RALLY

Since it began the World Rally Championship in 1973 , Reinhard Klein and his colleagues have photographed all races , for 40 years, from one side of the planet. This book is the result .
The photographs of the company McKlein tell the stories of four decades of sport competitions : grueling races through mud, snow and dirt roads , cars flying low and intrepid pilots. With a foreword by Sébastien Loeb and Björn Waldegård first world rally champion , this volume provides an overview of historical and present this sport thanks to stunning images that immortalize the spectacular evolutions of the cars and their talented riders . What is a rally ?
Can you explain what a rally in one sentence ? No, you can not, it takes much more than that. The rally is first of all a challenge. It includes a series of trials that are held on closed roads called special stages.
The rally is both a physical and mechanical tests . The man and the machine should get the better of difficulty , pushing to the limit to be the fastest on the toughest roads in the world. The rally is a visual spectacle of the highest order , which attracts a huge following of loyal fans and enthusiasts.
The rally is a global phenomenon. The lush Argentine pampas , the roads in the forests of Finland , the hills of Catalonia and the Sierras of Mexico take all life when they are traversed by the most daring riders of the planet.
Party and impromptu parties may erupt at any time. But the rally is not all sunshine and celebration. You must be able to withstand the mud of Wales, to the aggressive French gendarmes , the obsessive officials of health and safety in Australia and the freezing temperatures of the sad Swedish winters .
The rally is also high-tech . At the beginning of a rally car was a normal road car , with the exception of a few modifications for safety reasons, forty years later, a modern world rally car has virtually no component in common with the homologous road car .
The rally is also perhaps the oldest form of motor sport . The name was used for the first time in Monte Carlo in 1911 but before there had been many similar races on open roads.
This lavishly illustrated volume traces the history of this sport through incredible images of historical and modern rally , often complemented each other brilliantly , going over the faces of the characters, historical races and championships , motor vehicles and their components, but also accidents , the fans, the podiums ... and much more.