{"id":491151,"date":"2010-02-01T03:02:12","date_gmt":"2010-02-01T11:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=41938"},"modified":"2024-01-08T15:05:28","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T15:05:28","slug":"walter-rohrl-wins-costa-brava-rally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/walter-rohrl-wins-costa-brava-rally\/","title":{"rendered":"Walter R\u00f6hrl Wins Costa Brava Rally"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Quadruple Monte Carlo Rallye winner Walter R\u00f6hrl dominated December\u2019s FIA European Rally Championship for Historical Cars event in the Spanish town of Lloret de Mar. The two-time World Rally Champion teamed with four-time German Rally Champion Peter G\u00f6bel in a 1981 Porsche 911 RSR to claim the victory. The pair overcame competition that included ex-Renault works driver Jean Ragnotti in an Alpine A110, Historical European Championship specialist Michael Stoschek, Valter Jensen, and Toto Riolo, all driving Porsche 911s, and three Group 4 Lancia Stratos.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Despite very difficult weather and road conditions, R\u00f6hrl demonstrated his unique driving skills in the closing stages of the event to secure victory for Wolfgang Reile\u2019s Classic Power Team. Chasing them home in 2nd were Enrico Brazzoli and Poola Valmassol in a Porsche 911 SC, while Ferran Font Pol and Josep Moreno took 3rd in a Ford Escort RS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quadruple Monte Carlo Rallye winner Walter R\u00f6hrl dominated December\u2019s FIA European Rally Championship for Historical Cars event in the Spanish town of Lloret de Mar. 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The pair overcame competition that included ex-Renault works driver Jean Ragnotti in an Alpine A110, Historical European Championship specialist Michael Stoschek, Valter Jensen, and Toto Riolo, all driving Porsche 911s, and three [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":172,"featured_media":590521,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263,255,18114],"tags":[18435,13865,18105],"class_list":["post-491151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-culture","category-news","category-people","tag-people","tag-walter-rohrl","tag-people-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Walter R\u00f6hrl Wins Costa Brava Rally<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Walter R\u00f6hrl Wins Costa Brava Rally\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" 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