I see mr Anders Grondal is selling his Fiesta on rallycarsforsale. Is he switching brand?
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I see mr Anders Grondal is selling his Fiesta on rallycarsforsale. Is he switching brand?
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34mm like the N5 in spain?Quote:
Originally Posted by Co-driven
Yes 34mm in Argentina, and Southamerica.
Anyhow, I doubt they are faster than R5; they are much cheaper and with less development potential.
Peugeot is also branding their new jokers fitted cars as Evo2:
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not much changes now, mainly they got back to mechanical power steering pump.
According to http://rajdy.autoklub.pl/news/polo-r...tem-2018,75058 VW Polo R5 is going to arrive in the summer of 2018. At the same time, Skoda Fabia R5 will still be continued. Sorry, I couldn't find any English source.
It was discussed yesterday in WRC section. See from here further: http://www.motorsportforums.com/show...=1#post1131744
It seems Kajto will debut EVO2 this weekend. Available to costumers in june
I think they're just trolling this forum. ;) :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Rally Power
Does anyone know who's leading the DS3/208 R5 replacements project? Will it be Peugeot Sport (responsible for the current models), Citroen Racing (like Matton has already announced) or even a mix team? We've heard some news about a C3 being tested on a 208 mule and now Farmin has openly talked to Revista Scratch site about a future 208 R5 (apparently theyll keep the 208 name on the new production model to be released). Either way, we can just hope it wont be the same team that turned the 208/DS into a rally mess
http://www.revistascratch.com/erc/no...8-t16-r5-37358
The development od current DS3/208 started with people who later during the project moved to Hyundai and I think that it was one of the reasons why it went bad afterwards. One of them was the leader of the project Bertrand Vallat if I remember.
I don't expect them to make the same mistakes again with the new cars, they clearly have many experience what doesn't work, so...Quote:
Originally Posted by Rally Power
In the meantime, maybe they could develop their customer service program. Botka said in an interview that they had to retire in Azores after they broke the gearbox cable, because they didn't have a spare, despite ordering a dozen in November, just that they haven't arrived yet... Also, he is contemplating a car swap (he'll do Canaries with the DS3, it is currently with Sports&You, after that nothing's sure), and wowed that he'll never buy a Peugeot or Citroën again.
That's a shame.Quote:
Originally Posted by TWRC
Btw, will Botka be serviced by Sports&You in Canarias? They've been doing a great job wit Citro's.
He didn't touch on that subject, just that he needs to put in a lot of money to the freshly rebuilt car again and he is growing tired of it. Although I can see some kind of partnership between them as a last chance for the car, we shall see.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rally Power
Whoever is sponsering Bergkvist in WRC2 need to buy or rent him a better car, preferably a Fabia. He has very little gain on his career in the ageing DS3.
He has the talent, but not able to show it now.
Rossel was at his 2nd rally with 4wd car at Corsica.And was a ds3 r5.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sulland
He's the official Citroën Racing test driver, so no other car is possible for him ATM.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sulland
yes psa cars can be still decent on tarmac,but on loose surface no.(dont mention ucci on italian domestic championsip)Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
I was talking about Berqvist performance at asphalt rally,like Corse.
I am actually thinking that he has hit a roof and has stopped developing. Sure, the Ds 3 is not the best but there are plenty of people doing better result than him, in the same car.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sulland
He did great in the Opel and he did a very good Valais and some good performances in Swedish rallies in a group N Mitsubishi, but apart from that he hasn't really managed to do anything special.
His stage times are awful.
I am not so impressed by him anymore.
Maybe he'll surprise me in the future and I really hope he will because it was too long ago that we had a good Swedish driver.
Also he is associated with Citroen officially so I doubt they will "buy him a skoda or similar" ;)
Does seem that he's in danger of being another Sepp Weigand but as itix says, I think one of those sponsors is Citroen, so he's unlikely to change. In theory he's a development driver too, so maybe he'll get a chance to prove himself with the new C3 R5 at some point.
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Sad thing is that Sepp actually hasn't stopped his development. He was doing notable progress on every event where he started from one year to another. For example here on Barum his results were 10th-4th-2nd in the three years he did in works car. The average time loss was 1,94s/km (with an off), 0,78s/km, 0,22s/km. It simply isn't fair to say he stopped developing his skills.
I don't think the asphalt rally as it self is a cause. I have witnessed Bergkvist on every surface - snow, gravel, asphalt. I can confirm he was excellent on asphalt (in Germany WRC 2015 on Opel R2) in every aspect. Yes, Tour de Corse is different type of tarmac but still...Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
He was absolutely perfect in Barum too when he drove the Adam. I don't know what is wrong with him now.
The thing with Bergkvist is that I think - even if the car wasn't reliable or the best out there - he'd still be flashing some pace and some good stage times occasionally. It really doesn't feel like we're seeing any of that at the moment. I hope he can put something together this year - as like everyone else I really enjoyed watching him in the Adam. Saw him absolutely balls out on the last stage of the Circuit of Ireland in 2015 where he beat Griebel.
guys as we have said plenty of times,that somebody was fast with r2 doesn't quarante that he will be fast at higher category.We ve seen it for years,as we ve seen that drivers without being top at small category,drove better at higher categories.
Simmi wrote it perfect,if he had some potential we had to see some good times at some stages.We haven't,at least till now.
Its pitty with such patronising from Citroen and Serderidis,but that's life.
I have a theory - "if you are quick on FWD you will succeed on 4WD too". It's not only a theory it's proven by my observations through the years how drivers are making step from FWD to 4WD. OK, it's based more or less on Baltic countries drivers but it worked in countless examples - Tanak, Koitla, Parn, Kaur, Neiksan's brothers, Sirmacis, Rovanpera jr. and so on.Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
Lefebvre was the first one who made a crack in my theory. I was impressed by him in ERC Liepaja 2013 when he being first time on snow start to beat all the locals. I had a great expectations regarding to him. I tend to agree to forumer who said that he is too fast-tracked in his career development.
...but Bergkvist was fast with R5 car. And he was fast instantly after switching from R2 car to R5 car. That 4th place from Valais 2015 with P208 T16 wasnīt just a coincidence. I know You will say one good result isnīt prove of anything but I still believe in him and his skills. On the other hand I admit I am confused, because it is clearly possible to drive the DS3 R5 much faster on tarmac.Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
is it enough a 4th place at Valais at once time,for success when you step at wrc 2 level?
its not easy,we see that its not easy even for the big category with the highest level drivers.
Mikkelsen Kopecky Camilli Suninen is at a higher level,and this is the level you have to measure if you want to go forward.
Its not easy,and its impossible to be all drivers who make the step to wrc2 ,at top level,even if they are champions at lower category.
its exactly the same, as when somebody step from r5 to wrc machine.
We haven't at all, he's not flexing his muscles. Or if he is, it's not looking that good.Quote:
Originally Posted by Simmi
Rally Sweden was ok, but on tarmac he has been about 2-3s/km slower than the other guys which is a lot. Getting a bit turned off by that, but at least he gets some experience.
I still think there's time for Emil. Really not too much 4WD experience at all. I think as fans we are guilty of trying to expect too much too quickly.
But then not too many guys are going to look favourable compared against someone like Ogier or more recently Suninen. Teemu's learning curve is very impressive. He won a WRC2 round in his first year of 4WD. Some good luck to do that but still. Which is why I was saying we should be at least seeing some signs that Bergkvist has the pace. Even if he doesn't have results at the end.
Bergkvist: https://www.ewrc-results.com/profile...mil-Bergkvist/
Suninen: https://www.ewrc-results.com/profile...Teemu-Suninen/
Yes, maybe people are expecting too much from Bergkvist?Quote:
Originally Posted by Simmi
Marijan Griebel took a similar path as Bergkvist in his career. He also won Junior ERC as a works Opel driver. Then they both quickly switched to R5 cars. Bergkvist was 4th in Valais, but Griebel was 2nd in Cyprus. Then Griebel backed up this result by being 2nd also on Azores, where the entry list was very good. Which means that Griebel continues to impress, Bergkvist doesn't...
I still think that biggest mistake of Emil was that he was going to WRC2 too quickly. And from beginning he wanted to fight for best places with factory drivers... He should stay one year in ERC with R5 car to know the car well...
To me itīs also about economy. Bergkvist had to take what they could afford. And the Citroen wasnīt, and isnīt the best car. The Citroen is way from the pace reliability compared to Skoda and Fiesta.
I have seen him driving 4WD cars in sweden and donīt think thatīs the problem.
If you donīt drive many rallies and on top of all, when you do your seldom apparencies you have more on your shoulders than just driving fast.
That combination to me, could be an explanation. However heīs done mistakes as well, so at the time being Iīm quite mixed up with the feelings for Emil. Should want him the best, but that hasnīt been seen for long now.
R5 with paddleshift in 2018? Costs will increase. Stupid guys will damage the best car rules in years.
Yes, MSport was testing it already mid last year.
I think FIA will tell that WRC cars become more advanced, so they need to make R5 more advanced also, etc. And main reason is to make R5 more expensive to make room for new R4, as currently it won't be much cheaper than R5...
Another stupid decision made by FIA. Like usually...
Does paddleshift even make the cars quicker or just easier to drive?
What other changes are coming to R5?
Restrictor size will change too