Sure its optimistic, but he has always been good in monte, last time he was close to win, in a fiat that did work properly only 1 day.Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
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Sure its optimistic, but he has always been good in monte, last time he was close to win, in a fiat that did work properly only 1 day.Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
Last year he was 7th after first day (4 stages) with +2:43 to Hirvonen. 2009 he was 8th after first day (3 stages) with +1:35 to Hänninen.
i think it was 2009 i mean, any place where can see the stagetimes, day 2 and 3.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
yeah i thought as much. i was put off by the fact it was Erik Wevers and he normally ran WRC Skodas, which are now obviously banned, apologies if my question sounded ill-informedQuote:
Originally Posted by alleskids
Wevers Sport had indeed Fabia WRCars, so it was a fair question :) .
Marcus Grönholm World Tour Gallery Photos http://planetemarcus.free.fr/worldtourgallery.htm more than 1000 photos online !
http://www.m-sport.co.uk/
Scroll down the page. You see the partners/sponsors of M-sport and the sponsors of the teams. Some changes and some the same. There is still a Stobart team.
It looks like Expert is for a long stay with Henning.
Ford
Abu Dhabi
Castrol Edge (No BP)
Michelin
Icepeak
Stobart Group
Monster Energy
Munchi's
Expert
List of registered drivers in WRC Teams, SWRC and PWRC - http://www.autosport.cz/clanek.php?cl=11571
Stobarts are deffo not doinfg the 2011 WRC which will be a big miss.
There is still a Stobart Team....
But it's now called M-Sport Stobart Ford World Rally Team
http://wrc.com/news/revamp-for-m-spo...try/?fid=14026
On the FIA list, all 3 (?!) Ford teams kept the name open
11/01/2011
FIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP
LIST OF ENTRANTS
ENTRANT
CITROËN TOTAL WORLD RALLY TEAM - Loeb
CITROËN TOTAL WORLD RALLY TEAM
FORD WORLD RALLY TEAM * - Hirvonen
FORD WORLD RALLY TEAM *
MONSTER WORLD RALLY TEAM
MUNCHI’S FORD WORLD RALLY TEAM
FORD *
FORD *
FERM POWER TOOLS WORLD RALLY TEAM
ICE1RACING
* Entrant name to be confirmed.
The final registration date for WRC Teams to contest the FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers is 26 April 2011.
http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre.../2011_wrc.aspx
ENTRANT
CITROËN TOTAL WORLD RALLY TEAM - Loeb
CITROËN TOTAL WORLD RALLY TEAM
FORD WORLD RALLY TEAM * - Hirvonen
FORD WORLD RALLY TEAM *
MONSTER WORLD RALLY TEAM
MUNCHI’S FORD WORLD RALLY TEAM
M-Sport Stobart FORD World Rally Team
M-Sport Stobart FORD World Rally Team
FERM POWER TOOLS WORLD RALLY TEAM
ICE1RACING
Tomorrow we know the name of the Official Ford team. It will be announced on the auto show.
I hear BP are no longer involved with ford,so im sure it will be ford abu dahbi world rally team and a new colur scheme
BP is still involved under Castrol banner I think.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pinto
Stobarts are not involved at all now they have pulled out totally I have this from a member of the teamQuote:
Originally Posted by GigiGalliNo1
ah right so after the bp oil rig disaster in the US of course it would be more PC to drop the bp bitQuote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
so why keep them in the title of the team so ??Quote:
Originally Posted by ste898
nostalgia maybe :) Or a thank you for all the effort in speeding up Mathews carriere, so Malcolm gives them free advertisement space.
I would say it is very strange to see stobart name or maybe they are getting free advertisment?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pinto
Stobart are still logistics supplier to MSport and Ford so I guess its a downscaling, but still enough to warrant exposure on the car.
Tes you are right in what you sayQuote:
Originally Posted by MJW
why is Matthew Wilson still part of M-Sport Stobart? Weren't we promised that he would not be here???? At least he is not part of Monster....btw do we know who will be driving the second car next to Block? In other news I looked at the M-sport website and there is not Castrol mentioned at the bottom of the site...i was very surprised!!!
yesterday the Castrol Edge logo was on the site, now it is gone. Abu Dhabi 's logo is a lot bigger
I don't think there is a second Monster car.Quote:
Originally Posted by Plan9
Well all logo's are bigger now, and Michelin logo are gone too. I think today they are back. Official announcement is today.Quote:
Originally Posted by alleskids
Craig Breen will test a Mini Country man WRC today
http://twitter.com/#!/Craig_Breen/st...61139772317696
Btw, what sort of gear lever has the new WRC car. I presume again one big paddle shifter on the right behind the wheel.
Are there already some pictures of the new cockpits around?
Paddle shift is not allowed in 2011, maybe they come back later, if the teams can agree on one comon box.Quote:
Originally Posted by GallardoGT
No padle shiftQuote:
Originally Posted by GallardoGT
http://autoten.com/wp-content/upload...-concept-4.jpg
Wow, that will be a big BIG challenge for all those wrc stardrivers. Don't tell me that they have to use the clutch too ;)
Is this the new Mini WRC 1,6T?Quote:
Originally Posted by RICARDO75
In that case they do not follow the safety roll cage mount regulations taken by FIA Safety Academy. Look at the door-bars. One is full lengt. Two are welded in the full lenght bar.
Ford and Citroen use two full lenght hooked bars which are welded together in the middle.
They don't need the clutch for changing gears but?
So it's Automatic?! :D
That is only a show car .Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
That's just a show car mock-up, not the real WRC car. I imagine Prodrive know what they are doing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
Edit- beaten to it by Logic.
It's a show car.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
GallardoGT asked for a photo to see if the gear sistem was with padle shift.
It was the only one that I have found ;)
OK. Seems a bit sloppy though. :D
This is always very funny stuff. :D To read how people think that WRC drivers can only drive fast with top-notch cars. They aren't best in the world by chance. Once you are able to reach the certain level in driving skill, everything else except you and your driving skill are meaningless. Loeb can do incredible things in standard road-going C4 which can be found in thousands of garages. I've seen a video of him playing with standard C4 somewhere.Quote:
Originally Posted by GallardoGT
Jari-Matti drives rallies with historic cars (Escort Mk2 BDA, Sunbeam Avenger, etc) in which any kind of driver aids are nonexistant. Somehow he wins those rallies always by margin of minutes. Mikko also has many historic cars which he drives just for fun. Doesn't really matter what the car is as long as the driver is called Driver with a capital D. :)
Even though I presume that this is a show car, I wouldn't be too surprised if Prodrive would use some roll cage desings from the 90s. Whatever car they have built, the rollcages look always very dull. Phil Mills almost lost his life because of the funny roof roll cage desing in Germany. Subarus were the only modern rally cars which I know that had only one diagonal roof tube in 2000s. Also the tube diameter was smaller than Ford/Citroen/etc. In that rather harmless, even though high-speed, crash in Japan, Atkinson's Subaru's roll cage weldings failed terribly. Stephane Prevot was happy to be alive... Then came the new Impreza and the ancient door cage desings. .Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
I'm not an engineer but I do consider myself having atleast some vision towards rally safety.
Well... It seems to me that Subaru never had a driver/co-driver with a serious injury, unlike Ford that had their drivers with some serious injuries: McRae, Galli, the unfortunate Michael PArk (RIP)...Quote:
Originally Posted by Juha_Koo
Michael was in a 307. Also its a testimony as to how well the Subaru's safety that it stood up to that impact with a hinkelstein without any seroius injury to the crew.