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On a national rally smart arse.Quote:
Originally Posted by pantealex
Another C3 R5 reabilitation.
ERC Islas Canarias winner P.Lopez won Spain championship last night
I don’t think the C3 needs rehabilitation, it’s a good car now. Straight away started better than the 208/DS3 and with some honing this year it’s now one of the quickest with the right driver behind the wheel. Perhaps not as strong/reliable as a Fabia though
I agree, the C3 R5 has been a decent package since it's introduction. They have all had their weak points when first introduced.
Most R5's have teething problems. Skoda's have probably had the least and their team is dedicated to the Fabia R5 with no WRC car to run at the same time. Coincidence ?
Yep, huge congrats to Lopez, Rozada and Sports&You. Amazingly, they didn’t plan to enter the spanish tarmac series as their main focus is the new mixed championship (SCER).Quote:
Originally Posted by Neige
Btw, Sports&You its also told to be running Sean Gelael C3 R5 in the last Indonesian rally of the season. Apparently Gelael is a local hero, known for racing in international formulas series. https://www.revistascratch.com/inter...n-gelael-53479
Erik Cais livery to Rallye du Var
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EJcLilLW...pg&name=medium
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EJcLilKX...pg&name=medium
23 to Beppo Harrach
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EJZvaZtW...pg&name=medium
2 or more Fabia EVO did arrive to Printsport for customers. One is probably ex.factory because it has green splitter in front and also some green parts in back with "Skoda Auto" etc stickers.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bj83vJ...ature=youtu.be
Gryazin tested i20 R5..
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Veiby today with i20 r5
https://twitter.com/planetemarcus/st...54089608503299
https://youtu.be/R0XaTEfsdf4
Βοnato testing c3 r5 2020
https://youtu.be/3yix1jAPXUM
New Hyundai is out:
https://www.fiaerc.com/hyundai-revea...enger-for-erc/
eWRC-results
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@skodafabiar5
evo now
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ELmiD7wX...pg&name=medium
Kajto was testing Ford Fiesta R5 Mk2 together with M-Sport in Poland today.
Source:
https://rallypl.com/aktualnosci/kaje...roCTUSBjLGy4u8
Marcus Grönholm tested the Proton Iriz R5 with Mellors Elliot Motorsport, and he thinks its ready to debut in the WRC.
Fotos: DHarrigan Images https://t.co/l72w9U39hL
Personally think it might be more sensible to start in ERC until the car is a bit more proven but would be great to see it either way.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Vid of the test: https://m.facebook.com/MellorsElliot...5967884413998/
Not looking too bad tbh and they sound serious about a WRC2 programme. But are there any results for this car we can analyse or point to in order to suggest it is ready for WRC?Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Nothing really yet.
The best for them is to compete with the best.Quote:
Originally Posted by Oops!
will Mellor drive himself, together with one or two more cars.
Any ideas for the other drivers they have?
It makes no sense only to be there. They have to take some of the very best drivers available to achieve also some remarkable results like they did in the past with the Satria S2000.
If its money available, they should hire some of the free drivers, like Tidemand, Meeke, Lappi(?), Paddon, etc, for single outings or whole season in ERC and WRC3.
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Maybe Mellor should give Mikkelsen a call, to get him in for a few rallies in either WRC or ERC, to get the car a real test.
He has been quick in many cars, and should give them a good bunch of data and feedback!
Yes, I guess he wants to keep his ties to Hyundai though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sal the 2nd
I can't see Mikkelsen dropping back to a Proton R5 tbh, but Proton/MEM did hire some good drivers during the Satria Neo S2000 era. Would be good to see them do the same again.
We’ve seen the new Yaris WRC starting testing over on the WRC forums, do we know anything about the rumoured Rally2/R5 version?
Last rumour I heard was the project has been halted for the moment.
Really don't like this new 'Rally 2' name for R5 cars, sounds silly.
Glad I'm not the only one. Reading "Skoda Fabia Rally2 evo" in a post about Solberg testing felt odd alreadyQuote:
Originally Posted by RS
Add to that the fact that there’s years and years of data, news stories, forum posts and god knows what else with reference to R5 cars the damage is already done and the FIA can’t un-do all of that and have just confused matters more 😅
I like Rally2
Very easy to understand that it´s 2nd fastest rally car.
(Just like Formula1 is fastest and bigger numbers are slower)
When I was young we had:
1,2 and 4
after that
N,A and B
after that
S1600,S2000 and WRC
and so on...
Sometimes names change and life goes on...
But World Rally Cars aren’t going to be called ‘Rally 1s’ are they?Quote:
Originally Posted by pantealex
I would even have preferred if they had called the R5 cars WRC2s, but then you have the mess with the WRC2/3 class in the world championship..
Yes, WRC is Rally1 by regulations.Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
actually WRC as car name is quite stupid because championship is called WRC. So people are doing "local" events with WRC ;)
Hmm yeah but it sounds cool ��Quote:
Originally Posted by pantealex
Would have been simpler if WRCs had been called R1, R5=R2 etc but then you have the problem of inverting the current class structure.
Rename thread
The Proton R5 set some respectable times on the Cambrian Rally compared for example to Yates who is driving in WRC2 this year: https://www.ewrc-results.com/results...2020/?s=263625
Think the admin must do that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gordini
How about Nabila Tejpar? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Sal the 2nd
https://www.fiaerc.com/tejpar-to-use...ally2-step-up/