Belgian driver Sebastien Bedoret (Skoda Belgium Fabia Rally2) will also start Croatia. He is driving with the same team as Ingram does.
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Belgian driver Sebastien Bedoret (Skoda Belgium Fabia Rally2) will also start Croatia. He is driving with the same team as Ingram does.
I thought the entrylist should have been published today 8th of april :confused:
http://https://rally-croatia.com/en/competitors
Under tab Virtual notice board entry list is available.
Thanks Jcevc...
The absence of Eric Camilli is a pitty :(
I was sure also Bonato will start as tarmac specialist but also missing...
Audi back in WRC with no. 66! ;)
The world is watching... :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
His priority is french championship and ERC.Quote:
Originally Posted by jcevc
For me entry list (especially part of non-priority R5 drivers) looks like french open championship...
When did that happen last time in WRC level ??Quote:
Originally Posted by matija_1988
When was last time we had "Audi" in WRC ???Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
must be A/N-group time...
Not so long time. Turkey 2020Quote:
Originally Posted by pantealex
Rudolf Stohl was one of the last privateers to use Audi Coupé S2 and competed in Safari Rally 1998. Not sure this was the last time for Audi...Quote:
Originally Posted by pantealex
Could it be that it was over 20 years ago?Quote:
Originally Posted by pantealex
I found that Rudolf Stohl drove Audi Coupe S2 in Safari Rally 1998:
https://www.ewrc-results.com/final/1...ly-kenya-1998/
and then Lecerf Gaël drove similar car in Rally New Zealand 1998:
https://www.ewrc-results.com/final/1...-zealand-1998/
Is Coupe S2 the last Audi in WRC?
http://tech-racingcars.wikidot.com/audi-coupe-b3-s2
Homologation start: 1/1/1993
Homologation end: 31/12/2000
1994 is probably the last year when an Audi driver managed to score points in WRC, thanks to Austrian drivers Rudolf Stohl and Raphael Sperrer:
http://www.webcarstory.com/voiture.php?id=12039
Now everything is in the hands of Enrico Windisch. Can he change it? He is Austrian too, so... ;)
It is a car with badge Audi, not one Audi.
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Originally Posted by matija_1988
Well Turkey was kind of understandable since the car was never good on very rough gravel. But Croatia that seems relatively smooth tarmac (compared to Baumholder at least) is a bit surprising.Quote:
Originally Posted by pantealex
Especially Solberg missing completely. Why not even outside WRC2 like in Monte?
Does he stuggle/not like the current R5 so much? (guess we'll see a bit this weekend)
Or they don't believe in it and correspondingly have so much faith in the new one?
i20 R5 has been very popular lately but in Croatia Rally it´s replaced by Fiesta Rally2/R5 which usually is unpopular.
Just checked the road book. Never seen so many cut protections...huge disappointment from spectator point of view.
not on all stages/roads though. I would say Rally Finland has had similar amount or even more.Quote:
Originally Posted by MYS
so this means the guys from the back wont have so much disadvantage on first pass?
cause if i look at the pics so far and testing vids it could get pretty messy with cutting.
Yes, it should reduce road pollution. There's also curbs or other obstacles in some corners, but maybe 50% of corners will still get dirty.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
Rally will probably be held without spectators since the pandemic situation is worsening by each day. Handball championship is postponed for a month and a half and spectators on live events are nowehere near to happen. Too bad but at least the rally is gonna be held.
M-Sport's Rich Millener says the upgraded Fiesta engine for Rally Croatia should help in the faster sections...
https://talkativebroadcasting.co.uk/motorsport/m-sport
Hey guys. Any news about the covid restrictions in Croatia? Still planned with spectators?
Stages are placed in three counties and the restrictions differ by the county. Organizers said that Zagreb county where most of the stages take place will allow spectators and the other two are yet to be determined. Hopefully and most likely, it will be allowed. After all, rally is held in the open and it's easy to keep distance between the spectators.
Croatia' covid measuers are usually very liberal compared to other European countries and it should remain so. Also, as I already mentioned, few poeple live in the area close to stages so that's another important factor.
Difficult to predict what happens. New rally, new tires, new drivers in new cars. Ogier is always strong in every rally, Neuville is good on tarmac. Tänak, Breen and Evans are more of question marks, although Tänak has won three times Rally Deutschland, Breen is an Irish rally champion and Evans is known to be good on tarmac. How do they fit in their new cars? Hyundai on tarmac for anyone else than Neuville and Sordo? And yeah, Kalle was able to beat Kopecky in Bohemia, and has the best start position, as the roads will likely get polluted.
Has Kalle ever competed in Barum Rally? You probably mean Bohemia?Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
https://www.ewrc-results.com/final/5...-bohemia-2019/
Yes, my bad, that's what I meant :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
No, never. Skoda Motorsport didnt wanted to send him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
yeah, very hard to predict and thats actually a good thing. Based on the last two tarmacish events (Monza and Monte), Ogier and Toyota seems TO ME the strongest combo on the tarmac, followed by all the others in no particular order. Breen starts quite far back on first day so that might hamper him a little bit and also the fact that he hasnt competed on this level on tarmac with this machine. According to Neuville they have now fixed the intercom issues and he is always very fast on tarmac events. Kalle has the best starting position and the fact that its a completely new rally also plays into his hands.Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
So yeah, promises to be a very interesting rally.
And Croatia being a totally new rally in the calendar, an interesting fact that theres been 5 new rallies in the calendar since 2017 and Tänak has won 4 of them and has been second on fifth one. It seems something clicks for him with the new ones but we will see this time.
Good one! Do you mind if I tweet that?Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
of course not :D
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Originally Posted by Jarek Z
Croatia is somewhat closer to Bohemia in the character than to Barum anyway :)Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
No Niko Pulić, he was supposed to drive a R1 Ford but is now in hospital with serious Covid. He is Croatian motorsport legend who knows the roads excellent and it would've been great to have someone from Croatia driving in a top category in first historic Rally Croatia but unfortunately, that probably won't happen. It's hard to expect him to recover by then.
He would drive the Fiesta WRC.
R1 is the weakest car of FIA Pyramid.
Of course, *rc1, lapsus.
He probably won't drive anything, that was my point.
Fourmaux interview pre-Croatia: https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/how-c...-sports-season