2012 IRC: Rallies, teams, drivers

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Originally Posted by Mintexmemory

;) Looks like IRC is going to be Formula Skoda next year, 20+ Fabias and the odd Fiesta or 207

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Is it that much better than the rest?

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Originally Posted by Mintexmemory

;) Looks like IRC is going to be Formula Skoda next year, 20+ Fabias and the odd Fiesta or 207

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Prior it was formula Peugeot. In Barum 2008 nine of top ten cars were lions ;)

Same with Ypres, and some years before Ypres was a Clio cup. Did that make the rally more boring? For me it wasn't a bit of diversity is always nice but it doesn't get the rally less interesting for me

hum... is there something real on this article???
thy are saying that Nwuville is really close to a deal with VW... hum

Thierry Neuville vicino a Volkswagen Motorsport: atteso per domani l'annuncio ufficiale | Motor Inside

Regarding Neuville I really think PSA should try to hang on to him as a long term replacement for Sebastien Loeb, as I don't think Hirvonen is going to fill that role.

Apparantly PGA is trying to get Proton to do sWRC instead of IRC as he feels both he and the car are better on gravel. I am sure he is right about that but I am not sure that is a good move for Proton - you have to win in sWRC to get any publicity at all and even then it is only a category win and not an outright one.

It would be nice to see one or two strong Ford entries in IRC next year if 207s are going to be thin on the ground. Gardemeister switch maybe? Maybe some appearances by Breen? And any further news on Nikara?

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Originally Posted by '[Madeira-Rally

]hum... is there something real on this article???
thy are saying that Nwuville is really close to a deal with VW... hum

Thierry Neuville vicino a Volkswagen Motorsport: atteso per domani l'annuncio ufficiale | Motor Inside

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I think that today there was a meeting which should decide about the future of Peugeot Belux in IRC.

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Originally Posted by RS

Gardemeister switch maybe? --- And any further news on Nikara?

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On Gardemeister, I'd say no switch. If he continues, he'll stick to his Skoda. No further news on Nikara.

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Originally Posted by bluuford

Do not worry, his dad always gets budget for his son. Is it for IRC or SWRC or for both. We do not know it yet.

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Why do you always have a problem with Kruuda and his dad´s money?

we still dont know a program of Mathew Wilson maybe he can really goes to IRC with Fiesta S2000-i think when it will happens he wil be a strong enough

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Originally Posted by RS

Regarding Neuville I really think PSA should try to hang on to him as a long term replacement for Sebastien Loeb, as I don't think Hirvonen is going to fill that role.

Apparantly PGA is trying to get Proton to do sWRC instead of IRC as he feels both he and the car are better on gravel. I am sure he is right about that but I am not sure that is a good move for Proton - you have to win in sWRC to get any publicity at all and even then it is only a category win and not an outright one.

It would be nice to see one or two strong Ford entries in IRC next year if 207s are going to be thin on the ground. Gardemeister switch maybe? Maybe some appearances by Breen? And any further news on Nikara?

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Craig will be out on the circuit of Ireland he hopes to do a few IRC rounds but that will depend on raising the extra funds to do the irc events as he's commited to the swrc and the WRC for the next two years