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According to MTV3 J-M Latvala has been in a fairly serious road accident on a public road after some testing he was doing in Ireland. A car approaching from the opposite direction steered into J-M´s lane and J-M barely got out of it´s way - the other car hit J-M´s car to the side and rolled while Latvala´s car went off road. Not a good start to the season:
http://www.mtv3.fi/urheilu/ralli/uut...2009/01/787988
Latvala swith that sponsor to Talvivaara in place of Outo Kumpo ...
Really true the press conference tomorrow in Oslo ??.. Maybe Ramsport ? .. They are again focus.. And Outo Kompo is left ?
There is a press conference, this is concerning Rally Norway opening show in Oslo.Quote:
Originally Posted by jbmarcus21
There will also be presented a wrc team, my best guess is that this is the official presentation of Adapta wrc with maybe some new stickers on the car.
Also heard a rumour that there could be another S14 in Rally Norway, so maybe two cars in Adapta-team in RN?.
I guess so. Up-hotted version of Adapta press conference and I guess also a second driver. Not much more, I'm afraid.Quote:
Originally Posted by Viking
Qualified guess, the second driver for RN will be Anders Grøndal...Quote:
Originally Posted by swordsman
Yep, that was my bid too actually. He is totally recovered after his surgery or whatever it was, isn't he?Quote:
Originally Posted by Iskald
ok thanks ;) ... i had many hopes for another big Driver :)
but not..
I'l put in a unqualified guess on Wilks or PG !
I guess it's a young guy with no FIA seeding. ;)
Yes, it was Adapta-Subaru Norway-Prodrive, with drivers Østberg and Grøndal in Rally Norway.
Were can we find more news about Adapt Subaru ? Will they become a MT2, or just a one man team with some teammates in a number of rallies?
After announces Adapta and Petter now... the entry list 09 is now complete !
http://planetemarcus.free.fr/team09.htm
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Originally Posted by jbmarcus21
Mads in ADAPTA will compete in 8 rounds I think(not 5)
Well, I found that one Estonian site is organizing WRC team manager game again:-)
http://www.sportmanager.ee/default.php?page=1&c=0
Very nice!
sure ??.. In beginning yes it was 8 rounds, but it seems his program has changed since few months, and 5 now .. but i am not sure, if somebody can confirm 5 or 8 ? Thanks ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by VFTS
I think it was full seasons from the beginning and then went down to 8.Quote:
Originally Posted by jbmarcus21
official statement:
The Adapta World Rally Team is going all out to achieve results in Rally Norway. Mads Østberg is double national rally champion and has proved himself in several individual WRC rounds. Anders Grøndal has finished third in the Norwegian rally championship the last two years and is hungry for this new opportunity.
”It’s almost unbelievable. I’m as excited as a child! It’s going to be fantastic to drive a car that is on the same performance level as the very best. Now it’s up to me to grab the chance I’ve been offered, “ said Grøndal who comes from Drammen. He has not even tested the new car yet but hopes to get 100km behind the wheel in advance of Rally Norway.
Anders Grøndal’s co-driver Maria Andersson is just as enthusiastic, and intends to keep Grøndal in check. ”Obviously this is a rare opportunity for a 24 year-old so my job will be partly to keep him sensible, especially on the first day of Rally Norway. As long as we get through Friday’s Leg 1 all in one piece, we can put the foot down a bit more,” she says and adds that her personal goal is to be the best Swedish finisher in Rally Norway.
The governing body of world motorsport, the FIA, has signed a long term agreement with North One Television and its subsidiary International Sportsworld Communicators (ISC) to promote the World Rally Championship.
Details on http://www.rallybuzz.com soon!
RIP WRC :)Quote:
Originally Posted by wrc_flipper
Confirmed. No need for anyone to go and post their own link to it from their site ;)
http://wrc.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk=101...er%20announced
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Originally Posted by Daniel
and why not? - be a bit narrow minded it we all took our news from one source, especially when wrc.com it run by ISC! ;)
Because the news is confirmed on the WRC site. What else is there to say about it? What would another site add? A slight rewording of the same thing perhaps? Maybe some promotion of your site? :D Seriously, add something and your site becomes something useful and not the slower than the big sites reguritation fest that it currently is :)Quote:
Originally Posted by wrc_flipper
Oh dear, that means not to promote it. Saying that - there isn't much to promote. Where Eurosport Events one of the competitors?Quote:
Originally Posted by wrc_flipper
I may be harsh, but they've hardly covered themselves in glory up to now - no matter how they may protest. If they want to promote it properly - eapecially here in UK - it needs to be on terrestrial TV (ITV, BBC2), not a repeat channel, even if it means paying the channel concerned.
Also confirmed via a FIA press releases this morning. And you can't beat a bit of free publicity :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
Rather. But the ISC will want to make a lot of money out of the WRC before spending money on making the coverage. They don't realise that it's a catch 22 situation and they have to spend money to make money rather than make money to spend money :mark: But whatever, wtf? wth? The WRC is officially boned unless the ISC miraculously do a U-turn and fire Paul King and the rest of the crew.Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyRAC
You can when it's against forum rules :)Quote:
Originally Posted by wrc_flipper
sorry, should of added "in my opinion" :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
How do you make money out of a 'dead-duck' Championship? Are we missing something? Even more bizarre, Stobart are actually happy at the coverage they get out of being in the WRC.Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
Rather. Well perhaps it wouldn't be so dead if the ISC had given us proper coverage. I think the WRC could have survived crap regs or crap coverage but not both.Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyRAC
Stobart should be happy with the coverage, on Dave they get an hour plus of adverts every week with the Mathew Wilson show - sorry WRC access all areas.Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyRAC
Hey hey I'll not hear you talking badly of Mattie. He's not slow! He just has a 5 year plan. If the ISC runs the WRC into the ground and everyone goes to the IRC he just might pull his plan off too! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by wrc_flipper
Nothing against Mathew - very nice guy. If my dad had been a owner of a wrc team then I quite sure I would have followed my his footsteps as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
But I'm just a humble engineer. :)
I would have done much the same, BUT on the condition that I was presented accurately and not as Britain's next hope as a WRC champion which is what Dave tries to present Matty as :mark:Quote:
Originally Posted by wrc_flipper
If my dad owned a WRC team, I would have chosen to play violin. With a five year program.
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Originally Posted by A.F.F.
And you would suck in that too...like in skiing for example... :p
Guys! Remember that no matter what you do, the most important thing always is to be out there and have fun. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by DonJippo
That's losertalk :p No wonder why the Finns whoop your butt at rallying :pQuote:
Originally Posted by J.Lindstroem
It's Wilson-talk :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
I'm going to do everything with a five-year plan from now on.
Actually Wilson did not invent this "five year plan" thing. He has taken over this from communists, cause soviet-regime had "five year plans". I guess we can call Wilson communist now :DQuote:
Originally Posted by A.F.F.