Some spectacular videos

Quick post before going to bed. Kimi Raikkonen’s been practising with his Citroen C4 WRC for this weeks Arctic Rally and some folks have put it up on youtube, showing some great jumps over the snow-covered surface:

From the same youtube account, here’s a mental vid of the Monte Carlo Rally from the Group A era of the 1990s and late 80s. The fanaticism of the fans and the brutality of the cars makes for a mental 10 minutes montage with nothing but pure engine sounds and fan shouting:

Awesome.

The spectacle of danger

Right, let’s kick off things with the blog. How about scaring yourself shitless with some rallying vids?

First, I present you a near-death experience onboard with Ari Vatanen. Dear god, indeed:

And here’s some footage of the absolutely mental era of the 1980s Group B cars and the fans of the time – those folks were just a bit too passionate. Guess where the craziest images come from, the jump of the Arganil stage here in Portugal of course:

Both vids were shamelessly stolen from the mid of FlatOverCrest’s very interesting and very long rant about the current state of rallying, in the Autosport forum. It’s worth a read.