[WRC] News & rumours (part II)

Let's hope the GoFast project won't be only 1 rally again!

Wasn't it 2 rallies? Anyway, GoFast WentFast... :p

MC,Finnskogen and Sweden actually. Hopefully i will be able to use this video title again :) He was talking about a 3 year deal with a team, we will see!
Henning Solberg living up to his sponsor "Go Fast" - YouTube

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Originally Posted by Rallyper

The fabia Mikkelsen drove in his latest performance with that car.

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Good luck to her. This car is one of very few proper cars (ex-CRT Kopecký). These were by far the best Fabias WRC ever built. But of course there's a question in which condition it is now.

I think it is the car that appears in this tweet http://twitter.com/PontusTidemand/st...70265800093697 Is it the same car as PG drove in Rally Norway, and Sandell have run into some Swedish competitions? If I was right, there were two fabia WRC in Norway?

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Originally Posted by Mirek

Good luck to her. This car is one of very few proper cars (ex-CRT Kopecký). These were by far the best Fabias WRC ever built. But of course there's a question in which condition it is now.

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Perhaps the more challenging question is what condition the car will be in after she's done with it.

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Originally Posted by Prisoner Monkeys

perhaps he and Citroen should consider supporting privateer teams a bit more. I cannot help but notice that for all their success and the car's strengths, relatively few drivers choose to use a DS3 - particularly in comparison to Ford.

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If Citroen were willing to invest in younger talent, they would be rewarded in kind. A part of me believes they have already missed the boat in this regard, because once Loeb retires for good, the gap to the rest of the field is going to rapidly shrink.

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Well, I got my wish ... partially:

World Rally Championship - News - Citroen aims for the top with new class

I'd still like to see mroe Citroen privateer teams in the WRC itself, though.

So.... Junior WRC is only with Ford Fiesta R2... and Citroen have their own class?

No, Citroen are running a young driver programme within the WRC-3. Other drivers can enter the category, but they're trying to encourage drivers to campaign with the DS3 by offering them half a season in the WRC-2 with support for using the Citroen. On a certain level, they probably are trying to get ahead of the curve established by Ford when they established the Academ/J-WRC. But the WRC-3 isn't exclusive to Citroen.

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Originally Posted by MTA

I think it is the car that appears in this tweet Twitter / PontusTidemand: Today we had the annual ... Is it the same car as PG drove in Rally Norway, and Sandell have run into some Swedish competitions? If I was right, there were two fabia WRC in Norway?

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Few years back Bernhard Kongsrud bought two Fabias from CRT Kopecký but later one was stolen (at least that is what I heard). The other one was sold to Erik Veiby and that's the one we are speaking about.