[WRC] News & rumours (part II)

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Originally Posted by alleskids

Van Merksteijn Motorosport has canceleld the order of a 3rd Focus WRC07 at M-Sport. WRcar are a dead end street, and Van Merksteijn does not fancy S2000, after they have droven WRCars. Eddie Chevaillier, the experience navigator, has great experience of both S200 and WRCar.
And besides that, Peter senior has been infected with the Dakar virus and will do a number of rally raids, probarly starting with the UAE Desert Challange or the Tunesie Rally to start with as preperation for Dakar 2010.

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Originally Posted by alleskids

Eddie said it on Turbo Magazine:
Beroepsnavigator Chevallier( VM ) is een week te vroeg terug uit Argentinie. Het liep nochtans lekker tot op de 2e dag hij een fout maakte waardoor 10 minuten verloren gingen en men terugviel naar plaats 13.. Ook Tina deed diezelfde fout. En dan was er natuurlijk de brand ...op 2 minuten stond was alles over ..Eddy heeft aleen nog zijn zonnebril kunnen redden .. Maar goed er komt een vervolg. Dubai, Tunesie , Quatar alles lijkt een optie en Dakar 2010 is een zekerheid. Ondertussen werd de bestelling van de 3e Ford Focus Wrc geanuleerd bij M Sport. Het Wrc gebeuren is zo goed als dood aldus Eddy die wel in Noorwegen naast Merksteyn JR plaatsneemt. Het IRC ja maar een Super 2000 heeft niet zo een gevoel als een Wrc , en hij kan het weten ! Eddy rijd nog met Tsjoen in Belgie en Frankrijk en zelf af en toe met zijn Enduro 450.( Geert Grooten)

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This is the same.

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Originally Posted by DonJippo

No they had Freddy Loix with Marlboro money to fund Tommi's driving.

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OK true :) But for instance Peugeot ran their 206's for a fair while and in some rallies had 4 cars all with top drivers in them and all paid :)

Something about their holiday ending a bit too early, that the BMW X3CC burnt very fast, he only could save his sunglasses. Van Merksteijn is been hooked by the rally raids, and is looking at the options, which rally raid to do. They cancelled the 3rd Focuys WRC, IRC i snot an option, because the S2000 does not satisfy the need for speed and thrill. Chevailier knows the difference because he has done rallies in a S2000 and WRCar.

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Originally Posted by alleskids

Something about their holiday ending a bit too early, that the BMW X3CC burnt very fast, he only could save his sunglasses. Van Merksteijn is been hooked by the rally raids, and is looking at the options, which rally raid to do. They cancelled the 3rd Focuys WRC, IRC i snot an option, because the S2000 does not satisfy the need for speed and thrill. Chevailier knows the difference because he has done rallies in a S2000 and WRCar.

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Thanks man! :)

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Originally Posted by alleskids

Something about their holiday ending a bit too early, that the BMW X3CC burnt very fast, he only could save his sunglasses. Van Merksteijn is been hooked by the rally raids, and is looking at the options, which rally raid to do. They cancelled the 3rd Focuys WRC, IRC i snot an option, because the S2000 does not satisfy the need for speed and thrill. Chevailier knows the difference because he has done rallies in a S2000 and WRCar.

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Therefore you can have fun running S2000 on IRC !!!! :s

S2000 is not a car for gentleman driver. It has no turbo and without agressive styl, it's slow...

If you want to race with S2000, you must be a good driver. With WRC can be fast everybody...

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Originally Posted by PLuto

If you want to race with S2000, you must be a good driver. With WRC can be fast everybody...

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Hear hear !

Lets get Petter and Bosse in IRC this year !

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Originally Posted by PLuto

If you want to race with S2000, you must be a good driver. With WRC can be fast everybody...

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Yes, that is the real reason why they don't want to drive an S2000. I can imagine a well driven S2000 would be faster than them in their Focus WRCs.

Tirabassi seemed slower in IRC than when he drove for Subaru on Catalunya and Corsica last year too.

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Originally Posted by DonJippo

No they had Freddy Loix with Marlboro money to fund Tommi's driving.

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Pwned ^^