they'll do a couple and get board with it.Quote:
Originally Posted by pucky54
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they'll do a couple and get board with it.Quote:
Originally Posted by pucky54
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Originally Posted by alleskids
My personal point of view is that Loeb will continue ONLY if Citroen continues too. Otherwise after 2009 will participate in FIA GT championship with Peugeot 908hdi. :)
Ogier is a great Talent. If he control his enthusiasm will perform great next year!!Quote:
Originally Posted by c4
Rally of Portugal 2009 at risc!!
Budget problems!
http://autosport.aeiou.pt/gen.pl?p=s....stories/63491
How can the Skoda S2000 be taken seriously with a front end like a noddy car!!!!
At least the Opel and Proton look the business but they still dont match the 207 for the ultimate looks
How can you be taken seriously as a rally fan ?Quote:
Originally Posted by ste898
Obviously the looks make the car go faster.
No Solberg in Ireland ... :( :( :( :( :(
http://www.pettersolberg.com/html/?lang_pref=en
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Originally Posted by ste898
I too find the 207 as the best looking S2000, but obviously that doesn't make the car faster than the others :p :
Hi C4,Quote:
Originally Posted by c4
According to your article, then Ogier will be apart of Citroën Sport alongside Loeb and Sordo, which was also what i heard at first. But then somebody said he would be running as a part of the PH-Sport M2 team, because that team is still without a second driver to partner Rautenbach. Do you have any contacts where you can check that info?
Sure,every year Subaru became uglier and because of that slower ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by A.F.F.
Does anybody know the deadline for the teams to commit to the 2009 championship? ... and what's the deadline for the entries to rally Ireland?
M1 teams were tuesday last week. M2 is sometime in March.
Christmas Eve for RIQuote:
Originally Posted by MikeD
Thanks :) Any news if there will be any privateers in WRC cars? Any of the MacHale's? Gareth Jones? Boland? Breen? McNulty? Nesbitt? Barrett? Donnelly? etc...Quote:
Originally Posted by MJW
No news on who IS entering, by Derek McGarrity is not as he says Rally Ireland WRC is too expensive to enter. He feels there is much more value in Galway.Quote:
Originally Posted by MikeD
quote taken from rallybuzz below:-
I know I won't be doing it because I can't justify the costs. We were also looking at running cars for two other drivers but they have decided against it. It is just such an expensive rally.
On the other hand the Galway International which starts the Irish Tarmac championship is looking quite healthy and I intend to be there.”
Ireland is really struggling with the economic downturn, rallying in WRC cars came to a virtual stop last year and now some of the €70k Escorts are reportedly for sale at 1/2 price.
I really fear that som of the rallies in '09 will only have 10 WRC cars entered, and if there so few WRC cars at Rally Ireland it will be a disaster season, because that was one of the rallies where several privateers entered in 2007. On the other hand there is really a good chance for scoring points for privateers, so maybe we will get 12-14 cars for the european rounds.Quote:
Originally Posted by MJW
But Tom not only does the 207 look the best it is also the best on the stages as it sets the benchmark for S2000.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tom206wrc
Hi MikeD,Quote:
Originally Posted by MikeD
Just some of the top home drivers who have committed to Rally Ireland are Gareth and Aaron MacHale, as well as Eamonn Boland. Tim McNulty is reported to be putting in an entry, although this at the moment is unconfirmed.
Quoted from www.rallynews.net
Eugene Donnelly had expressed an interest, a couple of months ago, to enter RI in the Skoda Fabia WRC.
Ste898: How does look of anything and Your personal taste relate with news and rumours in rallying?
At the moment that is true. Even as a Skoda fan I think the 207 is the prettiest S2000, although the side and back profile of the Fabia is nice and it looks very agressive with it's big wheelarches.Quote:
Originally Posted by ste898
But as has been said, looks have no significance on performance. Look at your favourite the Focus, looks boring as hell but has been one of the top two cars for the last couple of years now.
The truth is he's not a rally fan.Quote:
Originally Posted by 'Mirek Fric [Cze
Quote:
Originally Posted by Luis Pacheco
can somebody please translate this article:
is also rally portugal 2009 in danger not to be started ???
or some other financial shortages for the rally ?
thanx for your answer in advance
Rally of Portugal 2009 in danger of not achieving
The Vodafone Rally of Portugal 2009, proof that after a year of interregnum, marks the return of Portugal to the highest wheel of the rally world, is at risk of failing to perform due to lack of financial support.
According to Autosport that can determine with well-placed source in the ACP, the non-payment of state funds contratualizadas, even on the evidence of 2008, will lead the ACP to take an unprecedented measure, and announce to the FIA in excuse take forward the rally.
Interestingly, also the main sponsor of proof cut substantial part of its support for the edition of 2009, which is not helping the situation now created.
The GPA as stipulated deadline by the end of January to resolve this situation, which if completed, will be a strong ax a proof that after five years of absence returned to WRC in 2007, with the certainty that back in 2009.
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why are these events so reliant on state funding. surely the event should be about to pay for itself, ok with some little support from local council, to offset the gain in tax receipts from extra hotel rooms etc, maybe its like most event, the organisation has got bloated with too many chiefs (needing paid)Quote:
Originally Posted by Sulland
Ah, the vexed issue of state funding - well Rally GB is sponsored by the Welsh Assembly ( or similar I think ). Personally, I hope they don't renew the sponsorship, keeping it in Wales isn't doing the event and sport any good.
yes and while it's assembly funded it will NEVER come to North Wales.Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyRAC
No news about Henning/Bozian today ???? :confused:
Giacomo Ogliari at Rally Norway in a 207 S2000 ??? :confused:
http://www.autoklub.pl/22711,news.html
He will do the Monte Carlo Rally and has plans to do the Normway rally in the same Peugeot 207 of GCar supported by Peugeot Sport. At least that is what Google translations tells me :) .
Thanks Alleskids ;)
Whoops, there something i missed? Is Henning on his way switching car?Quote:
Originally Posted by Tom206wrc
Quote:
Originally Posted by Luis Pacheco
This rumour it’s not to take seriously. It has been launched in order to pressure the Portuguese Government to pay his debts to the organizer of the “Rally de Portugal” (ACP).
Even if the Tourism Minister doesn’t support the 09 edition, the ACP has more than enough resources to organize nest year WRC event (ACP is Portugal 2nd largest association, after the soccer club Benfica !!!).
Woops silly me I thought it was a rally forum......Quote:
Originally Posted by 'Mirek Fric [Cze
You know what's off topic, so if You want to discuss the look of rally cars, just create a new thread for that. This thread is about news and rumours.
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Originally Posted by Koppomsbo
Look at the previous pages... ;)
I think you would find if state funding was taken away from every WRC event then only a handful would be left!Quote:
Originally Posted by Buzz Lightyear
Usually the state funding starts when they are trying to get the event in the WRC calender; obviosuly the FIA or whoever makes the decision to place and event loves to see the local goverment onboard. Once that funding is in place is very hard to let it go and stand on your own feet.
Andreas Mikkelsen/Ramsport are now selling at least two of their cars, one 06-model (EU 55 CNK) and the newest one, a 07-model (EA07 RGZ).
http://www.m-sport.co.uk/carsforsale.html
I still think they have one 06-model (EU55 BNA) and a 05-model (ET53 URO). Earlier this year they sold a 06-model to Bresolin Group in Italy.
Mikkelsen hopes to run a Focus on Rally Norway and then 6 rounds in either a S2000 or group N.
I hope the S2000(in Pwrc ??)for Mikkelsen :p :