{"id":3661,"date":"2023-02-03T08:46:02","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T07:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.circuitdesremparts.com\/2018-ari-vatanen-the-historic-rally-driver-gives-his-impressions\/"},"modified":"2024-09-09T20:06:38","modified_gmt":"2024-09-09T18:06:38","slug":"2018-ari-vatanen-the-historic-rally-driver-gives-his-impressions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.circuitdesremparts.com\/en\/2018-ari-vatanen-the-historic-rally-driver-gives-his-impressions\/","title":{"rendered":"2018, ARI VATANEN, THE HISTORIC RALLY DRIVER GIVES HIS IMPRESSIONS."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row row_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; override_padding=&#8221;yes&#8221; h_padding=&#8221;2&#8243; top_padding=&#8221;5&#8243; bottom_padding=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;100&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; row_height_use_pixel=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column column_width_use_pixel=&#8221;yes&#8221; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; zoom_width=&#8221;0&#8243; zoom_height=&#8221;0&#8243; column_width_pixel=&#8221;800&#8243;][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;146867&#8243;]Ari Vatanen at Circuit des Remparts 2018!<br \/>\nAri Vatanen, 1981 World Rally Champion and 1997 World Rally-Raid Champion, will be the Guest of Honor at Circuit des Remparts 2018.<br \/>\nThe Finnish driver has agreed to accompany all of the event&#8217;s events: on Saturday September 15, he&#8217;ll take part in the International Rally at the wheel of a historic BMW, then chair the State Competition jury.<br \/>\nOn Sunday 16, his evolutions at the wheel of a competition BMW will punctuate the various events on the circuit.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; override_padding=&#8221;yes&#8221; h_padding=&#8221;2&#8243; top_padding=&#8221;0&#8243; bottom_padding=&#8221;0&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;100&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; row_height_use_pixel=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; zoom_width=&#8221;0&#8243; zoom_height=&#8221;0&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;314631&#8243;]ARI VATANEN, GUEST OF HONOUR AT THE RAMPARTS: <em><strong>&#8220;IN LIFE, YOU HAVE TO GO FOR IT AND ACCEPT THE SLIPS&#8221;.<\/strong><\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column column_width_use_pixel=&#8221;yes&#8221; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; zoom_width=&#8221;0&#8243; zoom_height=&#8221;0&#8243; width=&#8221;5\/6&#8243;][vc_single_image media=&#8221;55&#8243; media_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; media_ratio=&#8221;three-two&#8221; media_title_uppercase=&#8221;&#8221; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;389046&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; override_padding=&#8221;yes&#8221; h_padding=&#8221;2&#8243; top_padding=&#8221;3&#8243; bottom_padding=&#8221;5&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;100&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; row_height_use_pixel=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column column_width_use_pixel=&#8221;yes&#8221; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; zoom_width=&#8221;0&#8243; zoom_height=&#8221;0&#8243; column_width_pixel=&#8221;800&#8243;][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;204695&#8243;]Jean-Marc Laffont, President of the Association du Circuit des Remparts d&#8217;Angoul\u00eame, is particularly delighted by the arrival of the world champion: &#8220;It&#8217;s a great honor for Angoul\u00eame, for the Circuit des Remparts, its partners, its spectators, for all the competitors, to welcome Ari Vatanen. Ari is an extraordinary driver. He has managed, before anyone else, to win on all types of terrain, from the icy tracks of the Swedish Rally to the scorching sands of the Dakar and the asphalt of the San Remo and Monte Carlo &#8211; half tar, half ice! Not to mention his human qualities, which are as good as his record of achievements&#8230;&#8221;.<br \/>\nAri Vatanen had never been to the Charente region before: &#8220;I&#8217;ve been hearing about the Circuit des Remparts d&#8217;Angoul\u00eame for years, but my schedule had never allowed me to make the trip. It was time to accept this invitation. I&#8217;m very happy to be able to come and breathe in vintage motoring and historic racing in Angoul\u00eame at its most authentic, festive and convivial!&#8221;.<br \/>\n<strong>BIOGRAPHY : <\/strong><em><strong>Ari Vatanen, born April 27, 1952 in Tuupovaara, Finland, lives in the south of France.<\/strong><\/em> World Rally Champion in 1981 (Ford Escort, co-driver David Richards), he has contested 101 world events, won 527 special stages and finished on the podium 27 times, including 10 top-spot finishes, in an exceptionally long career (1974 to 2003).<br \/>\nHe also won the Paris-Dakar four times: three with Peugeot (1987, 1989, 1990) and once with Citro\u00ebn (1991).<br \/>\nOn another front, one of his most spectacular feats was his victory (and the record for the fastest ascent) in 1988 at the Pikes Peak hill-climb in the USA, at the wheel of a Peugeot 405 T16.<br \/>\nHis performance was captured on film in Jean-Louis Mourey&#8217;s Climb Dance.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ari Vatanen, 1981 World Rally Champion and 1997 World Rally-Raid Champion, will be the Guest of Honor at Circuit des Remparts 2018.<br \/>\nThe Finnish driver has agreed to accompany all of the event&#8217;s events: on Saturday September 15, he&#8217;ll take part in the International Rally at the wheel of a historic BMW, then chair the State Competition jury.<br \/>\nOn Sunday 16, his evolutions at the wheel of a competition BMW will punctuate the various events on the circuit.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":55,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-circuit"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.8.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>2018, ARI VATANEN, THE HISTORIC RALLY DRIVER GIVES HIS IMPRESSIONS. - Circuit des remparts<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.circuitdesremparts.com\/en\/2018-ari-vatanen-the-historic-rally-driver-gives-his-impressions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2018, ARI VATANEN, THE HISTORIC RALLY DRIVER GIVES HIS IMPRESSIONS. - Circuit des remparts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ari Vatanen, 1981 World Rally Champion and 1997 World Rally-Raid Champion, will be the Guest of Honor at Circuit des Remparts 2018. 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