Publicat in: November 1, 2009, Vizualizari: 58
Swedish Rally driver Ingvar Carlsson died unexpectedly at the age of 62 on 28th October. He was best known for his long association with the Mazda world championship rally team from 1984 till the end of the MRTE programme in 1991, during which time he won the world championship drivers’ only rallies in 1989 in Sweden in New Zealand. He had also won the inaugural non-championship Rally Australia the year before. Born at Orebro just eight months after Stig Blomqvist was born in the same town, Ingvar was a leading Swedish driver in demand especially on events such as the Swedish and the RAC Rally. He had competed with the official Datsun, Fiat, BMW, Mercedes teams before moving on to Mazda, with whom he won his first world rally at the age of 41. His esteem in central European rallying came on the 1987 Monte Carlo when he made fastest time on the iconic Chartreuse stage, ahead of the full Lancia, Ford and Audi team drivers. Eventually two of his most important successes were the other side of the world He was extremely quiet by nature. Foreign people assumed this was a nervousness in speaking English, but this was his character. His long time codriver Per (no relation) Carlsson said he felt that Ingvar could have had many other professional rally drives if only he had been less shy. "He was always happy to be rally driving but never gave himself the chance to push for more opportunities. Winning the Swedish Rally was the big turning point in his life. It was a shock for him when the Mazda contract eventually came to an end". Ingvar’s final competition was on the classic car 2008 Midnight Sun Rally.
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Swedish Rally driver Ingvar Carlsson died unexpectedly at the age of 62 on 28th October. He was best known for his long association with the Mazda world championship rally team from 1984 till the end of the MRTE programme in 1991, during which time he won the world championship drivers’ only rallies in 1989 in Sweden in New Zealand. He had also won the inaugural non-championship Rally Australia the year before. Born at Orebro just eight months after Stig Blomqvist was born in the same town, Ingvar was a leading Swedish driver in demand especially on events such as the Swedish and the RAC Rally. He had competed with the official Datsun, Fiat, BMW, Mercedes teams before moving on to Mazda, with whom he won his first world rally at the age of 41. His esteem in central European rallying came on the 1987 Monte Carlo when he made fastest time on the iconic Chartreuse stage, ahead of the full Lancia, Ford and Audi team drivers. Eventually two of his most important successes were the other side of the world He was extremely quiet by nature. Foreign people assumed this was a nervousness in speaking English, but this was his character. His long time codriver Per (no relation) Carlsson said he felt that Ingvar could have had many other professional rally drives if only he had been less shy. "He was always happy to be rally driving but never gave himself the chance to push for more opportunities. Winning the Swedish Rally was the big turning point in his life. It was a shock for him when the Mazda contract eventually came to an end". Ingvar’s final competition was on the classic car 2008 Midnight Sun Rally.
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