[WRC] News & rumours (part II)

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Originally Posted by Buzz Lightyear

One problem...

nobody wants to drive it.

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Two months ago...Marcus had an offer from Subaru he thought about for a long time. Aava, Wilks and Mikkelsen did test and were serius candidates for driving a S14. The Impreza can't be sooooooo far off the pace. If Subaru would still be in WRC, there would be C4's and for sure a few Focusses left to hire.
But, yes...the S14 had still some minor problems and were little off pace..but I still think that small evolutions would have made it close to the best.
In Irland, locals ( even in a S12) could give the factory-boys a hard time. And in Norway Mats won't be so far off the pace I think.

Okay guys, I know you'll say I'm crazy, but may Petter be putting together his own private team using Bozian 307WRC's? I've been thinking though a few brands/teams and come to no better conclusion. I don't believe he wants to go S2000, he doesn't want to be compared to henning, which excludes ford, Citroen seems quite full, etc.... What do you guys think? (I've explained my thoughts more in detail in my blog if you wanna read more)

I agree for the idea Petter in a whale :D :D

I'm sure he is not considering spending money on outdated machinery. I think he is only looking for top-class cars, and imho the 307 is way past that.

Petter in a whale..hmm .. interessting. But is the team proffesional enough for him? As it is now, I don't think they are, but maybe with Petter and his sponsors help!

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Originally Posted by JFL

Petter in a whale..hmm .. interessting. But is the team proffesional enough for him? As it is now, I don't think they are, but maybe with Petter and his sponsors help!

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From what I know they're really professional. Personal experience.

I don't think Petter will drive an 307... It's too old and even more difficult to drive. Marcus never got the grips on it.. Neither did the rest of the Peugeot team. The only few who could drive it were Stohl and Galli an yes...Henning a bit to...

If I could drive with them I would be thrilled, but I think Petter is thinking bigger.. If you look at the servicepark facilities, number of cars they have, budget,.. Its not what Petter is looking for I think! My personal experience has nothing to do with this at all! This is a rumours tread, and I'm just throwing out my thoughts,... Sorry... ;)

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Originally Posted by JFL

If I could drive with them I would be thrilled, but I think Petter is thinking bigger.. If you look at the servicepark facilities, number of cars they have, budget,.. Its not what Petter is looking for I think! My personal experience has nothing to do with this at all! This is a rumours tread, and I'm just throwing out my thoughts,... Sorry... ;)

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Sorry JFL, I think you got me wrong. I meant that it was _my_ personal experience of them.

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Originally Posted by Wim

I don't think Petter will drive an 307... It's too old and even more difficult to drive. Marcus never got the grips on it.. Neither did the rest of the Peugeot team. The only few who could drive it were Stohl and Galli an yes...Henning a bit to...

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Marcus was driving completely different 307 than Stohl and Henning. In 2005 the car was fuly active but on crapy Pirellis. In 2006 it was mechanical with BFG tyres. The car wasn't that bad, it suffered very much from tyres in factory era. It prooved to be very competitive in next years with Henning, Galli, Stohl or Gardemeister. The car was getting podiums with these drivers without factory support against better drivers with factory cars...