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• Monte Carlo Rally 1988 | DVD | (14/04/2008) from £10.75   |  Saving you £2.24 (20.84%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A fascinating compilation of some of the more exciting highlights of the 1987 Monte Carlo Rally! Spectacular scenery provided the backdrop for the opening round of the 1988 World Rally Championship the Monte-Carlo Rally. However the historic special stages were without their traditional snow setting up a finely balanced and ultra-fast battle over more than 630 competitive kilometres of dry asphalt. The event would prove to be a real car-breaker eliminating almost half the field during 26 stages. The scene was set for a showdown between the Martini Lancia team that had dominated 1987 and the rejuvenated Mazda team wanting to forget a disappointing season. While the works Lancia Delta HF 4WDs of Bruno Saby and Miki Biasion led the way the Mazda 323s of Timo Salonen Hannu Mikkola and Ingvar Carlsson were in trouble - diesel-contaminated fuel ruining their effort. When Biasion retired the Lancias of Group N Champion Alessandro Fiorio and Yves Loubet joined the battle for victory. Loubet's luck ran out with the end in sight his Lancia crashing into retirement. Behind Saby and the Jolly Club-backed Delta of Fiorio Jean-Pierre Ballet's Peugeot 205 GTi took unexpected third. Incredibly former World Champion Salonen recovered from 42nd to take fifth just behind the battle-scarred Renault 11 Turbo of Alain Oreille. Enjoy incredible action interviews with the stars and some spectacular 'moments' in these excellent highlights. Monte-Carlo Rally 1988 is part of a collectable set of classic Monte-Carlo rally highlights programmes.

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• Monte Carlo Rally 1987 | DVD | (14/04/2008) from £10.48   |  Saving you £2.51 (19.30%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A fascinating compilation of some of the more exciting highlights of the 1987 Monte Carlo Rally! The 1987 Monte-Carlo Rally marked the start of a new era for the World Rally Championship. The Group B 'supercars' had been banned but turbo-charged and four-wheel-drive machines ensured there was still plenty of speed drama and controversy. Experience the opening round of the 1987 World Rally Championship and a new era for the sport in these exceptional highlights. Juha Kankkunen had switched to Lancia for '87 and it seemed a good move as the Delta 4WDs of the World Champion and teammates Bruno Saby and Miki Biaison dominated the opening stages of the five-day event. As the battled raged across snow and ice the fight to be 'best of the rest' featured Walter Rohrl in the Audi 200 Quattro the Ford Sierra Cosworth of Stig Blomqvist the Mazda 323 of Timo Salonen and reigning Group A World Champion Kenneth Eriksson in the Volkswagen Golf GTi. Despite Rohrl's best efforts this would be a duel between Kankkunen and Biasion. With just one day left the dominant Lancias faced exclusion after a protest. The team escaped sanction but there was further controversy when Biasion secured an unexpected victory ahead of a clearly unhappy Kankkunen. Fabulous footage and revealing interviews bring you all the action drama and controversy from the first chapter of a new era in World Rallying. Monte-Carlo Rally 1987 is part of a collectable set of classic Monte-Carlo rally highlights programmes.