" biggest evolution the top-specification Fiesta has ever seen"
More noise? Should help.....
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" biggest evolution the top-specification Fiesta has ever seen"
More noise? Should help.....
They are talking about the evolution that comes in AprilQuote:
Originally Posted by noel157
Yeah, on 1st of April...
M-Sport team principal Malcolm Wilson has described the overhaul planned for the Ford Fiesta RS World Rally Car in 2015 as the biggest in its history.
Wilson promised no area of the car will be left untouched as M-Sport looks to end a winless spell that now stretches back more than two years.
The heavily revised Fiesta will break cover on the Rally of Portugal in May.
"The chassis remains the same with the new car, but the whole heart of the car is new," said Wilson.
"These will be the biggest changes we've made to the car since we introduced it in 2011."
A completely new engine is being readied at M-Sport's Cumbrian headquarters - the first time the two-time world champion team has developed the motor for its WRC challenger completely in-house.
The 2015 Fiesta is already up and running and while Wilson admitted to a small delay, he remains confident the car will be ready in time for Portugal.
"The engine has done a lot on the dyno," said Wilson. "We're just a little behind on the installation work, but the car's running a lot at Greystoke, so we're not too concerned at all."
Hope the new car is a big improvemwnt. All they need now is sponsors and proper drivers...
MW can build 100s of cars from scratch, replace every single bold and nut, but still not going to get it competitive.
He has proven this very well for the last 20 years. I hope I'm wrong this time.
The car is competitive. The main difference is the piece behind steering wheel!
I think they've certainly done a good job there too, considering the market and their lack of factory backing. Let's be honest, if you take Ogier and Neuville out of the equation, and assume the other teams have first pick of 'other' drivers, I'd say Tanak and Evans are a fair shout.
Great to see them evolve the car further, hopefully will keep it competitive for a while longer.
Great to know that we have these amazing people here who have driven the Fiesta themselves and they know that the car is so competitive and the current drivers really suck.
So how come MW won the manufacturer's Championship for Ford in 2006 & 2007 ? :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by jparker
If you need to do something yourself in order to draw conclusions then you really have issues....Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
Do not reply to people who are clueless about everything... there is not point.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Car title, without driver title is something only MW appreciates ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
are you from australia ?Quote:
Originally Posted by jparker
M-Sport on the new Fiesta WRC debut in Portugal:
http://www.m-sport.co.uk/m-sport-new...-portugal.html
Interviews at M-Sport by WRC Becs Williams on the new Fiesta:
http://www.wrc.com/en/wrc/media/podc...114--80--.html
New car from M-Sport (again). What next?
2 ltr R5.
http://www.m-sport.co.uk/m-sport-new...day-river.html
https://twitter.com/MSportLtd/status/609348004148084736
Sounds like a good way to make a cut price WRC car on a largely R5 chassis, so probably a way to make a cheap WRC car of sorts? Like their press release says, only useful in countries where you can run a non-homologated car though.
Somehow i don't think what you and Malcolm Wilson and Ben Klock think is cheap is anywhere in the same galaxy as most people think is cheap.Quote:
Originally Posted by Munkvy
not with some 'purpose built engine'....
F1 on gravel. Just for the 'gentlemen drivers":rolleyes:
I guess the shame of him being incapable with his current spec car to beat in NZRC a young guy in a 40 year old REAR WHEEL DRIVE car has blown over for Block..just buy more press coverage and we'll all forget...:D
Another disappointing showing for M-Sport this weekend, for me. What happened to the new improved Fiesta? Any feeling out there that Ford will get involved again, officially?
The drivers put it a bit too close to the scenery and destroyed both their rallies. It showed flashes of pace but from early on they were never really fighting for anything.Quote:
Originally Posted by RAS007
Then on the Saturday Tanak kept talking about how he was re-adjusting to the speed of WRC machinery in Finland. I would have thought the hefty test and 6th place in 2012 might have helped with that?
Like Wilson effectively said when he was courting Neuville - they don't have the drivers to extract the full potential of the car.
Tänak showed the potential of the new car in poland! you did not follow the rally? 6 stage wins against Ogier's 8, on the power stage the gap between Tänak and Ogier was just 0.1 secs so basically the same and it makes 7 stage wins for Tänak and 7 for Ogier basically :p...Tänak also wanted to show the performance here in finland but unfortunately hit that stone on friday and was not allowed to push the next days but still set fast times without pushing.
Tanak showed his potential more than car's potential imho.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
i totally agree, but i still think the new car is also better, at least for Tänak. I doubt Neuville would do better.
From what i have seen, Tänak has had to push the car to the absolute limit to keep pace with the VW's in Poland and silly mistakes have cost both drivers. Ever since the new car came out, Evans' luck has turned for the worse and the niggles have meant he has not had a good clean rally to regain the confidence. On the other hand, the arrival of the new car seems to have suited Tänak more, silly small mistakes aside it has brought on better stage times and improvements when compared to the beginning of the year when Evans was performing better.
The difference between cars is not so big. Ogier would win with Fiesta. Tänak no, in VW.
Ogier could not win in fiesta or Citroen... 2 years ago yes but not today.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre Oliveira
Ogier couldn´t win with VW. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre Oliveira
(NORF that is)
Ogier could win on a horse and cart at the moment (providing it passed scrutineering).
Based on the performances in Poland and Finland im sure Tänak woud win in VW, especially in Poland. Tänak's main sponsor also said that if the cars had been swapped in POland then the result had been different and David Evans also seems to agree about this, you can download his article about Tänak in Poland here http://www.upload.ee/files/4832160/f..._6589.pdf.html
Everybody seems to think that Ogier would win in every car but the truth is we dont know it before he moves to another team.:)
He allready won with Citroen and VW, I'm sure he would win with Ford's and Huyndai's as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
The same applies to Tänak and VW. Remember Mitsubishi gr.A cars and Mäkinen? Nobody else was able to win with that car...Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
What about Burns and before Eriksson in the Evo III?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
I meant more the Evo V and VI. Anyway what I wanted to say was that it's the combination of men and machine what wins the events not the car itself. You can never be sure that somebody who is fast with one would be as good or better with another one.
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Originally Posted by Mirek
And that´s it what is happening with Neuville and Hyundai in my opinion - they don´t seem to harmonize.
Loix was always fast in corolla/celica but when he came to mitsu, results were missing (also Makinen was center of the world there)...
The majority of the evolutions of the Lancer were developed almost entirely around Tommi's driving style. That's why everything fell apart for Mitsubishi once he left.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barreis
In 2001 they went from group A to WRC and that was so bad that even Makinen couldn't bring results...
What information is that based on?Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre Oliveira
David Evans barely qualifies as a journalist. Each time I read one of his day dreams that he is pedaling as 'news' in either Autosport or Motorsport News I can't help but imagine him handing a single sheet of paper written in crayon to his editor, if her even has one. Both arms of Haymarket seem to give him free reign to publish whatever tripe he comes up with each week.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC