Subaru Impreza WRC - The Autobiography of P8 WRC (Serie Great Cars 17)

The Impreza that McRae drove in Kenya was registered P8 WRC. It was the car’s debut event, and it would only ever be used twice more by the factory, in Argentina, where Colin would finish second and in Indonesia, where he dominated before crashing out. P8 WRC would pass into private hands after the 1997 season and continued to compete in national and local rallies for many years, albeit with extensive changes to its original Safari configuration.

This book tells the story of P8 WRC, from the dust and heat of Kenya to an extensive restoration by Prodrive to its original Safari specification, which was completed in 2023.

KEY POINTS
● The design and development of the rallying Impreza.

● The background and history of the Safari rally.

● The story of Prodrive – the team behind the car.

● The full story of the 1997 Safari rally, plus Indonesia and Argentina.

● Biographies of Colin McRae, Nicky Grist, and members of the McRae rallying dynasty who have demonstrated
the car in recent years.

● Brief profiles of P8 WRC’s rival cars and drivers from 1997.

● P8 WRC’s privateer European rallying career in Italy and Hungary, including drives by Ivan Capelli and Markku
Alén.

● The later years of Subaru Impreza rallying, from 1998 to 2008.

● A detailed, illustrated description of the car’s restoration.

● Interviews with the McRae family, Nicky Grist and key members of the Prodrive team who originally ran P8
WRC and carried out the restoration.

● Over 350 colour photographs, documents and technical drawings detailing the car’s period rallying career,
demonstration appearances and restoration, plus a portfolio of specially commissioned photography.

(PUB 05/2024, Autor:Ian Wagstaff , Porter Press, Idioma: Inglês, 320 págs, 23X28 cms, capa dura 350 fotos)