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The Lancias that brought the glorious Italian marque back to the world’s racetracks and won the World Championship for Marques title in 1980-1981.Driven by some of the stars of Formula 1 in those years -– from Michele Alboreto to Riccardo Patrese and Eddie Cheveer, led by Cesare Fiorio – the Beta Montecarlo, LC1 and LC2 wrote important chapters in the history of the heroic years of motorsport.
Lancia Endurance by Sergio Remondino is dedicated to these cars, completing the trilogy of volumes on the epic Group B Lancias and the golden era of the Turin marque in World Rallying. The formula remains the same; the technical and sporting history of the various cars alternates with invaluable archive material, often completely unpublished.
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Born in Turin, the architect
Sergio Remondino is first and foremost a car and motorsport enthusiast. He began his journalistic career in 1979, joined the Italian magazine
Autosprint editorial staff in 1989 and remained there for almost 30 years, becoming editor-in-chief of the “racing weekly” and editing the monthly
Rallysprint. During the course of his career, Remondino has written a number of books including
Sandro Munari. Una vita di traverso,
La storia dei rally (in two editions),
Lancia Rally Group B 037 - Delta SF - ECV - ECV2, Lancia Rally: The Golden Age, Appia - Flaminia - Flavia - Fulvia - Beta - Stratos, and
Lancia Endurance, all published by Giorgio Nada Editore.After graduating in mechanical engineering from the Polytechnic of Turin,
Vittorio Roberti joined the Abarth company in 1979. He began in the Technical Office as a chassis and suspension specialist, collaborating on the latest developments of the Fiat 131 Rally and the Ritmo Group 2. He then actively participated in the project of the Lancia Rally 037, Delta S4 and LC/2 (track). From 1984 to 1986 he was involved in racing with the Lancia LC/2 Sport prototype (on the track) and with the Fiat Uno Torbo Group A (in rallies). Since 1986 he has participated in all the development tests of Delta Group A, first as manager of the "Esperienze" Department and subsequently, both in tests and in races, as manager of the Rally Department. He is co-author of several books on Lancia Delta S4, Lancia Delta S4 Corsa in detail, Lancia Sport Gr.6 (LC/1), Lancia Stratos Gr.5 turbo Silhouette and Lancia Rally Gr.B-037.
