"Rallying has reached a point such that the speed limtation is the profile of the road. if everything goes right for the drivers , there is no more than two or three seconds of difference on a stage. Which means the judge is no longer the car, the tyres, or the drivers - it is the road. They cannot go any faster!"

- Maurice Guaslard, former head of Michelin's rally program, 1986.

And considering the Lancia Delta S4 could go from 0-60 in 2.3s on a gravel road, he was right.