2008 Acropolis Rally - official thread

[Roy]

Quotes after Recce.

http://www.acropolisrally.gr/en/show...3&page_id=1131

Summary:
Special stage Psatha (SS3/6) is very rough. (Tyre braeker?!)
SSS is (to much) dusty
Stages are fine, more rougher then last year.

[dimviii]

this is psatha (aka this is sparta)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR_W09Lg3tU

[desmosedici]

Anyone know when the car is officially release tonight?

nope, still waiting

[dimviii]

some first impressions from today visit at service park
the s14 doesn t seems to be a sophisticated-advanced rally car.
it doesn t give you that feeling as when we first saw the focus 03 or the 206.
the suspension is again bos
the brakes are apracing
suzuki had a very ''poor'' stand in machines and for people also.
seems that they have less than the half budget than other teams.
i remember that even skoda had a very good presentation at acropolis.
suzuki had rieger suspensions.

pirelli wrc tyres are made in turkey(i didn t know that)
till end of 2007 all the pirelli motorsport tyrew were made in italy,from the settimo torinese factory.

i had the oportunity to talk with Donaldson from Prodrive,with Alexey Shchukin manager of E-ART rally team etc.
i also had a talk with two guys from CZ they told me they are owners of the www.ewrc.cz great guys keep the good work!!!(sorry i dont remember their names)
tomorow morning at 8 starts the shakedown.
i ll wrote my impressions.

ps Alexey Shchukin is a fantastic man! he answered all my questions for about half hour :

[Roy]

Part II of recce.

http://www.acropolisrally.gr/en/show...3&page_id=1134

Vovos said the best what all other said:
The Rally will be a great challenge for the cars and the tires, because stages will be worse after the second passage.

Loeb:The conditions are worse than last year.

Latvala most positive view after recce I and II:
”Some stages are in better condition, some others are rough, so you need to find where to push. Quite a lot of rocks in the long stage. Not as bad as last year, because it was 48 km and now it is 32, but still you must be careful, because if it is that warm, 35 degrees, it is going to be difficult and hard for the tires. You will need to think about how fast you can go there.”

[Tom206wrc]

Pics of Sandell's 207 ???

[dimviii]

same livery Tom for the ''crocodile'' :

[c4]

Pic of 207 from shakedown on official site

[Karbonyl]

Same livery, but different service organization - Munaretto

[Mirek]