Sorry I mean the NEW WRCar for 2011, with 1.6T engineQuote:
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Sorry I mean the NEW WRCar for 2011, with 1.6T engineQuote:
Originally Posted by RS
Found it! http://translate.google.ee/translate...%3Den%26sa%3DGQuote:
Originally Posted by Helstar
Yes, but has it officially come out from FIA, or have the manufacturers been told that this will be the case, and are making the 2010 cars from this ?Quote:
Originally Posted by noel157
As far as I know it is official. I'm sure I read about it somewhere. If the manufacturers have been told then I'm sure it is official. Maybe somebody else knows.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sulland
Also use of polymer plastic foam in door panels as in WRC (for newly homologated cars) and use of polycarbonate side windows like in WRC cars I think.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sulland
I know nothing has been signed yet but felt that Meeke would stay with Peugeot for 2010. I understand his situation with regard to 2011 and beyond and how he of course wants an WRC seat. If Skoda are going to WRC it would make sense to go with them but I'd be worried that with Kopecky and Hanninen already there would there be room for him? Of course if he somehow was faster than the 2 works drivers........
This appeared in the Belfast Telegraph today:
Meeke aiming to make it all smiles in Scotland
By Sammy Hamill
Thursday, 19 November 2009
Kris Meeke has a string of reasons why he wants to win the Rally of Scotland, final round of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge, which kicks off in the stately surroundings of Scone Palace near Perth tonight.
Although he is already champion, Meeke wants to end a remarkable year on a high and become the first driver to win five IRC rounds in a season.
He also regards Scotland as his adopted home having lived and worked there with his early mentor Colin McRae and his family and would love to win on Scottish soil in memory of the late World champion.
He is also aware of the hordes of Irish fans heading for the highlands to see him and co-driver Paul Nagle on what is as close as they come to a home round of the series.
And he wants them to see him beat his old nemesis from the Junior World championship, Guy Wilks, who has again been stoking up the rivalry.
But perhaps most important of all he wants to win because this could be his final appearance for the championship-winning Peugeot team.
They want him to stay to defend the IRC title in 2010 and he wants to stay, too.
But Meeke, now 30, is looking to the future and it may not be with the Peugeot/Citroen group.
As he prepared to tackle 300 kilometres of Scottish forests, the Dungannon driver admitted he is facing a dilemma.
“I would love to stay within the PSA (Peugeot-Citroen) group but I have to be realistic on where that will lead,” he explained.
“I want to defend my IRC title next year and then move to the World championship in 2011 when it switches to the kind of Super 2000 cars I'm currently driving.
“But the PSA group does not allow Peugeot and Citroen to compete against each other in the same championship which means for me to get to the WRC I would have to find a place in the Citroen team.
“But they already have Sebastien Loeb and Dani Sordo under contract and, because they have to have a French driver in the team, Sebastien Ogier is considered to be next in line.
“I've spoken to Olivier Quesnell, who is in charge of motorsport for both Citroen and Peugeot, and he has spelt out the situation for me.
“He wants me to stay with Peugeot in the IRC and continue testing with Citroen but can't promise anything beyond that.
“In fact, he told me it would be different if I was French ...”
However, Meeke has a concrete offer on the table from Peugeot's main IRC rivals Skoda who are eyeing up the possibility of switching to the World championship in 2011.
“But Skoda have said they will only make the switch if the current two-litre engines are used and the FIA is discussing changing to 1600 turbo engines and won't make a decision until mid December,” added Meeke,
“That's just six weeks before the first round of next year's IRC championship in Monte Carlo which leaves with me little time to decide what to do.
“I'm not saying that my decision is important, but it's important to me to get it right for next year and, possibly more importantly, the year after.
“There has been a lack of direction on this engine business and the delays and confusion are not helping anyone.”
Eurosport will broadcast live stages from the Rally of Scotland at 9.45am tomorrow and again at five o’clock in the afternoon followed by two more stages on Saturday (10am and 2.45pm)
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sp...#ixzz0XIQFSIDe
So Freddy Loix in IRC 2010 with Skoda Fabia from RGS ??? ;)
He's stuck between a rock and a hard place then is poor Kris. Cheers for posting that article that gives a lot of good info.
This is just another example of how FIA dithering messes everything up. For better of worse a decision should have been made by now. For sure there are a lot of politics involved but this could have been sorted out months ago.
You have to wait. It's question of... ehmm budget of course...Quote:
Originally Posted by Tom206wrc
2 car RGRS team of Loix and Wilks would be good :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Tom206wrc