WRC Testing

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Originally Posted by Rallyper

That´s in Portugal at the same place where every other team has been testing during the past years, is´nt it?

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I think this spot is a very well known one in France. Teams who want to know if the car is strong go there.

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Originally Posted by sete

why do you think prokop is a driver with no potential?he is best driver between privateers!! and this season is taken as a learning with the car.look where is the famous Tanak.Neuville is too behind him in overall classificitation.
for me this is a dream season for M.Prokop.

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Tanak is not famous.

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Originally Posted by Rallyper

That´s in Portugal at the same place where every other team has been testing during the past years, is´nt it?

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Absolutely not, south of France.

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Originally Posted by Extremrallye

Absolutely not, south of France.

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OK, my misunderstanding. :o But it´s commonly used of other teams as well?

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Originally Posted by N.O.T

yes but i never really understood why drivers with no potential test the cars before the events.... i think they do it to have fun rather than change things...

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You are a bit hard on Prokop, in his five rallies this year he's averaged around 6th place and always finished top ten - 9, 9, 5, 4, 5. Not a rally winning pace true but not a tourist. I would say he does have potential. You act like unless you are future Loeb you should quit rally...

This guy needs to lose weight... for a start.
As for to be(at) a future Loeb a double backflip is a must. At least!

Surely he won't be the new shiny star of the galaxy,
but we all deeply appreciate his attempts.

As the saying goes - Try and fail, but don't fail to try!

No guts, no glory!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UboR7FZrys

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Originally Posted by Rallyper

OK, my misunderstanding. :o But it´s commonly used of other teams as well?

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Absolutely, Citroen, Ford, Prodrive and now VW made out a will on this stage. They make generally tests robustness.

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Originally Posted by Mirek

I'm not sure about WRC rules. I think that there is statement saying that in case they undergo all necessary homologation tests they can design the cage in different way than just to combine mandatory elements from the specific regulations (I don't know if those tests are different for WRC but otherwise they are rather easy to be fulfilled). But anyway those tubes You speak about shall be there because they are extremely important in case the car hit a tree or a pole by the roof. Probably the cage in test cars is still not completely finished.

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I know it's not a WRC, but 207 R3T doesn't have this tube either:

http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/2672/131q.jpg

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Peter van Merksteijn jr. testing for Rallye Deutschland [incl. almost off] - YouTube