Posted Monday, September 2, 2024 at 10:46pm
espite its Impreza 555 being lightning quick and scoring a podium straight out of the box, it took Subaru almost a year to claim the model’s first win in the World Rally Championship.
It was not the straightforward affair Carlos Sainz’s eventual winning margin of four minutes would suggest, as team-mate Colin McRae was controversially excluded for alleged unsportsmanlike behavior.
We’re rewinding the clock back 30 years to remember this tale, to a time when WRC events were mammoth affairs. The 1994 Acropolis Rally packed in 33 stages and 313 competitive miles – almost double what the class of 2024 will tackle this week.
