Our occasional 'time for tea?' series continues today with this - a video tribute to the French Tarmac rally hero Jean Ragnotti.
Although Ragnotti is perhaps better known for his earlier career behind the wheel of a Group B Renault 5, the man is also a master of front-wheel drive cars. We defy you to watch his antics in various Clios and then tell us that front-wheel-drive rallying, Ragnotti-style, is boring.
As the caption at the beginning puts it (if our Collins Gem Pocket French Dictionary is correct), this is a fine "homage to Jean Ragnotti, a veritable motorsport legend, partly 'cos he's a bloody good bloke but mostly 'cos of his spectacular wheelmanship skills." Or something like that, anyway...
(A big tip of the hat to Mr Matt Joy for reminding us what a wizard Monsieur Ragnotti is.)
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