It's a deal done that he will be in Mexico as third car of Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT (Mestelan-Pinon dixit).Quote:
Originally Posted by Tom206wrc
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It's a deal done that he will be in Mexico as third car of Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT (Mestelan-Pinon dixit).Quote:
Originally Posted by Tom206wrc
Mitsubishi Motors Corporation and FIA are now working on homologating sequential gearboxes for Evo R4 cars... few first steps to achieve it are already done, so I hope they will be able to make it public soon.
We've been hearing that since the start of talks about R4... Last time they the news from FIA looked like no more R4 after 2015. What will become truth?Quote:
Originally Posted by br21
Yep, you're right, but it was never so advanced, only talks until now, and currently it looks really promising, but of course we will see...Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
If the supplier is SADEV it would be an easy job. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by br21
But the idea is bad. The purpose of these cars is to be cheap & reliable. With such gearbox they still can't be competitive with the upper classes. It only gives slight advantage for the richest customers against other Lancers.
In my opinion - and IF this sequential gearbox thing is official - the biggest problem is the lack of clear car classes strategy...again. IF R4 is a dying class why would you want to do such thing. It's another confusing thing for even the most hardcore fans. Fans want simple names and rules to be able to follow the sport. The R1-R5 thing is definately a move to the right direction. Although R1 would be logical top class. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by SlowSon
They're absolutely right: VW questions FIA rule waiver on Ford and MINI names
I agree with them. M-Sport is NOT a Manufacturer, neither is Motorsport Italia. And I never agreed with Munchi's, etc being named as Manufacturers in the recent past. Have a Title for Manufacturers, and one for Constructors/Teams.
If you're going to have a championship for manufacturers and a separate championship for teams, then the only way it will really work is if every team who scores points can score points for their manufacturer. And then they score points on their own in the teams' championship. So in the manufacturers; champions, Qatar M-Sport and Qatar WRT would work together to score points for Ford. But in the teams' championship, they are two different entities competing against one another.
Of course, that would open up the door for someone to simply flood the field with their cars and dominate the teams' championship. However, in 2014 there is a very real prospect of five manufacturers on the grid: Citroen, Ford, Hyundai, Mini and Volkswagen. Given that the numbering system used among the cars this year gives the first WRC-2 entry the number 31, that means there is a provision for 30 WRC cars. With five manufacturers, that means the FIA could limit the nubmer of cars that can score points for a manufacturer to six per marque at each event. Maybe that would encourage manufacturers to support more teams and we would have a bigger field.
It's ridiculous to suggest M-Sport is not a manufacturer. Sure they're not Ford Motor company. But they never have been. They've been the chosen representative and flown the flag for Ford for many years, and that's qualification enough. What's different this year? A few less pennies from Ford. They still have factory technical support and you can be sure, when they win, Ford'll be claiming the kudos as much as they ever have.
Same with Team Portugal. Sure, it'd make more sense if it were Prodrive, but the Germans have given the branding rights to the Portugese.
Storm in a teacup, get over it.