According to World Rally Archive, Mikkola won 654 stages. WRC #4 • PWRC #4 • Africa #2 Blomqvist’s chapter of misfortunes came to a climax at Kabarnet when he arrived beyond his maximum lateness. A second place in the championship followed in 1984, behind his teammate Stig Blomqvist, but 1985 saw him compete in only four world rallies, with three retirements and a fourth place, and slip to 22nd in the final standings after the Audi team was overwhelmed by new Group B competition from Peugeot and Lancia. 1962, Nairobi-Kampala-Dar es Salaam-Nairobi • entries/finish - 104/46 • gravel Marlboro Safari Rally 1985 ( německy, deutsche kommentator, german commentary) - Duration: 9:08. historie České a Světové rally/rallye history 80´s-90´s 7,123 views 9:08
Mikkola remained with Audi until the 1987 season, winning the Safari Rally in a Group A Audi 200 that year, before switching to Mazda. During the Friday, Mikkola slowly wore down Waldegard’s advantage, and by the time and field arrived at Kabarnet the difference was down to just over two minutes. Before the section around Mount Kenya, Waldegard had managed to escape the dust by reaching the head of the queue, an advantage which he used to good effect; it was he who was leading when the field arrived at Nanyuki that evening, some four minutes ahead of Mikkola.
The years between Mikkola’s first and second victories have seen more changes to the event itself than to the cars taking part. A leaking tank had caused the Sierra to run out of fuel, and it was during the subsequent and somewhat hasty refuelling that the fire started, turning into quite a blaze before it could be put out.
2012 S. Loeb Check here for latest versions. 1982 W. Röhrl Marlboro Safari Rally 1988. Furthermore, such competitive sections had to be timed in seconds, not minutes, a completely needless complication which only hindered the organisers.
2005 S. Loeb He won the 1000 Lakes and RAC rallies the following year, but did not improve on third position in the championship, ultimately finishing behind Opel's Walter Röhrl and teammate Michèle Mouton. The Australasian Safari was first run in 1985 and held under the International Sporting Code of FIM and from 1999, the General Competition Rules of Motorcycling Australia.. 1995 C. McRae 1986 J. Kankkunen – 20. Divided into two legs by a substantial overnight stop at Nairobi, the route was further divided by four more in the first leg and one in the second, providing some 50 hours rest in a rally spanning 90 hours in total. 10 Current page.
Audi as a whole was delighted, of course. Four wins and three second places saw him and co-driver Arne Hertz finally take the World Championship title. In the heyday of Group B, the process of standardisation was pursued in the guise of safety measures. Safari Rallye 1987.avi. 35. 16. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hannu_Mikkola&oldid=954657372, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 3 May 2020, at 16:14. Mikkola's rally career spanned 31 years, starting with a Volvo PV544 in 1963, but his most successful period was during the 1970s and 1980s. Mehta exceeded his lateness as a result of this episode, but Kirkland managed to get going again with replacement parts after extinguishing the fire by driving into a river! It was usually held around the end of August, in the Australian winter, and covered approximately 5,500 kilometres, mostly through the Outback in just over a week. Mikkola also won special stages in the following rallies that are not yet taken into account by www.juwra.com : 1 stage in Acropolis 1976(source: Sport Auto and Auto Hebdo), 1 stage in Sweden 1977 (source: Sport Auto), 10 stages in Acropolis 1977 (source: Sport Auto).