There is a place where i can see the old glories of rally speeding through the streets like as in the past? Of course, it’s in San Marino and it’s called RALLYLEGEND ! Now in its 13th Edition, Rallylegend became a landmark for nostalgic rally fans, a place where you can see modern WRC cars, Group A, Group B legends and more, sharing the special stages of San Marino.
Big names of WRC joined this Edition, Jari-Matti Latvala confirmed his last year participation with the Polo R WRC while Hayden Paddon made his debut with the Hyunday i20 WRC. Latvala’s Polo R was the road opening zero car for the three-day rally, while Paddon started in the ‘Legend Stars’ demonstration category
Another fascinating thing is the atmosphere of the night stages on Friday…….
……with the crowd waiting on every corner to cheer the drivers.
Saturday: when it rains it pours. We headed to the Rallylegend Village, into the Serravalle Olimpic Stadium to see all the cars togheter, it’s a privilege to be so close to this rally masterpieces
New BMW water collector
Lancia took a big part of this 13th Rallylegend edition with the “Delta S4 Celebration”, an incredible occasion to see 15 Lancia Delta S4 altogheter with names like Florio, Lombardi, Biasion, Toivonen, Kankkunen, Trelles, Alen, Kivimaki, who contributed to the creation of the S4 myth
The rain followed the cars all day long, without brakes
Sunday the weather was better, at least it did not rain
Things that can happen at Rallylegend: being overtaken by Paolo Diana’s Fiat 131
The Lancia Delta ECV2 and ECV1 were part of the Delta S4 Celebration, showing how the Rally would be after the 1986 season
The Lancia ECV or Experimental Composite Vehicle was created to replace the Delta S4, unfotunately Group B and Group S cars were banned from competition due to safety problems. The famous Triflux engine and the kevlar/carbon fiber composite materials are just two of the several technological innovations of this “monster”
If the ECV was frighteningly monstrous, the ECV2 it was even more, with almost 600hp @8000rpm and 930Kg of weight
Drivers, at the end of this wonderful weekend, were greeted by an incredible number of people under an unexpected and beautiful sunshine
So, if you want to spend an unforgettable weekend surrounded by rally cars, this is the place to be. See you in 2016 Rallylegend!
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