Nationality Italian Championships 0 Rally 26 Rallies 26 Total points 130 | Teams Fiat, Lancia Role Racing driver Active years 1978–1985 Name Attilio Bettega Rally wins 0 | |
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Born 19 February 1953
Trento, Italy ( 1953-02-19 ) Co-driver Maurizio Perissinot
Sergio Cresto
Arnaldo Bernacchini Died May 2, 1985, Zerubia, France | ||
Attilio bettega tribute
Attilio Bettega (19 February 1953 – 2 May 1985) was an Italian rally driver.
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Accident attilio bettega tour de corse 1985
Biography
Bettega was born in Molveno, Trentino. In 1982, he joined the Lancia team driving the Lancia 037 after some years with Fiat. In his Lancia years he gained four podium finishes in rallies counting towards the World Rally Championship. His last podium was also his best one, driving his Lancia to second place at the 1984 Rallye Sanremo. In the 1985 season, he entered the Safari Rally and the Tour de Corse. In Corsica, on the fourth stage of the rally – Zerubia, Bettega lost control of his Lancia and crashed into a tree which simply ruptured into the driver's seat and killed him instantly. His co-driver Maurizio Perissinot survived the crash uninjured.
Bettega's accident pressured the safety aspects of Group B cars. Exactly one year later his former teammate Henri Toivonen and his co-pilot Sergio Cresto with the Lancia Delta S4 #4 (same number of the Bettega's car) died in a fireball accident at the same event, causing a ban for Group B.
Bettega's son, Alessandro Bettega has followed his father's footsteps and is also a rally driver.