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alleskids
20th July 2007, 21:36
Today the WRC teams were allowed by BF Goodrich to test the Pirelli tyres that will be the standard for the next 3 years. But only with their number 2 or 3 or number 4 driver, and only on their 2006 cars !!! :confused:

Quite a hard compromise from the French company. Citroen was not allowed to let Loed and even Sordo do the tests for them, so they asked Francois Duval to do the tests on a Xsara WRC from PH Sport. Ford hired Marko Martin.

from pitstop tv
jso1985
21st July 2007, 00:21
strange :confused:

Specially since Pirelli isn't competing this year
leno
21st July 2007, 07:38
so why they test tires if 1 first driver cant test it?
koko0703
21st July 2007, 08:43
Who decided who can test Pirelli??? Is it Pirelli or BFGoodrich??? And why not Sordo??? Sordo isn't No.1 driver for Citroen.... Whatever the reason, it is a strange decision.
alleskids
21st July 2007, 09:01
BF Goodrich has fordiding the factory drivers from Total Citroen, Ford BP and Subaru WRT to drive on any other tyre than BF Goodrich, and probarly it is written in their contract. The big French company is showing their (very small) charachter :dozey:
Motorsportfun
21st July 2007, 10:24
Citroen (with the privateer team P.H. Sport) has tested with Duval, but with Toni Gardemeister too, who was present in Sardinia since tuesday!

http://www.racingworld.it/rally/notizia2.php?idtitolo=4344
HaCo
21st July 2007, 10:37
No images of these tests?
Motorsportfun
21st July 2007, 10:42
no, there were "top-secret", i knowed about gardemeister thanks a friend who live not far from the stage used for the tests.
Daniel
21st July 2007, 20:03
BF Goodrich has fordiding the factory drivers from Total Citroen, Ford BP and Subaru WRT to drive on any other tyre than BF Goodrich, and probarly it is written in their contract. The big French company is showing their (very small) charachter :dozey:

If it's in the contract then it's in the contract....
turves
23rd July 2007, 13:05
If it's in the contract then it's in the contract....

A bit like Schumacher in the race of Champions a few years back, I seem to remember he was only allowed to race in the Ferrari as his contract stated he was only allowed to drive Ferrari cars...

Sorry for bringing F1 into it...