[WRC] News & rumours (part II)

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17th March 2009, 23:39
Camelopard

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Originally Posted by tmx

I was wondering the same, in that case if the S2000 is not developed to be faster than the current WRC yet, for 2010 Citroen and Ford will stick with their WRC car. I wonder if any other S2000 manufacturer even wants to join WRC for full season in 2010.

Even more so will anyone bother if seb is still driving? :)
17th March 2009, 23:43
cannyboy

How about putting seb in an S2000 car, and everyone else in wrc's.
Seb would prob still win, but you'd have a better championship
:)

Maybe this is the fia's cunning plan
18th March 2009, 00:36
RallyPT

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Originally Posted by cannyboy

How about putting seb in an S2000 car, and everyone else in wrc's.
Seb would prob still win, but you'd have a better championship
:)

Maybe this is the fia's cunning plan

That would be a great ideia!! For sure, the solution for the missing competition... :D
18th March 2009, 10:18
morganmilan

Quote:

Originally Posted by tmx

I was wondering the same, in that case if the S2000 is not developed to be faster than the current WRC yet, for 2010 Citroen and Ford will stick with their WRC car. I wonder if any other S2000 manufacturer even wants to join WRC for full season in 2010.

That´s just the problem. Which would be the interest of a WRC when your S2000 car can´t be in the pace as WRcars? Again Skoda,Peugeot, Abarth, etc at IRC and Ford and Citroen at WRC next year? Anything else of the same story? :eek:
18th March 2009, 13:32
Englandsfahrer

http://www.crash.net/World+Rally/New...e_for_wrc.html

So, finally we know: it's a normal s2000 + aerokit for 2011/2012.
Clearly they want as many manufacturers to join as possible, since not a lot of them seems likely to develop a turbokit for their current s2000 cars. At least that means there will be plenty of manufacturers to choose from. And finally well get some great sounding cars back in the forrest. At gallis crest this year the only car I could hear way before the jump was the skoda.

Still, this might spell the end of Loeb. Will the urge to compete against a strong field overcome his obvious hatred for N/A 4x4's?

Me, I don't mind. The skoda sounds like nothing else, this side of a escort bda! It's the most glorious sounding rallycar in at least a decade. And I like the way they have to really attack all the time to make it go fast.

Good news, good news indeed!

So how many manufacturers makes s2000 cars today?
18th March 2009, 13:39
J.Lindstroem

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Originally Posted by Englandsfahrer

http://www.crash.net/World+Rally/New...e_for_wrc.html

So, finally we know: it's a normal s2000 + aerokit for 2011/2012.
Clearly they want as many manufacturers to join as possible, since not a lot of them seems likely to develop a turbokit for their current s2000 cars. At least that means there will be plenty of manufacturers to choose from. And finally well get some great sounding cars back in the forrest. At gallis crest this year the only car I could hear way before the jump was the skoda.

Still, this might spell the end of Loeb. Will the urge to compete against a strong field overcome his obvious hatred for N/A 4x4's?

Me, I don't mind. The skoda sounds like nothing else, this side of a escort bda! It's the most glorious sounding rallycar in at least a decade. And I like the way they have to really attack all the time to make it go fast.

Good news, good news indeed!

So how many manufacturers makes s2000 cars today?

Abarth
Skoda
Peugeot
Proton/MG
Toyota
Lada

Also Ford and Citroen is supposed to make S2000 cars for manufactor championship.

I suppose we won't see Peugeot 207 and Fabia in S2000Wrc as a registred manufactor but we may see a lot of privateers driving those cars.

Does anyone know if VW is interested in developing a S2000 car? I mean if Skoda is not interested VW should be interested in having somebody representing the VW Group in a manufactor team!
18th March 2009, 13:48
Psycho!

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Originally Posted by Englandsfahrer

Still, this might spell the end of Loeb

During the pre-rally press conference he said that he had no problem with S2000.... ;)
18th March 2009, 14:31
A.F.F.

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Originally Posted by J.Lindstroem

Proton/MG

Aren't those two separate manufacturers?
18th March 2009, 18:43
Mirek

J.Lindstroem: MG S2000 is made by MSD like Opel Corsa S2000 (the team which built Hyundai Kit Cars and WRC for example). Proton is made by MEM which is completely different maker. They built cars for PWRC some years a go...

VW has S2000 and quite good one. It's Polo S2000 made by VW Sport RSA. It's further developed for tarmac in Belgium based team René Georges Rallysport and used in both national and international rallys. There is not much cars but more than MGs, Opels or Protons in the moment (and curently even more than Škoda).

On the other hand Lada and Dacia prototypes are dead.
18th March 2009, 23:03
TheFlyingTuga

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Originally Posted by 'Mirek Fric [Cze

]On the other hand Lada and Dacia prototypes are dead.

Mirek, I could be mistaken, but I think that the Lada 110 Vk S2000 was not a prototype! The car raced, even if, it never get some good results!

BTW, I see this one over the net! Fake image... but I want to read what's the article is about... and I can't :(

http://www.postimage.org/aV1UyFC0.jpg

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