Carlos Reutemann scored his second victory of the 1978 season at Long Beach after his Ferrari teammate Gilles Villeneuve had crashed out of a commanding lead.
Photo: Dennis Gray
It’s not often that a Formula One driver can turn his hand to World Championship rallying. Look at 2007 F1 world champion Kimi Raikkonen. He cut his Grand Prix career short in 2010 to join Citroën, but could only turn in mediocre results, before returning in 2012 to what he did best, F1.
Carlos Reutemann? Now that’s a different—if not very long—story. He did two World Championship rallies in Argentina for Fiat and Peugeot and came 3rd twice—not bad, when you consider he was up against a pack of established World Rally Champions.
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