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Seat returns to Monte Carlo this 2017

The countdown has begun. The team SEAT Historic Cars he is ready to take part in one of the most prestigious and legendary rallies on the calendar, the Historic Monte-Carlo. And it will do so by celebrating the 40 anniversary of the feat of the SEAT team in the Monte-Carlo from 1977, where he achieved a magnificent result with an absolute third and fourth place with the 124 1800 group 4 of the Spanish brand.

In this way, two of the protagonists of that feat, Salvador Canellas, and his inseparable co-pilot daniel ferrater, They will be in charge of piloting the spectacular 124 between February 25 and 1 through the complicated sections of the Monegasque race.

Likewise, SEAT It will also participate with two more models from its Collection, such as the 1430 and the 127 fully prepared and tuned by the company's Historic Cars department. Without a doubt, a great cast of vehicles for a great date such as the Historic Monte-Carlo Rally 2017. 

Predictably, they will leave Barcelona along with the other 13 Spanish participants on the 27th.

Salvador Cañellas, Spanish Asphalt Rally Champion with SEAT in 1972, comments that “The time has finally come and we return to Monte-Carlo 40 years later. Both for me and for my co-driver, Daniel Ferrater, I am proud to participate again in a test with so much history and in which we achieved one of the best results of our career. I want to thank SEAT Historic Cars for giving us this great opportunity and we will try to do our best, although it will not be easy at all. "

El SEAT 124 Especial 1800 group 4 with which Salvador Cañellas and Daniel Ferrater will take part is an exact replica of the model with which they participated in 1977. The SEAT Historic Cars team has worked for months to shape a vehicle that will give a lot to talk about and that will be one of the great attractions of this edition of Historic Monte-Carlo ...

SEAT 124, dominator in the 70s

One of the most important racing cars of the 70s was the SEAT 124, with which the Spanish brand began its successful career in the world of rallying. Thus, the first rally for the official SEAT team was the 'Criterium Luis de Baviera' in 1972 in which he participated with a SEAT 124-1600. The first victory came in October in the RACE Rally valid for the European Championship with Salvador Cañellas driving a 124-1600 TC. For his part, Antonio Zanini won the 2000 Viratges Rally, becoming SEAT's third driver.

The championship of that year concluded with the title of canellas, which was the beginning of a long list of titles in the Spanish Rally Championship that ended in 1978. The title of Spanish Brand Champion was won by SEAT from 1973 to 1979. During this period, SEAT participated in 104 rallies with 39 victories and a total of 96 podiums. In the regional championships, SEAT obtained 250 victories and more than 750 podiums.

Also, SEAT took part in tests of the European Championship, Antonio Zanini achieved the runner-up in Europe in 1976 and 1979 -SEAT obtained five victories in the European Championship-. But SEAT's most important result in those years was the Brands Cup at the 1977 Monte-Carlo Rally, where Zanini took third place and Cañellas fourth. A historical milestone with SEAT as the main protagonist and its famous 'taxis', in one of the most complicated 'Monte-Carlos' that are remembered due to the difficult weather conditions and the large amount of snow that populated the sections. Undoubtedly, a great result that SEAT will honor on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of this feat.

* News prepared by press release

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