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Beautiful livery!
Like the old John Player Special ! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
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300 #SKODA R5 cars delivered so far: #ŠKODA Motorsport director Michal Hrabánek (right) handed over together with Šárka Králová (customer support) the 300th rally car, a ŠKODA FABIA R5 evo, to Eero Räikkönen, Team Principal of @PrintsportFI
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Jarek, a JPS livery - some rally fan has thought of it before... ;)
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Totally 23th Fabia for Printsport (and they have 3 Polo R5 also)Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
Has some team picked more R5´s ?
Second Polo for Štajf's team.
https://www.ewrc.cz/clanek/34236-rac...e-polo-gti-r5/
In Skoda Motorsport Finland's press release, customer program manager Šárka Králová says no one else has bought as many Fabia R5s as Eero and he is in top 3 of Skoda Motorsport customers that have used the most money.Quote:
Originally Posted by pantealex
#14 KRS (Enrique García Ojeda Team)
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Mattias Ekström goes rallying for 2020 in a Fabia R5 :) it doesn’t say where and how but still looking forward to it!
https://m.facebook.com/notes/eks/eks...5154432343379/
EKS team is going, not Mattias himself as only driver. Probably 2 cars attack on ERC and/or WRC2 level.Quote:
Originally Posted by peg306
Today (Tuesday, September 24) the first of four test days was held that Hyundai Motorsport planned to evaluate the effectiveness of the developments developed for the i20 in the R5 version. The start of this intense test program was Andrea Crugnola who traveled about 250 kilometers on the asphalt around Mazamet (south of France).
The driver from Varese worked closely with the engineers of the Korean company, focusing above all on the new suspensions that immediately appeared extremely fast and effective. What is the antechamber of an ongoing collaboration? For now, nothing is decided.
Certainly an excellent opportunity for Crugnola, which is not new to these types of activities anyway: already Citroen Racing and Renault Sport have involved it several times in the development tests of DS3 and Clio R3T in the past years. Now it's up to Craig Breen, who starting tomorrow will continue the work started by Italian.
https://www.rallyeslalom.com/crugnol...yundai-i20-r5/
Important wins in France and Spain for the C3 R5 during last weekend: Bonato won Rallye Couer de France on a close figth with the current series leader Rossel (also on a C3); Lopez won Rally Villa de Llanes and is, alongside Hyundai drivers Ares and Pernia, on the title bid.
So do we say the big 3 or the big 2. Is the new Fiesta fast enuff?
I'm not convinced yet. How many wins did it have so far?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mise
Not yet I think. It set some better times in Wales but I guess they did a lot of the testing on similar roads and Greensmith/Paddon should have been a strong lineup for that event.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mise
Turkey I don’t really consider as that was a who-can-get-the-least-punctures competition.
Moffett family seems to have bought a Polo R5.
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No, only hired for Donegal Harvest Rally, same Dom Buckley Motorsport car used by Marty McCormick to win Cork 20.
Donagh Kelly is also in a VW Polo on the Donegal Harvest Rally.
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And look who's also there ...
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Rally du Valli - second place for Campedelli in the Mk2 Fiesta R5, just 11s behind the Polo of Crugnola...
https://www.ewrc-results.com/results...ue-valli-2019/
Gryazin stayed in the UK after Rally GB and compared his Fabia with a Polo, and then testsed a Fiesta R5 Mk2...
https://gryazin.com/tests_vw_polo_fiesta_r5
I suspect it was useful for MSport engineers to get the insight of someone who had just driven Polo and Fabia Evo, and interesting for us to hear in depth and honest opinions too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Sounds like Fiesta is fundamentally good but might be difficult to get the right setup for any given condition.
Will be interesting to see how Camilli goes in the C3 in Spain having been rather disappointing in the Fiesta in Finland & Germany.
It looks more and more that the disasterous performance in Estonia and Finland was about improper/not enough preparations for the two events. The damage was done however.
And Germany.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
We didnt write-off the new Fiesta after the first couple of events so prospective buyers wont have either.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
Well, they didn`t but those who wanted to buy one at the given moment, probably opted for a proven car...
I dont think anyone would buy any brand new, just released, R5 if they wanted a totally proven car.
Look at the latest such as the i20 R5, C3 R5 & Polo R5 - which of them was a proven winner out of the box ?
Most need a while to shakedown all the faults and gremlins and to find the best set-ups...
Fabia EVO was fast and reliable straight out of box...
Because it´s looks very much same than before you tend to forget that has different homologation numbers than before.
Pretty sure that because of Fiesta Mk2 problems, others have gained some orders.
It's a fact some did and it's a fact some others postponed the order for later.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
I'm sure this is not unique to the Fiesta Mk2. All buyers evaluate their options and will have done the same with any previous R5.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
The exception which proves the rule ...Quote:
Originally Posted by pantealex
Plus Skoda had nothing else to concentrate on, unlike M-Sport who were still developing their WRC car while creating a new R5.
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Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
I really don't know what is your point here. The statement was that the disasterous first outings damaged the M-Sport. That is a fact and there's nothing more to discuss about it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Is anything happening with the Toyota Yaris R5 plans?
Yes, car is in progress...Quote:
Originally Posted by Zeakiwi2
It´s not just plan anymore, they have made more than 1 prototype cars.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zeakiwi2
Ready when:
Monte 2020 NO
Finland 2020 Maybe
"Monte" 2021 Probably