Steve Perez will enter Rally GB with a Ford Focus WRC. Don't know which team will run it (M-Sport, Dom B or BTR perhaps).
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Steve Perez will enter Rally GB with a Ford Focus WRC. Don't know which team will run it (M-Sport, Dom B or BTR perhaps).
Are you sure Suzuki will continue, rumors has it they will stop....Quote:
Originally Posted by jbmarcus21
i dont know.. yess a rumour exist.. but nothing heared ...
As I know from my discussion on Corse, Suzuki will continue in 2009.
Always said that you can not cooperate with the French! :rolleyes:
Source: http://www.rallye-magazin.de/r/wm/d/...bos/index.html / translated with YAHOO! BABEL FISH.
Shortly after that the Subaru team Pro Drive announced, starting from 2009 with shock absorbers of the Swedish company Öhlins to the WRC, team head David Richard told that he will pull with substantial demands for payment of damages against its past partner BOS before court.
„There were by the dozen problems in quality, arrangements was not kept.
At the conclusion we waited, grumble the absorbers completely “ told the Englishman.
Since then the drivers complain regularly over chassis problems.
Pro drive drives for scarcely two years into the Rallye WRC with bad absorbers.
At the end of October are the first Öhlins absorbers at pro drive to be supplied. After it first tests with the new outfitter line up briefly.
Sweden, Öhlins is not in the Rallye an unknown quantity. They were in the late 90's as partners of Mitsubishi one of the guarantors for the four world champion titles of Tommi Mäkinen.
Sebastien Loeb will agian try a Formula 1 Car. On 17th november he will drive the Reb Bull-Renault F1 car on Barcelona. Last year he drove the Renault F1 car.
Here's an article re: Loeb and another F1 test
http://rallybuzz.stagetimes.com/loeb...ull-racing-f1/
Sarrazin and Tirabassi will be the drivers of the Team B of Subaru. But no in same time in one rally, because Subaru just give just one car in Team B..
Sarrazin and Tirabassi will drive and would be divided in this 3rd car...
And perharps in Tarmac round, replace Solberg or Atkinson for the manufacturers points..
Look : http://rallybuzz.stagetimes.com/sarr...ssi-subaru-09/
Sarrazin is going to be a works Peugeot and Subaru driver ?
Yess It is strange.. Because he will drive IRC Monte Carlo in 207S2000. And 1week later Irlande Wrc09 ... Strange..Quote:
Originally Posted by urabus-denoS2000
Very strange.. Specially since either of them were way off the pace of Petter and Chris on the rallies they entered.Quote:
Originally Posted by jbmarcus21
yawn..yawnn.....
sarazzin and tirabassi... what a formidable force...
loeb will not sleep tonight thinking of how these tarmac experts are going to perform.
do they have no consideration for all those micro-organisms that died needlessly, on the sea-bed, millions of years ago... just to put fuel in tirabassi's car... criminal
No use bringing these guys back in..The only way to go forward is bringing a top driver in like Duval, Sordo,Latvala...Remember the times when Carlos Sainz came to SWRT. They went straight to the top!
Personally I'd like Latvala to come. He reminds me of Colin Mc Rae. He has the speed to win, no matter what car...
Pivato health is now better.. He opens eyes when they speak.
But an other problem is now. Pivato had no insurance, for the Rally out of Europe !!!! ... All the money for chirurgical and hospital are for him !!
Days for collect money are now organize with many karting race etccc...
If you want to give money : [email:12a90yh7]anthony@fduval.com[/email:12a90yh7]
the article translate in english with google..
http://translate.google.com/translat...-8&sl=fr&tl=en
I can't believe Sarrazin to drive a Subaru next year !!!! Impossible if he's still under Peugeot contract :eek: :eek:
I think it is a complete joke to let Tirabassi and especally Sarrazin to drive the second team of Subaru. When i first hird that Subaru is planning for a second team i thought that they did a real investment to make the car a top contender. I thought that they where going to put a real driver in the car, just like you are saying. There are many drivers out there who can develope Subaru to be good again, maybe not as good as when Sainz came there, but many can do it better than these to drivers who hav'nt really showed anything in a blue car. I'm thinking about Duval, aim thinking about Galli or some finnish ones, Hanninen, Gardemeister. Put Loix there, at leat that whould be better than Sarrazin and Tirabassi.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wim
Now i understand that it is all about money, again!!
It's funny you should say that because I think Sarrazin would be much better than Tirabassi. Sarrazin had some quite respectable results in the Impreza, at least on asphalt.Quote:
Originally Posted by J.Lindstroem
Ogier is now confirmed in Citroen Sport with a 3rd CAR !!! In Team M1 for 6 first rally of 2009 !!
http://66.196.80.202/babelfish/trans...9&.intl=fr
Now that is good news!Quote:
Originally Posted by jbmarcus21
its not official, just paraphrasing what quenel said last week at japan. quenel also raised doubts that he was quick enough, as the jwrc was poor compared with previous years, but they are prepared to give him a chance.
http://rallybuzz.stagetimes.com/gron...n-subaru-test/
Looks like Mikkelsen is 'confirmed' for Subaru - probably in an M2 team rather than in an Adapta team with Ostberg as he says he wants a works drive.
Marcus in the Adapta team, possibly sharing with Tirabassi and Sarrazin, also looks possible, or even in another M2 Subaru with Mikkelsen.
Good news!Quote:
Originally Posted by jbmarcus21
Wow,great news!
Maybe early to say but there is a new title contender
Great interview and pictures from the Fiesta SportingTrophy contender Burcu Çetinkaya, at http://rallybuzz.stagetimes.com/rall...ons-cetinkaya/
How about Henning for 2009? I have the impression that the expert contract ends this year. Any news on that?
Nice to hear that he is improving.Quote:
Originally Posted by jbmarcus21
But I can not understand how a co-driver on that level can rally without a proper insurance. Unbelievable as those insuraces are available.
Remember Japan was not originally scheduled for Duval / Pivato. I am not saying it was, but it could have been that he (Pivato) overlooked the insurance issue. Can you remember everything about your insurance policies, and what is included and what's not?Quote:
Originally Posted by COD
I think you are correct, Henning had a sponsorship with Expert in 2006 (the year he was in the team OMV with Manfred) however in December 2006 the deal was made with Expert as 'lead sponsor' for the team with a published 50m NOK sponsorship for two years, which would have been 2007 and 2008. 5Om NOK works out at about £5m - roughly the £2,5m a year it costs (allegedly) for a Stbart drive. Based on that info, it looks like its time to renew the sponsor or hunt for another sponsor.Quote:
Originally Posted by Leon
I would be please with that. I have been shopping lots of stuff from Expert the last years to support them (refrigerator, freezer, barbecue, digital camera, heaters and more), and is going to buy a dishwasher from them soon...Quote:
Originally Posted by MJW
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Originally Posted by Glee
Do you just buy from them or have you gone further and let them know why you do? A little feedback to big sponsors can help drivers come renegotiation time.
Henning is a great guy, but he hasnt really gone forward this year IMHO
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Originally Posted by MJW
Wasn't there some report a while back that said Expert were so happy with the relationship that they wanted to do a deal to always sponsor Henning as long as he was in the WRC? Or am I mistaken...
Agree its wasted money, it would be better to put it on some young talented guy who might have a future in rally.Quote:
Originally Posted by cut the b.s.
Mikkelsen is still considering several offers, and he thinks Impreza will be a "very good car". (shoot Google translate and not me :) )
http://translate.google.com/translat...-8&sl=no&tl=en
Will be a very good car when the Öhlins suspension is installed on the car from next year, he has said.
With all respect, I dont think Mikkelsen knows too much about setting a car up, therefore he is just listing to what others are saying.
When I go and do something as dangerous as rallying in WRC car, I sure take care of my insurance. And even more so, if it was my profession.Quote:
Originally Posted by MJW
Said the engine felt strong and gearbox was perfect, just lacking some traction. He's driven Ford, Citroen and Subaru all within a short timespace so atleast he can get a good idea of which is good for him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Viking
Duval said in a Belgian Newspaper that he is thinking of retiring with rallying. He said he was one of the top drivers, but that he doesn't even get money to pay the insurance. So unless he gets a good offer, he may retire.
And he doesn't want to search another co-driver, since they come along so good.