Nothing is sure yet. Article says still the same which was told in last few weeks...
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Nothing is sure yet. Article says still the same which was told in last few weeks...
Yep I'll wait patiently, and don't hope on nothing can't be dissapointed again :D . Best is to wait for an official announcement of the team or driver, same thing how it happened with Ogier, all rumours and suddenly something appears..
What ever becomes of Neuville's 2012 plans (partime IRC and WRC as junior Citroen?) I hope we have a good Peugeot driver in the 2012 IRC. Otherwise it will be a Skoda Cup.
Freddy Loix is doing research for a new car in the Belgium championship and for a (partime) IRC program, he had talks with M-sport, and tested a Fiesta S2000 and Fiesta WRCar. Having a good Ford driver in the iRC would also be very healthy for the championship to stay alive.
Why not Skoda anymore for Freddy?Quote:
Originally Posted by alleskids
Skoda isn't ruled out.. But they talk also with Ford Belgium. They are balancing different options and will get a conclusion of it soon.
Freddy s main sponsor wants to win in belgium championship
....... against WRCars. So Freddy will need a WRCar also to hold his main sponsor BFO.Quote:
Originally Posted by sete
That's why they're checking the Ford option out.. IRC will be the events that they love to drive, Barum will be one of them almost sure of that and Sanremo probably too.
New evolution of 207!
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iRally Reports
In what may be the first step towards formal participation in next year's IRC, Peugeot Sport says it will work through Christmas and the New Year on further development of the 207 S2000.
It had been feared that the huge problems at the PSA Group - losses of €800m and projected 6000 job cuts across Europe - could lead to cutbacks in the rally programme. But work goes ahead, with P...eugeot Sport continuing with development of the 207 even though the new 208 road car is due to be unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show in March.
Bertrand Vallat, head of design and development of the 207 S2000: "We will expand the car by 20 mm, which will allow us to calibrate with the technical regulation force and to provide added performance to the existing base for asphalt but also on gravel. This performance gain will result in an increase in the handling of the car. The expected gain is essentially the stability on asphalt, especially in large curves. We also took the opportunity to make some adjustments on the body, to improve aspects of brake cooling and work on the optimization of the airflow around the wheel arches."
Peugeot expect to complete the 100th 207 S2000 shortly. There's no word on competition activity, nor whether Bryan Bouffier, Thierry Neuville or Guy Wilks will be driving for the marque next year.