Amjayes

Happy holidays and a better 2021 for everyone - next year can only be better (!!)

Delta.

“I had never seen those roads before. But I knew it was half tarmac and half gravel so I thought, ‘OK, nothing here for the Finns and nothing for the tarmac drivers either but perhaps something for me’. It was the kind of rally that I like, one where good preparation brings you a result.” - Armin Schwarz taking his only WRC win in Catalunya 1991.

The one thing missing from DIRT Rally 2.0. - the Celica(s).

“I was angry with spectators in Portugal. How could they be so foolish? I mean they were standing literally on the road; the road was just as wide as this human corridor. And down this corridor with human guardrails you go flat-out. It was an accident waiting to happen.” - Ari Vatanen on the madness of Rally Portugal

Jump.

“A four-wheel-drive car is well balanced. You balance with a left-foot brake, you get it into the turn, and you just floor it and [mimes tiny steering inputs] you are smiling. People think you are a magician, if only they knew how easy it is!” - Ari Vatanen

Chassis number 202.

Lancia Delta S4 - chassis number 202 -  auctioned at Sotheby’s today. The car that won the 1985 RAC Rally with Henri Toivonen.

“Ayrton was on a mission, wholeheartedly committed to giving himself completely to his profession. The fact that he never offered anything other than his absolute best incurred greater risk, and he knew that. So I believe he was one of the most courageous racing drivers there has ever been – the most gifted, the most fascinating. I don’t think you will ever see anyone else like him.” - Damon Hil