[WRC] News & rumours (part II)

Have you seen Novikov's stage times? When he's on form - when he's Novikon - he can be extraordinarily quick. But when he's Novikoff, he's usually wrapped around the one object that seems impossible to crash into.

Anyway, a thought occurred to me about Alexey Lukyanuk: Nasser al-Attiyah controls the purse strings at Ford, but he seems to be happy to trust to Malcolm Wilson's judgement. If Wilson is genuinely impressed by Lukyanuk, then it should not be hard to convince al-Attiyah to put him in the car, even if it us only for a limited campaign, like Hanninen.

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Originally Posted by Prisoner Monkeys

Have you seen Novikov's stage times? When he's on form - when he's Novikon - he can be extraordinarily quick. But when he's Novikoff, he's usually wrapped around the one object that seems impossible to crash into.

Anyway, a thought occurred to me about Alexey Lukyanuk: Nasser al-Attiyah controls the purse strings at Ford, but he seems to be happy to trust to Malcolm Wilson's judgement. If Wilson is genuinely impressed by Lukyanuk, then it should not be hard to convince al-Attiyah to put him in the car, even if it us only for a limited campaign, like Hanninen.

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Wilson would better try him out in ERC/WRC2 first ;)

Probably. But at the current rate, the only way anyone is going to catch Volkswagen is to take a gamble with their driver line-up.

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Originally Posted by dupanton

Wilson would better try him out in ERC/WRC2 first ;)

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Lukanuk was very impressive in ERC Latvia

Just out of interest what is the top speed of the Evo compared to an R5, RRC, or S2000 car ?

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Originally Posted by Prisoner Monkeys

Probably. But at the current rate, the only way anyone is going to catch Volkswagen is to take a gamble with their driver line-up.

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Jumping from GrN to WRC won't be easy. If Wilson would like to build top level driver, I agree he needs some experience with class 2 first, to see how it goes. Probably after successful year or two he could do WRC.

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Originally Posted by ThomasS

Lukanuk was very impressive in ERC Latvia

Just out of interest what is the top speed of the Evo compared to an R5, RRC, or S2000 car ?

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Top speed around 200 km/h-220 km/h IIRC (depending on gearbox ratio), so on par with WRC cars on straight roads. But cornering speed, agility, braking and of course acceleration are much better on a S2000/R5/RRC/WRC.

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Originally Posted by miniwintz

Top speed around 200 km/h-220 km/h IIRC (depending on gearbox ratio), so on par with WRC cars on straight roads. But cornering speed, agility, braking and of course acceleration are much better on a S2000/R5/RRC/WRC.

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Cheers .

I know finland is characterised by fast flowing stages , Latvia looked similar in that regard . Of course with ice and less crests ?

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Originally Posted by ThomasS

Lukanuk was very impressive in ERC Latvia

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Everyone knows he is fast on snowy and gravel stages that are fast and fluent, like in Latvia/Finland etc.

But how will he perform on slow and rough gravel stages? Or on Tarmac?? WRC is more then Finland and Sweden (and maybe New Zealand is similar). A lot more!

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Originally Posted by dupanton

Everyone knows he is fast on snowy and gravel stages that are fast and fluent, like in Latvia/Finland etc.

But how will he perform on slow and rough gravel stages? Or on Tarmac?? WRC is more then Finland and Sweden (and maybe New Zealand is similar). A lot more!

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True.

So he's a one trick pony then ?

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Originally Posted by ThomasS

True.

So he's a one trick pony then ?

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I would say no. Yes, he don't have rough gravel or tarmac experience, but... He is some kind of golden nugget or diamond which may become brilliant, believe me. Besides he have right attitude - quality that some of his compatriots lacks very much. Now he needs to move further.
So far it all reminds me way how Marcus Gronholm came in to WRC...