Yes, the choice has been announced, it will be Neuville in in the BF Goodrich Peugeot. He received 8 votes and Debackere 6 votes. So i guess Melissa will have to look for something else to drive in Ypres. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallytourist
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Yes, the choice has been announced, it will be Neuville in in the BF Goodrich Peugeot. He received 8 votes and Debackere 6 votes. So i guess Melissa will have to look for something else to drive in Ypres. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallytourist
Finally a good decision to give it to a young driver and not to a 'old' one who had his chances decenia ago...
I know little about Thierry Neuville. Is he well thought of in Belgium? A talent for the future, capable of a top 6 in Ypres?
He is still young driver, but very talented in my opinion. He has been running in Fiesta St last year and this year he is using a Citroen C2R2Max, with this car he was unbeatable sofar in Belgium. Also in his first rally in France he made very good impression. So IMO he might be very capable of finishing in top 6 in Ypres. We will see. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by noel157
What about BF Goodrich drive for Barum Rally? Any news about possible candidates for this drive and when it will be announced? :D
And what about Sanremo ??? :p :
About 20 days before Barum rally start...news about the BFGoodrich driver ??? Especially the date of the announcement... :confused:
Do we know who the canditates are ?
The final vote is tomorrow. We know absolutely nothing...
Martin Prokop got the gig didnt he
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Originally Posted by Pinto
No idea about who were the other contenders ??? :confused: :confused:
Jan Černý, Jaroslav Orsák, Martin Prokop, Jaromír Tarabus and Eva Vykydalová
Who is Eva Vykydalova?
Female driver, to tell the truth I don't know why she was in final five except that she is female...
I thought so,I have heard of talented Czech drivers in small cars but never heard of her
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I would have imagined it was because she was a "czech Melissa Debackere" :s
No Tom, Eva always drove in smaller cars and she is not that fast.
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I thought Tarabus had a kind of "link" with FIAT(as he drives a Grande Punto since last year) :confused:
And... Tarabus will have support from official team in Barum...
BFG have said that the shortlist of 5 for Sanremo has already been put forward. Anyone know who the 5 are?
Interesting :confused:
LUCA CANTAMESSA(with 8 votes) has been chosen by Kronos and BFGoodrich for Sanremo !!!! :) :) :)
Other choices were Elwis Chentre(7 votes)and Alessandro Bettega(5 votes) ;)
Good choice according to me :up:
I agree with you Tom, alltough Chentre would have deserved it as well. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Tom206wrc
Think he is top Grp N in the CIR but know little about him. Didn't he used to drive a Subaru before changing to an Evo 9? Is he good, the right choice for the BFG drive?Quote:
Originally Posted by Tom206wrc
Always thought young Bettega had a future but he seems to have had little exposure this season.
I would prefere Chentre personaly but not bad choice anyway.
The fact is Kronos and BFGoodrich have already chosen a young promising but unexperienced(of S2000/GrN/4WD cars)driver in the past for Sanremo: Andrea Torlasco... :mark:
Very good driver in the Renault Clios(GrN/R3)but wasn't fantastic at all in the 4WD 207 S2000 :s
Fortuneately Elwis Chentre drove and with talent, the Xsara/206 WRC so has got interesting experience of 4WD though... ;)
The UK ASN this morning opened applications and released the timetable for the BFG Scotland drive. Looks like the selected driver will be from all of the UK rather than just Scotland.
MSA opens applications for BFGoodrich and Kronos Racing entry on Intercontinental Rally Challenge Rally of Scotland.
BFGoodrich and Kronos Racing, in association with the Motor Sports Association – governing body of UK motor sport – are offering a fully-funded entry for a British rally driver to compete in the Scottish round of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) on November 19-21.
The 2009 BFGoodrich Drivers Team was set up to provide a fully-funded opportunity for a local driver to contest five of the IRC’s 12 rounds in Monte Carlo, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Italy and now Scotland.
The MSA is inviting applications from drivers wishing to be considered for selection to contest the Rally of Scotland in the BFGoodrich Drivers Team’s Peugeot 207 Super 2000. There is no age limit, but applicants must be British citizens and must hold an MSA International Rally competition licence.
The applicants will be reduced to a shortlist of five drivers put forward for consideration by a jury that will include representatives of the British media. The final selection will be made on 6th November and the winner announced the same day.
The winning crew will be given a test session in the week of the event to familiarise themselves with the Peugeot 207 Super 2000, with BFGoodrich's range of tyres and with the staff at Kronos Racing.
The selected crew will then take part in the Scottish round of the IRC in the colours of BFGoodrich/Kronos in the same conditions as the team's other three drivers, including British star and current IRC championship leader Kris Meeke (pictured above), who will be competing in a similar Peugeot 207.
"The BFGoodrich Drivers Team is an illustration of BFGoodrich's real commitment to rallying and gives us a chance to showcase the performance of our products and our dynamism," says Nick Shorrock, Director of the Michelin Group's Competition Department.
"We have been loyal to BFGoodrich ever since the brand arrived in rallying, and we are particularly proud to have had this chance to work with its staff on such an exciting project," underlines Kronos Racing Director Marc Van Dalen. "The BFGoodrich Drivers Team is a unique operation which represents an exceptional opportunity for the selected drivers."
“This is a fantastic initiative from BFGoodrich and we are delighted to support it,” says Colin Hilton, MSA Chief Executive. “The UK is blessed with some extremely talented rally drivers and whichever one of them is selected for this drive, I am sure they will make the most of the opportunity.”
Programme and timetable:
October 26: The deadline for interested crews to forward their application to the MSA to be considered for the drive is midday on October 26, 2009. UK motor sport’s governing body will forward the list of drivers to BFGoodrich and Kronos management who will draw up a shortlist of five crews.
November 6: BFGoodrich and Kronos will set up a jury which will include representatives of the British media. In a secret vote, this jury will then nominate the crew which will be given the opportunity to contest the Rally of Scotland in the programme's Peugeot 207 Super 2000. The selected crew will take part in the Scottish round of the IRC in the colours of BFGoodrich/Kronos in the same conditions as the team's other three drivers, namely Freddy Loix, Nicolas Vouilloz and Kris Meeke, all of whom will be competing in similar Peugeot 207 Super 2000s.
November 16: a test session will be organised in the region visited by the rally to give the nominated driver a chance to familiarise himself with the Peugeot 207, with BFGoodrich's range of tyres and with the staff at Kronos Racing.
November 19-21: the crew will contest the Royal Automobile Club Motor Sports Association Rally of Scotland.
'Representives of the British media' :- Hm, that shouldn't take long then - are there many people who work in Rallying media who are British? I can think of only a handful.
Official announcement tomorrow for rally Scotland.
Wilks?
Can't wait for the news :cool:
Any news on who was nominated ?
Yes news :confused:
Tom, people are still having their breakfast here in UK.. calm down.
This is only an educated guess but the winner might come from this group of drivers:
G Wilks
D Weston Jnr
M McCormick
G Evans
M Higgins
A Gould
D Bogie
Should it be one of the 'old guard'? Or one of the new young guys?
One of the young guns,Bogie,Weston,Thorburn or Fisher,but it would be interesting to see how quick old Gwyndaf would make it goQuote:
Originally Posted by AndyRAC
Adam Gould is BFG driver for Rally Scotland.
Good decision.
Wilks withdrew his entry after lining up his Skoda drive. I like it that he stepped aside to give somebody a better chance.
I suspect Guy thinks he's in a better car......Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
Full details http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80042
Haven't been impressed with Gould this season but maybe having been paying much attention to him. Is he any good?
McShea after after his RI performance would have been a better bet?