Its always nice to see some slang-swedish being translated into english!
"No, but it might not run yet" haha
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Its always nice to see some slang-swedish being translated into english!
"No, but it might not run yet" haha
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bobcat
lets pray for that...
Ford should make stobart (or what used to be called stobart) a strong team, hire slowson as a permanent test driver (lol early retirement)take PG and Solberg in, and they will surely beat citroen, at least for the manu champ.
Without PG..
Catch up to reading new and elder GP Weeks and found in the issue 102 (pages 50-51) the birth story for the Mini WRC project. There David Richard tells among others that in the beginning they had a list of 12 production cars and Mini was not one of them.
http://mag.gpweek.com/?iid=41159
Didn't he say it was the computer which said it was the best option?
Too quiet lately at prodrive......after all the PR about the success of the project..the interest for ordering the new car.... plus Adapta move to ford. Is this a sign of troubles?
they are probably rebuilding the car didnt Markko Martin roll it?
They're about to test in Sardinia.Quote:
Originally Posted by Leon
What Mini and PD need is a consistent fast driver to sort out the car. And immedeatly!
So get PG now!!!
They have one - Kris Meeke. A guy who's actually won an international series.
MG or DS are far better solutions..
PG is a double JWRC champion,Quote:
Originally Posted by I am evil Homer
grönholm doesnt want to drive for mini, according to rallye-magazin.de:Quote:
Originally Posted by Barreis
http://www.rallye-magazin.de/top/top...ini/index.html
"Der Brite hatte zunächst auf Marcus Grönholm als Entwicklungsfahrer gesetzt, doch der Finne winkte nach einem ersten Kennenlernen des Countryman WRC ab."
witch means something like:
"the brit (david richards) wantet marcus grönholm as a testdriver, but the finn declined after his first outings in the countryman wrc..."
Marcus is scared that his comeback will be similar to Michael Schumacher's one this year, that he can only do worse then good with the new car.
Factually just once a JWRC champ, 2007 was a mere JRC.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ghostwalker
the difference is? WRC calls it JWRC so JWRC it is.Quote:
Originally Posted by ARF
http://www.wrc.com/jwrc/drivers-and-...sson/?whoid=22
http://www.wrc.com/statistics/champi...winners/j-wrc/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Wo...ionship_season
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Wo...ionship_season
“When we placed the technical specification that it offered in our computer, we found this was clearly one of the top three cars which would be eligible.”Quote:
Originally Posted by Donney
Marcus is just negotating.. For the right money.. :D
Marcus is clever enough to see high suicidal potential of such move. There's very little to gain but too much to loose by returning into full-season contract. It's different thing than one or two starts per season for fun.
No, it’s as alleskids said.
http://translate.google.com/translat...2F11%2F1225062
In 2007 the series was run on European rallies only and World was removed from series' name for one season.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ghostwalker
thats correct!Quote:
Originally Posted by ARF
I think we are a bit off topic now!Quote:
Originally Posted by darkstar
Still I hold PG for a well worthy Mini WRC driver for next year as well as a developer of the car. don´t know what Meeke has accomplshed yet. Nor Markko Martin.
Do You know that Kris Meeke besides winning IRC was also doing years of testing for Citroën? (and also some crazy stuff in JWRC like winning 2006 Deutschland after two tyre changes on stage)
Me I´m not counting out Meeke - no way.
I just say Mini need more drivers to sort the car out. And PG just fits. That´s all.
Besides it´s a more less expensive way than hiring Sordo whom I´m sure want some money to drive the Mini. Rumours says he´s hesitating. Wouldn´t even like to drive the car today at PD.
IT'S NORMAL THAT DRIVER HAS TO BE PAID 'COS HE'S RISKING HIS LIFE (AS GILLES PANIZZI SAID WHEN HE DROVE FOR red bull**** ŠKODA)..
It sure is. And would so be.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barreis
But that´s not DR´s idea. He and MW is just businessmen with a hobby called rallying which they´ve made to a business.
Then it's not anymore professional sport.. IT'S AN AMATEURISM with 1 or 2 paid drivers..
In IRC is more paid drivers than in WRC...
:D :D :DQuote:
Originally Posted by PLuto
You shall spend one minute counting such drivers before You make fool of Yourself.
Armin Schwarz says:Quote:
Sordo wird von der Gerüchteküche auch mit MINI in Verbindung gebracht. Doch das sei laut Schwarz "der absolute Notnagel", für den Spanier, nicht nur, weil MINI 2011 nicht die ganze Saison bestreitet: "Ich schätze den MINI vielleicht als Auto nicht so schlecht ein, aber nachdem, was ich höre und gesehen habe, versucht David Richards ja sofort Autos zu verkaufen. Das gehört zu seinem Konzept. Er braucht sofort Geld in der Tasche, um das Programm durchzuziehen. Und dann klemmt es hinten und vorne, dann kannst du keine vernünftige Entwicklung machen, dann wirst du ganz sicher sehen, dass sie vom Anfang an in der Entwicklung hinten dran sind, was da heißt, keine Rallyes gewinnen."
PG is 'a developer of the car'??? Hmmm... and what car did he developed? Suzuki SX4 WRC? Great work. LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
BAZINGA
I'm sure PG would do a reasonable job. But Meeke is a good choice, raw speed, more hours in WRC cars than most (competition and testing), a qualified engineer, ex M-Sport employee, works/semi works experience, just about everything one would need to be lead driver in a new team.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
And he ain't bringing a cent to the deal, will even get paid a few quid, refreshing.
PG would make a good team mate.
I liked Schwarz as driver but he went downhill after that as a team manager....Guess he doesn't like Richards.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bobcat
"Sordo is moved from the rumor mill with MINI related. But it was loud black "is the absolute last resort" for the Spaniards, not only because MINI does not dispute the 2011 season: "I guess maybe the MINI as a car is not so bad, but after, what I hear and seen, try David Richards so sell now cars. This is part of his concept. He needs money immediately in the bag to pull off the program. And then it caught the back and front, then you can do no reasonable development, then you will see for sure that from the outset in the development hintendran are, what is there to win any rallies. "
What is Armin Schwarz doing now?
but at least they paid for equal material, with which they can challange for victories. In WRC they have to pay for outdated material, and are not allowed to challange the factory boys, If necceccary the factory team is sabotaging their car to make them slower. In IRC all drivers, paid and paying, have equal changes.Quote:
Originally Posted by PLuto
My *guess* is he was hosting rally program for German tv and recent been doing Baja-type racing in US. He mentioned how lax are the rules in US compared to Europe.Quote:
Originally Posted by GigiGalliNo1
No FIA..
yes, schwarz is doing score series now, at the moment he´s driving the baja 1000 in a trophy truck. he´s not so bad there...
he also did some tv stuff, thats right. he was comoderator at the rallyeshow that was broadcastet before formula 1 in germany some time ago.
and then he established a event in germany called baja300 powerdays. there were trophy trucks and wrc´s and motocross bikes with some well known drivers. as far as i remember there was ken block, jesse james, p. solberg, gigi galli, cyril despres and schwarz himself. and some other national drivers as far as i remember.
the event will take place again in 2011.