This is probably one of the greatest comeback drives in the history of rallying. In my opinion it highlighted Hannu's never give up attitude so I had no choice but to recreate the livery.
In the 1983 Rally Finland Hannu had more than enough issues throughout the event. He broke the front diff and gearbox on the first stage, and because those took so long to repair, he was late from a time control point. Hannu got a time penalty of 110 seconds after the first stage already, and he dropped down to the 143th position. Hannu clawed his way back to second in the rally, being only behind teammate Stig Blomqvist. The gap is some 15 seconds between the two. After Hannu had pretty much caught Stig, his Audi suffered a petrol leak and the engine caught fire. Hannu almost was late from the time control as the repairs for the damages took very long. On the penultimate stage Hannu pushes such a time that it moves him to the lead of the rally by five seconds, according to his own estimates.
After all these issue Hannu came out on top and secured his seventh win in Rally of the 1000 Lakes. A record that still stands today, which he shares with another rally legend, Marcus Grönholm. Hannu won the rally in the end by mere 21 seconds.
Go and watch some summary video from the 1983 Rally Finland if you don't believe. I do understand it too, if you're having a hard time believing what I wrote above, that sort of driving is just something else. That's what Hannu was capable of. Rest in peace bossman!
I hope you guys won't have to face such difficulties while driving with this livery. Enjoy!
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