Rally Ireland Entry

[noel157]

Great entry-list.

Thank god for the Focus WRC car

The list does raise some questions:

a.) Why is Boland back in the Focus? - He just drove the Impreza S12 i Corsika. And now in the WRC 06 version. He likes Fords and owns Hertz and he drove the S12 in Catalunya. I believe he had ordered an 07 Focus and bought the S12 in the meantime. He will be using an 06 M-Sport car as the the 07 car is not ready in order to get some seat time on the new shape car.

b.) Guy Wilks is now running an Impreza S12 instead of the Ramsport Focus WRC. Does anybody know what team is running that car? Wilks is in an S11, the one Miggins drove, and is being run by DMG

c.) What team is running Kris Meeke? - and will it be in the yellow/red Pirelli colours? No idea on colours, S12 car that Donnelly ran and wll be ungraded by Prodrive to S12B spec. Run and owned by DMG

d.) What team is running Andrew Nesbitt? Presume McKinstry S11 car.


e.) Is Aaron McHale in the Austin/Gareth family? And will Aarons car be run byr Tom Gahan? Yes.

f.) What team is running Tim McNulty? Dom Buckley.

g.) Will Gareth Jones be back in his Rally Finland Focus - or in the Ramsport Focus? Don't know.

h.) What team is running Ray Breen? Don't know


i.) What team is running Kevin Barrett? Don't know (again)

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Thanks in advance for your answers

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[jonas_mcrae]

what a nice entryl list!
I hope not so many stages get cancelled!

[RS]

Much more competition in Ireland and drivers that are on similar level of performance to him.

Above quote re: Jan Kopecky, I am also disappointed he is not going to Ireland as I think the roads would have suited him and the car very well.

Donnelly should do well providing the car has been prepared properly. You can see what Kopecky could do in Germany this year when that was the case.

As someone else said, the Fabia is a better tarmac car than given credit for. Kopecky finished in the points on Monte, Germany and Corsica and I am certain he would have in Catalunya too if he had not crashed out.

[Josti]

Some strange seeding.........Also I feel sorry for Eyvind Brynildsen down at 80 - he will be catching lots of cars in front of him. He is not well known in UK and Ireland but I am very impressed by this young driver.

Let alone Jasper v/d Heuvel with 93. He won Group N in Germany.

Nice entry. Great that Duval is driving

[Langdale Forest]

Good entry list.

No WRC Mitsubishi in the rally though.

[jacko]

Much more competition in Ireland and drivers that are on similar level of performance to him.

shame on you.. Kopecky would beat guys like Meeke, Donnely or Wilks in the Fabia, even in Ireland. A pitty he's not in the entry-list.

[bennizw]

Hmm, they sold the S12? Is he going to attack the ITRC with a Fabia next year then? Too bad they sold it, he had got the hang of it.

[Buzz Lightyear]

shame on you.. Kopecky would beat guys like Meeke, Donnely or Wilks in the Fabia, even in Ireland. A pitty he's not in the entry-list.

we will never know.

[jacko]

At what time today is entrylist published ??

my god.. you're really hungry for news

[jacko]

Great that Duval is driving

At the moment there's not enough money to let him start in a Xsara or C4. It depends maybe on the results in Japan.