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12th November 2017, 20:10 #1
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2018 WRX Teams
Who will drive in what car in 2018?
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13th November 2017, 17:36 #2
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Officially it's not confirmed anything at the moment.
My predictions:
Peugeot Sport (Peugeot 208)
-Sebastien Loeb
PSRX VW (VW Polo)
-Johan Kristoffersson
-Petter Solberg
EKS (???):
-Mattias Ekstrom
BMW??? (???)
-Timo Scheider
Hyundai??? (???)
-Niclas Gronholm???
Prodrive Renault (Renault Megane)
-Guerlain Chicherit
Then there is Hansen family (I think that they will still be with Peugeot). Bakkerud is without a seat at the moment. As I said we don't know much only Loeb and Peugeot are talking and Megane is in the works.
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13th November 2017, 20:43 #3
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PsRx:
Solberg Petter
Kristofferson
Solberg Oliver (some races)
EKS:
Ekstrøm
Bakkerud
Peugeot:
Loeb + Citroen in WRC
T Hansen
Renault:
Chicherit
Button
KIA:
ChiChi
Grønholm
Adapta: (Ford)
Østberg
Henning/Pontus
BMW/ Mercedes
Scheider
A Rental
Lada:
Timur
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14th November 2017, 11:19 #4
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A new team led by a multiple champion skier will run Renault Clios in @FIAWorldRX next year https://t.co/tmkMZEzZni https://t.co/wijSh44WMM
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14th November 2017, 13:09 #5
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Just a "Junior Team" for ERX, FranceRX and some WRX races : http://www.lemagsportauto.com/rallyc...rx-team/27907/
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15th November 2017, 00:02 #6
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I'm guessing something like
Johan/Petter - VW Polo
Loeb/Bakku - Peugeot
Timmy/Kevin - Peugeot
Ekstrom/Nitiss - Audi
Marklund/Janis - VW Polo
>>(OR Eki and Marklund with VW Polo)
Scheider/Hirvonen - Mini
>> OR Riku Tahku, OR Liam Doran
Niclas/Eriksson - Hyundai l OR Niclas and Sordo/Paddon
Chicherit - Renault
>>(As far as I understood, Kalliokoski and a second driver will compete in EuroRX with that team/car. Chicherit and maybe a 2nd driver will compete in World,Euro and French series. Is that right?)
I think OMSE, STARD and MPJ will be around too
Updated guesses!Last edited by giu canbera; 22nd November 2017 at 20:31.
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15th November 2017, 07:18 #7
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There might be some truth in there. But being backed by RedBull I don't see why Topi Heikkinen should leave EKS RX. And I think that Andreas Bakkerud is still a Monster Energy Athlete. This would make it impossible for him to join Peugeot.
STARD and MJP will be seperated teams again. The relationship between Stohl and Pucher is rather difficult after last year...
So here is my guess:
VW PSRX - Kristoffersson / Solberg
Peugeot Sport - Loeb / Jeanney?
EKS - Ekström / Heikkinen
Hansen / GRX - T. Hansen / Grönholm / selected rounds K. Hansen
OMSE - Eriksson / Eriksson
GCK - Chichérit / Bakkerud
MJP - Scheider / Nitiss?
STARD - Baumanis / Timerzyanov
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22nd November 2017, 09:55 #8
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Big cover story in Motorsport News today is that Marcus Gronholm is closing in on that much rumoured two-car Hyundai team.
Not works backed at this point, but he's hoping to get factory support in the future. I think a web link to the story will go up today at some point.RS Motorsport Media - Follow me on Instagram: rsmotorsportmedia
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22nd November 2017, 11:44 #9
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And here is the story in full: https://www.autosport.com/wrx/news/1...i-for-world-rx
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22nd November 2017, 20:16 #10
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Hirvonen and Scheider racing the BMW Minis would be pretty cool
About the Hyundai, maybe Kev Eriksson could be the second driver. Marcus and Andreas are great friends and OMSE gave Niclas/Kev a Fiesta 2 years ago. Maybe its payback time haha
I saw people saying Bakkerud would be on the Hyundai, but I dont believe that. I think he will race with Loeb and Peugeot.
I can see Hyundai fitting Sordo and Paddon in WorldRX too.
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