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rallye-magazin.de*::*do it sideways! But you better speak German ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by kirungi okwogera
Lappi's two tarmac rallies in Spain have been confirmed by himself about two weeks ago. Unfortunately official announcement only on his finnish homepage.
Esapekka Lappi : Tervetuloa Esapekka Lapin kotisivuille
p.s. For any rally driver that is reading this.... You should really put some effort to your international (english) home pages! ;)
We had a quick chat in Olbia with Team Manager Bruno De Pianto. “We’re still talking with Mini who still wants to do some programme in motorsport,” he told us. “Last week’s news was very disappointing, of course. We have a driver now who is good and we had a real development plan which we believe would have been strong. Our aim now is to finish the year as well as possible. The car has some evolutions and Chris [Atkinson] is happy. Recent test work was positive and we hope to show Mini that the plan could be competitive, especially with the prospect of a fight with VW and Hyundai.
‘Anniversary’ 2: the Mini meteor fades
:rotflmao:Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
Who exactly is Mini that De Pianto refers too? BMW?Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
De Pianto is previous ralliart Italy manager,now motorsport Italia.Quote:
Originally Posted by noel157
His interviews are far better than Wilson.Is my Nr1 by far!!
see by yourself ..
''We have a driver now who is good and we had a real development plan which we believe would have been strong''
before they had a bad driver i understant...
edit.at the same level i read Atkos interviews,while at all stages there is a problem with his mini,after or before the rally everything is ok,test was good,mini is revised,team is perfect etc.
:D :D. There is nothing more amusing than people with that level of confidence, without the required level of achievementQuote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
Thanks but what I meant was who is he apparently "talking" too? There is nobody to talk to (or will listen) called Mini any more. Prodrive?
... or a better oneQuote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
I get told that every week. :arrows:Quote:
Originally Posted by vkangas
Poor me!!!! :bigcry:
prodrive? of course not! Bmw choosed motorsport italia to represent.Quote:
Originally Posted by noel157
best comedy at wrc for years.
Exactly, so he's just PR BS'ing. Perhaps that's the comedy part... :)Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
I don't think it will be BMW either for next year. BMW quits (in a matter of speaking, because they weren't really involved were they?) as Ford does.Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
And that's my point. Guy can dream I suppose...
Malcolm and De Pianto together in one video :heart:
World Rally Championship - Video - Browse All - Rally Italy: Team managers after Saturday action
Any update on Qatar's potential plans for the WRC next year?
Yves Maton said at the press conference after todays rally that the seat next to Hirvonen will go to an experienced driver. That kind of narrow it down to Petter Solberg, Mads Østberg and Chris Atkinson. They did confirm on WRR that Østberg is having talks with the team.
I was hoping for Novikov, but he's only 22 and while he's still improving he needs a couple of season more before he gets a works seat IMO
I´d narrow it down to Dani Sordo.
Sordo is not experienced enough? :(
How could I forget him, tsk tsk ... yes, he's properly their best option.Quote:
Originally Posted by Miika
According to finnish Neste Oil Rally newsletter Toyota has been testing their new 1.6 WRC engine from April in Germany. Sounds good.
thats right.Have build and a chassis too based on YarisQuote:
Originally Posted by vkangas
Elfyn Evans has after winning WRC academy title already a new challenge, with starting in the Condroz rallye Huy the final event of the BFO-BRC championship! This event is in 2 weeks.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...type=1&theater
I thought the deal between Sordo and Citroen was acted for 8 rallies? I must have lost the track somewhere...Quote:
Originally Posted by Miika
What are your thoughts : the man in good shape of this second half of season has to be Ostberg...
Really hope he get something decent for next season...
http://www.motorsportforums.com/wrc/...wrc-plans.html They must have read this forum, last month ;-)Quote:
Originally Posted by vkangas
As has Craig Breen to help prepare for Spain the following week.Quote:
Originally Posted by mousti
Esapekka Lappi's livery to Spanish National Tarmac Championship – the Rallye Sierra Morena (27-28 October) and Rallye Comunidad de Madrid (24-25 November).
Esapekka Lappi heads to Spain with ASM Motorsport | ASM Motorsport
Toyota is working on WRC car for longer time...Quote:
Originally Posted by Rally Hokkaido
Indeed with Sainteloc, although preparing, don't really think so u can't compare Condroz with Spain.Quote:
Originally Posted by noel157
It looks like Sanremo will be back in WRC in 2013... - Autosport
Come on, being serious it's almost impossible to organize a WRC event in 6 months... they have to prepare the route, get the authorisations, negotiate the institutional sponsorships with Ligury Region (they give less than 100k euros at the moment. Don't think they'll get 1 million like Sardinia, plus 200k euros from Olbia town, etc...), arrange all the logistic plan, etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by PLuto
There's a too long "to do" pile in a few time! :)
But they wouldn't be starting from scratch... the event has still been running since it's departure from the WRC. It would be great to see it in it's former glory, as mixed surface event, rather than all asphalt test it has been since '97.
And then have Rally Catalunya return to the Costa Brava. I would love to see the cars slide past the bridge at Viladrau. That was always one of the greatest shots in rallying, even better when Panizzi did donuts in '02
That corner is a little bit different nowadays :(
http://www.motorsportforums.com/wrc/...ladrau-ss.html
Of course, roads slightly different in character.... :)Quote:
Originally Posted by mousti
But yes, preparing, getting seat time, in the zone and all that.
Sardinia over San Remo any day, some amazing nature in Sardinia and the amount of spectators are just growing so i don't see a reason to remove it. Especially since there really isn't any other island rallies anymore.
Yeah, that Viladrau stage would not be the same, because the C-25, "eix transversal", the main road over the bridge, is actually being doubled, so if they wanted to run that stage today it would be a bit different. I haven't been there in 5 or 6 years but, I do know that, in their regional championship, the Catalan rallyes are avoiding these roads since the works started, and with the crisis we are suffering who knows when they are going to finish them. Viladrau was awesome because it was the union of three different rally stages and it had it all, one of the greatest in the world.
Some amazing nature from SardiniaQuote:
Originally Posted by SubaruNorway
Coiluna Lizard - Rally Italia 2011 Coiluna 2 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Not a lizard (just so you know I can tell the difference) - Rally Italia 2011 Coiluna 2 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
For now it's just a rumour (AS source is "someone close to FIA") but it would be great for WRC to have this iconic rally back.Quote:
Originally Posted by PLuto
An amazing clip from last mixed Sanremo with the unforgettable 555 Imprezas: Subaru WRC team-San Remo 1996 - YouTube