[WRC] News & Rumours (part V) 2017

[Andre Oliveira]

It looks amazing for me

[Andre Oliveira]

Mads on Sweden
Prokop on Mexico
Two car team after that

http://www.rallysportmag.com.au/home...s-new-wrc-team

[the sniper]

I saw the Fiesta live today with that livery and it looks really OK

Does it look better in person than in the various pictures that have been posted? I'm hoping that it's just the lighting that isn't doing it any favours in the pics posted on here.

Going by pictures alone, I much preferred the livery shown in the initial reveal, due to both the white front and where they stuck the Castrol stickers!

[WUff1]

Mads on Sweden
Prokop on Mexico
Two car team after that

http://www.rallysportmag.com.au/home...s-new-wrc-team

Ostberg has the best media team of all WRC drivers/teams. So far the most present driver in Media 2017 apart from Ogier, but much more present than all the other works team drivers.

[rayh_mx]

The organization of the Mexico rally plans to start in CDMX

"The main objective is to promote Guanajuato and the event in the anchor city of the country"

LEÓN, Gto.- The Mexico 2017 Rally would not start in Alhóndiga de Granaditas as it has been characterized during the dates of the World Rally Championship, but would move to Paseo de la Reforma in Mexico City to tour the first stage of Almost a mile. Contrary to the tradition that has been lived in Guanajuato during the last years, the organizing committee of the date in Aztec territory, commanded by RallyMex, has raised to the Government of Mexico City the idea of taking out in the first kilometers scoring since One of the most legendary avenues in the national territory, confirmed for Correo, the general director of communication of the event, Adrián Molina.
http://periodicocorreo.com.mx/proyec...rally-en-cdmx/

Would be nice, but i guess it would be very complicated


More Info:
http://laaficion.milenio.com/automov...883711624.html

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Ari Vatanen tells Le Dauphine he urged Malcolm Wilson to give Seb Ogier a test.

"As much as humanly sportingly, Sébastien is a really great man. He is friendly and has easy contact. And sportingly, what more can you ask for? He is gifted." summed up the Finn Ari Vatanen.

He does not skimp in superlatives to talk about the high alpine champion. Gifted, dominant, ultra-fast, ultra-regular. World champion for the fourth time in 2016, Sébastien Ogier has no equal. At least not yet. Recently, Volkswagen withdrew from the circuit and Ogier had to choose a new team.

He turned to M-Sport, run by Malcolm Wilson, a long time friend of Ari Vatanen. "I encouraged him to test Ogier, then take him. It was obviously a risk for the team, especially financially. It is a wise choice on the part of Sébastien. "

http://www.ledauphine.com/hautes-alp...est-un-surdoue

[itix]

Monte Carlo is soon upon us and I can't remember a year when it was so hard to predict the end of the year as this one.

The new regs and the demise of VW sure shook things up.

I predict unpredictability in this year's rallies given that Msport aren't really known for their durability and Meeke and Neuville aren't really known for their ability to always stay on the road.

Let's hope for another golden era with a lot of manufacturers to come in 2018 and 19.

[dupanton]

I predict unpredictability in this year's rallies given that Msport aren't really known for their durability and Meeke and Neuville aren't really known for their ability to always stay on the road.

Neuville crashed once in 2016, in Mexico. Last 8 rallies he never finished lower then 4th. If that isn't being regular, I don't know who is...

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Good to see BT Sport & MotorsTV now listing their WRC coverage for next week.

I wonder what the "Red Bull TV" coverage will be like on the Saturday...

[itix]

Neuville crashed once in 2016, in Mexico. Last 8 rallies he never finished lower then 4th. If that isn't being regular, I don't know who is...

Well, the year before that he crashed a few times and let's be realistic, Ogier has a neater track record than him.

There were plenty of touches and spins and small mistakes where he was lucky this year.

Compared to Ogier he is less neat for sure.