Vatanen Vatanen AGAINST
African winds bring with them a quantity of sand, that the slightest hill on your way to a few hours can turn into a mountain.
The helicopter route is simple. When he pylish the desert toward the horizon, look for a route is already a problem. It seems that the wheels driven by you is correct, but it's worth looking at the compass, as it turns out that you once lost his way, describes the Paris Dakar Rally two-time winner of his Finnish driver Ari Vatanen. But do not rush to take his words literally. They are not only about the rally.
In circuit racing winner here is judicial checkered flag salute. After the end of the rally the main character is detected for a long time the judge to count seconds on special stages (so-called high-speed sections), check the passage of time, control points and compliance regime closed the park. However, it is the first time in sports biographies A. Vatanen incident occurred when he became the winner before the end of the competition. It happened at the Paris Dakar Rally in 1989. There was a coin toss that decided the outcome of the struggle for the two main contenders, far ahead of other participants.
For several grueling days and nights of the most brutal race on the sands of the Sahara Ari Vatanen and Jacky Ikks went to his monster Peugeot 405T16, as the saying goes head to head. Ikksom typed at the beginning of the rally a slight advantage catastrophic melting. Such heat could lead to any unexpected or unreasonable risk of the two riders, this time the speakers for a single command.
Thrust competition often generates an error, but Paris Dakar does not forgive. Therefore, Jean Todt, the manager of the company Peugeot, so as not to risk the command victory, decided the fate of first place by lot. In the course was started later than the washed-peremytaya press and television desyatifrankovaya coin. Vatanen won, and his struggle with Ikksom on this end.
Call this inglorious victory. Needless to say, the lot in any contest fertile ground for ranting on the topic of sports ethics. But let's not so categorical, especially because Jacky Ikks a prelaunch interview said that was unlikely to sustain the pace of his teammate. Be that as it may, the fact remains a fact first to the finish in Dakar came to the same Vatanen, a victory which many no doubt even before the launch in Paris.
He became a professional racer in 1975, though the rally was not a beginner. Sat behind the wheel of twelve years. The car and the sense of speed just a little fascinated Ari. The narrow deserted street in the Finnish village Tuupovaara was the first of its segment dopom dvuhsotmetrovy country road through a rich fantasy child is easily turned into highways is 1,000 lakes, the Monte Carlo method. Then was born, this bold dream of a rally, which was destined to become a reality.
At the beginning of his athletic career was not lucky. Went racing establishment, and in this period seem particularly bitter failure. Ari overturned cars, one after another, and the lack of money to repair them has caused real pain. Dreams about the same bright victories and universal recognition were still far from reality.
But the diligence and perseverance are rewarded someday. He came to a happy Ari Vatanen in 1981. He became the first Finn world champion rally. It happened so suddenly that even now he talks about his victory, as the smile of fortune, because before there was much success.
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