VW News 2012 & WRC 2013

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Originally Posted by A.F.F.

I'm a rallyfan, pure heart and couldn't care less about F1 BUT, I've seen a few F1 drivers testing a rallycar and vice versa. What I've witness, F1 drivers have made relatively good stage runs taking in consideration how little expereince they have. And then I've seen rally drivers trying to launch F1-car and fail.... so who are the baboons again??

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I dont know about that :D

colin mcrae testing jordan formula 1 car 1996 - YouTube

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Originally Posted by tfp

I dont know about that :D

colin mcrae testing jordan formula 1 car 1996 - YouTube

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Road Car vs rally car vs f1 car - YouTube

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Originally Posted by Maxi

Also Ogier won the race of champions, beating drivers like Vettel a Schumi.

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Kovalainen "f1 baboon" beat Loeb in ROC final..cars was some Ferrari and 307 WRC.

"Roadking" - you have a point. ;)

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Originally Posted by Barreis

Road Car vs rally car vs f1 car - YouTube

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Nice :)

ford focus wrc VS redbull f1 VS plane - YouTube

Let they run a test on muddy forest stages too :)

Don't forget Stephan Sarrazin, he was fairly handy in both disciplines.

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Originally Posted by ToughMac

Don't forget Stephan Sarrazin, he was fairly handy in both disciplines.

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He had great drives with subaru.

quote from FIA World Rally Championship - Summary of Regulation Changes for 2012

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Exceptionally, in the first Championship year of homologation, a new manufacturer may register as a WRC Team and score Manufacturers’ points on a maximum of seven nominated rallies.

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Does it mean (if unchanged in the winter of course) that VW will not collect manu points from all 13 events next year? AFAIK they dont have any homologation yet in order to evade test restrictions?