Rally hero Henri Toivonen was killed on this day in 1986. Blessed with huge doses of skill, car control and commitment, the Finn was seemingly born to go rallying. But though he put his mind to the stages, his heart lay with the circuits. In today's Great Read, Gordon Cruickshank recalls Henri Toivonen: racing driver
Henri Toivonen: Charming, fun and soaring star of the rally world. Youngest-ever winner of the RAC, unafraid of the brutal Delta S4, he was a future world champion until Lancia's outlandish Group B pacesetter claimed his life, and his co-driver's, in 1986. The loss of this popular, personable man scrapped GpB overnight. Henri would not have mourned it. For that wasn't where he had wanted to be. Yes, he wanted to be a world champion but in Formula 1.
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