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Rally Monte Carlo 1985 - Peugeot and against Audi

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Created on January 21, 2011

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Bernhard Brägger

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Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 - Der Peugeot 250 Turbo 16 war am Rallye Monte Carlo 1985 nicht zu schlagen

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Audi Sport Quattro S1 - hier Blomqvist und Cederberg - konnte die Rallye Monte Carlo 1985 nicht gewinnen

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Audi Sport Quattro S1 - hier Blomqvist und Cederberg - konnte die Rallye Monte Carlo 1985 nicht gewinnen

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Lancia 037 - Ein Lancia 037 beim Servicepunkt am Rallye Monte Carlo 1985

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Renault R11 - Renault am Rallye Monte Carlo 1985

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Alfa-Romeo Alfasud Sprint - Alfa-Romeo Alfasud Sprint am Rallye Monte Carlo 1985

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Lancia 037 - Biasion und Siviero hatten im heckgetriebenen 037 keine Chance am Rallye Monte Carlo 1985

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Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 - Der Sieger Vatanen, der dritte Salonen und der zweite Röhrl beim Rallye Monte Carlo 1985

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Citroën Visa - Chomat:Breton mit dem Citroën Visa an der Rallye Monte Carlo 1985

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Summary

At the 1985 Monte Carlo Rally, the young Ari Vatanen wins ahead of Walter Röhrl in the uncompromising Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 rally car.

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The 18th special stage over the notorious Col d'Espréaux is won by another young star, the Finn Ari Vatanen together with his English co-driver Terry Harryman in the French Peugeot 205, 40 seconds ahead of Röhrl/Geistdörfer in an Audi. The two roll towards the Gap with a lead of over 3 minutes. A well-deserved break is imminent. The time control in the middle of the small town of Gap is approached without any problems, the timekeepers enter the time of day on the boarding card and hand it back to Harryman in the car. At the same moment, all hell breaks loose. Terry realizes that he has clocked in four minutes early, which means eight penalty minutes. Terry's world falls apart. Instead of being 3 minutes 19 seconds ahead, they are now 4 minutes 41 seconds behind! A poorly legible start time correction on the boarding card before the ride over the Col d'Espréaux, a hectic rush at the time control in Gap, press people, a brief distraction and the mistake is made. Vatanen soon catches himself - Harryman needs hours. On the next five stages up to Monaco, Vatanen accelerates so uncompromisingly that Röhrl/Geistdörfer are only 2 minutes ahead before the night of the long knives.

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