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Rally Monte Carlo 1984 - After Trévoux and Munari also Röhrl/Geistdörfer

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Created on January 21, 2011

Reading time 4min

Written by:

Bernhard Brägger

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Audi Quattro A2 - Röhrl/Geistdörfer waren im Audi Quattro an der Rallye Monte Carlo 1984 nicht zu schlagen

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Nissan 240 RS - Salonen fuhr am Rallye Monte Carlo 1984 einen Nissan 240 RS

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Lancia 037 - Die hinterradangetriebenen 037 hatten am Rallye Monte Carlo 1984 keine Chance gegen die Allrad-Audi-_ZGIPAnonym

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Porsche 911 Carrera - Porsche Carrera am Rallye Monte Carlo 1984

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Renault R5 Turbo - Mit dem Sieg hatten die früher erfolgreichen Renault R5 am Rallye Monte Carlo 1984 nichts mehr zu tun

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Mazda 323 Turbo - Mazda 323 Turbo an der Rallye Monte Carlo 1984

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Audi Quattro A2 - das siegreiche Audi-Team mit den Fahrern Mikkola, Röhrl und Blomqvist war an der Rallye Monte Carlo 1984 nicht zu schlagen

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Summary

The 1984 Monte Carlo Rally is an almost exclusive duel between the veteran Stig Blomqvist and the new star Walter Röhrl, both in Audi Quattros. Röhrl wins the battle.

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Stig Blomqvist was already drifting left-braking through the forests of his home country in a Saab 96 when Walter Röhrl made his first attempts at driving a Fiat 850 at the Bavaria Rally in 1968. Blomqvist knows how to brake on the left in his sleep. He has no other choice. How else can such terrible understeers be moved within the curve radii? To make matters worse, the handbrake acts on the front wheels! Nothing can be done with the handbrake. A look at Blomqvist Palmares: winner of the Sweden Rally, the 1000 Lakes Rally, the RAC Rally. The English call him the King of Swing. Audi took him in 1983 and Röhrl also entered the service of the Quattros. Opel and Rothman's nicotine strategy are a thing of the past. Within a very short time, he learns to brake on the left in the new Audi. At the start in Bad Homburg, he seems slightly insecure. He still has to learn and be humble. Does his new stablemate really unsettle him?

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