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His IRC season was a disaster... He only won it because Skoda wanted him to win. With his program, he should have been champion half way the season!Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
I bet Hänninen will be faster in Monte Carlo. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
And Juho won because skoda wanted.Quote:
Originally Posted by dupanton
According to my dad (who talks to Petter on a regular basis) said a few days ago that he would either drive WRC next year or do rallycross.
Nope, Juho had battle with Jan until the penultimate stage. Only then Skoda decided to stop the battle.
Not in Azores a few years ago... :p
Andreas Mikkelsen (@AMikkelsenRally) tweeted at 4:57 PM on Tue, Dec 04, 2012:
I am sad to hear the news about @Petter_Solberg 's retirement. He has been a great inspiration for any young driver and Norwegians. Thanx!
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Will Mikkelsen be in a WRC at the Monte then?Quote:
Originally Posted by tommeke_B
Fair question! Anyway, Hänninen will be faster. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by EightGear
Four times Canadian champion Antoine L'Estage was testing Lancer WRC of MML Sports in Czech republic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnJg-SFPEjY
antoine doesn't look very comfortable in that car. Are they planning on a program over there this year or bringing that car over here?
This is what I call safe bet :DQuote:
Originally Posted by tommeke_B
b)Quote:
Originally Posted by TyPat107
Competition numbers in 2013 for VW:
7 Latvala
8 Ogier
"They wanted the same one, so they decided to toss a coin." !!!
link : h**p://en.best-of-rallylive.com/Bestofrallylive/News/A-foretaste-of-the-Rallye-Monte-Carlo
1-2 for Citroën, 3-4 for M-Sport but 5 and 6 for who??? Prodrive?, MI?, other?
Highlights [VIDEO] WRC 2012 WRC 2012 Highlights - YouTube
5,6 for M-Sport Junior team ;-)Quote:
Originally Posted by prisciou
Tanak and...
I guess Hanninen, at least in Monte and SwedenQuote:
Originally Posted by mousti
Won't Citroen have 1, 2 and 3?Quote:
Originally Posted by prisciou
Number 1 would be reserved for whenever Seb is competing.
number 1 from each team is fixed for the whole season, they may only replace a number 1 driver on a rare occasion, with a very good reason. so with a 3 car team number list it would be
1 Hirvonen - Abu Dhabi Citroen
2 Sordo/Loeb
3 Al Qassimi/Loeb
4 Ostberg - Qatar Ford M-Sport
5 ??? Novikov
6 Al Attiyah
7 Latvalla - (Red Bull) Volkswagen Motorsport
8 Ogier
9 Mikkelsen
10
I think you're confusing 'number 1 nominated driver' with Number 1 number allocation which is reserved for previous year's driver champion.Quote:
Originally Posted by alleskids
I think L'Estage would need that car to beat Block in Rally America. But isn't active differentials forbidden in Rally America rules? Having that car only for Canada wouldn't make much sense because he's already winning it.Quote:
Originally Posted by PLuto
I don't know Rally America rules but Lancer WRC has only central differential active, the rest is mechanical. Common gr.N Imprezas and Lancers also have central one active.
This year will be a little strange. The champion has always the same and has no. 1. But now the champion quits.. and come back for some events.
I think the vice-champion has no1 in 2013, that is Hirvonen. No2 is his teammate Sordo. When Loeb drives he got the number from one of the guys who hi replaced.
Example: In Sweden Loeb drives with no2 and in France no1. AlAqassimi got a lower number. Like all the other years when for example M-Sport and Ford has more then two cars in the rally.
Abu Dhabi Citroen WRT
1 Miko Hirvonen
2 Daniel Sordo
Sebastien Loeb
Qatar M-Sport WRT
3 Mads Ostberg
4 Novikov/Tanak/Haninnen?
(Adapta WRT
5 Eyvind Brynildsen
Citroen Junior WRT ?
6 Thiery Neuville/ Robert Kubica ?)
Prodrive Mini
5/7 ?
6/8 ?
Volkswagen
7/9 Jari-Matti Latvala
8/10 Sebastien Ogier
9/11 Martin Prokop (Czech Ford National Team)
10/12 Nasser Al-Attiyah (Qatar M-Sport)
11/13 Khalid Al-Qassimi (Sordo/Hirvonen when Loeb replaced them)
I think next year we will something like this.
I was wrong about the differential. Hydraulic gear change was the reason why previous generation WRC cars were not allowed. 2013 Rally America rueles say "Gear Change: The use of an unassisted manual sequential gear change mechanism is allowed". According to this WRC Lancer wouldn't be allowed? (Don't know about Canadian rules)
I remember Hirvonen saying that he does not want number 1 on his car for 2013 as it belongs to Loeb.
I can read everywhere paying drivers / not paying drivers. some people seem to have better access to infos than other.
Can somebody do a summary of who is paid for his seat and who is paying for his seat for next season?
Thanks!
I read the same. Mikko will use the number 2 during the whole season, while the number 1 will be shared between Loeb & Sordo.Quote:
Originally Posted by vkangas
It wasn't so long ago that competitors were 'seeded' on each event and given the corresponding number. That way spectators had an idea of who were the top competitors, who were expected to win, and who was exceeding expectations. Perhaps that was just too simple.
So Sordo isn't doing the full season...? :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Kielder
I could never understand why this system, which worked perfectly well, was dropped. That it sometimes threw up odd seedings — Derek Bell at 14 on the 1987 RAC Rally because, if I remember correctly, of his FIA seeding — never seemed too problematic.Quote:
Originally Posted by sollitt
A foretaste of the Rallye Monte-Carlo
a) JML is definitely cursed.
b) It seems it's true that Petter will do rallycross.
c) VW will have problems if this is the advanced system to decide the "fights" between drivers.
:)
Sordo said this about it a few weeks ago: "It's not decided yet the number of rallies that I will run. It's sure I'm going to run eleven, but the boss, Yves Matton, is working hard so we can do the thirteen of the Championship. And he is putting a lot of effort, so I have high hopes to do a full program". Nothing new since then.Quote:
Originally Posted by rjbetty
Regarding the numbers, it was reported that Loeb will use the number 1 in the rallies he will run, Sordo in the rest of them.
Why would they give Sordo the number 1? He's not World Champion. Surely the FIA recognises this - or do they have to have a car with the number 1 at all times?
How come they don't give him Car "0" like Damon Hill had at Williams
Do you know what 0 car means in rallying? This not F1 mateQuote:
Originally Posted by rjbetty
Because the number 0 is used for the course car that goes through the stage just before the competitors to make sure nothing has changed to dramatically affect the route enough that pace notes would be wrong.
I don't see why they can't give Hirvonen #2 and Sordo #3 (and al'Qassimi #4?) and just keep the #1 in reserve for when Loeb competes. There are plenty of series - Indycar, MotoGP and V8 Supercars spring to mind - where the reigning champion has the choice of using the #1 or his regular number if he wants to (for instance, Valentino Rossi always uses the #46) without a problem.
It just seems wrong that someone else other than Loeb should carry the #1 when Loeb is champion, even if he is not competing in a rally at the time. When Alain Prost retired from Formula 1 at the end of 1993, the numbers for 1994 were allocated based on the final 1993 World Constructors' Championship positions. Prost had been driving for McLaren, but Williams' won the Constructors' title, so they got the numbers 0 and 2. I get that #0 cannot be used by a competitive car in rallying, but I don't buy into the idea that the WRC has to have a car with the #1 on its window at all times.
Is it really that important who has what number on their car?
When someone who isn't the World Champion might be given the number that only the World Champion has any valid claim to, yes, it is that important.Quote:
Originally Posted by Franky