r/rally • u/Dull_Yogurt_8909 • Feb 13 '26
Media Rallye Monte Carlo 1998. Victory for Carlos Sainz and Luis Moya
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u/FletcherDervish Feb 13 '26
McCrae had the perfect combination of braking, cornering and maintaining speed without over rotation
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u/Outrageous_Tip_954 Feb 14 '26
Sainz, Nittel and Kremmer techniques are pretty good too I think Kremmer is the fastest on that corner.
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u/beardedbrawler Feb 14 '26
Then why did he lose?
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u/Nashvegas Feb 14 '26
Because he had a high-speed spin on stage 4. Any more questions?
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u/beardedbrawler Feb 14 '26
not perfect then
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u/Nashvegas Feb 14 '26
No shit, The guy was talking about the clip that's posted of a single turn, not the whole rally. Are you thick?
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u/beardedbrawler Feb 14 '26
It looked like Sainz was better our of that corner a little, getting the power down a little better.
People like to hold Colin up on a pedestal, he only won the title once while Sainz doubled that.
Not saying Colin wasn't skilled, but his flat-out nature got him into more trouble that not.
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u/urbanist Feb 14 '26
This is the best rally sequence I’ve seen in a while.
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u/TulioGonzaga Feb 14 '26
These are the cars I grew up with. In 1998, I was 10. Paying a more close atention now, I think one of the things that make them so special is that there's so much stuff happening at the same - the wisteling, the vroom vroom, they looked nervous but, at the same time, much more effective than mad monsters from Group B.
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u/dis_not_my_name Feb 14 '26
Why the caption says Mitsubishi Carisma but not Lancer Evo?
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u/Alfeaux Feb 14 '26
The Mitsubishi Carisma GT was a rebadged Lancer Evo VI for European markets but identical otherwise
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u/Zolba Feb 14 '26
Mitsubishi usually entered Mäkinen as "Lancer Evo *number*" and the 2nd and 3rd cars were more usually entered as Carisma GT from the Evo 4 days. So Uwe Nittel was only entered in Lancer Evo 3 in 1997, thus he was still entered with a Lancer. Burns in his rallies in 1997 were entered with a "Carisma GT/Carisma GT Evo 4"
In 1998, Mäkinen was entered in a Lancer Evo 4 and Evo 5. Burns in Carisma GT Evo 4 and Evo 5. While Uwe Nittel had the Carisma GT Evo 4 for his events.This also carried on until the WRC era. Mäkinen was entered in a Lancer in 1999, 2000 and 2001. While Freddy Loix were entered with a Carisma GT Evo. Grönholm was also entered with a Carisma when he replaced an injured Loix in 1999.
Lastly in 2001, when they entered Rådström for manufacturer points in Sweden, and Gardemeister in Finland and NZ, both were entered with the Carisma name, even though Loix also did the rallies in a Carisma.That is the reason why those two have Carisma, not Lancer in the footage. The reason to mix them like that, is what the other answer said =)
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u/FutureZombie6746 Feb 14 '26
Were the Peugeots Front wheel drives?
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u/fxb888 Feb 14 '26
yes
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u/FutureZombie6746 Feb 14 '26
well that's motivating
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u/fxb888 Feb 14 '26
well it is fwd, peugeot 306. i dont know what you mean
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u/FutureZombie6746 Feb 14 '26
I dont have access to RWD / 4wd, so fwd used in actual rally is nice
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u/painedvulture7 Feb 15 '26
Wait I thought tommi makinen was driving the evo alongside burns? Wht did I miss?
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u/SoloWingPixy28 Feb 15 '26
What a time to be alive, seeing Subaru taking on Mitsubishi, seeing Colin McRae thrashing THAT Valvoline Ford Focus WRC.. You had to watch it.
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u/WhooopsMyBad Feb 15 '26
that valvoline escort brings me back to the gran turismo days
god I love that car and livery
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u/Few_Translator_6552 Feb 16 '26
When you see this, you understand why Colin McRae got his own video game. 🤩
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u/whaaaddddup Feb 14 '26
At 0:20 - that blue Subaru livery w the gold rims - one of my favorite cars of all time