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The latest issue of MN has a story on the 4 UK competitors for an ERC round:- in the running
Circuit of Ireland
Scottish Rally
Sunderland Rally (rebirth of the. 2011. WRC. Idea)-Kielder and Lakeland
And ,please rally gods let it be
Rally Yorkshire - Dalby, Cropton and Langdale. - HQ in York
I wish all four of those could run, along with Rally GB and Rally Isle of Man, as a British International championship with Skoda UK Motorsport Fabia S2000s/R5s, Peaugeot UK backed 208 T16s, Citroen UK backed DS3 R5s and M-Sport Fiesta R5s. It would give much needed domestic support to whichever one does get the nod for ERC and for the WRC round.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mintexmemory
Ah well just another one of my pipe dreams.....
More on this here: Britain edges closer to European Rally Championship slot in 2014 - ERC news - AUTOSPORT.comQuote:
Originally Posted by Mintexmemory
I can see two UK rounds being possible if one if mainland UK and the other is COI maybe... wasn't part of COI in Southern Ireland, therefore technically it could be counted as a different country?
Republic used to be part of it yes, but I think that it is irrelevant. Even if COI ran purely in Northern Ireland I agree with you and could see justification for a mainland Britain one too.
Is Jari Ketomaa going to be doing any other event this season?
I dont know if there exist a thread for the European Rally Cup, here the Entry List of Rally Bulgaria that Weekend:
Entry list
and a Link with Info about Live Streaming SS1 tonight:
[url=http://www.rallybulgaria.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=279:рали-„българия-2013”-на-живо-на-evobgbg&Itemid=57&lang=en]Ð*али „БългариÑ
Any news or rumours of the next live coverage? :)
Rajd Polski
Martin Kangur said in Rally Estonia press conference that he is aiming for some ERC events with Fiesta R5.
Hope he comes back to Barum! :)
Today we raise a glass to Armin Schwarz who turns 50! Happy Birthday Armin! :)
Back in 1996...
1996 in Cyprus Rally was the first time I had a taste of World Rally level driver and top car! I was astonished by Armin and really hooked me in rallying, he was super spectacular. Look at 0:50 in the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLshEONWKUg
Nice!
[quote="makinen_fan"]1996 in Cyprus Rally was the first time I had a taste of World Rally level driver and top car! I was astonished by Armin and really hooked me in rallying, he was super spectacular. Look at 0:50 in the video:
Rally Poland to be part of WRC again from next year, so that's one event lost to bring the ERC down to a sensible number of events...
There was some talking about two events in Poland - both WRC and ERC one.
I don't like that idea - it may suggest that ERC should be a support category to the WRC. Their calendar of events should remain separate
Why? The talking was about TWO events not one joint together. There are plenty of countries where You have both WRC and ERC - France, Italy, Portugal, Spain, some time a go it was also Greece or Great Britain.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack4688`
Two GRAVEL events?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
Ahhhh I misunderstood. June and September maybe?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
Urmo Aava told that they have an agreement with ERC that Rally Estonia can run as ERC rally in 2014 July (same date as now). They just need to make sure their funding (governement support). Decision will be most likely in August.
According to Autoklub.pl Toshi Arai is going to compete in 4 ERC events this year - Sibiu, Poland, Barum and Sanremo. He will drive Subaru Impreza prepared by Manfred Stohl. Hopefully Arai doesn't replace Aigner in this team?
This can only be good news. I haven't seen much of Rally Estonia, but what I have seen is fantastic. A great loose-surface rally to add to the sealed-surface heavy ERC calendarQuote:
Originally Posted by bluuford
Bertelli start in Poland and Sanremo with Fiesta RRC by M-Sport
I´d consider it possible that Aigner´s sponsors stopped engaging in his ERC program (Stohl Racing is only the team providing the car). Nothing is known about further appearances of him in ERC ...Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
Toshi's 4 event programme was planned few months ago...
Toshi Arai signs on for three more ERC rounds [PLUS PHOTO GALLERY] | HANDBRAKES & HAIRPINS
Arai will do 4 other ERC events.
But what with Aigner? This guy is great and I hope we will see him in the second part of the season.
He will be back in Zlin, after Barum he will compete in croatiaQuote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
Are You sure? I thought Arai would start in Zlín instead of Aigner. In my understanding they will share same car in next events.
According Aigners homepage, yes....red also in an stohl press release that both drivers (Arai and Aigner) will start in Zlin.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
That would be perfect!
That was previous plans. Actually it looks like Aigner will be missing in Zlin...
Sad news, if it´s true....I think Andi Aigner showed good performance so far this season...Quote:
Originally Posted by PLuto
My previous post was old news, thought I deleted it but it seems not.. :p
About Bertelli.. He won't do Poland and Sanremo. He will only start with the RRC of MSport in Spain and Wales.
Nobody will miss him. But I will for sure miss Aigner. I wonder if he would have been faster than Kajto and Harrach in Janner?Quote:
Originally Posted by mousti
Bertelli was surprisingly spectacular last weekend in Finland. In a sense you'd never know what will happen when he goes by, total contrast to what I saw in Sweden with him and Impreza (was it?).Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
I like Bertelli more than Aigner.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
Aigner always drives old model cars, I don´t like those.