Lets try to collect all JWRC discussion here, so we have it all in one place !
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Lets try to collect all JWRC discussion here, so we have it all in one place !
Taken from WRC.com season intro of JWRC
The cars
The FIA Junior World Rally Championship is the world's premier motorsport category for B-Segment cars - the category often described as the 'hot hatchbacks'. All cars in the J-WRC are front wheel drive and have a total length of 3600 - 4150 mm.
Eligible cars must be homologated in one of four technical classes defined by the FIA:
1 - Super 1600 (engine capacity less than 1600cc)
2 - Group N cars (engine capacity of less than 2000cc)
3 - Selected Group A cars (engine capacity of less than 2000cc)
4 - Group R cars
2006 was the first time that cars from Group A and Group N were eligible for the FIA J-WRC. Although it can be expected that Super 1600 cars will battle for overall glory, Group A and N cars are the only cars eligible for the Rookie Award.
Anyone that know what cars have been selected for point 3: Selected Gr A cars ?
Can't wait for Mexico to start today and see the evolution of Sébastien Ogier !! :)
same with me and aaron burkart, talked to him few weeks ago and he was really confident to be in the top four!
With his experience and the competition he should be.
How quick do you expect Ogier to be, compared to people like Tirabassi and Bonato?Quote:
Originally Posted by Tom206wrc
http://www.patriksandell.com/english
"3rd on Shakedown!
The feeling in the car during shakedown was really good. We found a good speed and the few seconds up to the top is nothing we are thinking about. The most important thing is that the feeling in car is good!
Now we are looking forward until tomorrow and for sure we're aiming for 1st position from the beginning!"
Quote:
Originally Posted by Whinlatter
Difficult to say in fact :mark:
Have renault made a S1600 Clio ph3, or is it still only in the older ph2 config ?
JWRC shakedown times:
1. Mölder 3:18.2
2. Prokop 3:19.8
3. Sandell 3:20.5
4. Ogier 3:21.0
5. Kosciuszko 3:21.9
Some photos here: http://forum.autosport.cz/viewtopic....4&p=2219#p2219
Quote:
Originally Posted by PLuto
Great pictures
Is the Old Ph2 , the same type that he won jwrc in 2006Quote:
Originally Posted by Abarth
Nice performance by Ogier.And Molder is great.
There will be Martin Prokop's onboards both from JWRC and PWRC published here:
http://www.mediasport.cz/videa/rok-2008
Anyone that know which of the two french S1600 cars that are the best one, and what the differences are ?
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Originally Posted by Sulland
The Renault Clio was the reference(the best one at the time Jean-Joseph, Tirabassi and Robert drove it), but it looks like the Citroën C2 has done enough progress to catch the Clio by now :confused:
Don't forget that the Clio is an older car than the C2.
Yes, it is older, but it was still developed during it's life. Both cars are reported to have very strong engine (C2 with much more torque than Swift for example). C2 is the smallest and widest car which is great for tarmac in my opinion. In my oppinion C2 is clearly better on tarmac but I'm not sure about gravel. Clio is without doubts very reliable.
By the way, Martin Prokop reported that he had two crankshaft sensor failures and no power steering with a small fire during the rally so far. Of course plus that roll on the first stage (and broken windows after that).
I am just guessing here, but I have read that the new phase (Mk) 3 Clio will never come in a S1600 config, but in a R3 Turbo version.
Anyone with more info on this one ?
What is R3 Turbo?
I have loaned this from the forum here: http://www.rallye-info.com/forum.asp...&new=14&page=1
"In France and Spain there is there is from 2008 a class called R3T, which is R3 turbo cars, costing very little, but obviously only having 2WD. Seeing some of the R3 cars I wouldn't be surprised if these low budget R3T's would beat S2000 cars sometimes at least on asphalt."
I have googled it but can not find anything on it - does anyone else know of this class in the two countries ?
Edit: Found it : look here under 4.1 B and C - http://www.ffsa.org/telctdc.php?id=1294&cat=docffsa
Here is R3T mentioned !
Do not know more, like specs and so on !
Sounds interesting. It looks like they want to use the most common hot hatches. The large majority of those cars use turbos. It is particullarly logical since more strict emission standards leads to large using of turbos in road cars. I have nothing against. It would be good to have a chance to use all those hot hatches and some biger cars as well on stages. There are a looot of them:
Opel Astra OPC
Opel Corsa OPC
Peugeot 207 RC
VW Golf GTI
Mazda 3 MPS
Seat Leon Cupra
etc.
I'm interested in the regulations. I think that those cars should be strictly gr.N without big modiffications so as not to be too fast and too expensive.
The german Internet-Site of 1aSport.de had an Interview with Aaron Burkart, here are some extracts:
question: last week the jwrc startet in its season. what was the spirit like?
burkart: the spirit was simply great! i have never given that much autographs before. but it also gave me great pleasure to see that many people with the same enthusiasm for this sport as myself.
question: at the end you achieved fourth place. are you satisfied with the result?
keeping in mind that we have did not know the route and first time suffered low engine power because of the high altitude the result was all right. nevertheless the fourth place is always ungrateful, but this year there are more rallies where we focus on podium places.
full interview at: http://www.1asport.de/sport/Motorspo...pn_75103N.html (i can translate more if you want me to)
http://www.fia.com/mediacentre/Press...210308-01.html
9 driver entry and 9 team entry = 18 cars in 2008 serie, 16 of those in next event in Jordania, all of them in Italy and Spain.
Sandell and Komljenovic take easy two day test on mountain Tara in Serbia for Jordan Rally.
http://www.automagazin.co.yu/sport.p...vi%20na%20Tari
Will Sandell run in Jordania with Clio R3?
No. This is road Renault Sport Clio. They just use it to make some improvements in pacenotes ang get used to macadam roads, similar to Jordan tracks
Patrik Sandell was in Italy last Wednesday to test his ClioS1600 before Jordan Rally, he made final setings with suspension and he get new engine and gearbox for his car.
New engine was on dyno and showed 238ps.
Has Renault ever made a S1600 using a Ph 3 chassis ?
No,not as I knowQuote:
Originally Posted by Sulland
Martin Prokop was testing on gravel (video):
http://cametech.webnode.com/products...rtina-prokopa/
Crap.Vilius Rožukas missed rally Jordan.He was on the list but that weekend he was in Lithuania...He is also in Sardinia list.Maybe this time he will do the rally :/
I hope,he won't have a DQ for season?Can somebody say smth. to me about this?
He´s is DQ for season, source wrc.com:Quote:
Originally Posted by dumb
"Vilius Rozukas (LT, Citroën) did not start the rally due to a problem with sponsors and, as a result, has been excluded from the 2008 FIA J-WRC by the Stewards of the rally, in accordance with the regulations."
Thanks for info.Quote:
Originally Posted by pantealex
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Was there a full number of entries to JWRC this year? Would have been pity for someone willing to join if his place was taken by a driver who didn't have money to run the series...Quote:
Originally Posted by pantealex
And he can expect a fine from the FIA as happend in the past in JWRC and PWRCQuote:
Originally Posted by pantealex
So that's it.Vilius Rožukas is diqualified from the championship and he has financial penality.
Good JWRC battle in Sardinia with the R3 cars mixing fine with the S1600 cars.
25 sec difference btw the top 3, something to follow tomorrow !
Bettega is driving well in the Clio R3, but it would be nice to see a Honda Civic R3 in that battle as well, might be a winner.
I'm waiting for the Anderson and Per-Gunnar actions in JWRC