Set consisting of two decal sheets with the decoration of the
winning car of the 2003 Tour de Corse Rally against all odds, both for the performance on asphalt of the Subaru Impreza S9 WRC of that year, and for what history tells of what happened that day before the start of the rally... without a doubt, something historic!
Additional details for the
Subaru Impreza WRC marking / livery:
- Manufactured by Reji Model in 1/24 scale with reference REJI-095A (also listed as 095A).
- Belongs to the 555 Subaru WRT Team.
- Recreation of the vehicle racing at the Tour de Corse Rallye de France in 2003.
- To be used with Tamiya reference TAM24281.
- Includes water slide decals and assembly instructions.
- Package measures 120 mm x 175 mm x 1 mm (width x depth x height), weighting 10 g.
- Featured in newsletter 235.
What happened in the 2003 Tour de Corse with Petter Solberg and his Subaru is one of those things that happens once in a lifetime, and that is written in the history books as a true "heroism", a unique work that received the best possible reward, win the rally.
After two weeks of intense preparations at the Prodrive headquarters in Bambury ahead of the three consecutive asphalt rallies (San Remo, Corsica and Spain-Catalonia), Petter Solberg crashed his Impreza during shakedown against a light pole, leaving it ragged and in pretty bad shape, and it looked like it was all going to go to waste. At that time it was 11:20 a.m.
But the whole mechanism of one of the most professional teams in the World Championship was put into operation and they managed to repair the car in record time, not only taking the start, but also winning the rally. At 12:30 pm the car had arrived at assistance, which was in Ajaccio. At 1:00 p.m. the car was already in a small workshop (Les Moulins Blanc) to start disassembling it. At 3:30 p.m. a clean chassis is taken to a workshop 12 km from Ajaccio, where six mechanics from Petter, one from Tommi, two technicians and even three local mechanics try to complete the work that normally takes two weeks in the factory. At 4:30 p.m. the car goes into the bench, finishing the work at 9:30 p.m. At 10:30 p.m., the engine and gearbox are assembled, and at 2:30 a.m. the rest of the mechanical components, including the suspensions, have just been assembled. At 4:00 am, engineer Pierre Genon goes out to test the car, giving the go-ahead, taking it to the service park to finish adjusting the car's set-up and decorating it. At 7:45 a.m. the car receives the ok from the stewards, and at 9:11 a.m. Peter Solberg starts the rally. You already know the end of the story. Awesome!
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