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Written by Stephen Dobie
He"s the racing hero of TG"s Chris Harris. And now he"s been inducted into the FIA"s motorsport hall of fame. Walter Rohrl is the first rally driver and perhaps more surprisingly, the first non-F1 world champion to receive such an honour. About flipping time," we say. Rohrl is a bona fide legend, as a two-time World Rally champion and four-times Monte Carlo Rally winner, in four different cars. It speaks volumes of a driver"s consistent victories that there"s no single car you absolutely associate him with. Does your favourite Rohrl moment involve his mastery of the luscious Lancia 037? His breaking of the Pikes Peak hillclimb record in an Audi Quattro S1? A class victory at Le Mans in a Porsche 944?
Date written: 31 Jan 2019
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He"s the racing hero of TG"s Chris Harris. And now he"s been inducted into the FIA"s motorsport hall of fame. Walter Rohrl is the first rally driver and perhaps more surprisingly, the first non-F1 world champion to receive such an honour. About flipping time," we say. Rohrl is a bona fide legend, as a two-time World Rally champion and four-times Monte Carlo Rally winner, in four different cars. It speaks volumes of a driver"s consistent victories that there"s no single car you absolutely associate him with. Does your favourite Rohrl moment involve his mastery of the luscious Lancia 037? His breaking of the Pikes Peak hillclimb record in an Audi Quattro S1? A class victory at Le Mans in a Porsche 944?
Date written: 31 Jan 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 14702
