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Hey Mirek, did you not say that modern rally cars are more reliable that the cars from the past? Can you tell it to Kajto now?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
Janner - problem with steering, retired
Cyprus - problem with power steering, lost 1st place
Valais - fire in the engine bay, retired
Corse - technical problem already on the second stage and retires
Do I need to remind you miserable statistics of the 208 R5? ;)
Gugliemi is totally destroying other 2WD drivers!
Yes, I said so. And I also said why R5 class was an exception...Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
lol again something broken on the 208 R5. It's so sad that it almost gets funny how shitty that car is.
And first 208 T16 is... guess what... broken. This time Breen's one :(
What is the problem on Breen's car?
Breen:
"Something is broke, so we lost a bout a minute I think. That's life... Something in the dif, the revs keep shooting up like it is the clutch or something. It can be repaired but in this rally, one minute makes a big difference. You have to win it, you really have to win it. Next time..."
Abbring had a spin:
"In the beginning is really nice, but we had a spin in one of the villages, I did not recognise it in the recce. There was lose gravel on the side, there was no way I could control the car. We will manage but it is not easy. I don't think it is so bad in the beginning, but the last 6-kilometres... We change the pace notes a bit now."
AGAIN... :( This is beyond a joke now. Breen would be better off in his 35 year-old Ford Escort !! :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
http://www.barronpix.com/wp-content/...4/JQ6V3621.jpg
Exactly! Kajto should ask Malcolm Wilson for a 35 year-old Ford Escort too!Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
If I see how unreliable they are in historic rallies (at least here), you could be very disappointed... :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
And another time the diff on the 208 R5 ... *facepalm*
We all know that 208 is not reliable, but looking at stage times from Corsica they don't seem to be much faster than 207s of Camili and Consani.
This was better for Peugeot 30 years ago... and in events that were 4 times longer...
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y10...tanen84RAC.jpg
Do you think it is mistake in rules for R5 cars? Or just Malcolm made Fiesta R5 too soon and P208T16 is crap? I hope Skoda will be better at least in terms of reliability.
With service after EVERY stage...Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Don't think it would be way better. Most likely it will be better thanks to huuuuge amount of testing but nowhere near S2000. Just my two cents...Quote:
Originally Posted by liposh
All I remember seeing were a couple of guys in van at the side of the road to straighten the panels and change tyres... hardly a 'full service'.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
Bouffier loosing 17 seconds on SS4! Some problem obviously.
Puncture. Better feeling for Abbring now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
Fast 207 S2000: Consani has the Pirelli's, Camilli has the talent..
Breen out thanks to transmission problems. Kajto also out, Wiegand is quite "lucky bastard" :-D
Škoda can celebrate double in a season when it shall have been crushed by all the new R5...
Was there anybody who would expect that before the season? I honestly absolutely not.
Yeah, I did a bit. Peugeot was little late with homologation and missed first rounds. But didn't expect to be so easy for Skoda.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
No way! Nobody expected such crappy cars from such successful manufacturers as Peugeot and Ford.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
Congratulations to Skoda drivers, engineers and the whole team!
Oh, so there was one person who expected that? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by stefanvv
Game over... again. :(
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B111Y7RIQAA9XIM.jpg:large
Picture sums up the season ...
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B115YH6CEAADeSZ.jpg:large
Surprising that Crugnola leads JERC quite easy in front of Lefebvre, or is Lefebvre just getting the points to get the title.. Nice prizes for him but will it be good? WRC-2 and ERC with PSA R5's...
Edit: Lappi Crashed!
I doubt Skoda themselves expected it. They had the title guaranteed with one round to go too, despite two Lappi crashes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
Now let's see if they can do a better job than the others with their R5 car too.
Chris Ingram said the price for winning JERC was 'only' 2 rallys in a 208 R5. Still a nice price of course.Quote:
Originally Posted by mousti
2 complete rallies, or? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by EightGear
2 loops, rather.Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
Or 2 stages? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by EightGear
His dad didn't get such good value for his money this year.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
I wonder if Peugoet offer some kind of money-back guarantee?
Well, besides Kajto (probably support by M-Sport Poland) no driver of Fiesta R5 started with full works support in this year´s ERC, not to talk about a full works team. Skoda (even still with Fabia S2000) and Peugeot do, so bashing Fiesta R5 is a little bit unfair when comparing the "big 3". But considering works support it makes the results of the 208 T16 even worser.
So maybe Peugeot should consider dropping Sainteloc and do it fully themselves - or find another racing team who services the car.
Lappi and Consani out, too?
They crashed on SS6.Quote:
Originally Posted by WUff1
There was a big discussion about Lappi last week... now he crashed again.
why don't they call back belgian Kronos? They demostrated to be a high value team with xsara wrc and also Irc program with neuvilleQuote:
Originally Posted by WUff1
Does Kronos still exist? They had huge financial problems.
The boy is crap. No sucess at all. And only crashing when car isn´t letting him down. Discrace.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
So there´s so many Abbrings and Breens and Lefevres who will smash him out anytime anywhere. True?