of winning 1983 World Championship with the 037 Rally, four-wheel drive was key to

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Audi Peugeot WRC History 

1985 group B: biggest wings ever

2016-03-122018-12-29 llluis555 2 Comments

Audi Sport Quattro S1 The impressive performance of the Peugeot 205 T16 in the World Rally Championship forced Audi to

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Peugeot WRC History 

Peugeot 205 T16 changed it all

2016-03-012018-12-29 llluis555 3 Comments

Peugeot 205 T16 was designed by Andre De Cortanze (with Jean Claude Vaucard as Chief Engineer and responsible of chassis

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Audi Lancia WRC History 

First Group B cars: Lancia Rally 037 and Audi Quattro A1

2016-02-042018-12-29 llluis555 1 Comment

Group B was launched in 1982 with the purpose of attracting more makes into the World Rally Championship, by reducing

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Audi BMW Datsun Mitsubishi Opel Renault WRC History 

Early 80’s: waiting for group B revolution

2016-01-082018-12-29 llluis555 0 Comments

In the first years of the 80’s, some new cars appeared in the World Rally Championship, still with very limited

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Alpine Fiat Ford vintage Porsche Toyota vintage Vauxhall WRC History 

70’s Rally Cars: more spoilers and first wing

2016-01-012018-12-29 llluis555 1 Comment

Ford response to Porsche 911 Carrera and Lancia Stratos was second of successful Escort series, which since the beginning (1975)

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Ford vintage Lancia Porsche Simca WRC History 

60’s & early 70’s Rally Cars: first spoilers

2016-01-012018-12-29 llluis555 0 Comments

The first appearance of aerodynamic devices on rally cars is dated in mid-sixties when Porsche presented the 904 GTS model,

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