Rally Australia gets support from Council for 2016/17 in Coffs.
State Government has Supported it.
Local City/Town were the problem before but now they're all GOOD.
Shame, they all knew NZ were going to Pounce!!!!
Printable View
Rally Australia gets support from Council for 2016/17 in Coffs.
State Government has Supported it.
Local City/Town were the problem before but now they're all GOOD.
Shame, they all knew NZ were going to Pounce!!!!
I'm no fan of Latvala, so you can have him. Better that any driver you have produced ever, even with all his mistekes.Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
Yes, make cars slower in corners. More power, less grip. This will unfortunately happen anyway in next few years, because we will have a Toivonen tragedy all over again soon, because of the ridicoulous corner speeds the cars of 2017 will have.
And it even isn't correct :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Jack4688`
Should be "acier"
A return to single tyre supplier with a rock-hard, single choice like the not so long ago Pirelli era would solve many problems...Quote:
Originally Posted by COD
Official VW drivers testing new Polo Wrc 2017 in French tarmac ➡ http://goo.gl/XeBcRl
I must say I have enjoyed it.Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
But I think that, following your "kick" policy, Mikkelsen should be one to kick too if he manages to get hordes of third places for another year.
Oh and I think Sordo should be also "thankful to god" if he is in that list. :)
Silly me wrong thread.
I think Meeke deserves to be higher than 9 NOT... or have I got the wrong end of the stick? is this list basically a ranking of talent, or who you think deserves a seat?Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
Cheers...
this is no ranking, just the people who in my opinion (which is basically a fact since i am awesome) should have a drive/chance at the top of the sportQuote:
Originally Posted by car
Breen and Parn, seriously?
merci beaucoup (erreur typographique)Quote:
Originally Posted by dupanton
Breen certainly - just needs the Lundaferet touch!!Quote:
Originally Posted by tommeke_B
I think every driver who is remotely fast deserves a proper chance (not that useless one offs who are nothing and mean nothing), you never know what you end up with... i am not against giving chances, i am against of staying there without hope.Quote:
Originally Posted by tommeke_B
He certainly does need to tidy his driving up and cut down on small errors, seems a bright lad so hopefully he is getting help with driving.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mintexmemory
i was also surprised to see Breen and Pärn in N.O.T's list. Okay Breen i understand somehow after Sweden but i would put Kruuda instead of Pärn in to the list.
That's the most sensible thing you've ever said, no mention of sick dogs eitherQuote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
you would probably put every Estonian person with a drivers licence in a WRC if you could.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
Maybe if they put half in the fields might be better.Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
lol...i would not, i wouldnt even put Kruuda in that list, i just would put him instead of Pärn in your list because at the moment he is definitely faster than Pärn and he has more experience. Breen is still an unknown for me. Otherwise i agree with your list.Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
Marcus & Timo at the gravel start line with new Polo Wrc 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGoYa7aORGg
I think people tend to forget breen was an swrc champion at just 22 and also a wrc academy winner. The potential is very much there if he can continue to develop he may not become a champion but id be fairly sure he could create some fine perfomances and podiums should be acheivable aimQuote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
The greatest movie parody ever.Quote:
Originally Posted by Simmi
Just to comment on Breen's potential - He won the Fiesta challenge as a teenager, I first saw him on his prize drive at Catalunya 2009. His car control was clearly very good. I have followed his career since and you cannot underestimate some of the performances he has produced, especially the Academy winning drive in Wales. SWRC was won with Paul Nagle in the year he was still coming to terms with the loss of Jaffa. In a Skoda last year he would've won ERC, instead the 208 let him down repeatedly.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
He has the same ability as Paddon or Tanak, I hope he gets the right WRC rides to show that.
Abbring testing again 3 days in gravel sardegna .. video + photos http://goo.gl/3vbEW0
http://www.autosport.com/news/report...lsh-forest-rowQuote:
Britain's round of the World Rally Championship has been cast into doubt along with the rest of Welsh rallying after a deal to use government-owned forests fell through.
The Motor Sport Association and National Resource Wales have been in negotiations for a new master agreement for rallying's use of Welsh forest roads, but NRW is asking
for an increase of over 90 per cent in fees
"Britain's round of the World Rally Championship has been cast into doubt". Meh. I doubt the doubt. They will solve it.
Like everything else the fees will be negotiated and the finalized fee will be lover then the one they've announced now but
higher then the one used in the current agreement.
Hopefully it can get sorted, but this does seem like a very legitimate threat and issue. It's not some hype drummed up by the media. Here's the open letter from the MSA that went out yesterday - https://www.msauk.org/Open-letter-fr...hief-Executive
I imagine it's not a problem for the WRC event. After all, that event is funded by the Welsh Govt - so this money just flows one to the other.
But for the smaller events...
As I said on the British Rallying thread, I'm more bothered about the smaller/ national events - which are the backbone of the sport. RallyGB doesn't have to be held in Wales....
John Key
@johnkeypm
Great to meet Kiwi rally driver and WRC Rally Argentina winner @haydenpaddon.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ChleUEbXEAIjuA8.jpg
Hayden Paddon @HaydenPaddon
Hayden Paddon Retweet John Key
The NZ government supports #BringBackWRCRallyNZ. More to follow soon ��
That autosport article hasn't got David Evans' signature on it, otherwise it would have 100% been false hype shite.Quote:
Originally Posted by Simmi
can we see the inside story please??? thankyou very muchQuote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Rallying in crisis. A shame but maybe if the governing body were a bit more proactive rather than reactive all the time it might help. I've often said it, but I get the impression the rallying is a pain for them - and they'd prefer if people went circuit racing.
Rallying has been in crisis for about the last 10 years. This isn't news.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Aye, but just when it was starting to look better with Rally GB improved, more R5 cars around & the BRC back in action... we get this.Quote:
Originally Posted by RAS007
Only in Wales though, so we still have England & even Scotland ! ;)
Off the topic and not quite sure where to ask this question or if it's been discussed before, but do the current crop of WRC cars have a place in the 2017 championship and onwards.
Are they still be able to complete in WRC events? Not for points obviously, but can a gentleman driver for example enter a 2016 Fiesta or DS3 in the 2017 Monte Carlo? Will they be redundant as far as World Rally is concerned at the end of 2016.
did you see any WRC cars with the old 2Lt engines when the 1600 ones started in any WRC events ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Maui J.
Hrmmmmmm.....
No u didn cause the 2ltr cars had an advantage over the new cars. Were group a cars still allowed to enter wrc rounds when the first wr cars came out i believe they were.Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
So obviously you don't know the answer either, but you thought you would just type something.Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
18000 posts by you in 16 years, the long winter nights must just fly by.