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[Mirek]

That's very weird statement. Every racing engine needs racing fuel to get to the maximum. Even with Evo IX the difference between proper 102 octane racing fuel and stock "Shell V-Power Racing" is around 20 Hp according to a dyno chart I saw few years back.

The problem with real racing engines (S2000, S1600, RRC, R5 etc.) is that with the stock fuel the octane number and exact chemical properties are not guaranteed. Stock engines and their ECUs can cope with variable fuel quality but it's much bigger problem for racing engines. You can not make a laboratory analysis and new mapping for every petrol pump on the road. It's not only about lower power.

There is also a risk of engine damage. For example if You take a petrol on the pump in time when it is being supplied from tanker you get some water into Your tank. There is always water on the bottom of the tanks of petrol pumps unlike in the barrels of racing fuel. When You start filling the tank from tanker You whirl the water which is normally sitting down and it gets in the fuel.

Another point is what Hari stated. How can You say what is a breach of the rule when the stock fuel doesn't have guaranteed properties. How can You check that? Such rule simply doesn't make sense unless there is a single fuel supplier for everybody.

All in all throwing mud on Baumschlager is senseless.

[Fiat-131-Abarth]

All in all throwing mud on Baumschlager is senseless.

+1000000000000

I can't hear the voices of the Baumschlager basher's any more. His only fault is, that with 55 years he is still faster than the young drivers. Nobody should blame him, that he is the only one to bring the Budget for the whole season.

[WUff1]

I just mentioned what is written in motorline.cc Forum and didn´t bring my personal opinion.

Even if I don´t like him as a Driver and not being a fan of him it is even clear for me that he didn´t want the actual situation to evolve.

[RS]

How did Baumschlager compare to Neubauer last year? So that we can judge performance of Fabia R5 this weekend..

[hari]

Video: first spectacular testday of Raimund Baumschlager / Pirmin Winklhofer in the BRR Skoda Fabia R5!
https://vimeo.com/126502981

[PLuto]

How did Baumschlager compare to Neubauer last year? So that we can judge performance of Fabia R5 this weekend..

We cannot as Neubauer will not start...

[evoIX]

We cannot as Neubauer will not start...

Then Mundl can race only with three gears....

[RS]

Results from the Weschelland Rallye will be here: http://results.wechsellandrallye.at/2015/index.htm

[hari]

Final results Wechselland Rallye 2015:
01. Raimund Baumschlager/Pirmin Winklhofer (A/D, Skoda Fabia R5) 1:27:59,4 Stunden
02. Michael Böhm/Katrin Becker (A/A, Suzuki Swift Super 1600) +2:07,2 Minuten
03. Daniel Wollinger/Bernhard Holzer (A/A, Opel Adam R2) +3:04,6
04. Kristof Klausz/Balazs Kecskemeti (H/H, Renault Clio R3) +4:41,4
05. Robert Zitta/Peter Stemp (A/A, Subaru Impreza WRX STI N14) +5:23,5
06. Martin Kalteis/Günter Lang (A/A, Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII) +6:33,5

In the last special stage over 25km Baumschlager had a puncture in the front which damaged also the brake.
He lost quite some time, but as also the second placed Martin Kalteis lost some minutes due an off, the margin to finally second placed Michael Böhm was big enough to score the first win in the Skoda Fabia R5.

Despite the known problems before the event, it was a nice rally with lots of spectators.

Next austrian round: Schneebergland Rallye, June 26th-27th

[RS]

This result doesn't really tell us anything about the speed of the car but at least it reached the finish without technical problems.