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The unluckiest moment in the WRC happened 20 years ago
7 years ago
November 24, 1998: WRC driver Carlos Sainz fails to score his third Driver's championship after his Corolla's engine breaks down just 300 metres before the finish line of the Network Q Rally of Great Britain. Tommi Mäkinen takes the spoils as a result.
Co-driver Luis Moya:
- TRY TO START IT!!! Try to start it Carlos, try to start it! TRY TO START IT for god's sake! [...] I C**P ON HIS F*****G MOTHER!!! proceeds to unload his anger on the car