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Azores at 20/22 of May I donīt think so. Just one week before Portugal Rallye???Quote:
Originally Posted by alleskids
I am still missing a real winter rally on the calendar. Was not the Arctic Rally planning to become an IRC round ?
Yes it is but there are a lot of IRC supporters ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Barreis
Link ? I have read something different in his website ("New regulations of rallying in the future have been outlined, and we will address our choice also taking this side into account").Quote:
Originally Posted by bluuford
Rally Sanrmeo will be a mixed event next year (gravel-tarmac) like the old days.
Cyprus...Cyprus...already a mechanical breaking rally at the time of WRCs/GrNs, so imagine with S2000s :s :s
So what? S2000 aren't less reliable than gr.N. Usualy it's opposite.
By the way both car-brakers Cyprus and Acropolis were won by S2000 cars this year (in PWRC).
Plus there are also stages that are not car - brakers....and can be usedQuote:
Originally Posted by 'Mirek Fric [Cze
I still read news about possibilty of two cars team under the Peugeot-Sport Portugal colours for IRC 2010 :confused:
2 cars is too difficult, Alexandre Camacho 207 S2000 is now on sale but i still believe Magalhães has a chance!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Tom206wrc
Has anyone else heard a rumour of a 7 event plan for Sarrazin in the Peugeot Sport 207? Possibly in place of Vouilloz but thats just a hunch.
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Originally Posted by pettersolberg29
Depends of his future programme in Endurance racing with Peugeot-Sport :mark:
But I guess if it's only two ALMS events+ the 24h Le Mans race like this year, he will have time to think about rallying :rolleyes:
What car for Guy Wilks in 2010 ??? :confused:
I've read a strange rumour on http://www.rally-mania.cz/ Kris Meeke could switch to a Fabia next year :confused:
If i understand it good, that would be for long term deal for WRC. First in the 2010 S2000 Cup and later on in real WRC? Can any od our Czech friends comfirm this? :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by Tom206wrc
It's first time I hear something about Meeke and Skoda. I think it originaly goes from motorsportnews but rally-mania source is our forum member RS, so You can ask him directly where he got the information...
Regardles.. how does it translate? That Skoda do Super 2000 Cup in 2010?
No, most probably Skoda won't start in WRC Cup (as factory team but some privateers for sure) and will start in IRC (more rounds than this year).
first info Meeke and Skoda brought rally-news.com
full article is here: http://www.rallye-info.com/article.asp?sid=0&stid=8271
This is article from forum member RS we were talking about before...
Autosport mag published it on October 1st magazine... ;)
Quoting Meeke, he says that the easiest way would be to stay with Peugeot, but he's still thinking other ways (In fact, the magazine already says he must choose between Peugeot and Skoda):
"It's too early to think about next year. At the moment, it still hasn't sunk in that I'm IRC champion. I would have been easy to have made the decision to stay with Peugeot at the finish. There was so much emotion and what Peugeot and I have achieved is incredible; the whole team has been amazing. But I need to focus on what's best for Kris Meeke right now. In the past I've been loyal and made decisions born out of that. I can't do that now - now it's got to be the best thing for me. That said, this is a fantastic team and I'm fortunate to be in the position tp have options available to me for next season. I'll make decision after Rally Scotland, but right now I want to go there and enjoy the rally."
It sounds a bit of a farewell...
Whatever decision Meeke makes I hope it is the right one, especially for his longterm future.
If he does move on and Peugeot UK stay I wonder who could take his place, a British driver with IRC experience, wonder who that would be?
Yes, the Meeke info came from Autosport but it has been talked about for some time that Skoda may be interested in Meeke. I expect it would work in a similar way to the Peugeot UK deal with maybe Skoda UK contributing (especially with new Fabia RS due next year and the previous model selling very well in the UK)Quote:
Originally Posted by 'Mirek Fric [Cze
It would be fantastic to see Meeke in IRC with Skoda. I think the idea behind the rumour is that Skoda (or VW) are more likely to be able to offer Meeke a future WRC seat than PSA who are 'fully booked' with two very strong drivers in the Citroen.
If this came true, I could only imagine Skoda would dominate IRC next year with Kopecky, Hanninen and Meeke!
And still the problem remains. Why limit the number of cars to 2? In years gone by there would be anything from 2-4 Works cars. That's why the new cars need to be inexpensive. Then a team can have more than 2 cars.Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
RS, does this all sound logical to you? A team that has 3 top line drivers? Ok Hanninen is weak on asphalt but he's a match for most on gravel and ice and Kopecky is gradually getting up to speed on gravel and Meeke is happy on all surfaces. Can't see it happening, surely the current 2 drivers want WRC as well assuming that Skoda actually go that far. Have they said so officially that WRC is their ultimate target?Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
Personally I think Meeke will stay with Peugeot in the IRC in 2010 and will have the opportunity to enter WRC in 2011. But only my view, we shall see.
Eurosport has reveiled the 2010 calander. The big surprose is the Sardinia Rally, which falls out of the WRC in 2010, So Italy will have 2 events, just like Portugal, although both Portugees events are far from Portugal. Six tarmac rallies, 4 on gravel and Sanremo and Cyprus will be mixed events.
20-23 January: Monte Carlo Rally, asphalt
4-6 March: Rally de Curitiba, gravel
19-21 March : Rally Argentina, gravel
4-6 June: Rally of Sardinia,, gravel
24-26 June: Rally Ypres, asphalt
15-17 July: Sata Rally Azores, asphalt
5-7 August: Rally Vinho Madeira, asphalt
27-29 August: Barum Rally Zlin, asphalt
9-11 September: Rally Principe de Asturias, asphalt
23-25 September: Rallye Sanremo , asphalt / gravel
14-16 October: RAC Rally of Scotland, gravel
4-6 November: Rally of Cyprus, gravel/ asphalt
They are not that far, they are Islands but you can get to them in 1:30 hours by plane!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by alleskids
Azores on tarmac????Quote:
Originally Posted by alleskids
Mistake probably...
Is it me or is this calendar far more exciting than the WRC one for 2010? Don't want to start a WRC v. IRC argument, but having Monte Carlo, Argentina, Cyprus, San Remo, Sardinia and Scotland is very impressive.
Better calendar then WRC.. Plus no nominated drivers.. Plus no taking points 'cos must start on number of races..
Again the same mystake? :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by pucky54
Well, I hoped that they have one proper snow event as well.. Now the only hope is that MC has some snow. And if the climate predictions of our work group are correct then it will be more likely each year from now on! But they have chosen Cyprus for the end of season instead (probably when all the titles are already decided). They have chosen fourth rainiest month in a year, when the weather is not so nice anymore. Will be like this year WRC when cars were virtually moving with walking speed in mud in some places :-)
Curtiba and Argetina are quite interesting to see, how many of the drivers and cars opt to go there? Well the car can be there for the whole month, but what about the crew, mechanics, etc? We will see. I am bit careful with that.
In my opinion Skoda is going to South America next year ;)
1:30 hours from mainland to the Azores?? :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Francis44
Next time I want to flight in your plane, please. :D
Just kidding. 1h30 is the time spend to flight from Lisbon to Madeira. To the Azores is about 2h30m.
There is big gap between the South American rounds (which will be coordinated with the WTCC plain) and the next round on Sardinia: 21 march > 6 june. So mecanics, drivers and staff wil travel by plain while the cars and material will travel a month by boot. So teams will have a break or preparing a second car.
How about Norway and Sweden alternate between the WRC and IRC?Quote:
Originally Posted by bluuford
I think that Sweden and Norway were happy with the situation that they have an event once in two years. I was thinking more likely about Finland and their unique event in Lapland. Is it still almost unlimited recce? Or maybe something in USA, Canada :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by pettersolberg29
Monte Carlo 2010 looks like being the Rally of the Year!
Good calendar, all the "IRC classics" are there. Not sure about Cyprus, but I rather have that as the last event than Scotland because as we can see, being last event on the calendar is not such a great thing if the titles are already decided..