1982 Lancia LC1: The Ephemeral Endurance Racer

John Campion as about as cool as car collectors come. He has immense respect for the cars he owns, as well as for the drivers, engineers, mechanics, and directors who were involved with racing them in period. A fan of Lancia in particular, John was happy to share another piece of Italian motorsport history with us in this week’s film. Namely, this Martini-striped Lancia LC1.
In racing lore Lancia is best known for its ability to consistently win in the WRC from the 1970s until the 1990s, but just before they really got going in Group B rallying in the 1980s with the 037 and the infamous Delta S4, the Italian marque was also doing quite well for itself in circuit racing. After winning the overall championship for makes in sports car racing in 1980 and 1981, Lancia evolved its successful Beta Montecarlo “silhouette” race car into a full-on Group 6 prototype called the LC1. It wasn’t to last long however, as Group C rules took over and made the LC1 ineligible for the manufacturers’ title. This week in Made to Drive, join us and John Campion as we go through the history of this unique race car and give it some on-track exercise at Palm Beach International Raceway.
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[@boksugoks9312]

Rest in Peace Sir John Campion. Thank you for being a true custodian of Italian classics and relics of extreme motorsport

[@leonardo3689]

Martini and Lancia is the best duo ever.

[@STEFAZON500]

It's a good duo and an iconic one but it still gets beaten out by the JPS Lotus and Marlboro Mclaren. It's in the top 3 definitely.

[@franc520]

555 and Subaru is twist their heads to this comments too!

[@inferno72229]

Porsche: _am I a joke to you?_

[@MrDownRater]

@@STEFAZON500 GULF Porsche 917! ;) Also Lancia Stratos Alitalia

[@studiocalder818]

@@MrDownRater True, two other monsters

[@jackspencer5676]

It is so wonderful to see Mr Campion looking healthier, and in addition, what a car!

[@ToxicSpiker]

Crazy that he's selling his entire Lancia racing collection... can only hope someone will actually be driving all these incredible cars instead of letting them sit under a cover or in a private garage.

[@kite0103]

This car is now sitting in a museum

[@ToxicSpiker]

@@kite0103 Oh well... at least it will be shown to the public and taken care of properly

[@stefanschoonbrood4431]

Proof that 4 pots can sound brilliant. Great video!

[@pablonavas8808]

RIP John, great video and collection

[@canyonhaverfield2201]

Appealing, absolutely ! Perfectly orchestrated film work. Your editing surpassing spot on ...for us who've been following moto sports since the 50's , I found my memory stirred up over & over thru out every frame in this film. I've always had an eye for exquisite beauty, regarding shape,color,sound & fittings & material. At film time 4:50, in describing the car wanting a bit of roughness, the camera lens falls onto the helmet lettering, word- RUGGED . My guess this was intentional & to a large part a pure example of lens art !

[@gamby16a]

This is a stark contrast to some of the new money balleurs who are featured. There's "rich" and then there's "I collect significant vintage race cars rich." Beautiful that he wants young drivers to drive them, too. That's passion. Incredible car.

[@TheGetawayer]

So sad to see what this glorious brand used to be Hope they will be back one day!

[@marcjohnson3553]

TheGetawayer #makelanciagreatagain

[@Vincenzo-wn1or]

Fiat is squandering this once glorious marque. If Bugatti could be revived so can Lancia!

[@WayneStark626]

@footballcoreano In what world are Italian cars more reliable than Japanese cars? Fiat branded cars are extremely terrible in terms of style, reliability, perfomance and elegance. Alfas on the other hand especially recently are amazing performance wise, passionate, extremely stylish beautiful cars but there is no reliability though. Japanese cars are blunt and for the most part not exciting with the exception of the honda nsx, nissan gtr, mazda mx5, toyota gt86 but so far are the most reliable vehicles on the planet.

[@hathaway.1166]

footballcoreano that’s like saying MV Agusta is more reliable than a Honda motorcycle(which are known for be extremely reliable)

[@bobsgunk1871]

@footballcoreano Nope. Not even close.

[@512bb]

This is from the days when the drivers were the difference between winning & loosing, what a special era.

[@cromulentparty]

Great to see John looking healthy. Someone should tell him that F1 cars don't have ABS, Traction control or stability control these days.

[@pablonavas8808]

Sadly he passed away

[@bgm1958]

Thank you so much for showing this. I was stationed in England when this car was racing so I got to see it run at Silverstone and Le Mans and it is a great memory of heady and exciting times.

[@Mattia.1973]

I have a lot of respect for F1 today BUT .... this only car express more than the entire F1 lot. Thanks Petrolicius, thanks Lancia

[@lorenzpaulinho1154]

Until 30 years ago driving a racing car was a great skill. Now with the electronic control and the pit people driving a racing car is not the skill of driving.

[@MOSSFEEN]

R.I.P. John Campion

[@gtv6chuck]

I've seen an LC2, the coupe version, and it is one of the sexiest looking race cars I have ever seen. Martini livery makes just about any car look better.

[@davidebassini2044]

LC2 it's not simply the coupe version of the LC2, It's a totally different car. LC2 has the chassis engineered by Dallara and the V8 Ferrari twin turbo engine modified by Abarth with 850 horsepower that can go up to 1.000 horsepower just for the qualification. It was running in the group C, at that time it was the only car giving trouble to group C Porsche cars. It won some races and did quite a lot pole positions, but it did not achieve to win the 24 hours Le Mans race. Unfortunately Lancia after only 2 years decided to cancel its group C program to concetrate just on Rally Championship.

[@lorenzpaulinho1154]

@@davidebassini2044 la LC2 nel gruppo 6 quante gare vinse?

[@bearbergmann2782]

Oh that beautiful noise!

[@joe125ful]

Wow looks great!! Italians know how make great cars. Who want see LC2 with 800Hp next time? This thing is probablly very rare.

[@marktossell8461]

Absolutely stunning.

[@RCnerd74]

"Only you and the car" That was real racing...

[@K03sport]

I have one of these (or the larger chassis) in a plastic model that has a battery powered motor...assembled it 35 years ago, put the Martini livery on it too. 👍

[@stuffhappens5681]

Good to see John looking healthy. Godspeed!

[@clique53]

What a beautiful car

[@delahayenator]

Great! Was watching DC's Gianpaolo Dallara's interview the other day and saw this beautiful car in his showroom and wanted to know more about it.

[@Fmontes]

Love the Teo Fabi and Riccardo Patrese (one of my favorites) references!

[@MindDezign]

"ANALOG" Driver and his Tool of Choice for Track or Road . Great Vid...it's Petrolicious .

[@SnakeyUk08]

Looks and sounds great Johns got some cracking cars (slightly jealous) but thanks for sharing them with us :)

[@minutepapillon5060]

Lancia je t'aime 💜

[@michaelwhitehead7590]

Palm beach international! I drive this track frequently lots of fun!

[@ABANDONEDCARREVIVALS]

I still say Lancias have some of the sexiest lines out there....imagine one with one tone axles and boggers under it! would make a sick Mud draggster!

[@briannn7751]

Great coverage - love the insight into the drive style

[@trayambakchakravarty]

Why does he pronounce Nurburgring as Nuremberg? Beautiful car, as always.

[@RealCyco]

There is also a Nuremburg circuit. Could have been the race there.

[@markpass4215]

Or does he say Nuremburger....hmm, delicious 😋

[@delahayenator]

@Ryan Nope not true, the place is called Nurburg, its the small village next to the castle.

[@devonport1978]

I was thinking the same. The city of Nuremberg is 390km away from the city of Nürburg. Different places. The famous circuit in Nuremberg is the Norisring.

[@SuicidalWarhead]

Nuremberg is the english spelling for the city of Nürnberg. The Nürburgring has nothing in common with the city of Nürnberg. It is named after a kind of castle with the name Nürburg. Notice the difference in spelling.

[@AndreaMitrani]

Beautiful.

[@julianporte7677]

Gotta be the best racing livery ever!

[@sirlillo2734]

great times

[@RevHeadzApp]

Awesome sounding car, great video!

[@reallywhale]

Woah, thats a beautiful car.

[@mauriceclemens3286]

That car sure has a bunch of cracks in the bodywork!

[@xmaniac99]

That is my favourite drink... Martini Lancia on the rocks ,

[@chapel976]

For those that don't understand Irish... "Beta Montecarlo" is the previous car he's talking about ;)

[@Neawoulf]

It's a bit sad these old liveries aren't used anymore. Of course i can understand why because alcohol and cigarettes are anything but healthy, but i can only say from my personal perspective: I never thought i need to drink or smoke when i saw these cars ... i just thought: Man, that's a good looking car!

[@MegaTube1313]

Neawoulf What about the durex sponsors of the 1970s

[@marcscordato4385]

What a shame that Fiat is letting Lancia die on the vine. Wonderful cars with a rich history . I would love to see the brand reclaim its former glory .

[@bryanmartin9420]

Excellent

[@NICB205]

Very tasteful. Beautiful

[@opt123123]

Anyone notice the driver's belts had slipped off the hans device?

[@ronniejaye1]

It was called seat of the pants for a reason. I buy my car's by that feel to this day. I raced bikes like that and cars . I prefer to drive my street car with that feel also .

[@shauntvr4312]

Great cars

[@joe5boost]

top vid thanks for sharing , shame he sold his collection

[@AL-kp1vw]

Who said that turbo cars didn't sound well? Great owner! Great car! Great car brand!

[@thomasbayram1826]

Lovely car, great video. Frustrating that he keeps referring to the "Nuremburg" which is not the "Nurburgring"...

[@TomsonPRD]

LANCIA!!!

[@DROOPYSNAIL4813]

I always liked the Mazda 787B from Gran Turismo 3

[@ms1975]

Astonishing car, thank you for uploading this. But i think a car like this should be driven by somebody able to wear the FHR properly.

[@claudiocalarezi2610]

Linda, linda... Maravilhosa

[@sihebat1]

Who is Linda?

[@therealvespadeluxe4392]

🇮🇹 Race Cars = Amore and 🏁

[@Rypsolisti]

Porsches are Rothmans, Lotus´s are John Player Special and Lancias are Martini.

[@julianarra8191]

Hermoso

[@rilson80]

❤❤❤

[@mustafa.d7488]

🤣😂I thought it was another Chaparral with the Martini colours.

[@nickthaskater]

I'm asking for a *pompe benzina* the next time I go to NAPA.

[@mereclander]

I would like more car details images. You hace not showed the engine.

[@calvinliem8271]

ah yes.. lancia..

[@blaznfattyz]

amazing how invested and intrigued he is in this marque, yet he cannot pronounce it correctly.

[@grahamsmith2022]

Excuse my ignorance but is the Irish connection the reason Lancia has a clover leaf on its badge?

[@delahayenator]

Never knew Lancia had a cloverleaf. Arent you talking about the quadrofoglio Alfa Romeo uses? Thats a four leaf clover on a white triangle and has a different and interesting history, actually involving Enzo Ferrari. You can google it. Its worth the read.

[@badger748]

Ahh the Lan-see-a at the Nurembergring. Excellent. Oh please do a bit of research !

[@delahayenator]

The man probably forgot more about racing than you ever knew, and keeping this old school hardcore cars available to young people and us viewers. What old school racers do you display on YT? Ever been on the ring anyway except from Grand Turismo?

[@ThePhobophile]

delahayenator You’d think with all that knowledge he could pronounce the name of one of the most well known tracks in motorsport correctly? Stfu

[@delahayenator]

@@ThePhobophile id say id rather actually be racing cars and going there than to be sitting around knowing the right pronounciation. You choose tough guy. Telling people to stfu.? Take your own advice you pity person.

[@thetreblerebel]

How much you think this car is worth?

[@jashkothari3693]

Man sounds like Eddie Jordan

[@DucatiDreamSIC58]

🇮🇹

[@bukwok]

Today F1 car dont have TC, ABS, just different era,now modern F1 driver too busy to adjust steeling wheel whole race corner by corner lap by lap in high speed,multi tasking and go fast. old day F1 racer only one thing, go fast elbow out banging wheel, not much tire or fuel management like today. just different era, no right or wrong, harder or easier.

[@user-lu7fc2mb6h]

Lancia lc 2の方はLe. Man の方でも活躍したmodelです。

[@gianlucapx]

In the name Lancia the "cia" is pronounced like in the word "ciao". ;)

[@davidbee9563]

What is car 84 in the pits at 6:30?

[@thepiuma]

could be a goup c toyota but it's kind of a wild guess, im not that knowledgeble about endurance cars. also they did a lot of messing about with rules and shapes in that era

[@thepiuma]

*group. it's late night sorry.

[@davidbee9563]

Thank you. I looked at the website but it did not identify the mystery car. It is good to see old race cars being exercised not just sitting in a warehouse. Like at Goodwood Members events and historic races.

[@thomaspettersson6575]

Carrr

[@kallesundqvist2582]

LANZIA SHULD MAKE SUPERCARS AND RALLEY CARS AGAIN AND RACING IN FORMULA1 ONE BEST TEAM A TIME WHEN THERES WERE THO MUTCH SPONSOR ON CARS GOLDEN AGE OFF CARS

[@derJackistweg]

Some facts would have been nice. "low displacement", how much, how much cylinder, single turbo? weight, length...

[@spencergorringe9448]

@2:58 + he states " short lived , Group-6 , four cylinder , just shy of 1500c.c. ..... with a big turbo.... "

[@derJackistweg]

@@spencergorringe9448 thx.

[@The9meister]

I think he pronounces name differantly beacause of a irish accent, he knows what he means.

[@silviobentivoglio7027]

wow !!!!!!!! how much did he pay for the go kart

[@shoominati23]

These cars should belong to the fans, not fanagled by some rich as a mere investment.

[@ehcodes4325]

Toyota won 2019 le man and wrc so they also made two winning cars

[@josephcote7702]

This is a really cool video and cool car, but I really can't roll my eyes hard enough when someone waxes on about *insert year here* cars being more "pure" than whatever is currently racing. I'm sure in the Group C era, people were like "yea, turbos are cool and everything but there was something special about no turbos, no ground effects. just you and the car." I'm sure in the early-70's, there were people who were like "yea, downforce is cool and everything but there was something special about no wings and no disc brakes. just you and the car." This sort of mindset is reductive and childish and I wish people would stop it because it leads to people believing in some mythical and ever-changing target about what a "real" car should be.

[@thorandmoljnir]

Not a big fan of race cars, I much prefer street cars but I do like the sound of this thing!

[@MiguelGarcia-vj7oo]

That's really weird logic.... That's like saying " I like women but I don't like how they look but like how they moan"...... I hope you you don't tune your car to look like a Race car or feel like one........that's hipocratical...........

[@Algernon7]

Nice clickbate..

[@cypriotcux]

is the owner relative to Trump? they sound alike

[@southhillfarm2795]

Booooring....

[@CincyRedProductions]

Not enough glitch effects and words like "lit" and "full send" for your tiny brain, mate?

[@delahayenator]

@@CincyRedProductions 🤣🤣