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3rd February 2021, 16:04
Thread: M-Sport Ford World Rally Teams
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For Germany the answers is quite simple. We have...
For Germany the answers is quite simple. We have a divided TV landscape with state owned stations (paid in parts by a monthly fee of ca. 18 Euros from everybody who owns a TV) and private stations.
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30th August 2018, 09:56
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[QUOTE=tbtstt;1190277]I would like to see this...
[QUOTE=tbtstt;1190277]I would like to see this reported by one of the established rallycross news sites before I get too worried, but this doesn't seem like great news. I am also very surprised if...
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30th August 2018, 09:52
Thread: WRC ADAC Deutschland Rallye 2018
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Tänak's power distribution
It looks like the author(s) mixed it up a little bit.
In "Motorsport aktuell" and in "Rallye Magazin" (quoting Motorsport aktuell) it says Tänak had "70 Prozent Kraft auf der Hinterachse" meaning... -
2nd June 2017, 14:21
Thread: [WRC] News & Rumours (part V) 2017
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Since yesterday Capito heads Volkswagens...
Since yesterday Capito heads Volkswagens subsidiaries "R GmbH" and "Zubehör GmbH". The first being responsible for the sporty versions of the VW roadcars (like M in BMW or AMG in Mercedes), the...
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21st March 2017, 08:19
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As I understand the regulations, RX Supercars...
As I understand the regulations, RX Supercars have to respect certain measurements of the base car, not general limits like in WRC. VW Motorsport used the 2014 Polo anyway, because it was basically...
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7th March 2017, 19:28
Thread: Technical Analysis: WRC Cars 2017
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And on (8) below (additional photo), you can see...
And on (8) below (additional photo), you can see the trimmed central part of the front splitter skirt as pointed out by J_n_z (thanks J_n_z) – I wasn’t sure how much effect this would have with the...
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26th January 2017, 12:59
Thread: [WRC] News & Rumours (part V) 2017
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Didn't know that my English is that good. I start...
Didn't know that my English is that good. I start to question your god-like abilities
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26th January 2017, 08:18
Thread: [WRC] News & Rumours (part V) 2017
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And what exactly is not correct in David's story?...
And what exactly is not correct in David's story? Come on, he is writing for Autosport, not Racecar Engineering. He's explaining with the help of one corner what could be seen on a thousands corners...
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12th January 2017, 08:41
Thread: [WRC] News & Rumours (part V) 2017
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As I understand, it's not a question of...
As I understand, it's not a question of homologation dates. The bureaucratic process concerning the car was finished in time. But there is no homologation without the manufacturer formally entering...
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28th December 2016, 08:22
Thread: Rally Wrc Monte Carlo 2017
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Did it work?
Please tell us, whether the plan worked.
I reserved cars with winter tyres a couple of times from Nice Airport. They were always confirmed. But when I arrived it was the same story every time:... -
14th September 2016, 08:11
Thread: Dakar 2017
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The biggest - and decisive - question will be the...
The biggest - and decisive - question will be the route. If still the major parts are at high altitude, nothing will beat a turbodiesel. In theory offroad would be better for the buggys (Peugeot,...
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14th September 2016, 08:02
Thread: [WRC] News & rumours (part IV) 2016
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"The WRC TV crew has to use a tripod to make the...
"The WRC TV crew has to use a tripod to make the footage steady enough for TV. They also have to have a spot where their advertising banners can be seen and sometimes a place slow enough for sponsors...
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5th April 2016, 08:45
Thread: [WRC] News & rumours (part IV) 2016
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Here we go (but don't expect too much insights):...
Here we go (but don't expect too much insights):
M-Sport wants to prove its capabilities again in 2017
Fighting the giants Toyota and Volkswagen M-Sport wants to prove again, that it is... -
16th March 2016, 17:59
Thread: GT Class
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Don't forget that Audi Quattro's main problem in...
Don't forget that Audi Quattro's main problem in hairpins was a not working handbrake. Or more specifically the handbrake blocking all four wheels because of the absence of a centre diff and any...
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15th January 2016, 18:55
Thread: Dakar 2016
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Bunch of amateurs
Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) - which organizes Tour de France as well - are very professional when it comes to marketing and other sorts of making money. Unfortunately they are quite amateurish in...
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5th January 2016, 09:30
Thread: Dakar 2016
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Matter of "balance of performance"
This is another Famin quote: "The Dakar organizers have two ways of balancing performance: the regulations and the route".
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3rd July 2014, 08:51
Thread: [WRC] News & rumours (part III)
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To be fair, rallye magazin clearly states in the...
To be fair, rallye magazin clearly states in the stories are only speculation/fantasy/hopes
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26th March 2014, 07:43
Thread: Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2014
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RallyVista
When entering the Rally Portugal sub menu I get this message:
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11th February 2014, 08:23
Thread: No LED's in WRC?
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Re: No LED's in WRC?
As Mirek already said, the rules allow max. 8 lights in WRC events. Currently there is no regulation regarding LEDs - other than daylight driving lights - and how they are counted in relation to...
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17th December 2013, 08:28
Thread: Rallye Monte Carlo 2014
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Re: Rallye Monte Carlo 2014
Biggest problem could be - weather depending - that car rental companies in Nice never heard of snow tyres. It happend to me, that I made reservations for snow chains, and when I arrived in Nice...
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26th June 2011, 04:31
Thread: Hello from Antony Warmbold
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I just can speak about written press. Agreed, the...
I just can speak about written press. Agreed, the accreditation process is quite comlicated. Basically the national accreditation officer has to provide a list of all national applicants to the FIA...
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2nd June 2011, 16:43
Thread: Wrc Rally Argentina 2011
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@ ZequeArgentina There is nothing to add, if...
@ ZequeArgentina
There is nothing to add, if you look only at the facts, which is exactly what the stewards had to do.
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31st January 2011, 12:16
Thread: Rally History (part III)
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Ä + Ü and other German specials
As we have some letters in German which are not used in foreign languages - especially English - they are usually translated as follows (whenever there is no German keyboard around):
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14th July 2010, 12:22
Thread: [WRC] News & rumours (part II)
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Coming back to the homologation mystery. As far...
Coming back to the homologation mystery. As far as I know, the teams agreed to freeze the technology of the WRC cars in the beginning of 2009.
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3rd April 2010, 18:01
Thread: Rally Jordan 2010
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There is a very simple solution (which has been...
There is a very simple solution (which has been used in various national cahmpionships) to stop drivers from deliberately slowing down: Award championship points for every day as well as the overall...
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I think we saw this one coming, didn't we?
F1 Guru Adrian Newey leave Redbull