Chris Ingram talks about his future plans..
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Thanks a lot for this, finally an update even though it's not good news. His WRC2 season has paused due to funding struggles. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by mousti
Looks like Skoda found some money for Mikkelsen in the end, there are no other sponsors on the car.
Munster crashed already on SS1:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fv7Jaj5W...jpg&name=large
What a drama in WRC2 on SS4:
Meeke Kris - Fulton James
Stopped
Gryazin Nikolay - Aleksandrov K.
Stopped
Zaldivar F. - Der Ohannesian M.
Stopped
Mikkelsen Andreas - Eriksen T.
Changed a puncture
Drama continues on SS6:
Fourmaux Adrien - Coria Alexandre
Changed a puncture
Suninen Teemu - Markkula Mikko
Changed a puncture
Greensmith Gus - Andersson Jonas
Puncture
Pajari Sami - Mälkönen Enni
Broken steering arm
Punctures are part of the gravel rally no doubt, but this is getting ridiculous. Its killing the competition.
Surely Pirelli can make a more durable tyre. Who cares at this point if the performance drops....
Fourmaux was leading, but had punctures on SS5 and SS6.
Greensmith after his puncture on SS6:
"No idea. I know how I got it, i'm driving on Pirellis. It's not a surprise. You can be as clean as you want, but it's a gamble when you're on Pirellis. The championship is decided by a tyre"
Seems like the Fiesta upgrades are helping on Fourmauxs speed.
Maybe, but it's hard to judge when he is starting 15 cars later.
Adrien FOURMAUX @AdrienFourmaux
Missing the hat trick (of wins) this morning by 0.1s ! Fiesta Rally2 is amazing and the feeling too !
SS13 - the nightmare continues:
Zaldivar F. - Der Ohannesian M.
Stopped
Bulacia B. - Coronado Jiménez A.
Stopped, continued, puncture.
Cachón Alejandro - Jandrín
Stopped, continued
Al-Rashed Rakan - Moscatt Dale
Stopped
Pretty close for many drivers in terms of speed (without taking into account punctures) so many can claim how "speed was there".
Greensmith was best of the normal positioned drivers on Saturday, weaker Friday and Sunday even with win.
Solberg had both first days weaker, but specially on Saturday could control. Yet it seems he ruined his tires on that normal last stage for no good reason which then hurt him on first stage of Sunday. Epic drive today, yet not enough.
Mikkelsen was fastest on Friday and second fastest today, but a bit weaker on Saturday. Still 43s behind win after losing 1:55 with tire off rim.
Fourmaux was fast Friday morning and best on Saturday with big road position advantage. Not good today.
Suninen kinda falls in the middle, never really great but never bad either.
Anyway seems new Fabia might not be so great on really slow stages like we had on Friday, so Sardinia might be interesting.
Did Solberg get fined for doing donuts? Is this normal? How is this going to help this sport increase popularity?
https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/solbe...4v0p6GNpSulgn8
If they´d let him pay some 500 Euros or smth, but to affect the whole standings in the rally by punish him with timepenalty is ridiculous. Always is.
I dont agree with this rule about doughnuts, it is not helping the popularity of the sport. But this rule exists and everybody knows about it. And every organiser can write in regulations that dougnuts are allowed on specified places. On the other hand, in supplementary regulations was clearly written that doughnuts are completely forbidden and penalty for breaking this rule will be minimum 5 minutes. So in this case only 1 min penalty for Solberg is breaking the rules by stewards and one big joke...
But for me biggest mistake is on the side of organisers, who put this sentence to the regulations. If they will write only doughnuts are not allowed without any specification of penalty, it can give stewards more freedom in choosing the penalty.
Indeed.Quote:
Originally Posted by PLuto
I get why donuts etc are forbidden, but it should be up to the stewards to decide what the punishment is. If it was in a safe place a warning would suffice, if it was really dangerous they can give 5 minutes or even disqualification.
It should´ve been fines with money. Not time penalty.
And when creating rules they should be only dealing with dangerous habits.
Chris Ingram update:
Dear Rally fans and my loyal supporters,
I wanted to share my plans for the rest of the season and clarify why I haven't been out competing recently. I received incredible support ahead of Rallye Monte Carlo from my supporters via my crowdfunding army and again finished the 1st full privateer driver in the rally.
However in Monte Carlo, It became evident that the older Skoda WRC2 car was no match for the latest version. Unfortunately, I couldn't secure a deal with Toksport to compete in Portugal and Sardinia using the new car. They already have seven cars running, and the cost per event was simply not feasible for my current limited budget.
I have taken a step back to focus on making solid foundations for my career by working on fundraising, promoting my driver training and launching the Rally Warrior Experience in the UK, France, and Belgium.
The plan for the rest of the season is to build back up to WRC.
I have decided to enter the Ypres Rally with Wevers Sport in the highly succesful VW Polo GTI R5. The event will be intergrated with a Rally Warrior Experience day beforehand where you can have the chance to ride with me flat out on some iconic rally stages. I will also offer one lucky supporter of my crowdfunding army a ride in the car, as I did at my Rally Experience in Wales back in April.
If everything goes well, my plan is to then participate in the European Rally Championship in either Rally di Roma or the Czech Barum Rally before returning to the WRC towards the end of the season for the brand new Rally Central Europe. I feel these events will provide me with a platform to prepare for a full attack and full season in the World Rally Championship in 2024 with manufacturer support.
Recently, I had the pleasure of meeting a legendary British racing driver, who has been incredibly generous and has facilitated some key introductions, including some at the F1 Monaco GP this weekend !
I hope to have some more positive news in the near future.
Thank you for your amazing support and I hope to see many of you in Belgium !
Chris
The crowd funding promised the supporters' names on the side of the car on WRC events from Croatia onwards. Do they get refunds now?
Geez that guy is full of rubbish.
How can he even be serious?Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
There are many conversations going on and there could be 2024 seats available in Rally2 cars supported by M-Sport, Hyundai, Toksport and even Toyota will have their new Yaris.Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
No fans ever gave money for that reason. It was his way of thanking them, as he's done a few times before.Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
Maybe maybe maybe.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Why would any of those teams / manufacturers choose him, over any one of about a dozen other guys (who are just as fast or even faster), who have done more than 1 WRC rally in 2023 and can actually commit to a program?
I don't want to sound harsh, I admire the guy for what he's done on a smaller than average budget, but the sport doesn't stand still. If he doesn't absolutely dominate Ypres he's going to look pretty stupid with this decision.
https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/wrc2-...grades-rossel/
The game changer is the Rear diff for gravel
Mikkelsen admits that he doesn’t have the budget to do full WRC2 championship:
https://www.wrc.com/en/news/2023/wrc...-a-crossroads/
For me, it is strange that if he has such difficulties, maybe he should try stepping back into the Stellantis Cup or JWRC. Many have done before him, and it could work out for him too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Further proof if any was needed of how hard it is to raise the budget to drive a competitive Rally2 car in WRC2.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
It's not like the new skoda is the only car to drive and others are total crap..
All other cars have also shown good performance this season.
I think all the hype behind Skoda's new car is behind excelent marketing and getting top drivers behind their new cars.Quote:
Originally Posted by TypeR
If you rent out 6-7 cars each rally 1-2 out of all ought to be on the podium, and i think this draws the image of the car being "superior" even tho all the other cars are capable also
If Toyota want some top drivers in theire new Rally2 car, have they drivers "in-house" or are they looking for some new ones?
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Well I'd like to see the team principal in it for the WRC debut or better still Katsuta in the Rally2 and Latvala as a one of substitute.Quote:
Originally Posted by skarderud
Wishful thinking of course.
Prokop's livery is sooo sick!
Good livery indeed!
How the other half live. Like Solberg, Greensmith can afford to do non-scoriing rounds...
https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/why-g...s-in-sardinia/