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Its also that Jennings has driven the old Impreza (S12B) for a really long time. That car is physically much bigger then the Mirage and he is used to the the Impreza's high top speed and not being as agile in the technical stages.
Hopefully he'll have some good testing before the Ulster and adapt quickly to the less powerful but more nimble Mirage.
Odložilík here was switching from S12B to Fiesta R5 and he kept saying that Fiesta is a lot easier to drive. When he was complaining about the car handling it was always about the S12 not the Fiesta.
Fabia R5 would make it into top 6 fastest WRC event winners on Finland performance: https://twitter.com/KiwiWRCfan/statu...709272064?s=09
Yep, still it can be called Fiesta Evo, just like the one Evans used in MC.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre Oliveira
Btw, what are the chassis evolutions you mention and when were they homologated?
It’s great to know that R5’s are getting less expensive. That’s a 15% discount for the Fiesta, from its earlier price. Maybe Skoda and PSA will also cut their cars prices.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre Oliveira
March, still some to apply :) Mr Wilson have some cards
R5 Mirage gets a facelift & new driver, Garry Jennings, on the Ulster Rally...
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CqDIEcjWgAAv0FW.jpg:large
Dytko new Proto also looks great!
https://scontent-mad1-1.xx.fbcdn.net...dd&oe=585C2761
Photo:https://www.facebook.com/sportdytko/
That car has nothing common with R5. Why have You posted it in R5 news? It could be in GT or WRC threads and it would have same relevance.
Anyone with info on if FIA homologation is moving closer, and if so how close are they?
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Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Abbring testing hyundai r5 at asphalt
https://youtu.be/WjxZUH345eI
https://scontent-cdg2-1.xx.fbcdn.net...66114158_o.jpg
https://web.facebook.com/maXicorde/p...908139169&_rdr
Jennings livery for Ulster
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CqJiS03WAAAITKg.jpg:large
Spencer Sport:
It's been a busy few days for us in Ireland, as we prepare for the Ulster Rally that takes place tomorrow (Friday) and Saturday. After arriving on Monday, we carried out an extensive test with Garry Jennings & Rory Kennedy in the Mitsubishi R5.
With almost a full-day's running on closed stretches of road, we were able to run through our programme and get both cars dialled in and set up to deal with the unique character of the Northern Irish asphalt. Garry got to grips with the Mirage and came away from the test very satisfied with progress.
A re-prep of both cars took place yesterday (Wednesday), followed by a brief shakedown and the re-livery of the Mirage in the colours of Garry's sponsors 'Go'. Scrutineering in Derry/Londonderry takes place later today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0r_eZ9fOas Test video from the i20 R5. Looks less impressive than in Ypres imo.
It seems so. It might be Proton Iriz R5. Again it seems to me very beautiful. Anyway the real question is: "Will it be fast enough and competitive?" Fingers crossed for that.
Nice surprise! It's fair to say that MEM did a good job on the S2000 Satria, considering they had slighter resources than the other manus tuners.
I've foreseen this several posts ago.. :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre Oliveira
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Beautiful? I'm afraid Proton Iriz is going to compete with Mitsubishi Mirage for the title of the ugliest R5 car ever...Quote:
Originally Posted by liposh
http://assets.autobuzz.my/wp-content...26-990x660.jpg
The Mirage looks much better with such good livery!Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Don't compare circuit car with that from photo ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
Slow start for Jennings in the Mirage in Ulster - only 13th on SS1 - 43sec down.
Jennings: 'The R5 is completely different to drive'
But some bad conditions there for him in a new car...
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CqObTY5XgAADXen.jpg
13th place is very bad indeed. But... is it something wrong with the results website or is the Mirage faster than Elfyn Evans and everybody else on SS2???Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Still trying to get confirmation... extraordinary if true. Maybe he took a chance on a slick tyre and it worked ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
Irish Tarmac C'Ship @IrishTarmacTROA
Garry Jennings showing as fastest on SS2 but time is likely 1 minute out.
EDIT SS2 time for Jennings now amended 10th fastest on stage.
EDIT 11th time on SS3, 12th O/A.
SS4 Jennings attacked... says the Mirage was flying... but then the brake pedal went to the floor. Shame.
Fabia R5 scored it's 200th WRC2 stage win today in Germany.
Disappointing news... turbo issues means that Jenning's Mirage R5 is a non start today at Ulster Rally.
Better news... Leading the Ulster National Rally Cup now is Robert Blomberg, in his Mitsubishi Mirage R5.
Bad news again. Robert Blomberg in his Mitsubishi Mirage R5 only 11th overall in the event called "Ulster National B Rally" (I have no idea what it is, it seems there are 3 Ulster rallies in one?). He lost a lot of time and is placed many minutes behind some 30-year old historic cars. Very bad weekend for Mitsubishi Mirage:
http://www.ulsterrally.com/media/432...ults-nat-b.pdf
After two troubled events (Portugal and Italy), several test sessions and some postponed rally entries, Peugeot Sport got back to WRC2 in Germany, giving Suarez a chance to resume the Academy program.
According to Revista Scratch website (http://www.revistascratch.com/wrc/no...funciona-33891), the car seen in Germany was a freshly built 208 unit, without the Evo Kit. Apparently, in order to fix the previous cooling problems they’ve made changes on the steering system, creating new reliability issues. As it’s mandatory to use all the Kit parts, the official decision was to not install it anymore and wait for the homologation of a new one.
Having in mind the great work PS did in the previous rally costumers programs, it’s really sad to see them completely lost on the 208 R5 development. This radical option to throw away the Evo Kit also raises some questions: why can private teams use it, some successfully, and PS (through SaintELoc) not? Are those private teams using all the Kit parts or, against the rules, just some of them? When will a new Evo Kit came out?
Peugeot (and Citroen) R5 programs are important in WRC2 and, mostly, on regional and national series. Let’s hope they can fix this mess, once and for all.
I don't know about other private teams, but Peugeot Sport Hungaria / TRT used the full Evo kit on two gravel rounds this season, and both ended in a 6th place finish (mainly due to tyre problems though). On the last round however, Tóth used the old model again, and was beating Herczig with the Fabia R5 until a puncture. But as far as I saw, Ptaszek was using a new Evo car from TRT in Germany...Quote:
Originally Posted by Rally Power
As far as the steering goes, Yoann Bonato wasn't happy with it after his first rally in the DS3 Evo, because the steering gave back very little info on what the grip was like.
More on the Mirage R5 in Ulster:
'Garry Jennings, a two-time winner of the event, pulled out when his debut drive in the development Mitsubishi Mirage was hit by brake and turbo trouble. Used to winning rallies in his WRC Subaru, he was not overly impressed with his first experience of the R5-specification cars on which the British and Irish championships are now based..'
I completely understand it. Because R5 is not so powerful like WRC cars and there is "easier" for normal people buy/rent R5 car. So competition is harder than with WRC...Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Sunoco Racing Fuels finally have engine map to Fiesta R5. 2/3 weeks will be available the fuel
I don't know if Peugeot's program in WRC2 is important or not, but I'm afraid it is a disaster. Their results are even worse than they had in ERC. Craig Breen was at least able to win a few rallies. Meanwhile Suarez is down in the 18th position, even behind such drivers as Ptaszek!Quote:
Originally Posted by Rally Power
http://www.wrc.com/en/wrc-2/results/...37-256---.html
And when I see videos like this, I'm wondering what is worse - the car or the driver? :)
https://www.facebook.com/DefiendeLos...type=2&theater
Still, I wish thaem good luck!
BRC tweeted:Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
Robert Blomberg wins the @SORTOILUK Spirit of the Rally Award and takes his third NRC win on the Ulster Rally ...
Gary Boyd @KiwiWRCfan
Hyundai R5 will be homologated on Sept 1st with debut at Rally Corsica driven by Stephane Sarrazin via @Italiaracing http://www.italiaracing.net/newsintR...t=1&sez=Rally# …
Gemini DS3 R5 are in rallycarsforsale.net
All of the psa r5s will be for sale in the near future and no one will be willing to spend money for a car that the manufacturer is not interested anymore.
It is funny that P207 S2000 could be better investment. If you enter some smaller event and your hands are good enough you can be quite on top.
Presumably they are not quitting rallying..Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre Oliveira