But can you blame him for thinking that at the time given the circumstances?

Even with that taken into consideration, Tommi deserved to win after the hard work he put into crawling it back after a bad start to the season. He won the previous three rallies, and he probably would have won the championship by getting a podium finish if that oil patch incident didn't happen. Carlos was smug about this accident and got too ahead of himself. He got exactly what he had coming to him.

".....HAHAHAHAHA!" it was the evil laugh of fate.

@@lotusraptos You forget that in the Australian rally, Tommi jump the exit to a stage and should be penalized, which would have given the victory to Carlos Sainz in that rally and would have left him leader for the last race...

@@Alonso-mt9sc A year late, but even if the penalty was warranted (it wasn't), then that would still mean Tommi would be champion. Sainz didn't crash into the the barriers because the marshalls slowed him. If Sainz went first, he would have crashed into the barriers too, and the relatively bulletproof Mitsubishi would have made it to the end of the rally.

Makinen should have got a penalty in Australia for his jump start, so undeserved champion.

@@prisonermonkeys8613 Well Ralliart deconstructed that penalty by appealing on the fact that in 98 the starting procedure was not that clear, with a clock at the start and a manual "go!" too, with differences from round to round, so the rules were flawed and the penalty could not be applied. Technically fair, but from the sport point of view that's really unfair. What saddens me the most is not the penalty, it's that all the Corollas had defective pistons for that round. Brundle and Sainz retired for that reason, and while Auriol retired for clutch issues, the next day he had his car fixed for some media runs, and guess what: the engine was spitting pistons.

@@Snarl616 Undeserved title for Makinen

@@prisonermonkeys8613 just a dramatic end of a championship.

Well If they informed Mäkinen about the oil leak he could've won the Championship by driving.

and Sainz working for VW

Sainz works for Peugeot

oh right, he did work for VW for a bit, not sure if he stopped working for them before of after they recently pulled out though

Been working with them since they returned Dakar, so 2014.

And Toyota guys Tänak and Latvala have the same style like Mäkinen 1998: ON/OFF. Win or crash.

***** Totally agree. I could hardly believe what I was watching. When I heard the call, "I have no power." I was like, "WHAT!?"

Toyota and underdogs??? Go figure...

@dojOdRiFTeR I will never forget that race.

History repeated again this year in the final SuperGT race at Fuji.

kutuluu *legendary*

It adds to the magic

Makinen should have got a penalty in Australia for his jump start, so undeserved champion.

@@prisonermonkeys8613 24 years

Sainz? I heard he begged his son to not go for F1 and because a Rallyist like him.

@@jayive34 that's a lie, he forced him into F1 because nowadays is much less dangerous than rallying

Peli on selevä!

Christian Skoglund This is the most underrated comment on the whole internet Hahahhahaha

hahahahahaha

Fucking priceless :D

I hate how it’s always the 10mm, not any higher nor lower, only the 10.

awma1975 for sure

But Tommi was best

Carlos had a lot of bad luck on RAC Rally. In 89 he lost first place few stages before end of rally. In this year won Pentti Airikkala. In 91 he lost title on RAC Rally. In 92 he got title on RAC Rally. And in 98 he lost title again.. Carlos really have a bad luck on RAC Rally. But you're right. Tommi was better driver. Yes, Carlos won many of rallyes, too. But Tommi was true 'Flying Fin'.

Sainz lost points due punctures in Catalonya and Corsica (he was on a podium place in Spain and also in Corsica, or 4th, when it happened) in that season, not to mention he did not retire due his own mistake, where as Tommi crashed in Monte and Portugal. Tommi was faster, Sainz more consistant. Being consistant is how Richard Burns (RIP) won his title in 2001. In overall terms, Mäkinen was unbeatable in 1996-99 but seemed to have lost his magic 2000 onwards, especially being beaten by Solberg in Subaru 2002-3 and only came close to title in 2001. Sainz on the otherhand kept up scoring wins throughout his career and was in the title fight in 2000, 2001 and 2003 and beat Grönholm in a fair fight in Argentina 2004, when he was in his 40s.

TheSchumisko Perus Saataja i don't think makkinen was better driver than Sainz. Sainz changed so many cars and he was always on top. Makkinen was good only to Mitsubishi.

@@sennasound Wrong. Carlos didn't fully deserve the 1995 Championship as much as Colin McRae. That was definitely without any shadow of a doubt was well deserved by Colin. He also deserved 1997 and 2001, as the reliablity issues really dragged him down. 1998 also sucked for Colin because reliablity issues hindered not only the championship, but also a 1-2 for the McRae brothers. That would have been spectacular to see... I'd even argue 2000 and 2002 could also fall under the same bracket (reliablity), but more so for '97 and '01 because he lost those years by one and two points respectively.

@@lotusraptos You have your own opinion on what happened in Catalunya 1995, Carlos was not agree with the team orders he want to fight, and both Calos and Colin have the agreement to continue fighting and subaru stop both, to win the costructors championship but at the last time Colin thougths change, and push, when Carlos is not pushing at all, in fact Colin, have an excuse with Moya and Sainz days before and he said that he was his fault not been honest, wich was a great gesture.Carlos was leadind all rally, Colin was pushing, but I think Carlos could win this rally with no team orders. This year Carlos win in Montecarlo and Portugal, and where faster than colin on the asphalt events, like Corsica. Also remember that Carlos was injured at new zealand and he did not run there(Colin wins),and was not 100% in Australia, where he broke the car engine. For that and for me Colin DON'T really deserve to win this year. Anyway, Colin was and incredible talent, mybe the fastest driver I ever seen, potentially speaking, he was amazing to see him driving, his skills were incredible, he deserve more titles 1997,1998 sure even 1999, 2001 was amazingly fast, but make a huge mistake on Rac rally, those mistakes, that other drivers does not do that often. But if he didn't crash he was unbeatable sometimes.Of couse is my opinion you have yours..

3:49 if someone looking for it... Also quarantine time brings you here, Questa? ;]

@@lorddrewno4589 ahahahahaha no, i watch this video sometimes randomly, i adore it! 😊 And yes, you spotted it at the right time!

Mangouras si eso casi nadie lo dice por que no entienden pero efectivamente les quedaba el enlace Hasta el parque cerrado de llegada pero hay como sabrás si esta la asistencia rápida y algo se podría haber hecho o no y luego están los te quillas y las trampas para llegar todos las e mos heho ja ja un saludo

not really, he was completely correct in that he did have the advantage and it was pretty funny as a question but shit happens

Karma works!!

1994

Yeah Nakajima and the rest of the team

Stewart Murray Or give him police escort on the road back to service, like Sainz had in Australia '01, or Loeb in Mexico '05. Not European countries, but still, British police likes stopping damaged cars a bit too much...