Description
Book SynopsisThis book describes the birth, development and rallying career of the Lancia Stratos, Europe’s very first purpose-built rally car, in the mid/late 1970s. It provides a compact and authoritative history of where, when and how it became so important to the sport, as well as telling the story of the team. The book is part of Graham Robson’s definitive “Rally Giants” series, published by Veloce.
Table of ContentsForeword 5 Introduction & acknowledgements 7 Introduction 7 Acknowledgements 8 The car and the team 9 Inspiration 9 The Stratos’ importance in rallying 12 The Stratos’ home ground 14 Facing up to rival cars 14 Manufacturing – meeting the rules 16 Engineering features 19 Setting the layout 22 Launch and development 30 Homologation, and running changes 35 Building and maintaining the works cars 38 Personalities and star drivers 42 Competition story 50 The Stratos’ career 50 Homologation achieved 55 Which new cars took over, and why 107 The Stratos’ successor 110 Chequered Flag and Stratos – a long story 113 Four cars, one colour scheme 115 Stratos works rally cars – World Championship rallies (and when first used) 120 World/major European rally wins 121 Index 127
