That's Alain Delon! :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
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That's Alain Delon! :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Loeb has nothing of value to bring to the sport from a driving perspective... apart from tarnishing his legacy.
I think if he is careful and picks just the rallies he stands a good chance of winning, ie Monte, Germany, Argentina etc. Then as long as he is well prepared and gets a good road position, he has a chance? And it certainly seems Citroen are using him for some positive PR for a change.Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
Tarnish away, would be still interesting to watch and that is ultimately what we wantQuote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
I think that is the case as well...Quote:
Originally Posted by Munkvy
http://www.captiongenerator.com/643382/Citroen-C3-WRC-
Don't know who to credit for this, but be sure to turn on the subtitles ;)
It's great lolQuote:
Originally Posted by racerx1979
The part where he is describing the sliding and bouncing is on point! haha.
Hell, as long as we're plugging rally themed Hitler Rants, here's mine from way back in February, when they cancelled that stage in Sweden: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2gcWcyMjjs
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Originally Posted by mknight
Loeb was always clever and wise; if he decides to return we can be sure he’ll be able to win, as there’s no one better than himself to judge how competitive he can still be.
On the L’Equipe piece, Dominique Heintz, one of Loeb’s mentors and current partner on SL Racing, was pretty realistic about Loeb's personal risk: ”I would tend to think that he leaved rally too earlier and I’ve said to him that a comeback shouldn’t be thought lightly.(...) If he returns to rally and starts winning like before he’ll be a megastar. But if that doesn’t happen it may become very hard for him to cope with it.”
Like everybody else, I’m pretty excited with the news and truly hoping he’ll be in WRC next year. It’s hard not to think on Lauda’s F1 ’84 epic title and believe Loeb can be equally well succeeded. It’d be great for him; it’d be great for WRC. Fingers crossed!
I remember it, still one of my favourite Downfall adaptions!Quote:
Originally Posted by sonnybobiche
Both of those vids are pretty well done :D.
Problem with Loeb for Citroen is that he hasn't got his Dakar yet compared to WRC where he's done it all. I assume he's going to have another go at Dakar next year...
...which is at the same time as Monte CarloQuote:
Originally Posted by swanny
The Dakar finishes a week before Monte, the rally is now a week later.Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
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Right, Dakar ends on saturday 20th and then Monte shakedown is on wednesday 24th with recce in between. Well, doable, but not probably the best way to prepare for a return to the WRC.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eli
Probably not, who knows, maybe he'll come to Sweden, Argentina, Corsica & Germany (instead of MC). Something similar to what he did back then in 2013.Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
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https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/1...c3-wrc-outings
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Asked if he would be interested in testing again, Loeb told L'Equipe: "Making kilometres and kilometres of testing is not the most exciting, but when there are things to discover and you have not been driving the same car for 15 years then it's nice.
"I don't see myself doing tests all year, but a day from time-to-time, why not?"
He added that a gravel test was possible, but not something he had discussed with team principal Yves Matton.
Loeb, whose last competitive WRC outing was in 2015, said he felt he had lost none of the speed that carried him to 78 world rally wins.
"When I was driving, I had the feeling that nothing has changed and that I'm still as fast," he said.
"But my motivation [with the test] was the find the potential of these new cars and I have to admit I did not expect such a difference in the speed in the corners and in the dry."
Interesting answer by Yves Matton at Rally Germany:
Q:
Your current drivers are all under contract for next season. Are you also looking at other drivers?
YM:
It is for sure an interesting time of the year. Everybody is keen to speak with everybody. Craig, Stéphane and Kris are under contract and will be part of the team next year. Andreas is also with us and we are also speaking with other drivers who won an event or nearly won an event before. We are lucky to make a plan in September which is quite free from events, and then I can give it to my CEO and then we will make a decision.
And who nearly won first event? Evans?
Suninen ?Quote:
Originally Posted by KKS
Evans should already be under contract... Suninen has not "nearly won" anything.
Tanak is the only free name that I can see. Maybe he means Østberg but I see that as extremely unlikely.
Note he says Breen, Lefevbre and Meeke "will be part of the team". Might be unintended but it is in line with saying that not all will drive all events.
If you search a driver to your 3 car team with 3 drivers already signed - it's always means that not 3 will drive all events.Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
Why not?Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
Matton already said before that Meeke will drive a full season with Breen and Lefebvre doing a partial season, as if telling everyone that they could use someone. The sentence "Andreas is with us" is interesting because he's supposed to be a free agent after this rally.
Best position in Finland was 2nd +42s behind, a bit optimistic to call that nearly winning. If anything "nearly won" would mean Evans in Argentina, but we were told he has contract at M-Sport.Quote:
Originally Posted by jparker
Maybe Paddon should go drive for Citroen since he likes to oversteer
and crash sometimes... Ideal candidate! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
this site is saying that both Ogier and Loeb may be in the team with Loeb doing 4 rounds, they say it is very likely that Ogier will join Citroen
https://translate.google.ee/translat...tml&edit-text=
That would be quite a letdown for me. Sure Citroen does not look like the best car atm, but if they keep pouring money they will get better (with good driver feedback).Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
For M-Sport it would be a disaster, imagine if Tanak leaves as well and at worst case M-Sport goes Evans, Camilli, Suninen.
About Suninen:
http://www.fia.com/news/wrc-tneuvill...obviously-high
Q:
Are any teams talking to you about next year?
TS:
I haven’t heard anything.
(sure he can be lying...)
Honestly, I see it as fantastic news. Ogier is a game changer; with him it’d be possible to see Citroen winning again in all surfaces and that would be great for the series. Besides, he misses a greater support from French fans (some still doesn’t forgive his move to VW) and certainly he would conquer them all by winning world titles with (and for) Citroen.Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
Btw, besides AS (usually a credible source) L’Equipe is also mentioning Ogier talks with Citroen.
Why not Mikkelsen in MSport?Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
Ogier, Meeke and Loeb/Breen is some team. Lefebrve will be lucky if he can share a 4th car with Khalid.
Citroen have never really rated Andreas as highly as some people do, for whatever reason. If Matton was really keen he would've signed him up when he was released by VW. Same with Tommi. Mikkelsen will be hoping that Tanak goes to Toyota and that leaves a seat at Msport, alongside Suninen and Evans.
Everything will start falling into place once Ogier makes his final decision.
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Tanak will most certainly be at Toyota which changes the game a bit.
Looks from the jumps that the C3 has a balance issue. Could be physical or could be aero related.
what does it look like for the specialists in here?
To me a few jumps at low speeds tells us nothing about a cars aero especially based on a picture. The angle can be manipulated by throttle or brake input prior to entry of the jump, during the jump etc. It could be an issue that the C3 has problems, but it could also be the drivers approach is different along with setup (spring rates, damper settings etc) which also plays an important role.
Basically what I'm trying to say is that there is too may things going on and it is not easy to give an answer to such a question... ;)
Well, the front lift issues were there since Sweden. And after getting hands on the road car for a few days, it seems very plausible that the front lift is there by default. I don't know what they can do to fix it.more front aero seemed the most logical solution, but from what we know they are trying that to no avail. It may need a redesign of the front in both the road car and the rally one.
The design of the road car would have no bearing on what happens with the attitude of the rally car while jumping. They are completely different in every way other than sharing a resemblance to each other.Quote:
Originally Posted by macebig
The issue with the car flying nose up in some photos is down to several factors that are nearly impossible to pinpoint just from a photo. The car does not always fly nose high and nearly all of the other cars have been seen flying nose high at times as well. There are so many factors at play here.
Chassis characteristics are very similar since the chassis is pretty much the same.