[WRC] News & rumours (part II)

PSA Peugeot Citroen lost $6.7 billion in 2012, the Paris-based automaker announced on Wednesday. No WTCC for Loeb :(

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Originally Posted by AP-Racing

PSA Peugeot Citroen lost $6.7 billion in 2012, the Paris-based automaker announced on Wednesday. No WTCC for Loeb :(

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Does this mean he will commit to a full season in the WRC this year instead?
Would be great to see a Loeb/VW battle all season.

nothing was announced about WTCC programm. But for the loss, major part was about depreciation of assets. The operationnal loss is 576 millions €.
And another news is that PSA has finally understood that they need to differenciate their brands. So a change will be done on this ... for sure motorsport is a good way to promote this. Peugeot will improve, whereas Citroen will be more accessible. So fightint against Seat ...

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Originally Posted by Francis44

There are all kind's of factors coming into play here. Pontus did have a good run in Sweden, however he cannot forget that he is pretty used to the Fiesta S2000 which I think resembles the WRC unit more than we care to admit, plus Juho did not have a good run in Monte Carlo which may have put some extra pressure on him. Pontus could easily push massively in home turf because well, he is young and it's the first time for him in a WRC car, he knew that it was all or nothing. I dont think Juho really drove 100% because his main priority was to finish.

Still I think we may see Juho in Portugal.

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Pontus did S2000 with Skoda, not Fiesta.
And secondly he wasn´t for sure in amood to push massively in RS. What kind of idiotic tactics would that be? Pontus said himself he did his own pace and could easily push more. But that wasn´t his mission. It was to finish the rally with some good result. Nothing else. saying it was all or nothing just shows wishful thinking from those who don´t believe in what he ashieved.

There is a good amount of videos to prove we drove Fiesta S2000 ^.

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Originally Posted by Francis44

There is a good amount of videos to prove we drove Fiesta S2000 ^.

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Yes, he drove fiesta S2000 in 2011 and then the fiesta moved to Finland where Lappi compete with this Fiesta S2000 (well known as "older brother clothes rule" :D ) in 2012 and Tidemand drove fabia S2000 (Mikkelsen´s IRC 2011 car) in swedish championship 2012.

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Originally Posted by liposh

Yes, he drove fiesta S2000 in 2011 and then the fiesta moved to Finland where Lappi compete with this Fiesta S2000 (well known as "older brother clothes rule" :D ) in 2012 and Tidemand drove fabia S2000 (Mikkelsen´s IRC 2011 car) in swedish championship 2012.

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Yes, Fiesta in 2011, and Subaru-cup the years before that, maybe also in 2011. Having said that, meaning used to Fiesta S2000 might not be that relevant after all... compared to other drivers in RS this year.

LOEB: Is Sébastien Loeb about to return to WRC or split from Citroën?

http://www.auto123.com/en/racing-new...campaign=feeds

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Originally Posted by Rallying UK

LOEB: Is Sébastien Loeb about to return to WRC or split from Citroën?

http://www.auto123.com/en/racing-new...campaign=feeds

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No, Loeb's has made his mind up on doing something else, even though the WTCC project might not happen. Before it was obvious that it was either WRC or WTCC with only one of the two PSA brands .... after todays news of a massive loss, it might end up being neither for both brands.

Last week at CNBC France was named as the country in the Euro-zone who was the least prepared for the global competition (except for Greece). You really start to see the effect of that now ....

PSA would be crazy to lose their very own Ragnotti. Loeb has a long life ahead associated with PSA products.