[WRC] News & rumours (part II)

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Originally Posted by Psycho!

Aris Vovos will compete in Acropolis with an Impreza WRC 2008!!The same as Marcus drove in Portugal I think!!

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WILL BE A ADAPTA CAR!

Bad choice for Vovos.. I was just lookin' how many points has Latvala and how many has Rautenbach..

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Originally Posted by Barreis

Bad choice for Vovos.. I was just lookin' how many points has Latvala and how many has Rautenbach..

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Is not only a matter of choice. I quess Subaru is cheaper than the C4 and Focus, plus I' m not sure if he was happy with last years' experience with the Munchis Focus.

I agree with Leon,I think a top-spec S14 from Prodrive is better then a second class Focus or C4

Probablly you are right.. Guy has 30 race horses so he can choose..

No Russia, Indonesia and probably no Monte Carlo in WRC 2010 calendar.
http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre...c_290409a.aspx

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Originally Posted by DonJippo

No Russia, Indonesia and probably no Monte Carlo in WRC 2010 calendar.
http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre...c_290409a.aspx

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Sorry if I upset anyone, but Russia and Indonesia are not a loss. Monte is though - how on earth have the WRC managed to lose it?

But there is a very positive report in Autosport published today, basically it says that ISC have woken up to what rally fans have been saying for years. Rallying (at WRC level) needs to return to its roots where amatuer drivers, who may have saved and spent their own money can enter and driove the same rallies as the works drivers, where rally routes are not cloverleaf and can include a 'night away from base' remote servicing, and that rallies should have their own identity and dont try and mimick the 'paddock with a service park' If only the suits had listened at the time and not wake up a smell the coffee now. My fear is that whilst all this sounds good, is it too late?
Also says that whilst ISC are sad to loose Monte from 2010 WRC calendar they will make every effort to get it back in 2011 when the "new" wrc is launched. I have to laugh when 'new is used to refer to non cloverleaf, night time rallying'

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Originally Posted by MJW

But there is a very positive report in Autosport published today, basically it says that ISC have woken up to what rally fans have been saying for years. Rallying (at WRC level) needs to return to its roots where amatuer drivers, who may have saved and spent their own money can enter and driove the same rallies as the works drivers, where rally routes are not cloverleaf and can include a 'night away from base' remote servicing, and that rallies should have their own identity and dont try and mimick the 'paddock with a service park' If only the suits had listened at the time and not wake up a smell the coffee now. My fear is that whilst all this sounds good, is it too late?
Also says that whilst ISC are sad to loose Monte from 2010 WRC calendar they will make every effort to get it back in 2011 when the "new" wrc is launched. I have to laugh when 'new is used to refer to non cloverleaf, night time rallying'

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This is all good stuff, but my concern is that they are being "reactive" to the crisis they have found themselves in by now listening to the opinions of others rather than "proactive" and actually having reached this point through their own vision. Anyone understand what I'm saying?

2 questions:

1.) Will Mikkelsens Skoda be one of Kongsruds?

2.) Does anybody know who will run Lorenzo's Impreza WRC? Aimont Racing?