A principios year, and seeking news about the Alpine A310 - By Team Slot - I found this pretty play on the web page and online store of Team Slot, the Audi Quattro livery " R6 " vehicle that Michele Cinotto - co-driven by Emilio Radaelli - took part in the 24 th edition of Rally Sanremo , edition of 1982 , in which the pilot would get a very satisfactory Piemonte sixth, the best of his career in a global test.
This time the decision to acquire of this unit has not been, without doubt, have a winning machine - as usual - an event specifically nor to have the machine "that" pilot that have followed, but as a curious note itself was noteworthy that the first Italian driver in the world championship in getting a wheel "official" brand German and the first driver to go to the "unnatural" Targa Florio, in his 1982 edition, with a machine-wheel-drive rally.
La decisión la tomé por poder disponer de la llamativa decoración " R6 " con la que se presentó a la lucha del título para Audi y la Mouton a la citada edición del Sanremo ; otro Quattro más de Team Slot que sumo encantado a mi pequeña colección y a la que en breve se sumará el Quattro Gold Edition ( Quattro Portugal 1983 )..., reproducción que prometo compartir en el blog una vez la adquiera..., y visto lo visto volveré a dividir este artículo en "partes", dejando parte de la historia del Ur Quattro para The following Quattros to come, serve this period of some articles published in Autosport, Motorsport and Quattroruote and essential works as Bilig " Audi Quattro, the rally history" of John Davenport and Reinhard Klein , Audi Quattro Graham Robson and a recent article, among others, Gerard Farré, Jaime Queralt-Lortzing ...
l E of Audi Quattro has been, without question, one of the most effective rally machine, competitive, admired and feared in history, particularly in those rallies and stretches in which the firm did not offer the optimum grip for the tires. For fans of the Rally, and for the machines in the World Championship is a before and after Quattro, the machine that eliminated any competition from Fiat 131 Abarth, Ford Escort, Stratos and 037, Toyota TCT - for when plastic -..., and history would face in Group B.
And for all of them, fearful, admirers, fans ... the numbers do not lie, Between 1981 and 1985 won the Audi Quattro 23 wins, two World Championships Constructors , and two second places Amen of championships Blomqvist and Mikkola. And while there was a before and after the Quattro, as there was with the Lancia Delta and Loeb's reign, which I'm not so sure that will be the competition - and I do not speak only from nostalgia - among many pilots, so different brands and vehicles and evidence as diverse as Ivory Coast, Safari, Monte, Tour de Corse, RAC ...
No one disputes, despite the efforts Cisitalia, Jensen FF (Ferguson Formula )..., never 4x4 vehicle had won " road." However, the hand of Ferdinand Piech, grandson of Ferdinand Porsche, the Quattro all-wheel drive would be a technological revolution, putting the brand with the four rings design front, beating rivals like BMW and Mercedes at the forefront in just five years. In Spain , so are , we call Piëch "the nietísimo , giving possibly his successes and achievements, his grandfather, but Piech, even in the face always in the shade and comparison due to the "name" family, was one of the engineers and, why not say, visionary, brilliant late twentieth century.
P IEcho born in Vienna in '37, graduated in mechanical engineering at the Federal Polytechnic Institute in Zurich and a first job, of course, Porsche . With the gradual departure of the Porsche family Piëch address opened his own design studio, and was immediately hired by Volkswagen - matrix controlled Audi, the brand it would be CEO in 1983 after Carl Hahn -. In 2002, after much of his professional life in Audi-perhaps the re-launch the brand to successfully re-Porsche-Piech, from where it begins to negotiate with Volkswagen's acquisition of 51% mark Zuffenhausen. Today OHG controls Porsche Holding, based in Salzburg, and Porsche in Zuffenhausen.
S Piech was not in yet, no means solely responsible for the Quattro project, although one of its most advocates and supports within Ingolstadt. They say the project is not supported, as suele ser habitual- en un modelo anterior; sin embargo la idea nace de las pruebas realizadas en Finlandia sobre el prototipo militar de Volkswagen denominado Typ 183 o Iltis . Durante el desarrollo de dichas pruebas sobre nieve el Iltis, pese a su centro de gravedad muy alto, su motor, cotas y características técnicas, se mostró francamente rápido .
El ingeniero al mando, Jorg Benzinger , no dudó un segundo en desmilitarizar y sacar del mundo agrícola y rural la tracción total . Benzinger le propuso inmediatamente a Piëch diseñar un turismo de altas prestaciones y tracción integral. Y aunque Piëch no mostró gran interés en las horas inmediatamente posteriores, tras examinar la propuesta y la posibilidad de crear algo revolucionario y prometedor, se ponía en contacto al día siguiente con Benzinger para comunicarle que su proyecto tenía luz verde ; tanto en versión "calle" como "rally", naciendo un motto en boca de Piëch que transmitiría a todo el equipo encargado del "Quattro" " Correr para vender ".
La idea inicial de Benzinger era la de introducir el mayor número de componentes del Iltis en el renovado Audi 80 . Aunque the first tests were not bad at all that first-wheel-drive Audi 80 was a hell vibrant, especially in short radius curves due to the fact that it did not have, as if the Iltis, central differential, which is technically easy solve. In fact the solution was to use the same box as the Audi 80 eliminating the output tray to accommodate the center differential there. No significant problems in the other components, and chassis, and brakes, and tires ... the engineering department was faced with the difficulty of the suspensions and where to place the fuel tank (90 liters ). In addition, of course, the problem weight, for total traction had been dismissed by many manufacturers because of the weight excessive paramount in competition.
Yet one would think that the development of Ur (original) street Quattro rally and ran parallel but on different lines, nothing is further from reality ; the best racing Quattro were manufactured using the same production system . All groups and components, with the exception of the introduction of the "sixth" up "were the same as in the series, curious but not uncommon Ingolstadt for people because that was part of his philosophy as a trademark. The best specialists in transmission original 4 Gr 5-speed manual and dry single disc clutch, did their part with the support of Walter Threes, and Tengler Nedvideck .
U not the first rally drivers to test the Audi Quattro was Walter Röhrl who described it as a nifty little machine but aggressive drivers ideal for high, very fast but not exceptional low rpm ( Quattroruote 1981), although not expire Röhrl a global test driving brand rings up 1984, in Monte Carlo and at the wheel of a Quattro A2 Group B. And although next posts will continue with the history of the Quattro, approval, development, technical ... I can not finish without mentioning a historical introduction features the "series" of an Audi Quattro 4 Gr. Longitudinal front engine, 2,144 cc, five cylinders, 340 hp, K Jetronic injection KKK K26 turbo, dual overhead camshafts and four valves per cylinder. Their measurements, height 1,344 mm., Width 1,723 mm., And 4404 mm length. Wheelbase 2.524 mm., Rail gauge of 1.418 (f) and 1.451 (z) ...
l E '82 World Championship ... , the year in which Spain dreamed of defeating the only World Championship-the Football "from which he was aware. However in the world of motorsport no driver would score in the drivers. The Championship started, as it was healthy - and lost - custom Monte Carlo, from January to November, twelve tests , Monte Carlo, Sweden, Portugal, Safari, Tour de Corse, Acropolis, New Zealand, Brazil, 1000 Lakes, Sanremo, Ivory Coast and the RAC . Championship started with Röhrl in Ascona 400 Gr 4 beating the Quattro, 911 sc, 5 Turbos, 131 Abarth and company, in which Salvador Servia ending 14 º, first in Group 2, where ForFi . The other English at stake, Mariano Lacasa, it rose from number 37 in the wheel of his Ascona Gr 2.
In Sweden, as usual, imposing a Swede, Blomqvist, driving a Quattro, fourth for the Quattro, Quattro Mouton the fifth, still very stuffy one of the best drivers in non-gender-rally, for itself female driver was good, but mostly it was a great driver, something that could be demonstrated in Portugal, at the Acropolis and Brazil rallies to beat them all in '82 and they were about to give the title in '82 . After Portugal , travel to Nairobi , mostly journalists, as teams and drivers often prefer not to travel to a rally dominated by local drivers, as the great Shekhar Mehta, and Japanese machines, which had market in Africa (Reason by some Japanese who always go to the same). However this year would come as great drivers Salonen, Aaltonen, Munari Elford ...
De vuelta a Europa más de lo mismo; pilotos franceses en Ajaccio copando las primeras posiciones. Tras el Tour de Corse el siempre difícil (acabaron sólo 33 de los 136 inscritos) rally griego del Acrópolis en el que Mouton consigue imponerse a Röhrl. En Nueva Zelanda debacle Quattro para Mikkola y Mouton mientras que Röhrl recortaba puntos gracias a su tercer peldaño final. Sin embargo la espinita se la quitaba Michèle en Brasil , ampliando ventaja, aunque poca, con Röhrl (segundo); un rally en el que Mikkola volvía a fallar y comenzaba a ser cuestionado en el equipo; algo que le hizo reaccionar en el Mil Lagos, que ganó. After the break is September again Sanremo rally ... our Sanremo 1982.
l E Drivers' World Championship - the fourth, yes, only the fourth, and a woman, Mouton, about to earn a Röhrl- stole an increasingly prominent role, as in his day happened to F1, the constructors, and that two new brands were those who wrestled for the title ... or maybe that's why, because were not historical. The primary objective for both marks was to place one of its pilots, and Röhrl Mouton, on the podium, but one of their machines. To do this, and although the rally was about two, pilot / copilot and own team, both brands landed in Italy with a team willing to serve gregarious and "testers" their two leaders, but especially Audi .
I say well, especially Audi, the aim of the German mark was not just that expires Mouton was also place as many as possible Quattro highest In order to remove potential points to Röhrl. That's how confident Audi teams several satellite units - supported by dealers, coaches or workshops -. Among these drivers with different characteristics and nationalities, as of Austria Franz Wittman, of Sweden Stig Blomqvist, Michele Cinotto our Italian or German Harald Demuth . Objective: Getting ahead of Röhrl and ensure the drivers' title for Mouton; or titles No room for women-should-win Mouton, something that would give the brand a ... unprecedented publicity, a fact that he has not be available to any other . Opel por su parte hizo lo mismo con la oficiales de Röhrl y Toivonen , confiando Asconas "puturrús" los pilotos locales Biasion y Cerrato . El resto parecían relegados a meros convidados de piedra.
E l trazado invitaba a la emoción, carreteras terribles bajando a la Toscana ( Etapas medias en el rally ) y asfalto rápido al Norte ( principio y final del Rally ). Röhrl confiaba en ganar en el asfalto el tiempo perdido en las carreteras poco adherentes, mientras que Audi confiaba en que el tiempo ganado en Toscana fuese de sobra para mantener the advantage at the end. More excitement ... hard. After the first sections of dry roads and good however would be for the Ferrari 308 the Jolly Club, that of Antonio Tognana behind him the Lancia 037 (Martini) of Alén and Opel legion: Cerrato, Toivonen and Röhrl. Behind them the Audi of Mikkola, Blomqvist and Cinotto ... Mouton did not quite jell a good rally, disputing the title from a paltry 19 th position.
Everything was changing, as expected, with loss of smooth asphalt, rising quickly Blomqvist a la primera posición tras el undécimo tramo. En el 15º tramo ya era un minuto la ventaja que tomaba cobre Alén. El tiempo se aliaba con Audi, y gracias a esto Blomqvist llegaba a Siena con dos minutos de ventaja sobre Alén, quien aventajaba en otros dos a nuestro Cinotto. La Mouton se recuperaba, llegando sexta a la ciudad del Palio. En el siguiente grupo de especiales los líderes de ambos equipos, Audi y Opel, parecían no querer hacerse con la victoria; siendo más brillantes que los "jefes" tanto Blomqvist como Toivonen. De vuelta a Sanremo, ya en Pisa , las condiciones se tornaban sobre el papel en favor de Opel, recuperando un puesto cuando el Lancia de Alén rompió el motor.
say that from Audi sent stop all Audi drivers to recover and Mouton could do with the precious twenty points, it can be ... Audi in those early eighties had his own ( We'll talk of Africa ..., Greece ...) . Anyway, it was dangerous as the pursuit Röhrl closely, and any error in the head could also leave out Audi ..., and the final three stages did so. Mouton and Röhrl all but stopped, and so much! While leaving them in the end almost in reverse. The victory Blomqvist was clear ( 2.16 on the second ), pero Mikkola (2º) sólo le sacó 11 segundos a Röhrl (3º) quien aventajó en unos 45" a Mouton (4ª) . Tras ella Toivonen (5º) . Así, sólo 3,12 segundos entre los cuatro primeros. Cinotto entraría a dieciocho minutos ..., impresionante rally, con emoción de principio a fin y dejando todo en el aire para las siguientes pruebas, Costa de Marfil ( Venció Röhrl - Mouton se retiró )..., adiós al mundial de la Mouton pese a su segundo puesto en el RAC . Quattro..., una máquina legendaria .
Salud
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