2010 IRC Cyprus Rally

[Tom206wrc]

Who will replace Meeke at Peugeot UK for this event

[Leon]

Well, jut checked the website and found that there is no itinerary. There is no information about the length of the special stages. There is no information about the surface... sounds like secret rally :-P

There is no secrecy. The itinerary was published yesterday in the local edition of top gear magazine. Entry list is expected late today.

[Mirek]

There is no secrecy. The itinerary was published yesterday in the local edition of top gear magazine.

That's ok for national event but doesn't help foreigners at all...

[tolis]

That's ok for national event but doesn't help foreigners at all...

Indeed, why don't they have the itinerary published in their website? It's only 10 days before the event...

[bluuford]

Well, my point was actually very simple. If there is possible international entrant. He wants to rent a car for this rally. He needs to know at least the length of the SS-s, the surface etc. (To calculate your approximate costs, discuss with the sponsors etc.). Complete itinerary is not so important, but you even dont know how many kilometers are there 100? 200? 300? 1000? Is it fully on gravel/tarmac? Mixed surface? How can you plan your budget? What kind of setup or spears you need etc.? Now you just know that there is a rally.. on the island.. there is possibility for accommodation.. you know how much is the entry fee.. and that is pretty much all. Ok, now we know that there is at least two superspecials 2*2.45 km.. probably on tarmac :-)

For international event it is not the way it should work.

[Tom206wrc]

On the rally website they write "entrylist available after the 25th october"...does this mean we will get it on 26th october(tomorrow)

[Barreis]

No Meeke here?

[bluuford]

No, Scotland was his "good bye" event with Peugeot.

[RS]

Sounds like the entry for Cyprus may be better than expected according to press info from IRC:

"The IRC is gearing up to a spectacular end of season finale at the 2010 FxPro Cyprus Rally (4-6 November) as well as at the inaugural Love Cyprus Golden Stage Rally (7 November).

The final round of the season will form an IRC swansong for Peugeot UK's defending champion Kris Meeke, who was recently supplanted by Skoda's Juho Hanninen. Skoda though is unlikely to make the trip to Cyprus, having recently sealed both championships, which gives an opportunity for some other stars of the championship to end the year on a high.

Qatari driver Nasser Al-Attiyah will be a strong candidate for victory with Ford, while Belgium's Thierry Neuville will be looking to score another podium in his impressive debut IRC season. PROTON is also considering an entry on the IRC series finale, having shown great promise so far.

Other provisional entries include the Bryan Bouffier, Daniel Oliveira, Franz Wittmann and Burcu Cetinkaya, all driving Peugeots. Andreas Mikkelsen and Martin Prokop will drive M-Sport Fords, while a number of local drivers will be at the wheel of Mitsubishis"

[Wim_Impreza]

while Belgium's Thierry Neuville will be looking to score another podium in his impressive debut IRC season.

Another podium? He was only once on the podium until now in an IRC rally. In my opinion his debut IRC season isn't so impressive as he had also a lot of tests.