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Chris Patterson will co-drive for Greensmith from now on
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Chris Patterson will co-drive for Greensmith from now on
They'll probably do better if Chris drives the car.Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
4th permanent co-driver change of the season already must be a record.
Hope this one works out by combining youth with huge experience.
https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/green...ver-patterson/
so rumours floating around in twitter that Tänak and Neuville will do San Remo to prepare for Croatia and Breen, Solberg Loubet also but with R5 machines.
No idea about the engine but a puncture kept the car from winning and someone filed a complaint over the aerodynamics.Quote:
Originally Posted by TypeR
https://www.wrcwings.tech/2021/03/23...PIzW3Ls5_g03Bw
I've been going to this rally since 2006 but it's really not good to be traveling, yet.
I would say Greensmith getting Patterson is a "normal" co-driver change to get more experience in the car, whereas Neuville, Sordo, Loeb splitting with their experienced co-drivers seems more awkward. As for Lehtinen, he just got a new job at TGR which suited his life better.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Confirmed in a special wrc class. (also rumoured some 2c wrc -maybe loubet not in r5-)Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
also possible the addition of french drivers testing for Croatia due to the postponing of toquet rally.
True!Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
Iīm not counting Loeb as WRC driver anymore, he is more like Petter Solberg who does what he wants and nobody is saying that Petter changed co-driver. (in fact Petter is younger than Loeb)
Suninen is not full time WRC driver and Lehtinen needed full time job.
Good news! M-Sport will use new engine in Croatia:
https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/m-spo...ne-in-croatia/
https://www.wrc.com/en/news/2021/wrc...2021-calendar/
Acropolis replaces Chile this year already!
Acropolis is back!
https://twitter.com/OfficialWRC/stat...17468827602948
Shame about Chile (although going there this year would be quite risky), glad we got the Acropolis back after 8 (too) long years! Will also be a nice send off for current regulation cars to see how they fair against the 'old' Polo, DS3 and Fiesta. Also will be interesting to see Hyundai there for the very first time (& hopefully not last).Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
Interesting that Solberg entered to Sanremo with Seb Marshall.
Maybe as mentor. More important first time.Quote:
Originally Posted by abcrally
Three months of non stop testing until the Safari, a bit like the good old days...? :D
Think it must be a picture from last year? Michelin & (sponsor) Microsoft are not in the game anymore..
yeah old livery
Maybe the car has just been in the container for months?
EDIT: weird in any case. I've heard though that the teams are allowed to test in Kenya, although normally testing must happen only in Europe.
https://www.rallit.fi/toyotan-wrc-au...kempi-selitys/
It's a demo car, not an actual rally car.
From Wales Rally GB:
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Picture was taken yesterday but as said itīs demo car not real WRC.Quote:
Originally Posted by jacko
(container wia sea to Africa takes months, thatīs why it still has old stickers)
And they don't usually put rally cars into sea containers, they fly them in and out.Quote:
Originally Posted by pantealex
Fiesta Rally3 in Croatia.
https://www.wrc.com/en/news/2021/wrc...tia-wrc-debut/
With the whole suez problem they said it takes about 9 days to go around afrika.Quote:
Originally Posted by pantealex
So shipping to kenya should be about 2 to 3 weeks i suppose.
Kris Meeke backing his homeland Rally Northern Ireland for WRC...
https://www.instagram.com/p/CNDJMr-H...=1m80gs54slh10
In a racing boat maybe - more like 3 or 4 weeks in a ship.Quote:
Originally Posted by denkimi
Quote:
Originally Posted by denkimi
From Socotra to Gibraltar around Africa it's over 17000 km which shall be around 18-20 days with an average container ship.Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve Boyd
Our team will embrace a new technical challenge in 2022, as we develop a car fit for the hybrid era of the FIA World Rally Championship based on the i20 N road car.
https://motorsport.hyundai.com/full-...-for-wrc-2022/
Hyundai, Toyota and M-Sport commit to WRC hybrid rules
https://www.motorsport.com/wrc/news/...ybrid/6004350/
Finally, tarmac Finland! Thats what everybody was asking for so long!
Haha!!!! Good one!!!
I heard Rally Finland will become a mixed-surface event, but not with one leg on gravel and one leg on tarmac. Not even stages which switch surfaces part way through - one leg with gravel tyres on the left-hand side of the car and tarmac tyres on the right, then switch them over for the next leg as the roads will be tarmacced on the other side. This pic confirms itQuote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
Rumors of italian Umberto Scandola with hyundai wrc in sardinia
not a good day for rumors....
Try again tomorrowQuote:
Originally Posted by wyler
Sent from my GM1913 using Tapatalk
sorry guys, seems to me people were posting fools from all over the places. i added one from Italy.Quote:
Originally Posted by cali
i guess humor is something reserved for northerners here...:rolleyes:
I think the difference is that Scandola on a Hyundai WRC could have been credible if posted on any other day. If it was, say, Massimo Biasion, it would have worked as a proper April fools :)