Rally2 (ex-R5) News

[Jarek Z]

Slow start for Jennings in the Mirage in Ulster - only 13th on SS1 - 43sec down.

13th place is very bad indeed. But... is it something wrong with the results website or is the Mirage faster than Elfyn Evans and everybody else on SS2???

[Fast Eddie WRC]

13th place is very bad indeed. But... is it something wrong with the results website or is the Mirage faster than Elfyn Evans and everybody else on SS2???

Still trying to get confirmation... extraordinary if true. Maybe he took a chance on a slick tyre and it worked ?

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Irish Tarmac C'Ship ‏@IrishTarmacTROA
Garry Jennings showing as fastest on SS2 but time is likely 1 minute out.

EDIT SS2 time for Jennings now amended 10th fastest on stage.

EDIT 11th time on SS3, 12th O/A.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

SS4 Jennings attacked... says the Mirage was flying... but then the brake pedal went to the floor. Shame.

[RS]

Fabia R5 scored it's 200th WRC2 stage win today in Germany.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Disappointing news... turbo issues means that Jenning's Mirage R5 is a non start today at Ulster Rally.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Better news... Leading the Ulster National Rally Cup now is Robert Blomberg, in his Mitsubishi Mirage R5.

[Jarek Z]

Bad news again. Robert Blomberg in his Mitsubishi Mirage R5 only 11th overall in the event called "Ulster National B Rally" (I have no idea what it is, it seems there are 3 Ulster rallies in one?). He lost a lot of time and is placed many minutes behind some 30-year old historic cars. Very bad weekend for Mitsubishi Mirage:
http://www.ulsterrally.com/media/432...ults-nat-b.pdf

[Rally Power]

After two troubled events (Portugal and Italy), several test sessions and some postponed rally entries, Peugeot Sport got back to WRC2 in Germany, giving Suarez a chance to resume the Academy program.

According to Revista Scratch website (http://www.revistascratch.com/wrc/no...funciona-33891), the car seen in Germany was a freshly built 208 unit, without the Evo Kit. Apparently, in order to fix the previous cooling problems they’ve made changes on the steering system, creating new reliability issues. As it’s mandatory to use all the Kit parts, the official decision was to not install it anymore and wait for the homologation of a new one.

Having in mind the great work PS did in the previous rally costumers programs, it’s really sad to see them completely lost on the 208 R5 development. This radical option to throw away the Evo Kit also raises some questions: why can private teams use it, some successfully, and PS (through SaintELoc) not? Are those private teams using all the Kit parts or, against the rules, just some of them? When will a new Evo Kit came out?

Peugeot (and Citroen) R5 programs are important in WRC2 and, mostly, on regional and national series. Let’s hope they can fix this mess, once and for all.

[TWRC]

After two troubled events (Portugal and Italy), several test sessions and some postponed rally entries, Peugeot Sport got back to WRC2 in Germany, giving Suarez a chance to resume the Academy program.

According to Revista Scratch website (http://www.revistascratch.com/wrc/no...funciona-33891), the car seen in Germany was a freshly built 208 unit, without the Evo Kit. Apparently, in order to fix the previous cooling problems they’ve made changes on the steering system, creating new reliability issues. As it’s mandatory to use all the Kit parts, the official decision was to not install it anymore and wait for the homologation of a new one.

Having in mind the great work PS did in the previous rally costumers programs, it’s really sad to see them completely lost on the 208 R5 development. This radical option to throw away the Evo Kit also raises some questions: why can private teams use it, some successfully, and PS (through SaintELoc) not? Are those private teams using all the Kit parts or, against the rules, just some of them? When will a new Evo Kit came out?

Peugeot (and Citroen) R5 programs are important in WRC2 and, mostly, on regional and national series. Let’s hope they can fix this mess, once and for all.

I don't know about other private teams, but Peugeot Sport Hungaria / TRT used the full Evo kit on two gravel rounds this season, and both ended in a 6th place finish (mainly due to tyre problems though). On the last round however, Tóth used the old model again, and was beating Herczig with the Fabia R5 until a puncture. But as far as I saw, Ptaszek was using a new Evo car from TRT in Germany...
As far as the steering goes, Yoann Bonato wasn't happy with it after his first rally in the DS3 Evo, because the steering gave back very little info on what the grip was like.