Rally Legend San Marino & Lancia ECV debut
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Rally Legend is a fantastic event where you can watch cars and drivers from the great years of rallying set within the principality of San Marino, the eldest principality in the World. It’s great to spend a passing few hours to admire the cars in museums, but it’s something even more special to witness them being used as their designers intended. This year was our third visit in succession to San Marino, now in its 8th running, and the organisers are always searching to make the event different and special with 2010 being no different as Lancia rally car preparation specialist Giuseppe Volta brought along the Lancia ECV1 (Experimental Composite Vehicle) which he’s been working on for many years. The ECV1 was built to FIA Grp S regulations which would ultimately succeed the awesome Grp B’s, but after the demise of Grp B, the ECV project was abandoned. The engine is a twin cam design but with a triflux head, inlet in the middle and exhausts on either side both with turbochargers.
Whilst at parc ferme on Saturday morning, the ECV appeared. I was lucky enough to get some shots before it was engulfed with hundreds of admiring fans. The one thing that stood in my mind as it approached was the massive rear wing, and the smile on its pilot.
We then left rally HQ and made our way to the days first stage, SS5 “San Marino” where we knew of a fantastic jump knowing full well that a lot of the cars would get airborne, and we weren’t disappointed. New to the event and overall winner, Francois Delecour driving a Peugeot 206 WRC, flew through the air testing the cars suspension once contact with the ground had been regained.
We then made our way to SS9 “The Legend” where we were witness to three fast runs of the ECV driven by two times World Rally Champion Miki Biasion. Even though freshly restored, Miki gave the ECV a good demonstration and the sound of the waste gate on the over run was fantastic. In the days of Grp B, special fuels were used and this was obvious with the ECV as there was a sweet scent left in the air as it vanished into the distance. The ECV was joined in a fast convoy with a Rally 037 and Delta S4, three fantastic rally machines designed by Lancia.
If there’s an event to go to, I would thoroughly recommend Rally Legend.
LAWRENCE
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Rally Legend is a fantastic event where you can watch cars and drivers from the great years of rallying set within the principality of San Marino, the eldest principality in the World. It’s great to spend a passing few hours to admire the cars in museums, but it’s something even more special to witness them being used as their designers intended. This year was our third visit in succession to San Marino, now in its 8th running, and the organisers are always searching to make the event different and special with 2010 being no different as Lancia rally car preparation specialist Giuseppe Volta brought along the Lancia ECV1 (Experimental Composite Vehicle) which he’s been working on for many years. The ECV1 was built to FIA Grp S regulations which would ultimately succeed the awesome Grp B’s, but after the demise of Grp B, the ECV project was abandoned. The engine is a twin cam design but with a triflux head, inlet in the middle and exhausts on either side both with turbochargers.
Whilst at parc ferme on Saturday morning, the ECV appeared. I was lucky enough to get some shots before it was engulfed with hundreds of admiring fans. The one thing that stood in my mind as it approached was the massive rear wing, and the smile on its pilot.
We then left rally HQ and made our way to the days first stage, SS5 “San Marino” where we knew of a fantastic jump knowing full well that a lot of the cars would get airborne, and we weren’t disappointed. New to the event and overall winner, Francois Delecour driving a Peugeot 206 WRC, flew through the air testing the cars suspension once contact with the ground had been regained.
We then made our way to SS9 “The Legend” where we were witness to three fast runs of the ECV driven by two times World Rally Champion Miki Biasion. Even though freshly restored, Miki gave the ECV a good demonstration and the sound of the waste gate on the over run was fantastic. In the days of Grp B, special fuels were used and this was obvious with the ECV as there was a sweet scent left in the air as it vanished into the distance. The ECV was joined in a fast convoy with a Rally 037 and Delta S4, three fantastic rally machines designed by Lancia.
If there’s an event to go to, I would thoroughly recommend Rally Legend.
LAWRENCE
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Thanks for the replies. I drive a Delta integrale (see my profile picture) and drove to the event in 2008 and '09 in the 'Grale. It's a cracking event with the fans encouraging the rear wheel drive cars to get the back end to step out, they're all very vocal. Rally Legend has a fantastic atmosphere and if you want to see proper rally cars competing at night (the first leg starts at 19.30 on Friday night and goes on until 03.00 the following morning) then put it down in your diary.
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