Queen of Speed: Portugal Scene | Fabrizia Pons
Oct 20, 2026
YouTube channel: CPU
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THIS IS TO HYPE YOU UP AND TO WANT YOU TO GO AND FIND THE ORIGINAL COPY AND VIEW IT LIKE IT WAS ORIGINALLY INTENTDED IN HOPES THE CREATORS AND OWNERS CAN GET MORE VIEWS AND PAID MORE MONEY, THINK OF IT AS FREE PUBLICITY. THIS ISN’T FOR ME TO MAKE MONEY OR STEAL ANY CONTENT OR TO COPY IT, I HAVE PAID TO WATCH IT ALREADY.
This is taken from the Queen of Speed documentary about Michèle Mouton. This particular scene is focused on the 1982 Rally of Portugal with Michèle Mouton & co-driver Fabrizia Pons with the Audi Quattro.
Wikipedia:
The 1982 Rally of Portugal (formally the 16º Rallye de Portugal Vinho do Porto) was the third round of the 1982 World Rally Championship season, after the Monte Carlo and Swedish rallies. It was the second event in the Championship of Makes, as the Swedish Rally did not count towards the Manufacturers’ Championship.
Michèle Mouton dominated a rally with lots of mechanical retirements; seven out of ten factory team starters did not finish. Only 23 of the 91 starters (the 92nd entrant, Belgian Claude Reusch, overslept and missed the start) were classified in the end. Second place went to Swede Per Eklund in a somewhat outdated Toyota Celica, scheduled to be the RA45’s final factory outing. Franz Wittmann, Sr. finished third in the second works’ Audi.
Henri Toivonen put on a good show in his Ascona 400, being a spectator favourite, but a series of technical failures (changing the rear axle twice) pushed him as far back as 18th. A succession of four fastest times brought him back up to fifth, but a broken clutch ended his race with four special stages left. His teammate Walter Röhrl crashed out after his steering failed. All of the Nissans (Salonen, Pond, Mendes) broke down, the differential failed in Björn Waldegård’s Celica, and the front suspension collapsed on Jean-Luc Thérier’s Alméras-Porsche 911 SC. Six out of six of the new 1.2-liter, Group B Citroën Visa Trophées reached the finish; in part because of the large number of retirements, the best one gained a fifth position – ahead of some significantly more powerful cars.
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The Cure – The Forest
