Fun fact: Makinen had to stop his 3-wheeled Lancer because some part of the stage was a public road. He was bound by law to stop, even had police after him. They could not catch him. He stopped because it was team orders.
@KoivuTheHab Just find it yourself if you're so desperate for facts and citations. I'm sure they'd provide a more comprehensive explanation that this comment section can pull up
@@DrSabot-A Dunno if he was ctually chased, but he did get stopped by the police about 1/2mile outside of Millbrook (the proving ground where he crashed). Was after the stage though, just driving to service. Shame the police had to be such jobsworths and didn't just escort him.
@@mattteee2973 The law can be an ass sometimes. Imagine if they actually let him finish, a 3-wheeled Lancer crossing the line. Couldve been one hell of a story
@@DrSabot-A Indeed, it happened to Marcus Gronholm once in UK, they were telling him he couldn't drive his car like it was, he was saying "I can drive it like that" and the copper was going "but you can't, you're not allowed to" he was "I know I can, but I understand, I not allowed to" proper funny because these drivers can drive a dead car like nobody else can, they have much experience of it, components on rally cars break all the time, you have to learn how to drive a car with say no power steering or a wheel come off, it's all part of the great sport that is rallying.
When Sainz's co-driver smashed that rear window, I can feel it. All he had to do was nursing the car to the finish but then the Corolla chose to die literally right before the finish line.This reminds me of the 2016 Le Mans race which a leading Toyota prototype gave in one lap before winning the race, and handed it to Porsche, after all that torturing in 24 hours.
Ironically, him taking it very easy after Mäkinen's retirement was most likely the cause of the engine failiure. What you see and hear on Carlos' onboards post-Mäkinen crash is him shifting up early, using lower RPM's than normal, wanting to put less strain on the engine. Unfortunately this created unexpected stresses in the powerplant, most likely fuel and boost mapping related - with a turbocharged (as opposed to naturally aspirated) unit, making a lot of boost lower down in the RPM range actually punishes the engine more, since the components spend longer periods of time under heavy stress; especially the pistons, connecting rods and crankshaft. TMG most likely hadn't thoroughly tested these conditions (wide open throttle but lower than normal RPM for long periods of time), nor had this failiure mode happened during previous rallies since no-one had driven the car in that manner for an extended period. Result - something in the rotating assembly deforms over time and finally gives way, then a connecting rod says hello through the side of the engine block.
@@wellend89 it was on the news years ago that second toyota pilot's engine gave up also just before the finnish, it was the piston's manufacturing fault to be found on both engines, but nice cool strory bro - unfortunately that was just your invention, not the actual truth
@@Jani_Ikävalko So where are these news reports and what are their sources? My info is straight from George Donaldson who was TTE's team manager at that time (and later fulfilled the same role at Mitsubishi and Subaru), he got it straight from the chief mechanic (a lovely swede named Leonard who is sadly no longer with us) overseeing all of the cars being ran by TTE @Wales '98. You, not me, are the one inventing here. Bro.
@KoivuTheHab This guy was voicing his opinion, it was understandable what he said. You just end up looking like a prick for tryna be a smartass and hating.
That was the best season of WRC ever in my opinion. There were always like 5 guys who could win any event of the championship and the cars looked great and the drivers had character. 1997-2005 the golden era of WRC for me.
all the way from the 70s to the mid 2000s it was such an amazing sport. the loeb-citroen dominance and all the other teams quitting kinda slowly drained the excitement out of it. cant really blame them its not their fault they did so great. but rallying has been on the rise again for last 5 or so years now and its in a pretty good state again in my opinion. shame VW had to drop out though, but still 4 teams is pretty good and the cars are definitely so much better than they were 7-10 years ago and theres been some super exciting battles over the past few years ive followed it again.
"Everybody said, that Tommi was lucky." Actually Sainz was lucky, since Tommi hit the road block and ONLY that incident GAVE Sainz the possibility to have the Championship. Then he lost it by one missfortunate breakdown. Tommi lost his win already once with only because of tough luck. Now Carlos did lost it too. It just happened to happen in the same GP. I'm sorry for Carlos, but such is life.
@MusicManMaurice He hit the blocks because there was oil on the road in that corner. The marshals knew about the oil and just put some sand on it and gave Tommi no warning before the corner. They warned every other car through after Tommi crashed. They could have coned the oil off, warned him, but they did nothing. Carlos took the piss out of Tommi and laughed at his misfortune, saying he was only driving at 20% now Tommi had crashed, but Tommi had the last laugh in the end and took the Championship without even finishing the rally..
That's motorsport. In 1992 the same thing happened, and Carlos won the championship because Didier Auriol had a problem at the spark stopping his engine at Rac rally. Didier was the dominator of that championship but Carlos won it. That's life.
+Equinox X They could use the R5 as a base, but i dont think it is viable given their current situation, returning in 2020 altough seems like a feasible option.
I remember watching this on Eurosport back then. Makinen loosing the wheel made me gasp as I was spectating the historical "3 times in a row" championship title fade away from Tommi, not knowing when and if such opportunity happens again for anybody. Then Sainz stopping on the stage in flames and smoke when the finish line was literally in his sight, his third title burning to ashes in Corolla's engine compartment.
@@nemesisslr rallying definitely seemed better back then eh, I still enjoy it, but went to Rally GB last year, first time since 2007 and it was good, but not as good as the McRay/Burns/Sainz and Makkinen days, the buzz back then was awesome, everyone was so friendly and talking about how the championship had been going etc, and who they were rooting for. I do miss those days of rallying. I'm happy that Elfyn is doing well this year so far though, I remember his Dad doing the RAC when he was still a part time school bus driver, I bet he's a proud Dad now ;-D
These days, winning three titles in a row isn't even historic anymore, it's expected. If you look at F1, I remember Vettel winning his 3rd title in a row and how massive it was (remember, Lauda, Senna, Hakkinen, Alonso had all come very very close to doing it). Now Hamilton won three and now Verstappen has won three in a row and nobody cares. Same with WRC, Makkinen's three in a row was absolutely huge, since he had challengers from Kankunnen, Sainz and McRae. Sainz himself came close in 1991, but was stopped by Kankunnen, Kankkunen came close in 1992 but was stopped by Sainz. Gronholm could have done it if he hadn't had a shocking 2001 season. Then Loeb did easily (Gronholm couldn't even beat the broken shouldered Loeb) Ogier did it easily, and now it seems Rovanpera will exonarably win his thrid title in a row next year, since Ogier's not doing a full time course and Tanak joining Hyundai will cause infighting with Neuville and M-Sport don't have the drivers or the reliability to win a title. And then he will probably go on to win 10 titles in a row or something ridiculous like that because there is *zero* competition these days.
Hands down one of the most dramatic, exciting, incredible and shocking finishes of all time Tommi was a big part of the greatest WRC generation of all time and 1998 was probably his greatest world title winning season
Poor Sainz, he had many cruel endings when he was tantalizingly close to winning the championship. '91, '94, '95, '98 and '03 were all possible for him to win, only to be stopped by just bad luck, mostly from mechanical failures. His incredible consistency of speed from '89-'04 is unmatched, taking 26 rallies over a 14 year span, a record that will be hard to match, if it will ever be matched. Moving on from WRC he won Dakar and developed the now dominant Polo R WRC. That is why I rank him as one of the greatest, if not the greatest drivers to take the wheel of a ANY rally car.
+ProSpeedsteR787 Wouldn't say outmatched because on the 14 year span both Mäkinen and Kankkunen won 4 titles and Carlos won two. Carlos indeed had bad luck but so did Mäkinen on that 1998 year. I doubt that carlos would have won that rally if Mäkinen wouldn't have been the first car on the road or missing the oil. And to be fair Mäkinen deserved to win his championship at 1998 if you compare the victories on that year Mäkinen had 5 against Sainz's 2.
+Peqqy consistency is key.. it's very lucky to have won with 5 wins and 6 DNFs in 13 rallies. part of racing is staying on the road too :) not taking away from makinen though.
ProSpeedsteR787 You have to remember though that in Kenya his engine broke down when he was like in 3 minute lead. Mäkinen was the fastest driver at 1998 and Carlos was most consistent. Both are legends though :)
to finish first, first you must finish, in my opinion kankunen was the best but makkinen was also 4 times world champion but to do it with 3 different manufacturers in two completely different eras is a lot more impressive to me. carlos was also very good but I'm unconvinced that he was equal to kankunen. at the end of the day though the Toyota team weren't good enough enough over the season and the mitsubishi team were. like at the last le mans, porsche weren't lucky, the Toyota wasn't up to the job, only just but still not good enough.
Yes, if we compare the overall careers, it is obvious that Sainz stayed more competitive than Mäkinen in his last years: Tommi was basically number two driver to Solberg at Subaru although he went there as a number one. In 2002 and 2003 Tommi was not even close to the top of championship whereas Sainz got third place in both years and in 2003 he was close to winning the title again (robbed by bad luck in Catalonia and Wales). And in 2004 he beat Grönholm in a fair fight in Argentina to score his last win at the age of 42. Mäkinen was not even close of doing that (one attempt ended in a big crash in Argentina 2002). Carlos was definitely most versatile driver of his generation, and I too rank him as the best.
Four men's gallant efforts managed to put Mitsubishi at the top as a world rallying power, these men:- Andrew Cowan,Joginder Singh,Tommi Makinnen and Kenjiro Shinozuka.
Tommy Mackinan, Carlos Sainz and Colin Mcrea. All 3 reasons I fell in love with Wrc. You can add Richard Burns and Petter Solberg to that list also and the best driver of the 2 litre car Seb Leob . Please bring some new manufacture
That Evo squeaking around the corners, one wheel locked up the rest spinning, such a special car, we now know what a void the EVO has left in car enthusiast hearts. Today's BS safety mandates on US cars, like side airbags, back up cameras, etc, make for heavy cars.
Just seen Sainz pick up his 2nd Dakar Rally win so thought i'd trawl through some old videos of him on TH-cam. So unlucky here back in '98, right near the line. Ouch!
I just love the 3 volume sedan in really. The mitsu on plus was so closer to production car. I hate nowdays yaris,polo,fiesta sh**. The best you can get out of it is a fwd fiesta st, so what's the point in rally this cars? (Yes i know that group N exist)
Wow, Carlos Sainz was just about to make his 3rd win and Tommi Mäkinen instead made his 3rd consecutive win. To think he was about to give up, and he ended up winning the world rally the next year after this in 1999 too. Dang... Sainz throwing his helmet into the back windshield.
Yea 80's was decent but 90's and early 2000 cars could take punishment and just were so enjoyable to watch... Deffo think they didn't get the appreciation they deserved in there time
I keep watching these old clips and wonder how gradually WRC lost it's greatness.. like what many comments say, all the WRC cars look too alike and no character.
The Evo was large and slow (except with Tommi in snow), but super-durable and could run on only 3 tires it seems. The last of the full-size Rally cars. = Most WRC cars now are minis. In the desert and harsh uneven, wet, snowy, ice conditions the Evo can still win,, but the smaller cars are faster when there is traction.
You know what. Is not that the actual WRC cars are slow. But i can't dream with them. How can you dream about being in a wrc car when the base are suppose to be city car like C3,Fiesta,I20, yaris, Polo (no longer)?
No, Makinen wasn't 100% lucky: he really fought very hard for his third title, so let's say Sainz' incident wasn't but a "downright miracle". It's like if they somewhat finished the rally, and Makinen still won it, if we put this perspective, because Makinen was better than Sainz anyway.
he wasnt "lucky" at all. he was just as unlucky as sainz, they both retired and for neither of them it was a driver error. mäkinen just happened to be leading in points so he absolutely deservedly took the title. it couldve been sainz that crashed in the oil and mäkinen cruised to victory. that would've been "luck"
Wow! , what a drama, really it was golden era of WRC, what an impressive battle, so epic, Makinen deserved it, the tune is amazing, anyone know the name of the tune please, Thanks indeed
Drama is the right word...we used to call those cars bombs,everything they gave you was extreme.. Excitement, passion ,disappointment, thrill...name it,EXTREME
It could have been even worse. Sainz could have won the rally but had his engine expire on the road section to final time control. He could have lost the title that way
I'm a subaru fan, but Tommi Mäkinen in his lancer was legendary.
to say the least!!!
Me too, scooby 95' owner..
@@elvispau1634 that was a little desperate....
Me too. I'd rather have a Subaru than Mitsu, but on the other hand, I'm a finn. :)
I loved that late 90s Mitsubishi /Subaru rivalry
Fun fact: Makinen had to stop his 3-wheeled Lancer because some part of the stage was a public road. He was bound by law to stop, even had police after him. They could not catch him. He stopped because it was team orders.
@KoivuTheHab Just find it yourself if you're so desperate for facts and citations. I'm sure they'd provide a more comprehensive explanation that this comment section can pull up
@@DrSabot-A Dunno if he was ctually chased, but he did get stopped by the police about 1/2mile outside of Millbrook (the proving ground where he crashed). Was after the stage though, just driving to service.
Shame the police had to be such jobsworths and didn't just escort him.
@KoivuTheHab oh wow i have done a typo. Surely my 16 years of education have been gone to waste
Pathetic shite
@@mattteee2973 The law can be an ass sometimes. Imagine if they actually let him finish, a 3-wheeled Lancer crossing the line. Couldve been one hell of a story
@@DrSabot-A Indeed, it happened to Marcus Gronholm once in UK, they were telling him he couldn't drive his car like it was, he was saying "I can drive it like that" and the copper was going "but you can't, you're not allowed to" he was "I know I can, but I understand, I not allowed to" proper funny because these drivers can drive a dead car like nobody else can, they have much experience of it, components on rally cars break all the time, you have to learn how to drive a car with say no power steering or a wheel come off, it's all part of the great sport that is rallying.
When Sainz's co-driver smashed that rear window, I can feel it. All he had to do was nursing the car to the finish but then the Corolla chose to die literally right before the finish line.This reminds me of the 2016 Le Mans race which a leading Toyota prototype gave in one lap before winning the race, and handed it to Porsche, after all that torturing in 24 hours.
That is the reason why when tommi makkinen took over as team principal of the new toyota rally team, he made sure these thing will not happen....
Ironically, him taking it very easy after Mäkinen's retirement was most likely the cause of the engine failiure. What you see and hear on Carlos' onboards post-Mäkinen crash is him shifting up early, using lower RPM's than normal, wanting to put less strain on the engine. Unfortunately this created unexpected stresses in the powerplant, most likely fuel and boost mapping related - with a turbocharged (as opposed to naturally aspirated) unit, making a lot of boost lower down in the RPM range actually punishes the engine more, since the components spend longer periods of time under heavy stress; especially the pistons, connecting rods and crankshaft.
TMG most likely hadn't thoroughly tested these conditions (wide open throttle but lower than normal RPM for long periods of time), nor had this failiure mode happened during previous rallies since no-one had driven the car in that manner for an extended period. Result - something in the rotating assembly deforms over time and finally gives way, then a connecting rod says hello through the side of the engine block.
bro is blaming the car
@@wellend89 it was on the news years ago that second toyota pilot's engine gave up also just before the finnish, it was the piston's manufacturing fault to be found on both engines, but nice cool strory bro - unfortunately that was just your invention, not the actual truth
@@Jani_Ikävalko So where are these news reports and what are their sources? My info is straight from George Donaldson who was TTE's team manager at that time (and later fulfilled the same role at Mitsubishi and Subaru), he got it straight from the chief mechanic (a lovely swede named Leonard who is sadly no longer with us) overseeing all of the cars being ran by TTE @Wales '98.
You, not me, are the one inventing here. Bro.
Today WRC cars is too similar, back then every car from each manufacture has their own design, that why i missed old WRC era
@KoivuTheHab Does that really matter?
@KoivuTheHab In this case it's irrelevant as well.
@KoivuTheHab This guy was voicing his opinion, it was understandable what he said. You just end up looking like a prick for tryna be a smartass and hating.
@KoivuTheHab English is not his first language and you've got no business making such harsh comments.
@KoivuTheHab You didn't quite get me,did you mate? no. I was on your defence.
That was the best season of WRC ever in my opinion. There were always like 5 guys who could win any event of the championship and the cars looked great and the drivers had character. 1997-2005 the golden era of WRC for me.
Yes I know I always watched it with my father
Peqqy For me it's the silver era, only behind group B years.
yep so much memories :)
Makkinen, Sainz, Mcrae, Burn, Loeb is Legends of WRC
all the way from the 70s to the mid 2000s it was such an amazing sport.
the loeb-citroen dominance and all the other teams quitting kinda slowly drained the excitement out of it. cant really blame them its not their fault they did so great. but rallying has been on the rise again for last 5 or so years now and its in a pretty good state again in my opinion. shame VW had to drop out though, but still 4 teams is pretty good and the cars are definitely so much better than they were 7-10 years ago and theres been some super exciting battles over the past few years ive followed it again.
I almost cried watching this... Relived my childhood in 4 minutes
Sad story.
One's most dramatic on WRC titles..
Makinen vs Sainz..
Two legend of WRC history..
Fantastic...!!!
"Everybody said, that Tommi was lucky." Actually Sainz was lucky, since Tommi hit the road block and ONLY that incident GAVE Sainz the possibility to have the Championship. Then he lost it by one missfortunate breakdown. Tommi lost his win already once with only because of tough luck. Now Carlos did lost it too. It just happened to happen in the same GP. I'm sorry for Carlos, but such is life.
I think Tommi lost at least a win because of a mechanical failure earlier in that season.
@MusicManMaurice He hit the blocks because there was oil on the road in that corner. The marshals knew about the oil and just put some sand on it and gave Tommi no warning before the corner. They warned every other car through after Tommi crashed. They could have coned the oil off, warned him, but they did nothing. Carlos took the piss out of Tommi and laughed at his misfortune, saying he was only driving at 20% now Tommi had crashed, but Tommi had the last laugh in the end and took the Championship without even finishing the rally..
Sainz lucky, are you serious? Carlos has missed like 5 or more championships in the last rally
That's motorsport. In 1992 the same thing happened, and Carlos won the championship because Didier Auriol had a problem at the spark stopping his engine at Rac rally. Didier was the dominator of that championship but Carlos won it. That's life.
@@stephennoble2647 Carlos didn't laugh of Tommi. He said he was on 20% because he only has to end on points.
I want Mitsubishi back to WRC!
+Equinox X
They could use the R5 as a base, but i dont think it is viable given their current situation, returning in 2020 altough seems like a feasible option.
+Equinox X Everybody wants mitsu subaru and lancia back. Shamefully doubt is going to happen anytime soon.
Mitsubishi aren't even interested in making proper cars anymore - only godawful suvs and trucks. They're not coming back.
MITSUBISHI ARE STILL IN RALLY AND EVERYONE OF THE LEGENDS ARE BECAUSE IN RALLY THERE IS GROUPS WERE THERE ARE OLD CARS FROM THE 90S .
its up to nissan because they own it now....
I remember watching this on Eurosport back then. Makinen loosing the wheel made me gasp as I was spectating the historical "3 times in a row" championship title fade away from Tommi, not knowing when and if such opportunity happens again for anybody. Then Sainz stopping on the stage in flames and smoke when the finish line was literally in his sight, his third title burning to ashes in Corolla's engine compartment.
I used to wake up early to watch this as a teenager. it was amazing to watch them battle the conditions. just amazing driving from them all.
@@nemesisslr rallying definitely seemed better back then eh, I still enjoy it, but went to Rally GB last year, first time since 2007 and it was good, but not as good as the McRay/Burns/Sainz and Makkinen days, the buzz back then was awesome, everyone was so friendly and talking about how the championship had been going etc, and who they were rooting for. I do miss those days of rallying.
I'm happy that Elfyn is doing well this year so far though, I remember his Dad doing the RAC when he was still a part time school bus driver, I bet he's a proud Dad now ;-D
These days, winning three titles in a row isn't even historic anymore, it's expected. If you look at F1, I remember Vettel winning his 3rd title in a row and how massive it was (remember, Lauda, Senna, Hakkinen, Alonso had all come very very close to doing it). Now Hamilton won three and now Verstappen has won three in a row and nobody cares. Same with WRC, Makkinen's three in a row was absolutely huge, since he had challengers from Kankunnen, Sainz and McRae. Sainz himself came close in 1991, but was stopped by Kankunnen, Kankkunen came close in 1992 but was stopped by Sainz. Gronholm could have done it if he hadn't had a shocking 2001 season. Then Loeb did easily (Gronholm couldn't even beat the broken shouldered Loeb) Ogier did it easily, and now it seems Rovanpera will exonarably win his thrid title in a row next year, since Ogier's not doing a full time course and Tanak joining Hyundai will cause infighting with Neuville and M-Sport don't have the drivers or the reliability to win a title. And then he will probably go on to win 10 titles in a row or something ridiculous like that because there is *zero* competition these days.
Damn Mitsubishi, Where'd you go? I miss you so, seems like it's been forever, that you've been gone.
+Laurynas S. Maybe dakar considering the current lineup?. Still doubt.
ask nissan...they own mitsubishi now....
Making SUVs. Mirage and Kei cars are pretty much their car line-up.
The silver era of rally. Incredible years
Mitsubishi killed the Evolution and Subaru made the WRX fat and overweight. I miss these days
Subaru has now killed the WRX.
@@shadowgaming6660
Err they didn't? Slow on news or something? They announced to release the new WRX in 2020
Evo got too big starting with the VII.
You know that The 2020 WRX STI weighs only 40kg More than The 2003 model? And has 40hp More...
I agree, I don’t know why they gave the wrx so much body
Hands down one of the most dramatic, exciting, incredible and shocking finishes of all time
Tommi was a big part of the greatest WRC generation of all time and 1998 was probably his greatest world title winning season
Oh God, just give me more videos like that.
Yes, so happy they started to make videos like this.
th-cam.com/video/751cSJkOBrg/w-d-xo.html enjoy it
Love Makinen and the Evo but man that’s harsh for Sainz! That close after all those km’s 🤯
this is by far the best WRC season ever !! i remember reading it on the magazines
Liked before I even watched it, awesome season, great period in rallying!
Poor Sainz, he had many cruel endings when he was tantalizingly close to winning the championship. '91, '94, '95, '98 and '03 were all possible for him to win, only to be stopped by just bad luck, mostly from mechanical failures. His incredible consistency of speed from '89-'04 is unmatched, taking 26 rallies over a 14 year span, a record that will be hard to match, if it will ever be matched. Moving on from WRC he won Dakar and developed the now dominant Polo R WRC. That is why I rank him as one of the greatest, if not the greatest drivers to take the wheel of a ANY rally car.
+ProSpeedsteR787 Wouldn't say outmatched because on the 14 year span both Mäkinen and Kankkunen won 4 titles and Carlos won two. Carlos indeed had bad luck but so did Mäkinen on that 1998 year. I doubt that carlos would have won that rally if Mäkinen wouldn't have been the first car on the road or missing the oil. And to be fair Mäkinen deserved to win his championship at 1998 if you compare the victories on that year Mäkinen had 5 against Sainz's 2.
+Peqqy consistency is key.. it's very lucky to have won with 5 wins and 6 DNFs in 13 rallies. part of racing is staying on the road too :) not taking away from makinen though.
ProSpeedsteR787 You have to remember though that in Kenya his engine broke down when he was like in 3 minute lead. Mäkinen was the fastest driver at 1998 and Carlos was most consistent. Both are legends though :)
to finish first, first you must finish, in my opinion kankunen was the best but makkinen was also 4 times world champion but to do it with 3 different manufacturers in two completely different eras is a lot more impressive to me.
carlos was also very good but I'm unconvinced that he was equal to kankunen.
at the end of the day though the Toyota team weren't good enough enough over the season and the mitsubishi team were.
like at the last le mans, porsche weren't lucky, the Toyota wasn't up to the job, only just but still not good enough.
Yes, if we compare the overall careers, it is obvious that Sainz stayed more competitive than Mäkinen in his last years: Tommi was basically number two driver to Solberg at Subaru although he went there as a number one. In 2002 and 2003 Tommi was not even close to the top of championship whereas Sainz got third place in both years and in 2003 he was close to winning the title again (robbed by bad luck in Catalonia and Wales). And in 2004 he beat Grönholm in a fair fight in Argentina to score his last win at the age of 42. Mäkinen was not even close of doing that (one attempt ended in a big crash in Argentina 2002). Carlos was definitely most versatile driver of his generation, and I too rank him as the best.
These historic videos are great, thank you.
Toyota: c*ckblocking "almost" race winners in all sorts of categories for decades.
Back when WRC was fun. Now every car is the same.
Four men's gallant efforts managed to put Mitsubishi at the top as a world rallying power, these men:- Andrew Cowan,Joginder Singh,Tommi Makinnen and Kenjiro Shinozuka.
Tommy Mackinan, Carlos Sainz and Colin Mcrea. All 3 reasons I fell in love with Wrc. You can add Richard Burns and Petter Solberg to that list also and the best driver of the 2 litre car Seb Leob . Please bring some new manufacture
Tommy McKinnon
Tommi Makinen and Mitsubishi are a match made in heaven...it's so dominance...
That Evo squeaking around the corners, one wheel locked up the rest spinning, such a special car, we now know what a void the EVO has left in car enthusiast hearts. Today's BS safety mandates on US cars, like side airbags, back up cameras, etc, make for heavy cars.
I can die if Mitsubishi come back to WRC. FOR real for REAL.
I hope they come back then.
@@STG44VOLVO 🤣
With what though? They don't make cars anymore, just SUVs
Oh boy you can't make that up.
I met him twice the pleasure of meeting tommy, in Argentina 2000 and 2018 and he is a very good and kind man in every way
2:59 Toyota engine gives up when trying to beat a Lan Evo. Where have I seen this before?
Its even a corolla
@yusuf kocaman The trueno is based from a corolla. Heck the AE86 is just a corolla with a 4AGE.
they both are great if not the greatest drivers when WRC had more than 4 manufacturers fighting for the title!
Mitsubishi the best perfect not only because of the best driver but car engine and performance must also very good to become the champion
Just incredible finish...
I miss 90's
Tommy shaking the bottle of champagne like he turns his steering wheels LOL
Carlos' car went on fire today in Austria, also literally.
i was marshalling at Milbrook when that happened, another car struck one of those block and was obliterated.
both legends...
Just seen Sainz pick up his 2nd Dakar Rally win so thought i'd trawl through some old videos of him on TH-cam.
So unlucky here back in '98, right near the line. Ouch!
was a spectacle to be sure,that famousshot of luis smashing his helmut through the corrola back window will live with me forever
The 90s rocked!! great stuff
I just love the 3 volume sedan in really. The mitsu on plus was so closer to production car. I hate nowdays yaris,polo,fiesta sh**. The best you can get out of it is a fwd fiesta st, so what's the point in rally this cars? (Yes i know that group N exist)
What this video doesn't show is that Mäkinen was flagged down by a motorcycle policeman while he was trying to make it back to the service area.
Good program, thanks for the upload!
I just imagine the driver of the Escort silently laughing to himself as he passed Sainz's dead Corolla.
there is footage of him being interviewed at the finish line. he is understandably very shocked.
Tsutarja495 SAVAGE 😂😂😂
why would he be smiling? maybe the makinen was smiling, but only because he was the champion
even the video presenter said, the golden era of rallying
I started to know WRC through this car: Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V and Subaru Impreza on 1998 model. And still like it until now.
Makinen is a legend now and in the past
Why does the 4g63 sound so different to other inline 4 cylinders is it the firing order exhaust?
All Toyotas had the same issue. Auriol did some kind of promo ride and the car broke down same with Gronholm.
Great video. Thanks a lot.
Wow, Carlos Sainz was just about to make his 3rd win and Tommi Mäkinen instead made his 3rd consecutive win. To think he was about to give up, and he ended up winning the world rally the next year after this in 1999 too. Dang... Sainz throwing his helmet into the back windshield.
His co-pilot smashed the rear window.
I'm English and that is the moment I cried at the death of motorsport.
Mind blown. A Toyota Corolla being outlasted by a Ford was an unexpected twist that M. Night Shyamalan would've been proud of.
God I remember watching this as it happened. REALLY felt bad for Carlos Sainz
That has to be the most iconic rally colors in history. White/red.
EDIT: Please add the Toyota Corolla in Dirt rally 2.0
I miss so much this time
Wow teah Ralli Art ✌😊 Team Mitsubishi, Tommi Makinnen and Mitsubishi Lancer Evo (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 and 10) 👍
This is what WRC is all about!
Is it just me or was wrc cars back then more fun to watch??
Wrc cars were unique. Now all cars look the same :/
Rose-tinted specs. That era WAS amazing, but 2017-present has been superb too.
My favorite is 80s
Yea 80's was decent but 90's and early 2000 cars could take punishment and just were so enjoyable to watch... Deffo think they didn't get the appreciation they deserved in there time
@@MickySmith20 Because we all took them for granted. I've never even imagined the championship without subaru. Or with yaris in the place of corolla.
I keep watching these old clips and wonder how gradually WRC lost it's greatness.. like what many comments say, all the WRC cars look too alike and no character.
Add to that Seb Loeb winning the championship back to back to back to back.
It just wasn't the same after the old guards left.
This Tommi Lancer was the best car ever.
The Evo was large and slow (except with Tommi in snow), but super-durable and could run on only 3 tires it seems. The last of the full-size Rally cars. = Most WRC cars now are minis.
In the desert and harsh uneven, wet, snowy, ice conditions the Evo can still win,, but the smaller cars are faster when there is traction.
I think that Makinen is returning in 2017 with Toyota, I'm really looking forward to it. xD
Lolno xD
You know what. Is not that the actual WRC cars are slow. But i can't dream with them. How can you dream about being in a wrc car when the base are suppose to be city car like C3,Fiesta,I20, yaris, Polo (no longer)?
Legend! Don't have nothing seems after him
Right up there with Hamilton vs Massa for incredible last-gasp championships.
Wake up Mitsubishi and make legend cars and drivers again.
i thought it was carlos sainz of f1 damn his dad is a legend of rally
"Trata de arrancarlo, Carlos, TRATA DE ARRANCARLO". There are hardly any epic rivalries anymore in motorsports, it's pretty fucking sad.
No, Makinen wasn't 100% lucky: he really fought very hard for his third title, so let's say Sainz' incident wasn't but a "downright miracle".
It's like if they somewhat finished the rally, and Makinen still won it, if we put this perspective, because Makinen was better than Sainz anyway.
he wasnt "lucky" at all. he was just as unlucky as sainz, they both retired and for neither of them it was a driver error. mäkinen just happened to be leading in points so he absolutely deservedly took the title.
it couldve been sainz that crashed in the oil and mäkinen cruised to victory. that would've been "luck"
This is what tommi want to avoid when he was team principal for toyota wrc....
I remember watching this
Wow! , what a drama, really it was golden era of WRC, what an impressive battle, so epic, Makinen deserved it, the tune is amazing, anyone know the name of the tune please, Thanks indeed
Drama is the right word...we used to call those cars bombs,everything they gave you was extreme.. Excitement, passion ,disappointment, thrill...name it,EXTREME
Buen video😀☺
Sainz: haha I’m gonna win the championship
Engine: *IM GONNA END THIS MANS CAREER*
MOAR!!!
They should've gotten all those spectators to push the corolla to the finish LOL
Colin M was always my favourite !
Sainz el mejor y Español.
Music name please, anyone help me
Carlos sainz sempre💪💨💨💯🇵🇹
it reminds me of the safari rally in Kenya.
Makinen parece Barrichello
It could have been even worse. Sainz could have won the rally but had his engine expire on the road section to final time control. He could have lost the title that way
Why would have Sainz lost?
I thought that crossing the finish line guaranteed the result.
He has to sign in at final time control. (A rally fan confirmed this was true) I believe you have to do it within a certain time limit
@2:36
Rutgen Hauer, in Blade Runner, the final confrontation.
Hienoa että MIES vastas puhelimeen kesken haastattelun ;)
Carlos para los Españoles volvistes a ganar de nuevo...
Tommi Makinen!!!! Mitsubishi!!!!
Tommi ❤️❤️❤️💯
Will see that Sainz Toyota Corolla.
back.
Where was the spoiler of the corolla?
Lost in a small crash
#RespectColinMcRae
now hatchback era !
Let Mitsubishi goes 3 wheels, Toyota can't beat it!
Ok whats the best and the most extreme evo6 i want to buy it,
1. Evo VI RS
2.Evo VI RS2
3Evo VI TME
?????????
rs
this is why we love rally
Evo
Andrew Cowan’s mastermind
Luck Is What Happens When Preparation Meets Opportunity
Митсубиши возвращайся в ралли и Дакар фанаты ждут мицу легенда 🔥🔥🔥