Meaning that there is no scheduled events with Pietarinen in the future or he wants to retire?Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
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Meaning that there is no scheduled events with Pietarinen in the future or he wants to retire?Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
He was aiming to continue his career, so probably some problems with Pietarinen´s program or Eerik is not able to pay enough for Miikka...Quote:
Originally Posted by flat_right
Anttila will have some other job within the sport. He said from the start to Pietarinen that he can commit only to the winter season.
https://www.rallit.fi/jari-matin-til...alan-tehtavan/
Makinen trying to persuade Ogier not to retire
Toyota boss admits talking Ogier into staying on in WRC beyond 2020 is a clear aim
https://www.dirtfish.com/rally/makin...not-to-retire/
https://www.dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/t...ly-as-apology/
Latvala to Italy.
Tomi Tuominen also tweeted that he had a chat with Mäkinen and Tommi said that Latvala will drive in Sardegna.
So they pay or he gets a very good price cause the car failed?
In Finnish interview Mäkinen talked about "putting him [JML]" in Sardegna. So... whatever that means.Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
Latvala also said he will save km-based expenses by not running the rest of the rally
Ciesla steps down https://www.dirtfish.com/rally/wrc-c...-to-step-down/
Do you know where he's from? tried to find more information about him but simply couldn't.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
Bavaria / Germany
https://de.linkedin.com/in/oliver-ciesla-b3482b67/en
https://www.dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/c...ules-deadlock/ Interesting information about the next set of regulations for 2022 onwards.
Interesting for a couple of reasons: firstly, the target cost of a complete 2022 car is £500k, not double that, as had been mooted. Secondly, it claims that 2 manufacturers is enough to push a vote through and one may be M-Sport... I thought they weren't classed as a manufacturer?Quote:
Originally Posted by Eli
Interesting, the R5 based unit with close to GRE performance at a third of the cost sounds a sensible approach.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eli
Obviously Msport and Hyundai have such engines available to work from, where as Toyota do not (so far as we know). I presume this is why they sit on the keep GRE side of the fence.
hahahaha thats a good one!
M-Sport
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Happy Birthday Boss! You don't look a day older! #MSPORTERS
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EQ9ez4kX...jpg&name=small
Evans has Toyota, Makinen permission to fight for WRC title
https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/1...-for-wrc-title
I couldn't find the Rally Argentina thread, so I will post it here.
There are rumours saying that Federico Villagra will drive a fourth Toyota Yaris in Rally Argentina. Local media is reporting:
https://www.cadena3motor.com/noticia...to-0&id=253237
To me it's a bit strange, as in the recent years Villagra has been driving a Ford Fiesta Maxi in the National Championship, with some support of Ford. He also competed in Dakar a few years ago with Ford and lately in trucks class.
I heard something about Jose Maria Lopez about that car...
On one hand, would make more sense, as Pechito López is a Toyota driver.
But on the other hand I don't think he ever competed in rally.
I guess the junior are Emil Lindholm who have sponsorship from HiQ who are Stugemo´s company.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre Oliveira
4th Yaris in Argentina: Lopez was original idea, but WEC calendar clashes with Rally Srgentina, therefore the talks for another driver
Tom Kristensson (JWRC) is also "his boy" so I´m expecting that all 3 will test FiestaWRC19.Quote:
Originally Posted by Micke_VOC
It looks like Federico Villagra with codriver Virginia Klus will be part of the WRC class with a fourth Toyota. Virginia is usually the codriver of his father on a Mitsubishi Lancer EVO IX.
Here Villagra and Klus when they shared a Maxi Rally Ford Fiesta in 2019
https://i.postimg.cc/rdTcGLyT/Villagra-Klus.jpg
Villagra is very experienced starting with motocross since he was 12 years old, then he started with rally cars. He raced on some races of the world championship between 1998 and 2011 (even have had his own rally team on the world championship).
Between Villagra (9) and Marcos Ligato (4) they count 13 of the last 14 argentine rally championship. Said that, obviosly he seems old for this kind of cars but it's an one off race. There are youngest drivers but with lack of experience.
https://www.rallit.fi/toyotan-wrc-ti...olle-japaniin/
There was some debate here after Sweden whether Latvala would get a discount from TGR for Sardegna or if he gets the Yaris for free. According to what Latvala says in this story there will only be some logistics expenses for him to pay, otherwise he gets to drive the car for free. No wonder JML praises Tommi and the Japanese bosses (who obviously had something to do with it as well) in the story.
According to Autosport Portugal, Subaru is not returning to WRC https://www.rallit.fi/huhuille-tyly-...in-mm-sarjaan/
Google translate:Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
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In full discussion with the team and the boss on the continuation of our 2020 program. We hope to be able to tell you good news soon.
That's somehow weird statement.
He was signed for 6 events no? Is the good news supposed to be that he is starting some/most of them? Isn't that kind of expected?
For sure it doesn't look like he will start more unless Hyundai runs more than 3 cars. But with the 2nd team rules Loeb wouldn't be able to score manu points then, since he took points for first team in Monte, so it's a bit pointless.
Paraguay is hosting a candidate event of Rally Trans Itagua
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ESNYNP7W...g&name=900x900
https://www.ewrc-results.com/final/5...s-itapua-2019/
A lot of long straights and 90° junctions
https://www.rally-maps.com/Rally-Trans-Itap%C3%BAa-2019
Spectator safety has a lot to improve, here's a bunch of people spectating under a landing of a jump https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47qnNZ6xiPM
Sounds like his continuation was in some doubt after he pulled out of doing Sweden.Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
WRC Rally Chile expected not to run in 2021
http://www.mundorally.cl/chile-comie...dirse-del-wrc/
the picture in the tweet has them laughing with Adamo. doesn't look so worrisome to me. maybe usual irony/joke?Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Maybe the news will be about which national rallies he'll do as 'testing'.Quote:
Originally Posted by wyler
That’s interesting once autosport.pt used rallye-magazin.de info which supposedly was based on a polish site, although no one is able to cite the original (japanese?) article, if actually there’s one…Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
Fingers still crossed for Subaru return!
It's still very unlikelyQuote:
Originally Posted by Rally Power
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