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It’s been 40 years since the Group B rally termination, and yet we’re still here discussing fatal crashes in rallying. This weekend, there was another fatal crash at the Córdoba Rally in Argentina, when a car crashed into the crowd, resulting in one death and two injuries. The question remains: Group B was terminated because it was deemed too dangerous, but was it really the cars, or was it actually the spectators, who are so passionate that they completely forget the risks when they crowd corners of a rally stage? Perhaps if the FIA had tighter crowd control, Group B could have continued.
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In the final consequence, the fascinating Group B class became deadly weapons. With 500 and more horsepower under the bonnet, they reached speeds that are better no thought about. In acceleration tests from zero to 100 kilometers per hour, an Audi quattro was clocked at three point one seconds. It was only a matter of time before power like this went to one or other of the driver's heads, with deadly results. The sport had already lost Atelio Bottega rank Corsica in 1982. But the most sobering shock came in 1986, again in Corsica, when Henrik Toivonen and his co driver Sergio Best fell victim to a fatal fire. In his Group B Lancia Yes, he proved unbelievably fast, faster than the mind can handle. And one day, it just got too much for him and it was all over. Best among die hard Portuguese, French,
