Rallye Wrc Monte-Carlo 2013

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Originally Posted by Mirek

And there is also a question if Chris wants to continue with MI Mini. I wouldn't be surprised if not.

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He'd probably need to secure sponsors, and sponsors are hard to come by in Australia. Even for the Asia-Pacific Champion.

There's also the question of how long this effort from di Pianto will last. They're obviously using last year's Mini Portugal cars, and the entry was made under di Pianto's name, which suggests to me that they're taking this one round at a time. Atkinson would probably be better off trying to get the Prodrive gig - they were running the Imprezas when he competed full-time from 2005 to 2008, so they know him. And he knows the Mini, having driven it last year. He might be a good replacement for Dani Sordo.

Yes, I hope Prodrive sign Chris to drive one of their Mini's. From all drivers who drove Mini's JCW last season, he got the best results, even better than Sordo! And if I not mistaken he got some good results with Subaru Impreza 2008 season, which many sees it as really bad car!

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Originally Posted by Frostmourne

Yes, I hope Prodrive sign Chris to drive one of their Mini's. From all drivers who drove Mini's JCW last season, he got the best results, even better than Sordo! And if I not mistaken he got some good results with Subaru Impreza 2008 season, which many sees it as really bad car!

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Have a look in the results and stage times again.

SNOWMAN: France's Jean Michel Raoux will drive Jännerrallye (Peugeot 207 S2000) AND Rallye Monte-Carlo (Peugeot 207 S2000 or Citroën DS3 R3)

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Originally Posted by Mirek

Have a look in the results and stage times again.

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mm Ok, I am comparing final results of WRC events in 2012 between Sordo and Atkinson when both were driving Mini JCW
Germany: Sordo 9th position, Atkinson 5th position
France: Sordo Ret, Atkinson 8th
Spain: Sordo 9th, Atkinson 7th

Ok, I did not compare stage times, as to me no matter how you fast are you if you keep Retting at the rally, we all know that JML is faster than Hirvonen, but in the end Hirvonen always on higher position than Jari in the championship table.

or am I missing something?


Edit: Ok after checking the stage times, yes Sordo is faster than Atkinson, and Sordo had in Germany and France porblems that made him behind Atkinson... my apologies.

So on what leg will Latvala retire this year?

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Originally Posted by Barreis

So on what leg will Latvala retire this year?

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I bet on 6th :D

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Originally Posted by Rallying UK

SNOWMAN: France's Jean Michel Raoux will drive Jännerrallye (Peugeot 207 S2000) AND Rallye Monte-Carlo (Peugeot 207 S2000 or Citroën DS3 R3)

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With team Sainteloc?

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Originally Posted by Barreis

So on what leg will Latvala retire this year?

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I think he will take Monte cautious as he won't want to crash on his first event with VW. I expect him to turn up the speed for Sweden though.

No pressure with Latvala for the Monte this year. He doesn't need to prove himself so he might just keep the car on the road.