5. (SOUNDBITE) (English) FOUR-TIME DAKAR RALLY CHAMPION AND 1981 WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP CHAMPION, ARI VATANEN, DESCRIBING THE MOMENT HE FELL IN LOVE WITH RACING WHEN 12 YEARS OLD, SAYING: "So, I was ...

29 Dec 2021, 06:05 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma // Three decades ago, this car won the Dakar Rally. Back then, the start was in Paris, and this example was driven to victory by Ari Vatanen 15 Apr 2014, 17 ...

Born on April 27, 1952 in Tuupovaara, Finland, Ari Vatanen took part in his first rally at the age of 18. Eleven years later, in 1981, he was crowned world champion. Despite driving Ford Escorts, Opel ...

It feels like the arguments over the future of Formula One have been going on for a lifetime. The past few months have seen threats made, by both the FIA and FOTA, childish name calling by the FIA ...

The election for a new FIA President are due to take place on Friday October 23, with Jean Todt and Ari Vatanen both in the running to succeed Max Mosley. There has been some controversy in the past ...

WRC automatically brings to mind extremely skilled drivers with little or no fear at all. Driving at insanely high speeds in places where you’d normally drive like an unskilled grandma. Out of pure ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Ari Vatanen's father died in a car crash while driving his family to a funeral when the future world rally champion was eight years old. The vehicle was new and although seatbelts ...

This is the real deal, a fire-breathing Group B rally car that actually won the 1985 Rallye Monte-Carlo can be yours for the right price. Needless to say that this is a very rare and special moment ...

Earlier this year, a former Richard Burns Subaru Impreza that had competed in the 2000 World Rally Championship season sold for an utterly incredible $865,000. Thankfully for any well-heeled Subaru ...