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RJL25
19th January 2009, 10:01
Sorry if this is a re-post, just thought some of you might be interested in this footage of Atkinson in his first drive of the C4 in testing, the video was actaully uploaded by Chris himself.

They where working on a setup for Ireland. His fastest pass of the Citroen test track was actually at night wierdly enough. On a lighter side the video starts with him doing a recce in his private Subaru!

His comments to motorsport news in Australia after the test was that the car really responded well the harder you pushed, and he was amazed at just how aggressive he could be with the car. Based on those comments i'm guessing the Subaru was all about being smooth, which i guess is not surprising considering the setup would have been primarily designed for Sohlberg and isn't he renowned for having a fairly smooth driving style?

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=IRJ4hMlQFSs#
gloomyDAY
20th January 2009, 04:01
Cool video!

Good luck to Chris.
leno
20th January 2009, 10:04
Loeb be afraid ATKO is coming :D
farquar wrc
20th January 2009, 19:25
Atko looks strange in a red race suit,good on him funding his own driving,best of luck Chris
Anti-Lag-Rocks
20th January 2009, 22:16
Indeed - best of luck Chris. His smooth driving style should be much more suited to the C4, and I hope he keeps a cool head and drives well in Ireland...
leno
21st January 2009, 18:48
true! Atko's color is blue
wotaguy
21st January 2009, 20:18
chris is definatly the dark horse of the rally , top two easily :D
Stalks
22nd January 2009, 21:32
good on him funding his own driving,best of luck Chris
Hmmm, funny you mention that - Interesting to see http://www.citroen.com.au pop up at the end of the video.....
Are Citroen and Subaru 'in bed' together in Australia?
curry
22nd January 2009, 22:22
Hmmm, funny you mention that - Interesting to see www.citroen.com.au (http://www.citroen.com.au) pop up at the end of the video.....
Are Citroen and Subaru 'in bed' together in Australia?

When I first saw the video and citroen.com.au at the end, I immediately thought that this was a promo video and Chris was using it to get Citroen Australia on board. I hope it works.
JFL
22nd January 2009, 22:44
When I first saw the video and citroen.com.au at the end, I immediately thought that this was a promo video and Chris was using it to get Citroen Australia on board. I hope it works.

Who says they are not on board?
curry
23rd January 2009, 12:45
Who says they are not on board?

I honestly hope they are.
RJL25
23rd January 2009, 14:09
it's possible that the Australian importer for Citroen is the same as the Australian importer for Subaru who obviously have been massive supporters for Chris and where the blokes who got him into the WRC in the first place.

Does anyone know if this is the case??
ST205GT4
24th January 2009, 04:25
http://www.ateco.com.au/ateco/homepage.htm
Daniel
24th January 2009, 06:59
http://www.ateco.com.au/ateco/homepage.htm

I'm surprised you found their site. I tried googling for ateco australia before and didn't get a result on the first page for their site :mark: I didn't think they were the Subaru importer but didn't want to mislead RJL25.
Helstar
29th January 2009, 04:44
Indeed - best of luck Chris. His smooth driving style should be much more suited to the C4, and I hope he keeps a cool head and drives well in Ireland...

Smooth driving style ?