Audi vs Lancia WRC rivalry immortalised in new film
Race for Glory: Audi vs Lancia charts 1983 battle between two of rallying’s greatest names
The Lancia 037 and Audi Quattro take leading roles in the new ‘Group B drama’ Race for Glory
If you’re in need of a winter warmer early in the New Year, the latest movie adaptation of a motoring rivalry is due to land early in January in the form of rallying film Race for Glory: Audi vs Lancia.
The film focuses on the legendary Group B battle between Audi and Lancia during the category’s early days when the Ingolstadt marque seriously upped the ante by introducing its four-wheel-drive Quattro. In the 1983 WRC the Martini and Audi teams won 10 of the 12 events.
The Stefano Mordini-directed film has attracted some familiar names, with Riccardo Scamarcio (John Wick: Chapter 2) playing Lancia team chief Cesare Fiorio, Daniel Brühl (Rush) as Audi head Roland Gumpert while Walter Röhrl is played by Volker Bruch (The Reader).
Whether racing scenes will match up to the likes of Ford v Ferrari or be more Driven (which is dreadful) remains to be seen, but either way a dose of rallying hits the big screen and on-demand from January 5.