Thanks Sulland!!Quote:
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Thanks Sulland!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Sulland
I think Andy is correct to say his opinion, and I'm sure he longs for a return to spectacular rallying with multiple teams and the best drivers who get paid to drive for factory teams. Whats wrong with that?
But there are many different factions that have made the current wrc into the state it is, ISC with their pathetic style of filming and commentary, the teams who all wanted the rally around the service park format of 3 stages double ran each day, (dont forget its the teams who wanted that) the corporate entertainment service park mimicing the F1 paddock, (another teams wish) FIA for adding 2 long haul events Mexico and Japan when budgets were tight and resulted in Skoda, Mitsubishi and Peugeot departing. FIA for encouraging new events who paid big money and put on good events which lead to Ireland opening 09 season whilst Monte was in IRC. Crazy high admission charges to spectate on stages in some countries, establishment of barriers to keep the real fans away when the corporate guests get wined and dined in service. and finally the engineers (bless them) who have made cars so technologically perfectly able to defy the laws of physics but made them look boring. It could get better, but rallying need sto get back to basics.
New racer from M-Sport!
Fiesta R2 comes in July
http://rally.avtomanija.com/fotoz/No...75/title_s.jpg
http://rally.avtomanija.com/default.asp?rb=2&id=1103
Good news :)
It says that it will have a 1,6 l Ti-VCT engine and 5-speed Sadev gearbox.
Testing starts at the end of March.
Great news!
And Victor Henriksson is the man who will test the car.
Henning Solberg is going to run his rallycross car in he Super-G ski hills near Lillehammer next weekend. It looks like he is atempting to drive uphill as fast as the skiers goes downhill...
http://www.motorsport.no/wip4/detail.epl?id=417181
Google translation:
Running a car in the downward course
As the end of the world cup'en in Kvitfjell will rally driving Henning Solberg attempt to set world record in Kvitfjell with a car.
Henning Solberg will run in downhill downward course in Kvitfjell under World in alpine.
- Should I? Ask Henning Solberg us.
You know nothing about it?
- Yes, I know I should run rallycross car, but do not know if I should run up and down. I am doing just as I told these days I, Henning laughs.
World record attempt will take place Sunday 8 March after completion of the Super-G ski.
- “I take the challenge regardless of what it is, "said Henning.
Are you not at risk?
- No.
It's Leif Nilsen in “Gatebil” witch is organising the world record attempt, and he is very secretive about what the plans are.
- I will not say much about this, but it is quite clear that the downward defiance will be used. So it may be up to the imagination. Up or down, or a giant jump. It is none who have done this before, laughing Leif.
It is not the first time Henning Solberg adopt olympia plant from the Olympics in Lillehammer. Rally driver has been tested bob-path by Hunderfossen in TopGear.
According to the Greek site rally.gr Morris Chandler says that the engines of the top category won't be supercharged till 2013!!!!!! :eek: Do you know anything more special about that???
This was in last weeks meeting and wont be ratified until March World Council meeting, but it says S2000 with a kit of aero parts but no turbo will be the future of wrc cars until 2013 when the engines are likely to change to 1600 turbo charged engines. This is more keeping the trend for smaller but turbo charged engines in mainstream cars. Also heared that VW are lobbying for this 1600T to be a diesel.
Then the S2000 (R4) is not far behind !Quote:
Originally Posted by urabus-denoS2000