Pieniazek explained that he completely lost brakes on this stage.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
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Pieniazek explained that he completely lost brakes on this stage.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
Shout out to Loubet who finished Portugal reasonably close to the works Skodas in his ‘old’ car. Pity WRC highlights instead showed Katsuta by accident.
I dont think that "new" Fabia is so much better than older car...
Well they came home 1-2 in WRC2 and 6th and 8th overall so a pretty decent start, but I kind of agree we didn’t see anything that remarkable in terms of stage times. Mads and Veiby were pretty competitive with them still.Quote:
Originally Posted by PLuto
But I also think they were maybe not pushing 100% all the time and that there may be more to unlock from the car as the drivers get used to it. Looking forward to seeing what Kopecky can do in Germany or Kalle in Finland..
It's nonsense to expect some huge performance step. That is simply impossible. Everyone involved in the category is working 100% on having their cars fastest possible and the steps forward are logically only incremental. Within the framework of the existing rules I think that it's pretty much impossible to come with some sort of revolutionary ideas which would give really massive performance gain.
Reports in Poland saying that the season is over for Lukasz Pieniazek. Financial issues apparently - https://rallypl.com/rajdy/wrc/wrc2/k...sza-pieniazka/
That's a shame for Lukasz.Quote:
Originally Posted by Simmi
I wonder if M-Sport will have a replacement to partner Greensmith in the new Fiesta R5 ?
New Fiesta R5 for Greensmith in Finland...
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D8dwmmfX4AAaXAg.jpg:large
Confirmed: Takamoto Katsuta in the new Fiesta R5 in Finland.
if he is driving WRC2 it will be his 7th (and last because 7 is maximum) WRC2 start.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
What will he do after that?
I don´t believe that he will start with "big number" and bad road position after all P1-3 drivers in rest of events.
Germany?
Turkey?
GB?
Spain?
Australia? He was NOT going to drive there.
What?! Out of money?! So he was not a real WRC2 Pro M-Sport Ford Motorsport factory driver?!Quote:
Originally Posted by Simmi
;)
So already 3 new Fiestas in Rally Finland? Coooool! :)
Please tell me who is?Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
That’s the joke...Quote:
Originally Posted by deephouse
Millener sai it quite clerly in the beginning, that they only support their Works WRC drivers, everyone else are customers.
So, we have a Pro class where the Pro drivers pay their team. That must be the first time in professional sports history! Nice try, FIA, but time to end this farce.
It was well known at the start of the season. Even on this forum, I´d say. Not being paid driver, that is.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
M-Sport could only just afford to run their WRC Team this year.
But the Skoda and Citroen guys aren't paying to drive in WRC2-Pro, are they ?
But the Skoda and Citroën guys are not driving works cars (until Skoda in Portugal)... ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
See that semicolon and right parenthesis at the end of Jarek’s message? That means he was joking.
I'm afraid Ostberg is.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Then why they have just some random team's car instead Citroen works car? I don't believe that the belgians have that much money to enter so many events at the world level. And I don't believe either that Citroen pay for running programme for him. As they never did and never will.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
So you agree that Ostberg is a paying driver, don't you?
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Originally Posted by Jarek Z
The second biggest banner on his car is PMI, so...Quote:
Originally Posted by deephouse
And the biggest is...Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
You can speculate about what part of the budget is paid by whom but that's something we will anyway never know. The fact that he has big PMI banners on his car itself mean that PMI brings money in.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
Kajto will start in Sardinië with Fabia R5 from BRR
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However paying and paying could mean a lot of things. Some pay for whole package, some getting paid even if they bring own sponsors. I don´t say you are wrong, but it also same same but different. That´s what one should be aware of.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
It's not always so black and white. There could be a situation where the factory pays, for example 50%, and the driver has to supply the rest of the budget.
Greensmith interview at PET:
https://twitter.com/Rally_d_Italia/s...12900797353984
http://kajto.pl/wp-content/uploads/2...rajdowka_2.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by mousti
Pieniazek:
The new Ford Fiesta R5 is a real beast! Testing was very promising so I hope we’ll get to drive it in #WRC 2 Pro for @MSportLtd later this year. 👍 https://t.co/POjU1bZLy7
Veiby had suspension damage on SS1 and puncture on SS2. He has already lost 12 minutes.
Andolfi crashed already on SS2:
https://www.ewrc-results.com/media/5...gna-2019/2595/
Veiby already running under Super Rally. So changes puncture on SS2 and pulls out straight in front of Gryazin - ruining his rally.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
Utter Dick.
Why are the results of this rally so unreliable?
At https://www.ewrc-results.com/results...220920&sct=222 it is Gryazin, who leads WRC2.
At wrc.com only the top 3 drivers are listed after day one, no WRC2 competitors at all.
At https://rally-base.com/2019/rally-it...61&ssGroupId=1 there are no WRC2 overal results at all.
On some websites it is Loubet who leads WRC2, on other Gryazin is the leader.
On some websites Kajetanowicz is missing, but his official website says that he is 4th...
wrc.com says "Data will be available once the rally starts" when I choose results for WRC2...
What the hell is going on?
I think they haven’t worked out what to do about SS7 yet.
Now sorted.. Loubet leads R5 class, good job!Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
Can someone share some insight on Loubet? I have seen the name for few years now, here and there in wrc2, but actually never real fuss about his name, nor publicity. Potential young talent? Or gentleman driver?
Young. Son of former ERC champion.Quote:
Originally Posted by spiderem