Vatanen driving escort at isle of man

[josaldinho1883]

ari is one of My alltime idols

[DoctorNumber46]

That TR7 is achingly cool.

[AlexCluster]

I want FIA regulation that says "You can be World champion only if you bloody spectacular and demolish things"

[KOKO5Z]

POLISH POLONEZZZ!!! :)

[bizzyfingers]

excellent bit of footage

[Gasthauz]

The comittment at 6.06...!

[Tooleyman]

See that MkII dance under brakes 5:40!

[biggayrobbie]

Top bloke. Brilliant rally driver and a nice fella as well.

[actionjackson9000]

what is the car at 2:52? sounds mean...

[Nihilus56]

Its a triumph tr7 with a v8 aka the tr8.

[dy131055]

The Twat as you call him is Dave Richards.Future Prodrive boss etc.

[prorok601]

polish polonez can go........... almost enywhere...

[howden123456]

great vid, shame about that bearded tosser at the start.

[azonicone]

@howden123456 Bit of an ignorant twat aren't you...

[howden123456]

@azonicone have you met him?no

[azonicone]

@howden123456 Have I met him? Former world rally champion, ex F1 team principle, chairman of Prodrive and general motorsport guru David Richards?....... Yes, he's my boss..... Anything else to add?

[EBTerriers]

@howden123456 go and fuck your mother...you know who i am ,so lets see if your man enough to say who you are .

[63ppaolo]

ari vatanen better pilot as' the beatiful rally!

[TheStykades]

ARI FOR FIA PRESIDENT !!!

[molnarpj]

Vatanen is a great driver. He is the Finnish McRae :))

[rallyramone]

I would say that McRae is british Flying Finn, because Vatanen was racing long before Coling and he learned some of his style from Ari when they were teammates at subaru. If in doubt, flatout!

[ilkkap81]

great driver and beautiful sound of bda escort

[hadabenz]

JIMMY MCRAE IS THE GOD OF BRITISH RALLYING.... and VATANEN IS JUST A GOD... absolutely....

[gtfour93]

"We don't hit things, we demolish things."

[jpcruz19]

great drivers, great vid

[kathmann]

"That was due to an incomplete wrecking". I'll remember that one next time I get a dent.

[josatinho]

ARI VATANEN IS MY IDOL <

[MaverickWRC]

2.32......Cracking Hat =P

[Rich606]

@MaverickWRC

I would be more than happy if I could carry off either the hat or the moustache. But both? That's a powerful look.

[mixerman01]

OH Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[grumpymurff]

6:08 Total Comittment!!!!!!!

[wordreet]

Thanks for sharing this superb video.

Tony pond is one of the all time best British rally drivers. But Ari, eventually was in another league. Love that Escort. HSR Chevette was a great car too.

[rundle1958]

In thou's days you had to be quick to beat Tony Pond on the Isle of Man

[54spiritedwill54]

Vatanen, Pondy, Mcrae senior !!! Awesome classic stuff.

[henkkaS4]

ari is a great driver, but i also like his life phylosophy in the end of the video. truly a great man...

[RallyNightFranki]

Polish "Polonez" can go almost everywhere- hahah , kurde Poldek to jednak Poldek. a jakie zdziwienie wśród obstawy rajdu, coś w stylu

-o kurde co to było

-mniejsza z tym co to było, zabrał kawałek taśmy odgradzającej i słupek co my teraz zrobimy będziemy musieli oddać 50 pensów z własnej kieszeni*

*to Szkoci byli :)

[josatinho]

did ari had mustache in early 1980s < in 1980 or 1981 <

[oiejrhoingv]

great video, a jewel!

[michaldrzewko30]

najlepsze jest w 5:08 :D

[007bondspy]

David Richards now practically owns the entire sport..shame one mans greed has destroyed the sport.

[kimgulle]

Those were the days...

[leedsbmxer]

clubman rallying is so much more exciting than wrc! escorts galore!

[mykpdotcodotuk]

Fantastic, miles more exciting than today WRC.

[RoninTXBR549]

Vatanen was top-notch, and a class act all the way. Those days of Rally were REAL racing! Great video!!!

[larigopsolis]

i would give a hand and foot to see him once more nowadays killing these wrc in his old escort:/

[aft3rgl0w]

vatanen into a works mk2....nothing can push more andrenaline than that..:D

[comali2212]

Vatanen is a hell of an aggressive driver !

[rallydad64]

I used to watch these guys on world of sport rally report (propaganda Duel music and all!!!) Never dreamed that one day I would work at Boreham. Gods all, mechanics, support, Drivers and navigators.

[ENIO11]

old style rallying is so cool

[sidewaysforever]

Bloody magic. I used to watch these guys as a child. now I attend WRC events and they are dull, dull, dull. Roll on super 2000 for the wrc!!!

Paul.

[Topsiekku]

funny hear when finnish people try to speak english:D i am finnish

[wisniorek]

to be honest it does seem funny...BUT when i hear Finnish language it's like - jouki pouki pitka irra etc. that sound like nothing in the whole world. In your language you've got all words "of your own" if you know what i mean. in other countries many wors sound the same and they're just slightly modified like computer in Polish is komputer. it's almost the same!!! that's why i admire Finns who speak English!! I'd love to learn Finnish one day.. that'd be quite an achievement... cheers

[Gruppob]

funny to see richards as a young lad before he got where he is now.

[biggayrobbie]

The Vatanen touch is a classic rally video.

Great driver, great cars, apart from Group B these were the best days of rallying.

[Zico31]

Ari and Dave Richards are going to compete in a mk2 escort once again... The McRae stages in sept 08.

Mikkola and Waldegard are doing it too plus many others.. as a tribute to Colin, google McRae stages tribute for details..

[latajoncemosuo]

5:10 Polish Polonez can go almost anywhere, my mate has one, 1984 exclusive version, has original fresh orange colour and original engine, suspension etc... believe me, you can fall in love with that car ;)

[THUNDERDOMEFXXRACER2]

At 5:20 officials left bewildered, Also at 5:40 ari vatanen going for it.

[endlosschleife]

"We don't hit things, we demolish things." *lol* It's incredible how fast they go while the car always wants to go its own direction. Todays WRC cars look like drawn by strings compared to those "flipping-from-one-side-to-the­-other" vehicles.

Thanks for uploading!

[mintey07]

drive er state side ways lol

[NWRally]

Vatanen... what a class act.

It takes absolute commitment to push the limits as only Vatanen could (even after the 1985 Argentina crash). Find footage of him making the Impreza's debut at '93 Thousand Lakes to see what I mean.

His bravest acts, though, were when he acknowkledged God's meaning in his lfe.... VERY brave in the secular world of modern European culture.

[jonnyhifi]

Vatanen, Pondy, Mcrae senior !!! Awesome classic stuff. Both the driving, and also the asides : Mr.Richard's and Vatanen's views on god at the end ! woah ! never seen any of this before :) thanks for posting. esp. the Pondy stuff for me: so little sadly of him out there in action seems to be readily available on video. In a similar vein... anyone got any of Dave Metcalf out there; I remember he was simply eye popping...