According to Capito, earlier today, will test the car again, but will not run the Polo in any rally this year (he told me neither his home round in Germany).Quote:
Originally Posted by darkstar
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According to Capito, earlier today, will test the car again, but will not run the Polo in any rally this year (he told me neither his home round in Germany).Quote:
Originally Posted by darkstar
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“The third car was always planned to come, and we chose to have a one-car team in order to give Andreas his fair amount of test days and not to have to share them with our other drivers,” he said.
“Also we are a manufacturer, so in order to have the proper space in the service park the complete package for a one-car WRC team was much more interesting to us.”
World Rally Championship - News - Volkswagen registers second team for Mikkelsen
wiegand will drive the polo wrc in germany at "Powerdays Europe" (by armin schwarz ;) ):
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As anyone seen VW merchandise? I've seen it already, but forgot where! :\
"its more important for the engineer to understand the wish of the driver..."
--> I like this guy! VW engineers have understood that the driver has to be happy! That's half the battle already won there.
Great article, Kielder. I found a time to read it complete only today but it worth it!
Well he must be new on his job, hasn't learned yet that it's the engineers who knows best ... ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Antony Warmbold
Wrong! He hasn't learned that it's the accountants who know best........... :)Quote:
Originally Posted by DonJippo
I remember reading something like that in your blog. I also remember a magazine interview with a ford mechanic last year, he was speaking of JML in France. JML insisted on using the "x" tyre set up thing (a pair of softs front left and rear right, and hards front right and rear left) the mechanics were inclined to use this set up, but they diddnt want to risk loosing their drivers confidence, even though they knew this set up wasn't going to work.Quote:
Originally Posted by Antony Warmbold