Six hundred brake horsepower, 1 single rule and zero safety measures… These were three of the reasons why pretty much everyone loved Group B Unfortunately, they’re also 3 of the reasons it got banned… it was straight-up insanity, and you’re about to see the why.. It was known for being one of, if not the most dangerous sport to ever exist. Some of the fastest cars in the world, incredible title fights, spectators being heavily injured, and way, way too many fatalities… This is how & why Group B became world’s most dangerous motorsport & the legacy it left behind. Subscribe to DailyFuelUp ⛽️ ► https://bit.ly/Sub2DFU The Absolute INSANITY of Formula 1 in the 70s 🤯► https://youtu.be/jzpQIlxp5Dk Don't forget to Like, leave a Comment, and Subscribe to never miss a new episode!
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The fact that there weren't MORE spectators hit is honestly kinda impressive.
"Don't want to get hit, don't stand on the track." "Where is the track?" "Anywhere you stand."
How did you lose those fingers?! "Ah you know...Tried to touch a moving Group B rally car."
Group B rally was a very good example of the darwin award. The people being killed were standing IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TRACK! Play stupid games win stupid prizes.
The craziest part is that the drivers WANTED more rules for safety when normally rules ruin everything
Group B aka: the "hold my beer" of motorsports.
As I saw an F1 representative say about the 1994 season, "It's business. Nothing personal." Group B was definitely using the same mindset. It's always fantastic to see drivers using their conscience and saying "no I can't do that, I will not do that'.
This should be called "The Motorsport where fans killed themselves". Fans literally stood on top of the fkin track
The fans weren't killed. They volunteered to be bowling pins.
I rememeber an interview from group B drivers and navigators and they were like: "we have to imagine the spectators are trees, otherwise it would be impossible to drive". Shit's crazy, but I loved Group B - the most insane drivers and cars.
It's a chicken and egg story really. Group B was so popular it attracted insane amounts of people, and that same popularity eventually killed it.
World's most dangerous motorsport? Who should tell him about road racing and the Isle of Man TT races? Great video though, can't wait to see more.
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Outside of Isle of Man TT race, Group B is the most dangerous racing series of all time, no rules on materials that constructs a car, no safety barriers for both cars and fans, anything goes … and then Fonseca Island event happened in 1986 (same year that Space Shuttle Challenger, Chernobyl, and my own maternal grandmother were lost)
22:07: There is evidence that Toivonen was physically and mentally exhausted, both by the length of that particular rally as he says in a few seconds, plus from the grind of the entire season. But he felt he couldn't ask for time off during the season as the team probably would not allow it. At the crash scene, there are conflicting accounts as to whether there were tire marks on the road at the corner where the car went off, indicating a skid, or no tire marks. If it is the latter then it is possible he blacked out from sheer exhaustion and lack of sleep and the car totally missed the corner.
WRC didn't even come close to losing popularity following 86', it continued to Grow. Spectators were regularly an issue until Loeb won 9 straight titles.
16:03 This is Sierra Cosworth of Marian Bublewicz (R.I.P). The footage is from February 1993!
In the mid 80's i watched a lot of sky sports at my grandma's. I remember a huge crash in rally where a lot of people died. Too young to understand it, I just remembered the images on the screen of a car plowing through a huge amount of fans, and then the feed was cut. Scary for a young child, and one of my earliest memories about death.
At 16:01 Ford Sierra of Polish best driver Marian Bublewicz.Fatal accident at 1993 Dolnoslaski rally.After hit the tree,Marian was locked in cockpit for almost 1 hour.There was no equipment to cut the roll cage.I still remember this horror.Unfortunatelly Marian died in hospital after few hours.That was a real tragedy for Polish motorsport.We all loved him.
whats crazy is it wasnt out the ordinairy to find bodyparts in the car after the race like servered fingers etc because air ducts cut them of people trying to touch cars going fast