To celebrate the 30th anniversary of his WRC title triumph Stig Blomqvist will drive an Audi Quattro (similar is spec to those used in the 1984 WRC rally season) as the course-opening zero car on the 2014 Jännerrallye. Stig and co-driver Robert Jakobsson finished the 2013 event 12th overall in a Mitsubishi Evo and the Swedish duo are expected to put on a dramatic display for fans attending the first round of the 2014 FIA European Rally Championship (http://www.fiaerc.com/) between the 3rd and 5th of January.
The International Jännerrallye (Austria) has close ties with the Quattro, in 1981 Franz Wittmann gave Audi's Quattro its competition debut on the event, winning by more than 20 minutes! That moment revolutionised the world of rallying forever, four-wheel-drive has dominated rallying ever since.
Event organisers (Rallye Club Mühlviertel) are holding a prize draw for the opportunity to join Blomqvist for a passenger ride during the pre-event shakedown near Freistadt on 3 January - more details on the event website: http://www.jaennerrallye.at/de/home.html
 |
| Stig Blomqvist & Robert Jakobsson Int. Jännerrally 2013 |
No comments:
Post a Comment