WRC car on Pikes Peak?

[Saabaru]

With an amazing show at PPIHC this year and that 10min threshold still not broken. Should some of the top teams in the WRC use the worlds most famous hill climb to show there stuff unrestricted. One could only imagine Petter, Lobe, Atkison, Sordo, Dugal, Gigi, Hirvonen and Latvala in an all out sprint up that long and winding mountain. If anyone coud break that 10min barrier it would be them.

[N.O.T]

It takes more than an unrestricted wrc car to win there....plus the hillclimb holds no marketing value nowadays for the wrc teams....

[Saabaru]

Hello, I named the top drivers in the world. There would be lots in it for Ford and Subie...

[tmx]

There are too much tarmac there. Considering Monster with the Suzuki almost breaking it by a 1.4 seconds, just give the car to Petter or Marcus and they'll do it by a good margin.

[L5->R5/CR]

There are too much tarmac there. Considering Monster with the Suzuki almost breaking it by a 1.4 seconds, just give the car to Petter or Marcus and they'll do it by a good margin.

I won't doubt the abilities of a driver of the caliber of Marcus, Petter, or Seb, but I don't feel this comment reflects an understanding of what it takes to go that fast on that road.

Being a top driver is not enough to break the 10 minute barrier. You have to have a feel and a sense of the mountain and understand it and your car enough to adapt and change for the conditions.

There are many other drivers more talented than Tajima-san however, you cannot discount experience and an ability to read the conditions and the road. Some years the mountain will be willing, other years it will do everything it can to beat you down into submission.

[AndyRAC]

It takes more than an unrestricted wrc car to win there....plus the hillclimb holds no marketing value nowadays for the wrc teams....

It could be argued the WRC doesn't hold much marketing value itself anymore!!
(Tongue in cheek)

[janvanvurpa]

The great Michelle Mouton said it best "It is just one stage" and after she had beaten the very condescending, arrogant, zenophobic and sexist Unsers on "their" mountain put the difficulty of the climb in perfect perspective when she said "If these men had any balls, they would turn the cars around and we would race down this hill right now".

Anybody want to take bets if the Unsers took the challenge?

it is after all just one stage.
Too much fall-de-rol about it.
(Doubtless it would be fun to run if it didn't cost thousands)

Allez Michelle!

[rx-guru]

The great Michelle Mouton said it best "It is just one stage" and after she had beaten the very condescending, arrogant, zenophobic and sexist Unsers on "their" mountain put the difficulty of the climb in perfect perspective when she said "If these men had any balls, they would turn the cars around and we would race down this hill right now".

Anybody want to take bets if the Unsers took the challenge?

it is after all just one stage.
Too much fall-de-rol about it.
(Doubtless it would be fun to run if it didn't cost thousands)

Allez Michelle!

Michèle Mouton’s role at the Pikes Peak was quite controversial:

http://rallybase.motorsportforum.com...d.php?t=127839

[Saabaru]

"If these men had any balls, they would turn the cars around and we would race down this hill right now".

That's funny, I never knew she said that. I wouldn't down play the difficulty of the climb though, but that would make things a little more interesting.

[Daniel]

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