"Dear God"!! Ari Vatanen's big Rally moment in the Opel Manta 400! 1983 Manx International

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If you've ever wondered what its like to drive a rally car at speed, this is your chance! Race the first day's stage of the 1983 Rothmans Manx International Rally with renowned WRC pilot, Finland's Ari Vatanen in his Opel Manta 400, alongside co-driver Terry Harryman on the pace notes.
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Revealing in-car camera footage provides gripping viewing as they negotiate the twists and turns in foggy and wet conditions, capturing some dramatic moments in their Opel Manta 400 rally car.
During one section Vatanen clips the wall at speed, spectacularly puncturing a tyre but they continue to drive on as rubber shreds from the wheel rims!
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[@eadghe]

"One flat, three left. Death ahead, maybe."

[@Sil3nt]

twisty 350

[@unfreezeme5793]

hahaah thats a good one

[@legm5298]

💀💀💀

[@thatyoudliketoknow1628]

Flat ldft, maybe, just kidding hard right. I said maybe.

[@bingo5229]

LOL!

[@singleturbosupra7951]

Everyone always goes on about how crazy the drivers were, but nobody remembers the co-drivers. Just imagine yourself being the co-driver in a Group B car! That would be way more scarier than driving yourself. You have to trust your life to the hands of the driver, and still keep calm enough to be able to give directions. Huge respect for them!

[@bebbingtonbrickservices1776]

+SingleTurboSupra That's why they call it the silly seat! ;)

[@mrsquishyboots]

SingleTurboSupra my roommate would drive us to work like this. why I helped him build his volvo. ....

[@Krondelo]

Yes! I was thinking that while watching this! Who really is crazier, the one in control or the one sitting there and keeping cool. It's terrifying just to watch!!

[@davidmg1925]

SingleTurboSupra .....Totally.

[@harri9885]

A lot of maybe's though in the co-driver's notes. :)

[@armasplaygrounds6355]

Behind all Rally legends there's also a legendary co-driver. Huge respect to both of them.

[@soconoha8495]

And beneath each there's an enormous pair.

[@hidedollar5818]

It is like snipers, next to every legendary sniper there is also legendary spotter, excluding "White Death".

[@yurokasportboys9166]

Terry Harryman.

[@eemelisavela4718]

@@hidedollar5818 yes white dead didn't have a spotter

[@user-zq6yz5gf6d]

@@soconoha8495 it's a wonder that the car can still drive with all that added weight

[@SnowEspeon]

terry calls out a puncture after having a huge close call and ari goes flat out like that's where the fun begins, absolute legends

[@defender1006]

Ari was/is a GIANT in the rallying world, I'd put him up against anyone in the same car & conditions, in/on forest, roads or race track, you don''t get that good for no reason. I'd just love to see him do a 'quick lap' of the Isle of Man(n) TT circuit in a car!

[@sapogato4518]

Ari called it as soon as they went past the grid, listen to the faint "punctured it". Him fighting that steering wheel is a thing of beauty, trying to get a feel for the grip at every turn. But agreed on the legends stuff.

[@ZiggZacc]

​@@sapogato4518this

[@firefighterps2]

That's a more sincere "Dear God" than you'll ever hear in church.

[@apets1100]

Also the "Ohh" before that.

[@erikwestrheim804]

LOL so true AAAH

[@keyboarddancers7751]

1:58

[@Rasscasse]

Definitely :-)

[@crossedout5952]

He 'let go' right there..lol

[@ch0ke66]

"oh dear God, I just shat myself.... maybe"

[@AimanEzzat95]

Man I laughed so hard..... maybe 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ramushsteinuts9318]

Lol

[@xithappens]

LOL !!

[@KABBARANKS]

Best comment on this video, maybe... 😂👍

[@raysaade]

HAHAHAH

[@girishs1755]

Terry: "Dear God" Ari: " Continue".

[@koltinn]

actually "punctured it"

[@chaos6839]

@@koltinn continue is better

[@N3onDr1v3]

Sami: breaking the car

[@jeremybelcher1727]

I initially thought he said “on with it”, yelling at him for stopping lol!

[@dartfield4655]

reporter: what's going through your mind after the near crash? were you worried? co-pilot: *maybe*

[@FlintstoneR1]

Dart - what goes through your mind as a co-driver after a moment like that, is to concentrate even more on getting the following calls spot on, to keep the driver’s mind focussed on the hazards ahead, not what is already behind you. :-)

[@vanPoll]

On a cliff, in fog, with a half flat tire, with damaged steering not being able to corner safely, after a close-to-death-moment... pushing on like a complete maniac.

[@EbonyPope]

F1 drivers would already have stopped their car. :D

[@hoatattis7283]

Van Poll What is a Tire?

[@brianmcmenamin7269]

...pushing on like "a true professional" is what you meant to say...😁!

[@Jashtvorak]

@@EbonyPope Few of them drove broken cars. Flat spot on tyre is a tricky one. Driving 280km/h+ with tyre shaking the whole car so much, that your vision is blured and you can't see anything really. Or in rain, not see a damn thing throug that fog of water, just hearing when the car infront starts to brake and not lift too soon as you got other maniac that can't see you behind. They are all adrenaline junky maniacs.

[@Macias1000000]

@@hoatattis7283 In the US it the equivalent of what in british english is a word 'tyre'... suppose you're a native speaker, I gather you should know that already..? 🤔

[@Harpdashian]

Just noticed this was 1983, looks like early 2000s. Unbelievable camera quality

[@SRNF]

Its film not digital...not that hard to believe if converted correctly.

[@godlyobject6509]

@@SRNF Hang on though. That means a camera, the size of a 5-year-old child, is placed into a bouncing and shaking car and produces film that clear (with the audio being equally as impressive, though that's something else entirely) but, because it's "converted correctly" is looks that good? Honestly, this just looks like witchcraft. I can believe that car is from 1983 but, the footage? Not a chance.

[@googlewolly]

Not really.

[@WilliamRConley]

@@godlyobject6509 35mm can hold about 4k resolution so if the film was kept in a good environment you can give some really high resolutions. There is a video on this named "Film: the reason some of the past was in HD" by Technology Connections on this subject.

[@jacklondon7873]

People are only used to film being bad because they always used poor lenses and cheap development. The limits of film before were down to equipment and development assuming it was correctly exposed. With digital the limits are more to do with the sensor. It's pretty easy to believe this is film because I've seen superior film footage to this. Film stocks themselves didn't change massively from the 80s and there were plenty of HQ film stocks in use at the time.

[@nitronixus9402]

Just when we thought he was badass enough for saving that car from crashing. At about 4:34 onwards you can see him going flat out on the straight, but the wheel is turned on an angle, this is because his wheel is punctured and he is fighting the car from spinning out of control, its hard enough to drive with a punctured tyre, let alone go fast like him. And he's still flooring it like nobody's business. Absolute badass.

[@jayswarrow1196]

Before that too, he was barely loosing his tempo for hairpins, even tho car refused to go into a right-hander at all. These men were the real road-warriors, capable of fighting with their limbs hurting badly.

[@sleepwalker8600]

Yep the car is under steering really bad on the right hand hairpins, he nearly hit the wall at 20mph at one point lol

[@sumakjuly16]

Wow I didn't even notice, thank you! Absolute badasses

[@1988Demien]

Also keep in mind some of those cars were god fucking awful when it came to suspension and many other things. No electronic assists nothing

[@epoxcide]

Holy shit that’s terrifying

[@eddt430]

I watched this live. We were having a picnic in the 14th easy right. The backdraft blew our marmalade sandwiches everywhere.

[@Calligraphybooster]

Sit down elsewhere -may be--

[@CrysleyXavier]

Oh yeah. I was there too. Was beautiful. I was the tree on the left. Maybe.

[@enlightnd0ne446]

Dam

[@Morphinem]

I watched this live. We were having an in the . The backdraft . Certified compatible with all YT videos

[@GeorgeTsiros]

@@Morphinem I watched this live. We we having an _shit_ in the _bushes_ . The backdraft blew _our shit everywhere_ .

[@marjamania]

I love how in '83 they had better onboard audio recordings)

[@whitepeoplergullible9241]

Look up Nagra. Beautifully engineered recorders for film.

[@The_ZeroLine]

@@whitepeoplergullible9241 I checked them out. Interesting company.

[@peterbrown6453]

Did they also have open front helmets though? Many have a chin bar now.

[@The_ZeroLine]

Yeah. Lots of open face helmets. I don’t think even semi-open face is legal anywhere now.

[@MariaEngstrom]

That's because they used superior analogue technology.

[@stevegunnis7100]

Oh.........dear God.

[@paulkyle7840]

+Steve Gunnis Yon know..

[@willdarling1]

2:08 that is awesome.... and Ari has to tell him to carry on with the calls, right?

Probably it was quite uncomfortable to finish with shit in his pants... so he had to push him.. crazy.. well - "those times"

[@Pazaluz]

I would've probably shouted : NNNNOOOOO !!!!

[@Tinmar_Isation]

Probably punctured the tire, hence the crazy understeering for the rest of the stage

[@Revheadrev]

That remains one of the most extraordinary moments in rallying history.

[@61js]

Yes it probably is. One of my favourite rally interviews was Tony Mason asking Markku Alen what happened after misjudging a bend and ended up flying over a stone wall and into a field. To which Markku replied in that thick Finnish accent " vee got out zer car, opened zer gate, and drove out."

[@ihathtelekinesis]

The save is amazing, but let’s not forget that he did the rest of the stage with a puncture, in the fog, with Jimmy McRae bearing down on him. Super ballsy all round.

[@RandomDuude]

Basically this guy is doing 120 km/h, on wet tarmac, right next to a cliff, in the fog, with a flat front tire, stick shifting.

[@Bunno1177]

Tyre

[@paulocapelas2881]

Way faster. I would say close to 200

[@wotever99ninynine]

in a good way

[@1989Chrisc]

A regualr drive here in rural Ireland

[@snewl5324]

That's rally

[@stevemcilroy9518]

I bumped into Ari on wales rally GB 2014 in the service park. He was kind enough to stand and talk to a complete stranger as if we had known each other for years. Signed a piece of paper for me, not just an autograph, a sentence quoting go flat out always, and the date. I did nt want to hold him up, but did mention this video, and he stood there telling me all about it, how he had punctured the tyre on the wall previously to arriving at the cattle grid sideways and cooly and calmly said, " It was just one of those moments" respect.

[@usernamemoved]

Steve McIlroy Amazing Driver AND a nice guy? It's always nice to hear news like that, especially when we have so many "large egos" in motorsports. I wish Ari all the best.

[@SajuGraphics]

+Steve McIlroy it must have been an experience for you!

[@TheRebelOne.]

Steve McIlroy Frame that piece of paper and lock it in a safety deposit box 👍

[@kooartsi]

That's him. Gods blessed driver and a gentelman.

[@SparkySlow]

Steve McIlroy amaizing you meet him hehe, seem a nice guy

[@letit023]

“Triple Caution TRIPLE CAUTION!”

[@DerdOn0ner]

Maybe

[@shahul8222]

@BOSS_RUN THEMUFFINMAN Samir

[@DS-ee4gn]

@@shahul8222 shadap

[@SalmanAwan464]

*STAY CENTER!*

[@rishabprasoon5970]

shadap

[@MX-Mug]

I met Ari last week in Germany, total gent and had the time to sit and talk.

[@flush_entity]

rally drivers, most skillful drivers in the world.

[@kingcarrot6355]

Nobody even comes close, but don't say that to a F1 fan - LOL

[@silkee]

You never seen me get to the off licence before closing time.

[@kwakkers68]

Slight modification needed: *Finnish* rally drivers, the most skillful drivers in the world. :-)

[@AimanEzzat95]

Without a doubt!

[@Jackwylde68]

@@kwakkers68 I'd have to disagree and say Irish drivers 😉

[@SergeantMoetz]

Still driving like a absolute maniac even with a puncture.

[@zacjohnson8404]

maybe

[@cesteres]

He must hurry before before all air leaks out.

[@zacjohnson8404]

@@cesteres the faster you go the more the centrifugal force pushes the tyre to its maximum diameter essentially mimicking an inflated tyre.

[@arivaisanen4561]

We have a saying in Fin: One has Vatanen's feet, but own wrists...and you find yourself in ditch.

[@mthacks4297]

"So do you love me" "Yes, maybe"

[@HimWitDaHair98]

Don't cut

[@samanosukeka]

Dear God!!! Best onboard video,MAYBE...

[@RP-kr2kb]

samanosukeka absoluut!

[@kubhak]

dear god moment is giving me chills

[@lenoohpuls]

Maybe

[@locusmortis]

you lot should really watch Frank Kelly/Mick Coady videos for a mad driver/co-driver combo

[@mertduraman5014]

No you are absolute right.

[@adelarsen9776]

He gave me my Diploma of Rally Driving and Navigation at his rally school. Respect.

[@simonlloyd7557]

Respect to you too. I did a short rally driving course and its the most technically demanding form of driving that there is...and that's before you even start going fast.

[@adelarsen9776]

@@simonlloyd7557 All the best, cheers :-)

[@carlkamuti]

@@hermansule5750 Stop polluting the comments with this shit GG!! No one wants what you're selling.

[@hermansule5750]

@@carlkamuti Don't be sad ... just silent

[@carlkamuti]

@@hermansule5750 At last a post from you that doesn't have that stupid link!!

[@theotepeng8392]

Vatanen is a legend! Always amazing how these “crazy” rally drivers are able to compartmentalize near crashes and stay focused for the remaining stint.

[@iettord3124]

You have crazy drivers then you have Finns...

[@parthlad]

​@@iettord3124Sisu

[@ze5258]

Favorite onboard video ever. Pure insanity.

[@MrDeVinci11]

A bit different from my wife's comments when I'm driving...

[@steveman1982]

Drivers: driving Front seat passengers: reflecting sun light off phones into drivers eyes, mixing up directions.

[@SoilentGr33n]

Well to be fair, I hear "Dear god" a lot.

[@RGV2300]

@@steveman1982 also telling the driver to look through the windows, then you have to remind them you are driving.

[@Ilikeurmominminiskirt]

mine can NOT tell the difference between saying turn right to turn left when I am driving..... I love her so much!

[@bruno640]

@@Ilikeurmominminiskirt Then I feel I'm in good-company! My-wife is the same. Never tell her left or right, just-POINT, and say, "Over-there!". Plus, she gets her turn-signals spot-on, though. She's great in Metro-traffic, as everyone-else seems backwards, too! (Accuses ME, of "being-too-sane", to 'safely'-drive in city. And I reckon she might be right, in-deed!) And, yeah, I love my wife/chauffeur so much, as well...! ☺

[@PatrickPierceBateman]

1:58 The moment you came for.

[@paulmichaelfreedman8334]

Not just mate, Every time i come back here I watch the whole video, that whole stage is sensational.

[@jayphilipwilliams]

@@paulmichaelfreedman8334 Well put. Why would I skip a second of this?!?!?!

[@SA-rz6fj]

Thank you Patrick. Don't worry about people like Freedman and Williams: they don't understand how busy us investment bankers are. Especially when you take into account certain specific after work activities. I bet they don't even have embossed lettering in their businesscards. Anyway, I hear you can do a thousand stomach crunches now. Way to go.

[@PatrickPierceBateman]

@@SA-rz6fj Exactly. When I made that comment I didn't have enough time to watch the whole race because I was in a hurry to return some videotapes before rushing over to Dorsia for my eight o'clock reservation. I'm sure you understand.

[@glipk]

Thanks mate

[@fancyslayer99]

The amount of time he spent flat out in a Manta is INSANE! What a pleasure to watch.

[@britishgaming6]

flat out with a flat tyre aswell

[@RedfishCarolina]

The driver's reflexes in correcting the skid is incredible pinpoint accuracy.

[@AverageAlien]

that's not the only skid left behind after that manoeuvre

[@boe-pedaltothemetal-4751]

I always watch this while taking a dump, it really helps!

[@tyree9055]

lol

[@andrewbergamann7982]

Dear God...

[@rev3]

Omg a gem

[@rev3]

Plonk

[@GreatLakesLogger]

Geez. Better not have constipation or you might rip something.

[@liamgbooth]

"A bit of a puncture" - carries on driving like a maniac. #ballsofsteel

[@briangreen6602]

The sad truth is that even on 3 good tires, he could out-drive the average Joe

[@hoatattis7283]

Liam Booth: In rallying that is the norm

[@Vikingr91]

@@briangreen6602 How is that sad?

[@briangreen6602]

@@Vikingr91 I'm saying that however good a driver I may think I am, the sad reality is that he could easily beat me with a car with only 3 inflated tyres, over me with a perfect car. It's praise.

[@Vikingr91]

@@briangreen6602 Ah gotcha, so true. Man was driving like he was possessed or something

[@Lousy_Bastard]

Pure class.

[@stephenhardy7469]

I was shitting myself and I'm only watching it .......massive respect to the driver and co-driver ....balls of steel

[@ilokivi]

It's a testament to Vatanen's driving skill that he was able to continue driving at speed with a puncture shedding tyre fragments onto the road. Feel sure that Harryman appreciated that.

[@theant9821]

The problem is not the tyre leaving debris on the road but breaking apart and further damaging the car especially if its unseated from the wheel rim.

[@dylanmccallister6739]

these guys literally put their lives in each other's hands for a living. For no purpose but to go fast.

[@bradman7281]

Dylan McCallister some people are just addicted to adrenaline.

[@badmudafucka4448]

not for A living, but to truly live.

[@bittasweetsymphony726]

the sober human brain knows no bounds

[@williamdoody]

Rally cars have the safest standards for crashes. Only a hand few of people have died rallying and those were in the early days. This year 2018-2019 nobody has died rallying.

[@terryjackson4538]

The early days being less than 10 years ago? Many drivers and co drivers have died in rallies or in testing. Yes the vehicle safety equipment is better, the vehicles have more technical aids and the stages are safer in some areas. The racing is not necessarily better, skill levels are as good which means that Equivalent drivers today are less likely to have a fatal incident.

[@jimbrown5268]

Ari is just amazing!! God given gift - I bet the guy came out of his mother with a steering wheel in his hands. Thanks for sharing

[@RaduSStan]

"we have a bit of a puncture" oh, ok than. That just means I have to go maximum attack so it doesn't go completely flat, right?

[@contracultura4111]

Ari Vatanen, the most spectacular rally driver ever. Saw him live in Port Wine Portugal Rally multiple times in the eighties. Insane skills, iron balls, loved to show off. This clip brings back all of that. Thanks for that.

[@charlieross-BRM]

I watched a lifestyle tour video where someone visited Finland in the winter and was invited to try ice racing, local village style. Those are the "friendly" local races with the villagers running what ever they have. The teenage girls were beating this guy. He never had a chance. They live and breath hairy driving there just to get out shopping.

[@michaelgautreaux3168]

Me, Pikes Peak.1 1/2 miles before the finish. Still stunned, literally. The Peugout 405 gr pavement w/ Ari is a "Goddess"! Be safe 🦊

[@AlanAttack]

You lucky sausage you

[@i7Qp4rQ]

@@charlieross-BRM Maybe the offspring of some petrolhead families, most do not. And too often ones with new licences wrap a birch or pine with their -80s corollas or kadetts. One girl died from my class, when they drived some gravel backroad with no1 having a licence.

[@tapsulinka]

@@i7Qp4rQ I am from Finland and I started to drive when I was 6 years old. Teacher was my cousin with his car. He was 15. I was driving a 400 metre circle, half at public road. When I was young at 80's, it was just a normal at countryside to learn driving at field and ice long before 18. Still today but not so much any more. We Finns really do love driving and we have long distances. Only problem is that I feel currently young's do drive too much nonsafely, taking too much risks and going too often to public roads. Okay, the road I was driving was not the main road and slowly

[@thekornrole]

I remember once driving home from my girlfriend when my stomach started hurting and I could feel the diharreah knocking on the back door. This video reminded me of that day.

[@SirMo]

That driver has some skill. To drive that fast with a flat tire is insanity.

[@joelrodrigues4354]

He's only won the WRC in '81, haha.

[@NecroxProduction]

they had a flat?

[@RaccRacing]

@@NecroxProduction You hear him after the Dear God mention possible puncture

[@RaccRacing]

Also 4:15 you can hear the car sputtering because of it

[@petrhaisman8645]

If I was Vatanen´s co-driver, I would be scared shitless... What a driver, absolutely fearless... Huge respect for both, Ari and co-driver... Petr from Czech.

[@riq2327]

did you all see how he handled the car with a punctured tyre? on the last section he truly push it to the limit and you can see that the steering wheel isnt straight. He is truly the legend of all time, RESPECT!

[@frohiky011]

for 2 people to be from diffrent countries with the language barrier these 2 certainly trusted each other 150%, total respect for being at the top of there game

[@joacimohman3703]

This is true legend driving and a big salute for both Ari and his Co Driver!! Amazing!!

[@mjaatpriory]

I adored the Manta 400, got a Manta as my second ever car, one of the happiest days of my life!

[@MrObiwan1]

What a save at 2:10 !!!!

[@effiedeia1850]

I couldn't keep my mouth off the floor. My reaction reflected by the navigator "oh dear god". Thread the needle.

[@malacuea5963]

jajajaja xd. Increíble !!!

[@edwardlack9665]

MrObiwan1 I'll never know how he found that gap. He literally got the car straight just as he got to the cattle grid! Great respect.

[@soldier7799]

MrObiwan1 Dear God!

[@sailsSK8]

MrObiwan1 perfect driver

[@ste9474]

The co driver is so chilled it sounds like he's commentating a civilised match of tennis

[@MartVaarpu-]

hahahaha amen!

[@Element4ry]

That's Terry Harryman for ya!

[@peterebel7899]

Wasn't it Billard?

[@EdwardT9]

I kept waiting for him to say “one hundred and eighty!”

[@brianmclean8666]

The legendary Terry Harryman one the best Co pilots in the world

[@sugarnads]

Terry Harryman. As good as it gets. His are the only pacenotes i can actually follow in real time

[@dielaughing73]

It's his voice in Sega Rally, isn't it. I recognised it instantly

[@euro11AG]

Vatanen & Sainz my idols!

[@paulmichaelfreedman8334]

This is still the best recovery from a wheel hit I have ever seen. And I've seen a lot. Absolutely brilliant. And just keeps on driving as if nothing's wrong.

[@kodylodovico272]

That's what you gotta do, the second you start thinking about it trying to baby it your technique goes out the window

[@atedejong9306]

Haha..the remark..'oh dear god' priceless

[@adambradley8645]

Always loved Ari, he was fantastic. Once joked he rolled everything including a combined harvester 😃, loved watching him and all the others of that era.

[@Splitscreen83]

Just incredible driving. Seriously incredible 😎

[@pippipster6767]

Next time my wife says ‘you’re going a bit fast’ I’ll send her this 🤣🤣🤣

[@paulogrind]

Don't do it while you're driving though 😅

[@abdullah_z3870]

@@paulogrind hhhhhhhhu

[@survivor303]

does she started to say, maybe?

[@sly5999]

Even then, you just might sleep on the couch...maybe.

[@MsLore1964]

Respect Ari...this is what's mean to race in 80's...no traction assistant, no electronics tricks, nothing! Only a big big heart ad a big big heavy right foot!!!

[@mrdunns3338]

I watched many rallies for years, now helping to organise and run events. My first memory and pictures to accompany were on the 1975 Scottish when Ari was driving an Opel Ascona into the ground. His style was severe on the car and it had to be welded up at every service. I think he finished 8th overall. On the same event, the Chequered Flag run Stratos driven by Andy Dawson and Ulf Grondholm driving a Beetle, father of WRC champ Marcus. Happy days Many years later, in 2008 at the McRae Stages, at Perth Racecourse event suite, an evening of chit-chat with the great JaggyBunnet as MC, I had the privelege of meeting and chatting with Ari Vatanen, Hannu Mikkola, Malcolm Wilson, Russell Brookes, Kris Meeke, Alistair and Jimmy McRae, John Buffum, Travis Pastrana, Ken Block, Louise Aitken-Walker, Andrew Cowan, Phil Collins and many others. An evening to remember for sure, and I have the Marshal's Tee shirt to prove it!!

[@PeterOKeeffe3333]

MR DUNNS LEGEND 🙂👍

[@mrdunns3338]

@@PeterOKeeffe3333 Thanks for the thumb-up. Not a legend, really, just someone who loves rallying and I do what I can when I can. Couple of weeks from now, off to Mull to help run the Mull Rally, one of the best in the UK. It'll be a busy week, but we'll do what's needed to get as many as possible to the stop line of the final stage, safely and no casualties, job done.

[@V8AmericanMuscleCar]

I've watched this many times and it's always just as good!

[@dukevideo]

Check out our new 'Dear God!' t-shirt in tribute to this iconic moment... www.dukevideo.com/prdDC6423/Ari-Vatanen-Dear-God-T-Shirt-Black

[@ireallylovegod]

1:59 He puts a FULL turn of the wheel in to catch this slide , and at that sort of speed as well , wow , just ...wow...

[@nallukainen]

Siitä sanonta:" Vatasen jalat ja omat kädet"

[@aaronturner2694]

Heck yeah, having to overcorrect for the bad tire as well

[@smithy4025]

I was saying ‘dear god’ on most of the corners.

[@remkojerphanion4686]

Same here!

[@frankwhite9696]

Dear God Maybe.

[@legm5298]

@@frankwhite9696 😂😂😂

[@ze5258]

Can’t even imagine going that fast on a narrow cliffside road in a RWD monster from the 80’s with a puncture throughout most of the stage. Just after having a near death experience too 😵

[@icraftcrafts8685]

Added to my list of videos to watch when I'm out of coffee.

[@Shep-nf3wk]

Ari was an absolute genius behind the wheel and will always be my hero.

[@4Kandlez]

Ari "in the zone" over the mountain, with a deflating tyre, all his senses plugged into the car, magic.

[@Zerker_Supremacy]

Whole course is narrow hahahahaha, walls and cliffs, no room for mistakes, what a footage!

[@xKAIOWAx]

This intense shake is what race games don't have yet

[@Zetizo]

Maybe, left, maybe right..

[@wortrex1304]

:D

[@maninthecab]

Jose Archer No , it means flat out maybe .

[@k-aw-teksleepysageuni8181]

It essentially means you can potentially cut the corner it is so flat that you can go flat-out "maybe". Only the best rally drivers will speed through those "maybe" sections like a straight away.

[@davitfisher104.5]

lol :D

[@pruizish]

I have no strong feelings one way or the other

[@hasbeengood]

I remember seing this decades ago. The "Dear God" remark had marked my mind and the fact he was going that speed on a flat tire was unreal! First time I see it again since! Still as spectacular... or suicidal! Definately a special breed of men!

[@thomaskositzki9424]

These guys certainly had the mental stability to be Apollo Astronauts. They had a 50% chance of catastrophic failure on the first Moon flight and only experienced fighter pilots with test flying and/or combat experience were chosen. Group B drivers were on par with that I think.

[@Waitsforit]

Group B is the most pure of all of motorsports. Nothing comes close.

[@m0skit0]

What car control to make that recovery after bumping with the road wall and making it through the wooden door. Simply beautiful.

[@frdmf105]

Over 120km/h with left front puncture... The vatanen style.

[@Logan-np7zv]

+frdmf105 It's 120 mp/h..

[@hendrikhanso]

+Logan W he said over so :D

[@Logan-np7zv]

But 120 miles per hour is more significant xD

[@user-uk9dx4vn8o]

+Logan W I thought wrc (and group b) used km/h as a unit, or am i mistaken?

[@liverush24]

+Just a flesh wound When the speed traps were set up on the RAC Rally in the 80s, they used to light up the display in MPH.

[@federicoaldunate9288]

"oh dear god" i really miss the group b, that was true rally

[@theant9821]

This was group 4

[@brendanbrendan6721]

All the horses going to the rear wheels of the hairy Manta..

[@theinventor3986]

@@theant9821 Nope, this is a Group B Manta 400 on the Manx.

[@theant9821]

@@theinventor3986 didn't think they used group b manta in British championship events until 85, most being upgraded ex group 4 spec

[@theinventor3986]

@@@theant9821 The Rothmans Manx Rally on the Isle of Mann in 83 was part of the European Championship. I can remember if Group B was involved in the British championship or not. I watched my first live Rally in 85 when Mouton brought her Group B Audi S1 E2 to Scotland but I think the Scottish was part of the European Championship as well.

[@steviesteve750]

Amazing footage, and in car cam footage is better than today's inconsistent pixellated feed.

[@StonerBoKawaiiGirl]

When you look at this, you cannot help but be amazed just how BRAVE the people standing at the roadsides really are!!

[@THEREALGOD38]

"'did you crap your pants?'' Absolute right!!

[@allosaurusfragilis7782]

Maybe.....

[@gabrielp8660]

@@allosaurusfragilis7782 I can't breathe

[@alerey4363]

and where did the shit go? easy left :p

[@deividasradziunas3696]

@@alerey4363 lol

[@stevebirmingham9650]

Absolute right maybe !

[@jamal69jackson77]

These rally drivers are phenomenal. You feel your heart jumping out of your chest just watching a video of them driving through these narrow corridors at break neck speeds! I wish I could drive like one of these fellows.

[@kayzenl7911]

Man, this manta engine is revving soooo high I love it !

[@sarangvs2326]

The camera quality is clearer and brighter than my future

[@maciejbrozek4666]

God level skills. Balls of steel. Mental peace of Dalailama :-) Ladies and Gentlemen - Mr Ari Vatanen...

[@griff7136]

Ari Vatanen, absolute legend!

[@imnotavingthat6813]

Oh my foooking lord, this kid is flying unbelievable driving, and half of it with what looked like a puncture. Balls of steel

[@themeditteranian8365]

I wasn't born but dammm amazing full respect to the man Ari vatanen and his co pilot

[@invertedshadow1746]

Damn it ari is an amazing driver.... Before traction control, abs and even power steering was the norm! Real driving skill and feel for the car/road. Many if not all modern day race/rally drivers could not even get close to him if both driving an old car like this. ....end of Hero👍👍👍👍

[@CNCTEMATIC]

holy shit!! Vatanen was a mad fucking genius!!

[@vinterskog]

Rally, the only sport I would actually sit and watch.

[@MichalBayerl]

This is scary as hell. Amazing job, both guys.

[@fidan2fast]

I'm always in awe about how co-drivers manage to read notes and make sense while violently shaking around in a car

[@raxzen-1610]

He makes use of his thumbs to keep track of his notes. He also uses the gravitational pull of his balls to hold the notebook while he flips the page. It is truly an endeavor only the best of the best are suited to undertake.

[@tomaskoptik2021]

They are using really BIG letters in the notes... At least from what I have seen.

[@fidan2fast]

@@tomaskoptik2021 even so, their processing speed is amazing, and the fact that they need to look down instead of on the road, which is godly

[@tomaskoptik2021]

@@fidan2fast It´s crazy. They really have nerves out of steel...

[@Kilz78]

I respect most forms of motorsports but I have always said these guys (drivers and navigators) are on there own level

[@andrewgoulton4624]

Maximum respect for co drivers

[@ManLikeKitch]

To go at these speeds with a punture, while fighting the car and probably the wind at those heights, is unthinkable to most. True grit.

[@ScrotusXL]

A masterclass demonstration of pure skill by of one of the rally greats, in an analogue car with zero driver aids. That poor co driver saw his life flash before his eyes then calmly picked up the the pace notes again! Another rally legend😎

[@OhighOSkater]

I don't see how that cars suspension doesn't squat more, carrying those massive balls around

[@abcdecghijklmn]

OhighO Skater HAHAGAAAA:DDDDDD

[@mepmep619]

diferencial diferencial i don't understand anything that you said

[@mepmep619]

diferencial diferencial i don't care if nobody talked to me, i still want to know

[@bilbine5766]

@@mistry6292 how old are you, 12?

[@dkphantomdk]

These cars dont have suspension, they have solid steel rods to keep the car from scraping the road !! - those balls would leave any suspension bottomed out

[@ianhjan]

These two were legends, If you put a bed sheet over the screen, Ari would still follow the pacenotes.

[@cdnmetelhead4013]

I am glad I watched this video to see the contrast of 1980’s technology rally car and a current car. No turbo anti-lag sound. No paddle shifters.

[@thunderpants007]

Driving like that with a flattening tyre- he is THE MAN.....

[@koolerking440]

I mean, forget the total trust in the driver, that could’ve been the end of the co driver. That oversteer would’ve put the co drivers side of the car straight into the metal gate post. To then pick up on your pace notes again after that is incredible. Then to carry on driving, as that car had a steering problem after that rear left clipped the wall (look at the steering angle towards the end just to keep it straight).

[@martij30]

I'm pretty sure it's the left front that clipped it and went flat.

[@philwoodward5069]

@@martij30 Yeah they definitely had a front left puncture, you can hear the carcass of the tyre thudding against the bodywork later in the stage. That's not to say they might not have bent the trackrod as well, mind. They ended up losing quite a lot of time on that stage, but at least they weren't injured. The only man in rallying crazier than Vattanan was his co-driver! Everyone knew Vattanan was a maniac.

[@sigitprabowo363]

Being a rally co-driver or a navigator, I'm sure it's one of the scariest job ever.

[@Kevin-zy2xz]

Rally racing has enthralled me as of late. In fact moments like this take my breath away. Amazing.