VIN: the PTS Deutschland Peugeot 205 T16 Evolution 1 chassis C13
History of chassis C13
In addition to those cars campaigned in a works capacity, four T16 Evolution 1s were allocated to Peugeot’s distributor teams for Germany, Spain, Italy and the UK. A variety of national and international events were usually undertaken by these cars and they appeared in the same colour schemes as the factory-owned examples.
Chassis C13 was the Evolution 1 run under the Peugeot Talbot Sport Deutschland banner (PTS Deutschland). Uniquely among the group of distributor team cars, it was prepared at the PTS headquarters in Paris.
C13 was registered S-BK 205. Throughout 1985 it was campaigned by Swede, Kalle Grundel, and his German navigator, Peter Diekmann.
Whereas the proper works T16s were normally used for no more than two or three events, the distributor team examples got a whole lot more use. Chassis C13 was arguably the most widely campaigned and successful of all.
In 1985, Grundel and Diekmann were entered for a combined ten European and German championship rallies in C13. Incredibly, they won nine of these and posted just one retirement all year.
For the 1986 season, Grundel and Diekmann were promoted to a works Ford drive. They were replaced in the PTS Deutschland car by Michele Mouton and Terry Harryman.
After a five year association with Audi, Mouton had split with the German team at the end of 1985. Terry Harryman had previously navigated for Peugeot driver, Ari Vatanen. Unfortunately, Vatanen had sustained terrible injuries following a crash on the 1985 Argentine Rally which took him 18 months to recuperate from.
In addition to the PTS Deutschland drive, Mouton also campaigned a works T16 on two occasions in 1986 (the Monte Carlo and Tour de Corse WRC events).
During their eight outings in chassis C13, Mouton / Harryman picked up five wins. Their most notable victory was on the Rallye Deutschland in August.
C13 was also used once in 1986 by factory pairing Bruno Saby and Jean-Francois Fauchille. They attended the Ypres 24 Hours event in June (under a Peugeot Team Belgium entry) but failed to finish.
Chassis C13 was retired from competition duty at the end of the 1986 season.
Notable History
Peugeot Talbot Deutschland
Registered S-BK 205
22/02/1985 ERC Sachs Winter Rally (K. Grundel / P. Diekmann) 1st oa, 1st Gr.B class (#1)
30/03/1985 GRC Saarland Rallye (K. Grundel / P. Diekmann) 1st oa, 1st B11 class (#1)
03/05/1985 GRC Metz Rallye (K. Grundel / P. Diekmann) DNF (#2)
18/05/1985 GRC Rallye Vorderpfalz (K. Grundel / P. Diekmann) 1st oa, 1st Gr.B class (#1)
06/06/1985 ERC Rallye Hessen (K. Grundel . P. Diekmann) 1st oa, 1st B2 class (#2)
11/07/1985 ERC Hunsruck Rallye (K. Grundel / P. Diekmann) 1st oa, 1st B12 class (#2)
27/07/1985 GRC Rallye Schloss Heidelberg (K. Grundel / P. Diekmann) 1st oa, 1st Gr.B class (#2)
05/09/1985 ERC Rally Deutschland (K. Grundel / P. Diekmann) 1st oa, 1st B1 class (#2)
04/10/1985 GRC Rallye Baltic (K. Grundel / P. Diekmann) 1st oa, 1st B10 class (#1)
18/10/1985 GRC 3-Stadte Rallye (K. Grundel / P. Diekmann) 1st oa, 1st B8 class (#2)
18/01/1986 WRC Monte Carlo Rally (M. Mouton / T. Harryman) DNF (#10)
28/02/1986 ERC Sachs Winter Rally (M. Mouton / T. Harryman ) DNF (#1)
21/03/1986 GER Rallye Kohle und Stahl (M. Mouton / T. Harryman) 1st of, 1st B9 class (#1)
25/04/1986 GER Rallye Vorderpfalz (M. Mouton / T. Harryman) 1st oa, 1st B8 class (#1)
27/06/1986 ERC Ypres 24 Hours Rally (B. Saby / J.F. Fauchille) DNF (#1)
25/07/1986 ERC Hunsruck Rally (M. Mouton / T. Harryman) DNF (#1)
07/08/1986 ERC Rallye Deutschland (M. Mouton / T. Harryman) 1st oa, 1st B12 class (#1)
05/10/1986 GER Baltic Rallye (M Mouton / T. Harryman) 1st oa, 1st B9 class (#1)
24/10/1986 GER 3-Stadte Rallye (M. Mouton / T. Harryman) 1st oa, 1st B9 class (#1)
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