That was the start of disaster for sport.
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That was the start of disaster for sport.
Prodrive wanted colin but did not have the money to pay his salary and also Subaru was not willing to pay what he asked, so their negotiations was in a dead end, time was running out then Jouhki made the deal directly with Subaru, thats what did happen in short.Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyRAC
Well in a nutshell- in 2009 after Subaru left an article in a NZ publication stated that there had been "acrimony" between Petter and DR as Petter had criticised the cars that were being developed at the time and the fact that he had not had a win in 2 years or so. From what I understand DR was doing the best he could with the dwindling money the Japan was providing and did not take well to Petter's comments.Quote:
Originally Posted by tfp
Also, Petter's choice of car for the 2009 season was apparently taken the wrong way by DR.
If I can find the article I will let you know.
What does Joukhi mean?
Also it is interesting in the 2009 Pirelli World of Rallying book there is a piece written by Kris M about the 2009 IRC successes and in it he states he was asked to test the 2008 Impreza but refused as he thought it was a rubbish. So maybe some of Petter's choices regarding cars have not been as short sighted as some think.
joukhi is this guy
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some very interesting things on 2nd and 3rd paragraph.
Not quite. Prodrive were looking to appoint a test driver, Martin and Meeke were the two final candidates. Meeke arrived at a UK motor industry test track (MIRA) and tested the Subaru. DR asked him what he thought of the car. Meeke replied- "It's crap".Quote:
Originally Posted by Plan9
SO?!Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
And who is joukhi?!
for some years now that the sport is healthy, nobody of importance...but was very important a decade ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by T.Maanteiden kuningas
Rally Emotion - Motor Show / Solberg vince e saluta la Citroen!
Petter, from the podium of Bologna's Motor Show, just told his team it was the last event with them "after 3 years of successes"! Ford deal done?
Or nothing ;) . He said it enough this year he don't want to do all this anymore manage a own team finding sponsors and so much other work. So that has now been confirmed we'll see what he does next year his statement doesn't mean anything for next year I think.