Henri Toivonen drove up the finish ramp in Monte Carlo to complete one of the great WRC comeback drives and claim what would be his final victory, on this day in 1986.
By Stage 13, a win that had at one point appeared in the bag for Toivonen and co-driver Sergio Cresto was now in as many pieces as their Lancia Delta S4, which were being piled up on the side of the road.
Grainy YouTube footage shows helpful spectators collecting bits of what was then the world's fastest rally car. The Group B monster had collided with a passing road car, which predictably didn't fare much better. Things went from bad to worse when Toivonen ran out of time to change tyres in between stages, resulting in the Finn seemingly losing his lead for good to rival Timo Salonen…
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