Only one I hope the full squad will start..
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I am also afraid that this registration is only because of Barum. And for one car...
Mr. Jírovec, owner of Václav Pech's Mini spoke about the future in an interview for Czech paper magazin Rally.
According to him Pech will drive Rally Cyprus as a farewell to Mini. Since next season the plan is to compete in FIA R-GT Cup with Porsche 997 GT3. In this moment he isn't sure if they are able to start in Monte Carlo as it is probably too early. Besides that he will do some Czech events also with the Porsche. The R-GT plan is set for four years.
Besides that Pech will drive Corolla WRC in Rally Legend.
I see this as a downgrade,what do you think?of course he will compete with porsche in international level but the car is too slow compared to rrc which is a pure rally car.
I guess a lot depends on the strength of the R-GT Cup going forwards. If the entry numbers begin to rise and we see name drivers competing then it could become a title worth winning, rather than a pleasant sideshow. I'm not sure if there are any additional entries planned for Germany beyond what we've already seen this year?
Nice but a bit of a strange choice of event for Pech?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
If he has international ambitions I would like to have seen him have a go at ERC, Kajto has shown it is possible for a privateer to be successful there.
It is expected that RRC cars will be banned next year at least on international level. Besides that they are enormously expensive and I think that for the same money which the whole RGT cup will cost he would not be able to do anything significant in ERC with 4WD.Quote:
Originally Posted by nafpaktos
I have heard from a very reliable source that Porsche themselves are getting very interested in the RGT Cup. Expect to see some manufacturer supported entries very soon.
That sounds very promising. I'm sure Romain Dumas has been acting as a great cheerleader for RGT to his employers.Quote:
Originally Posted by John Williams
What is really needs is another car for them to battle against on a regular basis.
May be they'll do something with the German Porsche rally drivers?!?Quote:
Originally Posted by John Williams
Cayman GT4 could be theoretically the ideal car to choose.Quote:
Originally Posted by John Williams
I too wonder whether Romain has been 'selling the idea' to them. A bit like Vic Elford back in the 60's persuading the top brass to use the 911 in Motorsport.Quote:
Originally Posted by Simmi
Saying that, there was a Total Rally interview with Richard Tuthill, and he hinted that they (Porsche) might be just looking at the progress of the R-GT Cup. Obviously their focus would remain on the WEC and GTE/3 programmes, but watch this space.
But, as you say, we need another car in the category.
My respect to Pech - he achieved anything he could in Czech Republic, being multiple champion and winning Barum
On the contrary in Austria Baumschlager will continue in the foreseeable future in Austrian championship, he said in a recent interview.
I think Baumschlager would like to do some events abroad, but his sponsors want that he drives ORM.Quote:
Originally Posted by WUff1
RRC cars will be banned in ERC, but maybe not in WRC2...Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
That is not true. He had offers to do some events abroad...Quote:
Originally Posted by Fiat-131-Abarth
why they would do that ?? they are the only manufacturer in the series... why spend money to beat the already winning private run Porsches ??Quote:
Originally Posted by John Williams
Trying beat WRC2 cars maybe
impossible
I forgot one thing. According to Jírovec there are negotiation to run Wales Rally GB as part of the R-GT cup next year.
How good are Porsches in the mud?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
Not an easy task :p
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We never got to find out last year due to the Tuthill homologation issue. And the Porsche in Finland last year never got very far. Hopefully they can run a test case this year to see how the car goes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
maybe slower from ds3 r3/208 r2Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
Delecour behind Giordano DS3 R3T at Monte Carlo this year :)
Tuthill's are not so badQuote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
Tuthill had one in Wales last year... Remember, the one that didn't make it through the scrutineering because the suspension lay-out wasn't according to homologations.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
As Tommeke said the car was not in accordance with FIA rules.Quote:
Originally Posted by stefanvv
I think this year they have some changes, but I'm not sure it applies for gravel as wellQuote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
Don't think that's relevant and how fast they will be in comparison to the rest ... Probably FIA is considering a gravel round for the R-GT cup for next year, Wales is part of the investigation.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
Hope the Mustang GT car will be ready soon.
http://rajdy.autoklub.pl/news/rajd-r...m-do-erc,62743
Polish Rajd Rzeszowski (to be run tomorrow) is trying to host an ERC event in 2016.
As good as each other.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
Completely random question, but no harm in asking:
Does anyone know what top end entries for Valais will be like? I'm sorting a trip for this year, but worry that lots of entries will go to Corsica or Catalunya instead or won't have budgeted for it due to it originally being omitted from the calendar.
I think that entry list on Valais will not be bad ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by dodge33cymru
Václav Pech was in France to test Porsche of Romain Dumas.
https://www.facebook.com/ewrccz
Kajto test for Barum:
https://youtu.be/-R79aSKbuHM
Heard that this young guy will start JERC next year. https://www.facebook.com/RolandPoomrt
Also i saw that he is making cool promotion video, driving in the city. He told me that it will be available for fans this week!
The ERC stangings have just been updated after Barum and the overal results look great :)
http://www.fiaerc.com/standings/
Breen should start to plan how he will try to overcome all this mess. The last rallyes have been difficult for him and all of a sudden he is behind Kajto. The last three events are great for both drivers so we will see... I'll put my money on Kajto
Craig is really down now, it will be very difficult for him...