Without two great rally drivers in the Austrian championship this year....damageQuote:
Originally Posted by WUff1
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Without two great rally drivers in the Austrian championship this year....damageQuote:
Originally Posted by WUff1
Austrian news: ÖRM in Fiesta WRC confirmed for Neubauer and Grössing, Neubauer additional plans 1 WRC Rallye. Gerald Rigler in brand new Fiesta R5 (also Zellhofer racing like Neubauer) in ARC (Rallye challenge) and some ÖRM Rallyes...
Still waiting for Baumschlagers decision and car for Mayr Melnhof (rumours say possibly WRC)
The entries for Rallye Rebenland are closed, any info about Baumschlager?
I dreamed of it, I did it! I took the wheel of the Peugeot 306 MAXI in order to participate in the 29th Rally of Haute Provence with Sébastien Loeb Racing Team. In today's test, I took a lot of fun at the wheel of this mythical car! Enjoy this video
https://www.facebook.com/rallyparadi...71365706288190
ARC Schneerosen Rallye 2017 final results:
01. Roman Odlozilik/Martin Turecek (CZ/CZ) Ford Fiesta R5 57:31,0 Minuten
02. Gerald Rigler/Martin Rossgatterer (A/A) Ford Fiesta R5 Evo + 59,8 Sek
03. Roman Mühlberger/Katja Totschnig (A/Che) Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI +1:22,2 Min
04. Daniel Fischer/Zoltan Buna (H/H) Subaru Impreza GC8 +3:47,1
05. Karoly Kocsomba/Peter Bardos (H/H) Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III +3:52,7
06. Michael Kogler/Jennifer Hofstädter (A/A) Citroen DS3 R3max +4:01,6
07. Marvin Lamprecht/Eva Kollmann (A/A) Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII +4:37,3
08. Simon Wagner/Gerald Winter (A/Zyp) Peugeot 208 R2 +4:41,7
09. Gerald Bachler/Christoph Wögerer (A/A) Subaru Impreza WRX STi +5:03,7
10. Markus Stockinger/Johann Rainer Moser (A/A) Mazda 323 GT-R +5:18,9
Some images:
http://www.ir7.at/content/fotos_best...llye_2017.html
http://www.ir7.at/content/fotos/2017/schneerosen/22.jpghttp://www.ir7.at/content/fotos/2017/schneerosen/2.jpg
http://www.ir7.at/content/fotos/2017/schneerosen/9.jpg
http://www.ir7.at/content/fotos/2017/schneerosen/5.jpg
Results of first event of German championship, the Saarland Pfalz Rallye. Very good compeititon compared to last German seasons!
1. Kreim (Fabia R5) 1:17:35,9
2. Riedemann (208 T16 R5) +15,7
3. Mandel (Fiesta R5) +44,2 (autocross guy, is he doing more in DRM?)
4. S. Wallenwein (Fabia R5) +45,3
5. Dinkel (Fabia R5) +46,9
6. von Thurn und Taxis (Fabia R5) +2:49,0 (going to drive ERC)
7. Brugger (Fiesta R5) +2:49,5
8. Lim (I20 R5) +4:50,8 (the new Hyundai works guy from Korea)
9. Knof (207 S2000) +4:51,3
10. Huttunen (Adam R2) +5:16,6
Hari, interesting tyres on the car of Odložilík... it's snow tyres normally used on Monte Carlo I think.
Yes this was a 2.3km gravel superspecial where he used this tyres.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
Du Hari, what's going on there in those photos? I saw 4-5 really nice cars: Volvo 240sQuote:
Originally Posted by hari
Do you have link to results for the class that they are in? Do you know what class? So encouraging to see the lessons proven in Sweden and Finland begin to spread...
Jan, that's Austrian Rally Challenge event (second league in Austria). There are plenty of old Volvos, BMWs etc. in Austria, mostly being used on gravel events I think.
There was some Volvo Cup for many years in Austria, but in the last few years it wasnt continued.Quote:
Originally Posted by janvanvurpa
This year it looks like it could be reactivated - It was six cars at this event.
Results can be found here: http://rallye-daten.de/
Classes 6.5, 6.6, 6.3
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Originally Posted by hari
Oh historic class..Seems they do pretty good.
I wonder if any of those guys dream about the Swedish Grupp H or Finnish F-cup with the best Volvos in the world and such freedom.. I am North America's biggest promoter of 240 Volvo as "the Ford Escort for North America"...bigger but that works better with our bigger trees, and hence bigger trucks which need bigger roads to get the trees out..
Cool photos.
Quentin Giordano with a Sebastian Loeb Racing Fabia R5 in the French Championship this year. Funny to see Loeb running a Skoda after his career long association with PSA.
Video from Giordano's test: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8rHuMXa4_Q
His own team have run Audis and McLarens in sportscar racing, but agree that does seem strange. Especially when his team definitely have access to a T16.Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
Those T16's are probably owned by SLR itself, that Fabia R5 is I think one that Giordano bought for himself but decided to let it run by SLR because he used to have the service from them. He was probably sick of it with all the problems on it allthough he crashed it sometimes too :pQuote:
Originally Posted by dodge33cymru
Sándor Ollé has received his Fabia R5, and he will do the entire Hungarian Championship with it. Balogh is also swithing from his Evo IX to a Fabia R5 (chassis 133 if my infos are correct). If everybody pulls it off, there will be between 15-20 R5s at most rounds this year. Also, there will be a 208 R2 Cup, the first one make cup here in almost a decade! So at the moment most things are looking good, let's hope it stays this way for the remainder of the saison.
Herczig is back with BRR I read?Quote:
Originally Posted by TWRC
Yes, and with strong financial background still. They started preparing for the new season way earlier than the others could, so I expect them to be still the team to beat.Quote:
Originally Posted by WUff1
Entry List Rebenland Rallye 2017 (Austria):
89 Teams total - 11 R5, 3 WRC
http://www.rebenland-rallye.at/2017/nennliste.html
Leading entries:
Hermann Neubauer Ford Fiesta WRC
Gerwald Grössing Ford Fiesta WRC
Gerhard Aigner Ford Fiesta WRC
Raimund Baumschlager Skoda Fabia R5
Andreas Aigner Skoda Fabia R5
Marijan Griebel Skoda Fabia R5
Christian Schuberth-Mrlik Skoda Fabia R5
Thomas Wallenwein Skoda Fabia R5
Niki Mayr-Melnhof Ford Fiesta R5
Gerald Rigler Ford Fiesta R5
Vlastimil Majercak Ford Fiesta R5
Andras Hadik Ford Fiesta R5
Laszlo Bodolai Ford Fiesta R5
Walter Mayer Peugeot 208 T16 R5
Aigner Andreas with r5,nice.
Very nice list!
Great to see Andreas Aigner back in action! Good luck to him! :)
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Originally Posted by hari
I also discovered Mark Wallenwein will drive a 208 R2 this week-end in Tahko Ralli(Finland) :confused:
Slovak gentleman driver Igor Drotár switched from Fabia WRC to newly built Fabia R5. According to his words it's for the first time in his looooong career that he drives a car built in the same year :)
No problem about that. racepro is a big team and they can easily manage two rallies at the same weekend. So Thomas drives in Austria and his son in Finland...Quote:
Originally Posted by Tom206wrc
But his son is starting in Austria too. With DS3 R3T ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by JUF
Oh, thanks. I didn´t notice that. But I noticed now that Rebenland is one week later than Tahko ;).Quote:
Originally Posted by PLuto
I was talking to Mark today. Asking if he will continue in his progress from R2 through R3 ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by JUF
One more R5 at Rebenland Rallye - late entry Pal Lovasz - Hyundai i20 R5Quote:
Originally Posted by hari
Sad News according to http://www.go4speed.lv/lv/news/ralli...tists-kocmars/
Ukrainian driver Yuriy Kochmar has passed away in hospital after his very heavy crash in Latvian rally Kurzeme 2015 from which he never recovered.
Have we mentioned here:Garcia changed from evoX N+ to Fiesta R5.
Mitsubishi importer leaved the series and a last minute deal was made to get Garcia on a Fiesta. Like the Evo, it’ll also be run by RMC (that was already developing a Mirage N+, based on a Dytko proto). Top contenders are Hyundai guys, Aries and Pernia, Burgo in a Skoda and Vallejo using a new DS3 unit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ucci
You don't count Garcia between top contenders??Quote:
Originally Posted by Rally Power
You got it wrong mate. I’ve mentioned those names as top contenders alongside Garcia.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ucci
Baumschlager enters Austrian championship with Volkswagen Polo WRC. What will Neubauer do now? ;)
https://www.rallye-magazin.de/int/ar...h-im-polo-wrc/
The meaning is he starts with R5 Fabia and wants to use a Polo WRC in selected rounds. I see no changes for Neubauer, he just keeps going.
That´s just talk in my opinion. When Polo WRC is available, he´ll do all rounds with it. Baumschlager always hides his plans and tells some fairy tales in interviews, two weeks ago he told about no or just a few starts in Austrian championship because of a tight schedule of BRR.Quote:
Originally Posted by CWJ
Neubauer will have no chance against him - an old Fiesta WRC with 2014 or 2013 spec (?) against a Polo WRC. Of course Neubauer keeps going, what else shoud he do.
Meanwhile, live results of Rebenland Rallye, first run of Austrian championship:
http://results.rebenland-rallye.at/2017/index.htm
So far Aigner going very fast!
Was Aigner really so fast? He couldn't even keep the pace of the 60-year old Baumschlager. Anyway Aigner went off the road on SS7 while being fourth overall. Neubauer and his Fiesta WRC lead the rally after 7 stages:Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
http://results.rebenland-rallye.at/2017/ss7.htm