Ari Vatanen's father died in a car crash while driving his family to a funeral when the future world rally champion was eight years old.
LONDON - Ari Vatanen’s father died in a car crash while driving his family to a funeral when the future world rally champion was eight years old.
“Just before we got to that village we had a head-on collision and I didn’t have a father any more,” the Finn, a four times Dakar winner, told Reuters ahead of his 68th birthday.“But what I think I have learned is that you can’t tame life. Life will always tame us.” “The first car was a white Volvo 544 and it came with the drum brakes red hot and it was kicking up the dust...that stuff absolutely took my breath away and my body stayed on that bank in that luminous summer night but my mind went with the car.”
“You can’t change your nature, your character. Your driving style is like your handwriting. It tells a lot about your personality,” said Vatanen, whose wild and exuberant approach thrilled an army of fans.“That was my driving style. In terms of results it was definitely not the best but I just couldn’t wait.”
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