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Focus-Fest in Galway in 2 weeks time. No less than 12 on the entry list -
1 Marcus Gronholm
2 Gareth MacHale
4 Eamonn Boland
6 Austin MacHale
8 Kevin Lynch
9 Gareth Jones
12 Ray Breen
16 Michael Barrable
18 JJ Fleming
21 Hugh Martin Doherty
33 Paddy White
34 Luke McCarthy
Gareth Jones new car is EG53 AVD.
How do you know that Jaanus? Have you seen pics? :D
Maybe they Swapped cars beacuse they couldn't cure Marcus's Gearbox problems? :p :Quote:
Originally Posted by Jaanus
No I have not seen photos, I have an inside source at M-sport ;) Let's see if he is right about this.Quote:
Originally Posted by 306 Cosworth
New car for Boland maybe.
And the 50th car going back to JJ?
A lot of questions to be answered. Seems logical to sell it to Jones anyway seen as Dom Buckley's lot have experience of preparing the car.
No actually there will be no changes there. JJ will continue with his 50th car and Boland with his EG53 BDU. I am still not sure why Boland used JJ car in Monte. I suppose there is a good reason for that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Simmi
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Originally Posted by Jaanus
Sorry Jaanus I was getting my plates mixed up. BDU/AVD lol.
Who owned EG53 AVD previously to Gareth Jones?
It was an M-Sport works car. Used last season by Stobart. Last WRC round was Finland with Katajamaki. Last outing was the Pendragon Stages where Malcolm Wilson won.Quote:
Originally Posted by ste898
New car for Lynch/Harper Rally Preparation, with re registration :K14NCH
http://www.irish-rallying.com/articl...=070129/172535
Anyone know what Focus Luke McCarthy has?
Guess we will find out on Friday during/after Scrutineering.Quote:
Originally Posted by quicksilver
Jaanus it is something wrong with EU55 BMV re registrated as 1ES?
Or Not?
...."Our new Ford Focus WRC06 has arrived just in time for the Galway International Rally.The car is ex-Marcus Gronholm, and won four WRC events last season with him at the wheel including the Monte Carlo Rally".
Gareth MacHale's new Ford Focus WRC 2006.
Photos:
http://www.garethmachale.com/index.html
Car..................EU55BMV
Driver:.............Gareth MacHale
Co Driver:.........Paul nagle
Car:.................Ford Focus WRC06
Preperation:......Tom Gahan/M-Sport
Tyres:..............BF Goodrich
Fuel:................Shell
That is a very nice car!
Yes there is something wrong here. I will correct the mistake when I get home.Quote:
Originally Posted by padWRC
Now there are 3 options what car 1ES can be: EU55 CNN, EU55 CNV or a brand new car.
My info has been confirmed by this photo:Quote:
Originally Posted by Jaanus
http://www.irish-rallying.com/articl...=070130/205103
Time to use you're contact again Jaanus!
How many problems is the damned 1ES registration causing lol. Things should become a bit clearer in Sweden but even if we cant find out via a source, it should be evident via process of elimination at some point this season.
Same thing with the Lynch car too.
In regards to Luke McCarthy he wont be entering Galway any longer and according to Irish Rallynotes he was down to drive a Corolla anyway.
Ya spotted that on rallynews well ago, must have been a misprint in the entry list or something.Quote:
Originally Posted by Simmi
John Lloyds new Focus WRC02
http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/9941/jms02ca7.jpg
The car is an ex Stobart 2005 spec car.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jaanus
Used by Jari-Matti Latvala / Miika Anttila
Tour de Corse 2006.
Rallye Catalunya 2006
Rallye Deutschland 2006
and
Kosti Katajamäki / Timo Alanne in
Rally Italia Sardinia 2006
Rally Finland 2006
Car will is in official Reid Motorsport colours prepared by Dom Buckley Motorsport.
Jones bought a focus 05 + is part of the Reid motorsport team !!!
Dom Buckley Motorsport is looking after the Boland Focus or not?
Who is running the other Irish focuses?
I heard Dom Buckley supposed to be running Gareth Jones's Focus and that Harper will be running Lynch's
Wrote in other forums:
"...full Buckley test today with mcnulty,fleming and jones and tis wet and slippy."
"...was jj's car. Buckley had it up with the two other cars as mentioned above. Had Fleming Transport along the side and Letterkenny 4x4 on the bonnet and back."
Marcus Gönholm will drive EU55 BMZ in Galway
http://www.irish-rallying.com/articl...=070202/130534
In Galway Ford Focus WRC s :
1 Gronholm, Marcus EU55BMZ
2 MacHale, Gareth EU55 BMV
4 Boland, Eamonn EG53 BDU
6 Machale, Austin EJ02KMV
8 Lynch, Kevin K14NCH
9 Jones, Gareth EG53AVD
12 Breen, Ray EO03YRJ
16 Barrable, Michael EN02 UCT
18 Fleming, John Joe R55OTH
21 Dohery, Hugh Martin Y3 FMC
In Ballypatrick Tarmac Stages 2007 :
3-Stephen Moore EK52 NWN
Isn't MacHale's car KMU rather than KMV. IIRC KMV is now over in Italy...
Looks like Matt W's Monte Car (1 ES) was either CNN or CNF originally...
Has to be CNN or a new chassis because CNF was used at the same time as 1ES in Wales last year.
My bet is a new chassis instead of re-preparing the New Zealand car of Gronholm which was CNN. We will see anyway if CNN crops up.
That and the Lynch car are the big two questions...
I got info that Lynch car is not ex-Gareth MacHale ET53 UNY, so it is eather EF04 VVB or EF04 WBW. We will know as soon as the other car is sold to private hands or used by M-sport.
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Originally Posted by Simmi
Ya Paddy white has sold his impreza s300wrt.It was used in galway last wk end by seamus devine. McGarrity will be driving an S12 on the circuit as he is in a pirelli team with mark higgins in an S11
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Originally Posted by padWRC
Machales focus is EJ02 KMU not kmv
True, EJ02 KMV is in Itally-Errepi Competition owns it and Felice Re was a 2006 champion in a Italian tarmac championship.
padWRC knows all this he just made a small mistake in typing up the plates.
Oh! Thanks Simmi!Quote:
Originally Posted by Simmi
...and sorry for the mistake!
Mikkonen s (ex Tuohino)car is for sale:
http://www.rallycarsforsale.net/clas...tails&id=21189
Did he buy a 05?
Mikkonen is tying to sell his car since last season finished. I don't think there is much point in buying a new WRC, he is an old man allready and there is no future for WRC cars in Finland.
Jaanus,
EU55BNA for Raies
and EU55CNV
for Companc in SWEDEN!
Grönholm, Hirvonen, Wilson and H.Solberg will drive their Monte Carlo cars in Sweden.