P.L. Loubet confirmed for 9 rounds with i20 WRC starting from Portugal.
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P.L. Loubet confirmed for 9 rounds with i20 WRC starting from Portugal.
Ok, didn't check properly what you wrote my bad.Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
Cool. If it’s from Portugal, that’s all the rounds from Portugal onwards. Hope he does well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Karbonyl
Could be a bit of throwaway to go to Kenya since it's an expensive event, you might not get to show your talent so much there. And then there are the long hauls of NZ and Japan, but otherwise it's the perfect privateer program (I would have added Sweden as well).
See on FB, Mikkleson doing some Karting!
car will be serviced from official hyundai team?Quote:
Originally Posted by Karbonyl
will be RED/GREY that they will sevice the i20 wrc of Loubet?Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EPcdDR3X...jpg&name=small
He ran with the Italian BRC team last time he was driving a Hyundai.Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
I really dont understand Adamo, why the h.ll he put in loubet in a WRC?
Breen is "proven", but he has loeb, sordo, paddon and Mikkelsen, all 4 9f them is a better choice than this.
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Money Money Money, but in all seriousness, isn't Loubet part of the customer program of Hyundai?Quote:
Originally Posted by skarderud
That's it. No sense to put in a fourth car just for fun. But if someone have money to pay to drive one, why not! Hyundai is effectively stepping on the toes of M-Sport with the customer/junior programs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eli
Sadly money beats talent...
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can't understand why putting a youngster to prove itself on a wrc is a problem. it ll be in a private or b team, definitely not entered for the win. why use that spot for a regular with no/small development margin in a private/b team with the current regulation? good maybe for the spectator, definitely not for the team.Quote:
Originally Posted by skarderud
Once again, there wouldn't be a "fourth car" without business like this.Quote:
Originally Posted by skarderud
- If Greensmith didn't have Crown Oil backing, there wouldn't have been a third Fiesta in Monte
- If Jocius didn't buy his drives, there wouldn't have been a fourth Fiesta in Monte
- If Katsuta wasn't backed by Japan, there wouldn't have been a fourth Yaris in Monte
and so on.
Motorsport is not only a sport, it's also business, and we must accept that.
Good for Loubet to have this chance with Hyundai, but it's the last chance gone of ever seeing the C3 WRC 'Evo' in action. :(
To succeed in motorsport, you need both and I actually believe Loubet might have some of the latter too.Quote:
Originally Posted by skarderud
This is how Craig Breen gets the money...
"John Campion sponsored the Irish rally team of Craig Breen and Paul Nagle who posted multiple first-place finishes and won the 2019 Irish Tarmac Championship under the CJJ banner. CJJ Motorsports is proud to continue its formal relationship with Breen and Nagle as they embark on the 2020 World Rally Championship season".
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-rele...300995788.html
Acording to Norwegian Parc Ferme website Loeb got asked by Adamo if he wanted to drive in sweden, and the first thing hit his head was no.
Is this a sign of that not even Loeb can get the grip of the car?
He said he just want to drive the remaining rallies after sweden.
it was original 6? So 4 left?
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My guess for the remaining season of Loeb would be Mexico, Safari, New Zealand, Turkey and possibly Germany or Japan.
Loeb doesn't have a problem with the car on gravel tbh, and Sweden was an event he didn't even want to originally do.
No point writing him off yet, but he is an old man who is now 8years on from his original WRC retirement...
He isn't on the same level as the top 3 for starters, but could compete with some favourable road positions.
Sordo's program was supposed to be Mexico, Argentina, Portugal, Sardegna, Turkey, Germany and Japan. I think Loeb will do only Safari and NZ, with Breen in Finland and Wales.Quote:
Originally Posted by tommeke_B
Sordo is starting his season in mexico and has good speed/ form there. No way Loeb does Germany as he turned it down even in the Citroen because of the dirty roads further down the start order, and Sordo is better in the car on tarmac anyway. Presume Japan will be the same.Quote:
Originally Posted by tommeke_B
He clearly had a problem in Sweden last year as he was consistently the slowest WRC (apart from Tidemand). Which is why it was strange he got nominated to Sweden this year in the first place.Quote:
Originally Posted by er88
Similarly he was one of the slowest cars in Portugal.
So he isn't exactly consistently fast on gravel with it.
I don't think it's only his fault. But question is how motivated he is to "fight" with the car setup/development.
Well, after the performance of Toyota in RMC, maybe they will use a fifth Hyundai in some cases...if things get interesting in the WDC.
Yeah they could do I suppose. Toyota will have Latvala on a few events and there's been one or two whispers Meeke could get a start here or there, due to still being involved with the team.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tarmop
I can't see Paddon not doing New Zealand (even if it's not in a Hyundai), then you have Loeb possibly able to do another event or two, and Mikkelsen sitting on the sidelines. So they have options if they feel they need to bring more cars to help.
There could be quite a few Toyota and Hyundai WRCs in Wales (and even in Japan), if everything is still up for grabs at that time. If Ogier's title quest demands it, I wouldn't be surprised if TGR/TMR/whatever-the-rumored-satellite-team-is-called fields a squad of Ogier, Evans, Rovanperä, Latvala, Meeke and Katsuta. And Hyundai can ofcourse counter that with Tänak, Neuville, Sordo, Mikkelsen, Breen and Loubet (and even with Loeb, if he's interested). SDI in WRC, eh?
If that happens Wales will be epic to spectate on!Quote:
Originally Posted by Allez Andruet
I think with Hyundai WRT renting out WRC cars (Obviously to Loubet) Hyundai NZ will make sure Paddon is driving a Hyundai WRC in New Zealand.Quote:
Originally Posted by er88
https://www.sebastienloeb.com/le-top...te-carlo-2020/
I'm not sure if this was posted before, but this is Loeb's summary/explanation of how things unfolded during Monte Carlo
quite an interesting read
if true, then i respect the honesty about the factors affecting his performance in the Monte and his/team decision to skip Sweden
always Nr 1,with steering wheel,or without.Quote:
Originally Posted by gorganl2000
Classy guy. At his stage in his career he has nothing to prove, and after a year in the Hyundai he knows which rallies he can be fast on, and Sweden is not one of them.Quote:
Originally Posted by gorganl2000
Adamo should reconsider his choice on Breen and set it back to Mikkelsen.
I agree. Although it hardly matters since both neuville and tanak finished, i believe mikkelsen would have done a better job here.Quote:
Originally Posted by Portimao
Last year after about the same number of kms as the whole rally this year Mikkelsen was 2nd behind Tänak in leading Toyota and ahead of Evans and Lappi, so he could have done better than Breen. Or written the other way it was actually impossible to do worse than Breen here in terms of points.
Anyway Adamo has decided last year he doesn't trust Mikkelsen and trusts Breen, actual performance seems to have limited connection with that decision.
In either case there is no point for Adamo to run anyone else that Sordo until Finland. Similarly there is limited point for Mikkelsen to sit around and wait to drive 1-2 rallies only to get kicked at once when he finished worse than a podium or to get ignored completely like Paddon was last year. He should go for some other program as soon as possible.
Care to elaborate what these other options be as I can't really recall any seats available? Only if he's willing to pay...Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
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oh man, now you really pissed him off
Breen has never beaten Mikkelsen in same car in I20 out of 2 tries and crashed from behind him in their last start together. Mikkelsen beat Breen in C3 2 out of 3 starts.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sal the 2nd
In terms of manu points as well as taking points off competition it wasn't possible for anyone to do worse than Breen in Sweden.
If you can't respond without insults use ignore or don't respond.
What's the deal here? Mikkelsen haven't had a drive this year, and did well last half of season last year. Breen with Hyundai haven't been a success on his three rallies.
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Breen in Hyundai = 2x 7th place and 1x crash. Dont blame the conditions, he has been shit in the i20. Lets hope Adamo choose Mikkelsen next time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sal the 2nd
While we're at it, Breen was once 7th (Finland), after giving 6th place away to Neuville by being late at TC. Once crash yes, but he still finished 8th. And now in Sweden 7th.
Since last year, when Breen was without a seat, he took all offers he had, driving in Ireland, Italy, Ypres... Against strong competition, he kept searching and kept driving, kept trying to hold all doors open. Now he's going to do ERC with unproven tires. He seems to take every opportunity that comes to him, lives for the sport and everyone seems to appreciate that.
Where was Mikkelsen in Sweden? Do you believe it was impossible for him to get the funds together for a drive with an R5 car? What if the reason why Mikkelsen is without a seat now, is not his lack of talent, but his attitude?