Sorry for the Abarth guys !
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Sorry for the Abarth guys !
Skoda not going to the final two events, Juho Champion: “After the Manufacturers Competition
where we secured victory earlier on, we have now accomplished another major goal by
winning the Drivers Competition, and I wish to congratulate our Finnish crew and all of the
team members on this achievement. At the moment we are not planning to appear at the
remaining two events as a complete factory team, but the decision regarding our further
agenda is going to be made soon“. (Michal Hrabanek)
Think there's a wee bit hope there, Hrabanek is not saying a definite no and mentions "not a complete factory team" so maybe one car at least in Scotland.Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
Yeah.. another nice rally. Yesterday evening I was thinking about writing that Loix will win this event again :-P I was not that far with my prediction ;-)Quote:
Originally Posted by noel157
New small Citroen looks like the other lower level cars.. a lot of problems at the beginning. Final result complete disaster/failure.
Yeah, I think there is a possibility to see Juho at least in Scotland which is economically more valuable and also all those live stages. Cyprus does not look very popular event so far. But there is still some time and maybe some people from Northern Europe like to extend their summer there :-P
Just watched the Eurosport report, did anybody notice a guy holding out a white board or something in front of Wilks just before he crashed? Could've been splits or something and it may have caused him to lose concentration. Maybe not.
Saw it, strange off.. Nice coverage.
I wonder if Kopecky knew before the race that Skoda were unlikely to go to Scotland or Cyprus and lost his motivation?
It's a real shame he had those accidents on Azores and Barum otherwise the title would have been much more of a fight.
It will be interesting to see what Skoda do for the rest of the year, maybe they will send Hanninen to Scotland for a "lap of honour" as Skoda UK are also sponsoring the event.
My guess is a full support for Guy Wilks from Skoda Motorsport. Skoda is then gathering expertise and data for next year, and Skoda UK will get a reward for their effort this year and be happy to support Wilks again next year.
Pretty poor again from Skoda. They only had one car there last year, for Wilks. Surely the least they could do is support the event by sending the full factory team. The organising team must be pulling their hair out - last year was a poor entry, and now it looks as though Skoda won't bother. I just hope they change their mind.Quote:
Originally Posted by alleskids
The downside of not having to do every event - and the points system.