Maybe he will like the Fabia so much he willd drive it in next years WRC :D Given the exits of the works teams, it is probably still good for regular points in the right hands.Quote:
Originally Posted by Krigen
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Maybe he will like the Fabia so much he willd drive it in next years WRC :D Given the exits of the works teams, it is probably still good for regular points in the right hands.Quote:
Originally Posted by Krigen
Thanks Viking. I think the Fabia would look quite cool in orange :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Viking
You must be a prophet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jaanus
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Retirement for Henning on penultimate stage of Romjulsrally whereas he was leading(PG Andersson won on the 2nd Skoda) :(
Not sure he'll be convinced to use the Fabia instead of the whale on WRC09... :p :
Henning Solberg won the first four specialstages and was 20 sec in front of PG Andersson. He had to retire after ss4 because of problems with the cooler. Pg won ss5 and Mats Jonsson in Escort WRC won ss6.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tom206wrc
Totally PG won before Mats Jonsson and Martin Stenshorne(Evo9)
It was cold at Romjulsrally today. -16 in the morning. The roads had thick and good ice but the snowbanks wasnt very high, between 10 and 30cm.
AFAIK one of the Hellum Bros took care that Petter was able to swap from Ford to Subaru and that John Haugland was the impetus in Petter’s "discovery" by Ford. But Iskald should know better...Quote:
Originally Posted by Camelopard
Excerpt from ERC24 news 1134 of 16.12.2008:Quote:
Originally Posted by jbmarcus21
[...] Last week MSE/Ford Team RS Europe boss Andréas Eriksson told ERC24 that he had also made Grönholm an offer for 2009. “We have spoken and he knows what I want, he will decide when he’s ready,” said Eriksson who is bubbling with confidence about the new Ford Fiesta. “I want to be ready to test early because I think we were a little late with that this year. There is a lot of work to do but I am very confident that the new car will be good, very good.” [...]
I have great pleasure to invite everybody for Round WRC in
POLAND.WELCOME EVERYBODY IN POLAND JUNE 2009.
"On this website http://www.accommodation-rallypoland.com
Supporters from all over the world can book accommodation for the period the Rally
Poland '09 (25-28 June 2009), which is one of the rounds of WRC cycle.
You can also find there a google map on which both places of
accommodation and special stages are marked. What is more, there are
also descriptions of given accommodation along with pictures, GPS
location and the description of the equipment. "
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5g-fkCM_ovc
yes but for the moment.. no answer about rally and rallycross...
“Petter Solberg and Subaru have agreed that Petter Solberg is free to enter any brand of the car he elects for participation in the WRC in 2009 and beyond.
Petter Solberg will use the nearest future to sort out the possibilities to re-enter the WRC for 2009.”
http://www.pettersolberg.com/html/
WRC IS ON FIRE!! :hot:
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I expect an announcemnet of what car he drives soon, all we have to speculate now is it a Ford or C4.
I suspect a Ford, but would like to see hIm in a C4.
Sure Petter will go to Ford or Citroen ..
So Prodrive support Adapta next year...
Otsberg one of the S14 driver, it is ok
But for the second wheel ... ?? What do you think between
- PG Andersson ??
- Petter Solberg ??
- Guy Wilks ??
- Marcus Grönholm ??
The main question now is which car Petter will drive...I think that all the seats in Citroen are covered and one missing in Stobbart.Am I right?So,we should expect a Petter-Focus perticipation?This way the strength between the two teams (Ford-Citroen) will be well-balanced.What do you think??
It is still uncertain how many cars Adapta World Rally Team will run next season. Like the situation is now, it can be from one to four cars. The team has two S12B and two S14 available. However, it is definitely that Mads Østberg are to be found in one of the two-S14 cars in eight wrc rallys.
Rally Norway will be Østbergs first rally in 2009, so no RI. He will do a 3 day test in Norway in jan and he will also start in the two first rallys in the Norwegian championship with the S14.
Is there anything official in that regards?Quote:
Originally Posted by jbmarcus21
They released a press release concerning the case on norsk-rally.com earlier today :)
Looking at the current balance in the teams Citroen have, Loeb, Sordo, Ogier, Rautenbach, Novikov and Atko, that 6, and some of those are 8 rounds only drivers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Psycho!
Ford have
Mikko, J-M Latvala, Al Qassimi, Matt Wilson, Mikkelson (for Norway) - unknowns are Henning,& Galli (but Galli has said Stobart or nothing for him)
Then there are the likes of Aava in the Ramsport Ford,
Based on that I reckon it will be a Ford, but maybe others will know more about what level of sponsorship Petter has, and which of those two maunfacturers are stronger in Nordic market. We normally think Ford is teh dominant in Nordic countries but Kenneth Hansen has a big Citroen connections so maybe its not so straight forward.
Wow. Lay off the hallucinogenic stuff please. So crappy sporting regs, boring cars and unimaginative routes/rallies is all sorted because Atkinson has a seat for a few rallies and Petter MIGHT have a seat too? :confused: I wonder what you would have thought of the WRC from 2000-2003 :crazy:Quote:
Originally Posted by Psycho!
If it is Ford that he drives for, will they give him an 08, or 07 spec Focus, given the fact that he could be a serious contender?Or are they restricted by regulation in nominating? :s mokin:
Petter should say something like this, look , once in a lifetime offer, I will drive your car for free, I might even bring some sponsors. All you have to do is to bring another M1 car to the rallys. I want same material and testing as the first two drivers, but I give them an head-start by not driving Ireland.
It's not just a matter of getting and 07 or 08 Focus, its the testing programme, working with the engineer and things like that need to be sorted.
Sure IF Petter would be in a Ford it would certainly help them, and even the fight a bit with Citroen. However, I think it is now widely accepted that Citroen as a team and the C4 in particular is the car /team to be in if you want to win. It would be good to compare Petter and Loeb when Petter has not had to contend with unco-operative cars, as he has had to do since 2004. I think Petter has a better chance of getting equal machinery in Ford. Citroen is very much built around Loeb.
Good news that Petter is free to chose his car for 2009 ;)
Edit: he can also switch to IRC in S2000 like PG Andersson and Gardemeister are about to do :p :
If Malcolm wilson really wanted to win events and championship's he would have Petter in the BP team and move Hirvonen to stobarts as he will never get any better than the 9/10th's driver he is now!!!
Hirvo is more consistent than Latvala... ;)
Results are better to be there then now that he does not have to drive that crap car anymore...Quote:
Originally Posted by Tom206wrc
Yes true but thats all he is consistant...he does'nt have the hunger for wins like Loeb Sordo and LatvalaQuote:
Originally Posted by Tom206wrc
Remove Finns and put P.Solberg and F.Duval. After Gronholm there's no good Finns who can beat Loeb..Quote:
Originally Posted by ste898
Duval is a waste of space totally........Gronholm is a master!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Barreis
Great news for Petter! Hopefully, he will get a competetive car - whether it's Ford or Citroen - and he will have his last chance of showing that he hasn't lost it! It will be a heavy pressure for him, with much to loose - but I have no doubts that he will got for it. The championship would really benefit of him challenging in the top!
Sordo ? Expect on tarmac (will always score second places though ^^ behind Seb) he isn't able to win anywhere. Yet.Quote:
Originally Posted by ste898
Hirvonen is better than Sordo by now, IMHO. And result-wise too.
You are a real comedian my friend....Quote:
Originally Posted by ste898
I totally agree. This element of WRC deserves more critisism than it gets.Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
You can say what you want about JML being better than Mikko,the points say it all
Mikko 103
JML 58
Yep, slow and steady wins the race.Quote:
Originally Posted by urabus-denoS2000
Maybe that can change in 2009 though if JML becomes less crash-happy.
You can replace "slow" by "intelligent"....Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
I don't usually agree with Ste but tell me what's wrong with his argument?Quote:
Originally Posted by AlfaWRC
Your defending of Mikko against genuine criticisms wouldn't have to do anything with the link in your sig would it?Quote:
Originally Posted by AlfaWRC