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22nd January 2011, 16:23
piquet20

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Originally Posted by FabiaFan

Yes, it is! Piquet is a genius!

noooo...friend of mine was there...
22nd January 2011, 16:26
FabiaFan

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Originally Posted by piquet20

noooo...friend of mine was there...

So tell him!
22nd January 2011, 16:34
Wim_Impreza

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Originally Posted by mm1

I think we must give more credit to Delacour, because looking in to splits, he realy was one of the faster drivers downhill and all the time loss was during uphill sections. And besides that, when was the last rally he competed? + no previous experince in an s2k. Which was also Solbergs problem, those three days of testing were not enough, if you have comepeted in a turbo rally car with totaly different engine characteristics for the last n years.
As for WRC vs IRC, last year Monte was also special and then the series faded away (with the exeption of Barum and Ypres, maybe Sardinia). I hope to see some change this year in the WRC. And I think most of current IRC drivers would change to WRC without a shadow of a doubt (see Meeke and Haninen). Loix and some others beeing the exception.
Haninen is a personality I would love to see in the WRC, way cooler than Loeb & co. Somehow I think my wish may come true :)

The last real rally that Delecour competed was long time ago, but he won the Driver Rally Show in Italy in December 2010 in a 206 WRC.
22nd January 2011, 17:46
alleskids

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Originally Posted by bluuford

There is only one Peugeot confirmed (Wilks) and probability of one more (Bouffier).Magalhaes didnt had TMN logo anymore, so, his season seems to be not very secure.

There are many good Skodas (Loix, Mikkelsen, Kopecky) for the long season and many others who are doing some rounds (Hänninen, maybe Kruuda, etc.) Looks more like Skoda season ahead again.

Neuville (7), Böuffier (10) and Wilks (10+) are confirmed to defend Peugeot's honor in the championship. Magelhaes indeed in doubt, depending on his result rally by rally
Skoda has the best equipes: Mikkelsen, Loix, Kopecky. Plus Hanninen on some occasions.
Too bad Ford equipes are letting down, only Al Attiyah brings some serieus Ford interest in IRC, he has 4 rallies in his mind.
22nd January 2011, 19:30
AndyRAC

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Originally Posted by alleskids

Neuville (7), Böuffier (10) and Wilks (10+) are confirmed to defend Peugeot's honor in the championship. Magelhaes indeed in doubt, depending on his result rally by rally
Skoda has the best equipes: Mikkelsen, Loix, Kopecky. Plus Hanninen on some occasions.
Too bad Ford equipes are letting down, only Al Attiyah brings some serieus Ford interest in IRC, he has 4 rallies in his mind.

I think that was mentioned during the coverage - the lack of Ford Fiesta challenging. Could it be that M-Sport would prefer to support people doing S-WRC and not a rival series? Similarly, there aren't many 207's in the S-WRC....
22nd January 2011, 19:37

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22nd January 2011, 20:23
Hartusvuori

Is Bryan Bouffier's first name pronuonced like English Brian or kind of "Brie-Ann" - to get things right.

I'm very happy to see Bouffier winning this though he wasn't outright fastest of the lot. Still he was very much picking up the pace before those two snowy stages. Didn't realize he hadn't score an IRC point before.

Of course I would've hoped victory for Juho, but most importantly he showed that his development in tarmac pace hadn't gone to worse over the off season.
22nd January 2011, 20:48
urabus-denoS2000

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Originally Posted by Hartusvuori

Is Bryan Bouffier's first name pronuonced like English Brian or kind of "Brie-Ann" - to get things right.

I'm very happy to see Bouffier winning this though he wasn't outright fastest of the lot. Still he was very much picking up the pace before those two snowy stages. Didn't realize he hadn't score an IRC point before.

It's "Brie-ann" I believe . And he has one 3rd place on Barum with Peugeot Polska in 2008 if I'm not mistaken , so not his first IRC points
22nd January 2011, 20:59
Hartusvuori

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Originally Posted by urabus-denoS2000

It's "Brie-ann" I believe . And he has one 3rd place on Barum with Peugeot Polska in 2008 if I'm not mistaken , so not his first IRC points

It's true he had points in 2008. So this Autosport's article states wrong.
22nd January 2011, 22:36
alleskids

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Originally Posted by AndyRAC

I think that was mentioned during the coverage - the lack of Ford Fiesta challenging. Could it be that M-Sport would prefer to support people doing S-WRC and not a rival series? Similarly, there aren't many 207's in the S-WRC....

Mads Ostberg was on the verge of a Peugeot Norway supportive project, he even got advise from Loeb during test. So PSA did want to be present in the S-WRC.
I think the S-WRC drivers did not pick a Peugeot 207, because it was not competative enough in 2010, compared to the Skoda Fabia and the Ford Fiesta. PSA has no problems with a S2000 car cross reference both championships. But Ford/M-Sport does not want to give too much publicity to the "them", the "other championship".

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