Mt. Washington in 4KQ

[quk@sievers.com (Phil Payne)]

In message <199703200350.WAA01759@rogerswave.ca> quattro@rogerswave.ca writes:

> > This can be more danderous than it seems. One of 
> > the reasons Audi pulled out of World Rally Championship after Group B was 
> > canceled was because there cars were very uncompetitive do to terrible 
> > understeer, compared to other all wheel drive cars of its time.
> 
> I think it was becouse of lack of safety measures to keep the 
> spectators out of the way.  Drivers like Walter Rohr or Hannu 
> Mikkola know exacty how to handle understeer in their cars.

That is still Audi's official position.  They specifically name the Portugese 
stages as a particular problem.

--
 Phil Payne
 phil@sievers.com
 Committee Member, UK Audi [ur-]quattro Owners Club