[WRC] News & rumours (part II)

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Originally Posted by Francis44

He dreams to drive an WRC, and this is those cars last year on the "top of the line". First he says top priority is to score points in Açores for the championship so that he can miss scoring in Madeira.

BTW the negotiation is for an 2008 Focus WRC.

Personaly I think he might be scared of IRC competition on his home ground.

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not scared,pwned by s2000.
totaly wrong decision imho.

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Originally Posted by 'Mirek Fric [Cze

]What is the point for doing that? Why doesn't he want to drive in competition with his Fiesta?

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Because he will be beaten.

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Originally Posted by RS

Because he will be beaten.

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Yeah I think that's the case :D .....

I kinda feel sad for Bernardo, he was really fast, I remember when I went to Madeira for the Rally Vinho Madeira 2007,
and he was participating with the Evo 9, he was 6th in between all those S2000 and he was the faster guy at the spot where I was,
shame he then went off really hard, we saw the car down the road and I was surprised on how far down the road the car was,
just one or two stages after I saw him. He is now a more consistent guy but I think between the learning process he sacrificed
some of his speed in order to keep the car on the road.

It was just announced that Markko Märtin takes part in Rally Estonia which is IRC candidate rally in this year (Held one and a half week before NORF). He will drive Focus WRC.

link for the news: http://sport.postimees.ee/?id=272981
rally homepage: http://www.rallyestonia.com/2010/
Entries so far: http://autosport.ee/rallyreg/?page=27&race_id=80&

I`ll be there, that`s for sure!

Do you know who is the co-driver and is it the same car Georg Gross is driving or is it the new version?

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Originally Posted by mm1

I`ll be there, that`s for sure!

Do you know who is the co-driver and is it the same car Georg Gross is driving or is it the new version?

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It seems that he is driving with the same Focus as Gross did. He says that this is the best WRC ever :-)

There are rumors that we might see another top name on the start list, related to the main sponsor of the rally.

Could it be Mr.Solberg then?
And I`m not to surprised about Martins thoughts, his best memories are with that car :)

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Originally Posted by bluuford

It seems that he is driving with the same Focus as Gross did. He says that this is the best WRC ever :-)

There are rumors that we might see another top name on the start list, related to the main sponsor of the rally.

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It'd have to be Petter with all the Nad-Croc sponsorship. Would love to somehow see Martin in NORF

Well, this Solberg story looks more logical than true for me. The sponsor is the same, it would be nice way to test for Finland and it would be extremely good publicity for the sponsor. But is it true? I dont know, I think it is just a pure rumor based on the logical thinking.

Matti Rantanen also used Mad-Croc in last year's NORF. Could it be him, although he is only a young talent! :D