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26th March 2009, 10:48am by YouTube unearths some amazing video footage, and there’s perhaps none more chilling than this video of Finnish rally star, Henri Toivonen, crashing to his death in the 1986 Tour de Corse Rally. Toivonen, driving a Lancia Delta S4, died on May 2, 1986, while leading the event.


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On 2 May 1986, Henri Toivonen, his co-driver Sergio Cresto, and Group B rally cars died on this corner. To look it at it out of context, it's a treacherous left-hander with a drop so vast the.


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Twelve months after the deaths of Henri Toivonen and Sergio Cresta, the WRC's return to Corsica was another bleak weekend May '20 09 Photography by Prodrive Words by David Evans, DirtFish Head of Media Tweet Share Much has been made of the 1986 Tour de Corse in recent days.


Print of 1986 World Rally Championship Henri Toivonen/Sergio Cresto, Fatal accident, here at

Henri Pauli Toivonen (August 25th 1956 ~ May 2nd 1986) was a Finnish rally driver born into what later came to be known as "Finland's Fastest Family". His father, Pauli, was the 1968 European Rally Champion (ERC) for Porsche and his brother, Harri, became a professional circuit racer.


Henri Toivonen (FIN) Lancia Rally Rally 037 GrB Martini Racing after crash Stock Photo Alamy

Accident brought into WRC more shorter and safer stages, compulsory fire extinguisher system for cars and evolution versions of rallycars were banned. 1988 there was found Race of Champions event.


Toivonen's Delta S4 sold for upwards of 1.3 million RallySport Magazine

Group B was the World Rally Championship's most famous era and produced the most spectacular cars. David Evans and Colin Clark visited the scene of Toivonen's crash and explained why there are.


Henri Toivonen (FIN) Lancia Rally 037 GrB Martini Racing after crash Stock Photo Alamy

The list of fatal World Rally Championship accidents consists of drivers and co-drivers who have died at FIA World Rally Championship. Only hours after Henri Toivonen's crash at the 1986 Tour de Corse, FISA president Jean-Marie Balestre announced that Group B cars were banned for the 1987 season.


Toivonen crash in Monte Carlo. Lancia Delta, Monte Carlo, Car Brand, Rallying, Rally Car, Car

The rumour has it that in 1986, 'man of the moment' Henri Toivonen lapped the Estoril Formula One circuit so fast in his Lancia Delta S4 rally car that his time would have put him sixth on the.


Henri Toivonen Crash in 1000 Lakes Rally 1985 YouTube

As the World Rally Championship headed to Corsica for its 2019 event, David Evans and Colin Clark visited the corner where Henri Toivonen and co-driver Sergi.


Tragedy follows tragedy The 1987 Tour de Corse DirtFish

Henri Toivonen Crash (1956-1986) Corsika Rally 1986 He´s last rally. Rest in Peace Marvdogger 1.2M views 5 years ago INSANE Audi Quattro Sport S1 1000 Lakes Group B Rally (Pure Engine.


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Toivonen had a sore throat and was suffering from the flu, but he insisted on driving after having lost his championship lead during the last three rallies due to retiring the car in Sweden, the.


Thirty years ago today, Henri Toivonen and Sergio Cresto tragically died at the 1986 Tour de

Henri Toivonen was the son of 1968 ERC Champion Pauli Toivonen. Toivonen was born on August 25th 1956 in Jyväskylä Finland. Toivonen competed in both Rally and Circuit racing. His brother Harri became a professional Circuit Racer who also did rally. Harri retired from circuit racing in 2002.


Henri Toivonen Juha Piironen 31º Rally Acrópolis 1984. Lancia Rally 037 Evo. Retirado por

Toivonen's crash was so severe that the car exploded and was consumed by an intense fire, though officials stated later that both Toivonen and his American co-driver Cresto were believed to.


Crash Henri Toivonen and Sergio Cresto, WRC Rally Monte Carlo 1986 by Marvdogger2 YouTube

As the World Rally Championship headed to Corsica for its 2019 event, David Evans and Colin Clark visited the corner where Henri Toivonen and co-driver Sergio Cresto were killed in a crash that.


Best Shed (therallyblog Henri Toivonen / Juha Piironen) Rally car racing, Rally car, Rally racing

On May 2, 1986, during the second leg of the Tour de Corse, Henri Toivonen and Sergio Cresto's Lancia Delta S4 careened off the course and into a ravine. Even if the pair had survived the initial.


Accidente acabó con Henri Toivonen,Sergio Cresto y elGrupoB Lancia Delta, Peugeot, Rally Car

Henri Toivonen's crash at the 1986 Tour de Corse was the end of rally's brutally fast Group B era, the Attitude Era of rallying.With rallies being long, and.