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Watch A World Rally Championship Driver Go Flat Over Crest, Into Sun
Watch A World Rally Championship Driver Go Flat Over Crest, Into Sun-July 2024
2024-02-19 EST 22:11:45

Winter rallies pose another challenge that you may not think of: everything is white. Driving into the sun is bad enough. Driving into the sun surrounded by blindingly white snow is a whole 'nother problem. Watch World Rally Championship driver Andreas Mikkelsen do it right.

Welcome to , a feature where we spend that pesky time between race weekends looking at awesome footage from inside the car.

Dusty Ventures sent this one over with the explanation of "Formula Drift drivers wished they spent that much time sideways." Oh, boy. Yes yes yes yes yes, please.

This is from Rally Sweden onboard the Mikkelsen's Volkswagen. He would have won the entire rally if he hadn't during the last stage.

Whatever you do, don't hit the piles of white fluffy stuff by the side of the road. Here are the…

Mikkelsen corners slower than he would be on a non-snowy, non-icy stage, sure, but he's going more sideways to make up for it. Who likes sideways? I like sideways.

Around the seven minute mark, the stage opens up into a nice series of jumps. Mikkelsen also goes through several higher-speed gentle bends that are taken in graceful drifts.

He's an expert at tossing this little VW around, that's for sure. Enjoy.

Have an awesome onboard video to share? Drop me a line at [email protected] or post it in the comments below.

[H/T Dusty Ventures]

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