they have no website.. Not even sure if we will see the results.. This seems to be more like a test than a rally. Not sure how many competitors, i hear about entry fee about 30 000 nok..
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they have no website.. Not even sure if we will see the results.. This seems to be more like a test than a rally. Not sure how many competitors, i hear about entry fee about 30 000 nok..
http://www.pettersolberg.com/html/20...etter-solberg/
Another sponsor - MadCroc. Remember it clearly on Mikkelsen's cars and it gives a good livery. More importantly thats even more budget now for every round in 2010.
Energy Drink MadCroc is sponsoring Finnish Rallycross Driver Jussi Pinomäki for a lot of years and circuit driver Pertti Kuismanen too. If you want to see the colours of this firm, go to http://www.jussipinomaki.com
MadCroc was also sponsoring Patrik Sandell when he drove a 207 S2000 on Pwrc :p :
Why does MadCroc sponsor a has been?
what is a has been?
Ask N.O.T ;)
Propably the cheepest alternative, they have sponsored many Rallydrivers, F1 Boatdrivers, Rallycross, Track racing, but never the absolute top guys before either.Quote:
Originally Posted by JFL
WRC 2010 - The battle of the Energy Drinks :DQuote:
Originally Posted by pettersolberg29
Red Bull - Monster - Mad Croc
I'll ask him then, but I guess that PETTER SOLBERG is one of them. :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by JFL
They also used to sponsor Matti Rantanen. I hope they can continue supporting him, even despite contract with Solberg.
Matti Rantanen did well in Finland in 2008.
Mad Croc is sponsoring a few: http://www.energybrands.eu/marketing/new/marketing.html
Mad Crock is also title sponsor for Rally Estonia that is planning to join IRC in the future:http://www.rallyestonia.ee/2010/
Hopefully Solberg will be there as well (Testing for Finland)
They did sponsor Heikki Kovalainen also in the past, but stopped because they tought it's too expensive to sponsor F1 drivers.
They also sponsored Mikkelsen when he drove the Focus wrc
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Originally Posted by pettersolberg29
http://www.svullyrallydahbi.no/
Thanks - nothing like that appears on Google whatever you search! Now I look like a fool, a fool I say ;)
All crap and chemical ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Koppomsbo
(..ucking ..ll, I start to sound like N.O.T.)
Agree, better to stick to the original, Lipovitan-D, and not theese watered crap imitations.Quote:
Originally Posted by Iskald
I always use Carlsberg or Corona :D always Max effect :up:Quote:
Originally Posted by Tomi
Me too, i always drink Carlsberg when i play Corona :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Koppomsbo
Looks as if Energy Drinks have taken over where Tobacco advertising left off.
Obviously there's way too much profit margin in a product thats mostly water, chemicals and sugar (or artificial sugar).
Oh well, thanks for sponsoring the cars, but I'm sorry but you won't get a sale from me though.
What happened to Vodka Kick that sponsored Stobart? Or was it Kick Energy? Kick Energy is still there I think..
http://yfrog.com/7gimg5565bjQuote:
Originally Posted by JFL
http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/9591/img5565b.th.jpg
Its Kick Energy, this was from Rally Australia this year :) So there are 4 energy drinks companies in WRC these days lol
Where Red Devil (Atolye Kazaz Subaru team) has gone? :D
In rallying there is also Battery (historical Hirvonen's sponsor) and Dark Dog (some JWRC drivers I remember).
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Originally Posted by 6789
And the conclusion is that the energy drink companies have taken the role of the Tobacco industry used to have in motorsport !
Well I haven't smoked nor drank energy drinks, but if I have to choose I'd go with the latter. Unless the drinks also glow green when put next to black lights, then I might pass also.
Who knows how much contributes a small sponsor (in average) and the biggest one to Petter's annual budget ?
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Originally Posted by 6789
And Shark sponsoring my son a few years ago...
Petter winning Svully Rally Dhabi after the first 3 stages. Ahead of Marcus by 2 mins.
Yeah but hang on, Marcus is in a Subaru Cup car like Mikkelssen. This is a test.Quote:
Originally Posted by pettersolberg29
Very interesting to note that Andreas Mikkelsen has been faster than Marcus Grønholm on six of the nine stages. Andreas has however noted "irregular" times on SS3 and 6, and therefore Grønholm ends up 38,2 seconds ahead of him after nearly 140 km of stages....Quote:
Originally Posted by MJW
Is there any result page for the rally?!Quote:
Originally Posted by Iskald
More info: 10 kms with punctured tyre for Andreas on SS6. Should have beaten Grønholm without this problem. Not too bad... ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Iskald
Results: http://www.svullyrallydahbi.no/files...-etter-SS9.pdf
I knew Marcus was in a Cup car, but was just letting those who wondered about the results know! Very impressive by Andreas - quicker than Marcus isn't easily done.
Great job by Mikkelsen. I wonder why they withdrew financial support just before the moment when he started to gather some serious speed. It would have been much more smart to learn driving with Subaru sti and then upgrade the car to wrc-level. Now they stopped just before the harvest time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Iskald
Mikkelsen certainly is not only example of this kind of irrational and unrealistic driver management. Though I don't know if it's finacial crise.
Mikkelsen should definitely drive the C4 or Focus in Sweden. He could throw serious challlenge on Latvala at the moment.
I agree, but remember MG hasnt driven any since Greece last year and Mikkelsen has been warming up all winter long. Also Sandell is kind of rusty behind the wheel.Quote:
Originally Posted by pettersolberg29
You are speculating wildly, but no offense, you really haven`t got a clue.Quote:
Originally Posted by Finni2
Btw. Petter Solberg won all stages, as he should. SS2/5/8 was an old classic from Finnskog Rally. Petters best time was 4.03,6. Stage record belongs to - surprise, Andreas Mikkelsen - and it`s 3.55,5 (set in 2008).
Pictures from the rally here:
http://www.rallybilder.net/bilder/svully_rally_dhabi/