2011 IRC: rallies, drivers, teams, plans?

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Originally Posted by FabiaFan

;-) was that a possibility?!? :-D
No, seriously, I meant: ist he support (amount of money) of Loix smaller compared to Vouilloz, so that Loix couldn't start without finding another, "real", sponsor or is the money from BFO "additional", including also some kind of his "salary"... The mess comes from the fact, that Mikkelsen was entered by the UK importer, as well as Wallenwein by the German one - but Loix and Vouilloz they both have Skoda factory team as their entrant. On the other side - Mikkelsen was training together with the Skoda Motorsport team, but Wallenwein didn't...

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Loix was last year sponsored by his main sponsor BFO Family office and co-sponsor Skoda Belgium. Though on this livery I don't see really a Skoda Brand on it especially not the Skoda.be what was last year on the car. But yeah Mikkelsen get full support of Skoda UK and Vouilloz full support of Skoda France only for MC though. For Loix will it be only BFO I think so maybe some of Skoda Belgium and they working together with Skoda Motorsport for top assistance and will probably for next IRC event under a team to do service for them.

It is a grey zone. Loix, Hanninen, Kopecky, Mikkelsen and Vouilloz are al 5 entered by the factory team (hence the training together), were Hannine and Koppecky are paid by Skoda Motorsport, while the other 3 are sponsered/paid by there national importer (UK, France, Belgium) and BFO Home office. Wallenheim is pure a privat entry, paid by Skoda Germany. When Loix and Kopecky will do the IRC championship, on some rallies they will be serviced by privat teams and some by Skoda Motorsport.

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Originally Posted by mousti

Loix was last year sponsored by his main sponsor BFO Family office and co-sponsor Skoda Belgium. Though on this livery I don't see really a Skoda Brand on it especially not the Skoda.be what was last year on the car.

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It's on the rear hatch door.

The Union Jack bonnet with a Norse Flag roof vent is interesting to see.

In a portuguese forum someone talked about the new scoring regulation for this year.

In Cyprus and Scotland will be applied a scoring coefficient.

A nice way to call drivers for this two rounds.

14-16 October - Rally of Scotland - Coefficient 1.5
03-05 November -Cyprus Rally -Coefficient 2

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Originally Posted by Luis Pacheco

In a portuguese forum someone talked about the new scoring regulation for this year.

In Cyprus and Scotland will be applied a scoring coefficient.

A nice way to call drivers for this two rounds.

14-16 October - Rally of Scotland - Coefficient 1.5
03-05 November -Cyprus Rally -Coefficient 2

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Is this a step to prevent Mikkelsen claim the trophy before Scotland already?!?! ;-))) Or to change the relation tarmac:gravel?

On friday Skoda Belgium will finally announce official program of Freddy Loix in IRC. They will do so on car and motorshow in Brussels. Unfortunally it is pressconference where you need an invitation. ;)

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Originally Posted by Luis Pacheco

In a portuguese forum someone talked about the new scoring regulation for this year.

In Cyprus and Scotland will be applied a scoring coefficient.

A nice way to call drivers for this two rounds.

14-16 October - Rally of Scotland - Coefficient 1.5
03-05 November -Cyprus Rally -Coefficient 2

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Yes Luis. It's already on IRC web site and they will have a new Production Championship for Class 3 (N4)

5.1 Overall IRC Classification: For each event in the IRC, a classification of the IRC eligible drivers and co-drivers will be drawn-up from the general classification as published and the standard FIA points system will be applied as refered in 5.5. The best 7 results shall count. Ties will be resolved with the standard international FIA procedures.

5.2 2WD Classification: For each event in the IRC, a classification of IRC 2WD eligible drivers and co-drivers will be drawn-up from the general classification as published and the standard FIA points system will be applied as refered in 5.8. The best 6 results shall count. Ties will be resolved with the standard international FIA procedures.

5.3 Production GroupN4: For each event in the IRC, a classification of Production eligible drivers and co-drivers will be drawn-up from the general classification as published and the standard FIA points system will be applied as refered in 5.5.

5.4 Manufacturer points: the 3 above categories will be awarded to the best 2 finishing cars of each make. Non-scoring cars will be not taken into account for the purpose of the IRC. 7 results shall count including a maximum of 6 European events within the 7 scoring rounds.

5.5 IRC applies the FIA scoring points system as follows:

1st: 25 points
2nd: 18 points
3rd: 15 points
4th: 12 points
5th: 10 points
6th: 8 points
7th: 6 points
8th: 4 points
9th: 2 points
10th: 1 point


5.6 Coefficients will be applied to the scoring system of the following events:
14-16 October RAC MSA Rally of Scotland Coefficient 1.5
03-05 November Cyprus Rally Coefficient 2

I wanted to write about it since last week, but it looks that on IRC pages they were faster than me...

So, despite it here is an article - http://www.autosport.cz/clanek.php?cl=11580

Surely this means that drivers will just skip other events mid-season and replace them with Scotland and Cyprus as it offers more points. How does this effect barren entry lists at some events - surely it just recycles entries? It will just create a rubbish event in Ukraine for example, and a good one in Cyprus instead of vice versa. Seems bizarre to me...