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Originally Posted by Miika
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Photos in much better quality here - almrally websiteQuote:
Originally Posted by Miika
As we can see, the first information was wrong. Actually, the crash happened in the liaison to the assistance. This is at least as weird as his accident during the last Rally Mexico.Quote:
Originally Posted by Xsara Fan
Crashtvala had accident with civil VW Pointer. Minibus was turned upside down. In accident two parents and kid were injured and taken to hospital. Police says that preliminary investigation shows that guilty is racing car.
I thought the road was closed for the testing?!?Quote:
Originally Posted by uranium
It was on asphalt liaison not on test track.
Crap, that's another rally JML will have to miss - if he doesn't want to end up in a Mexican jail. Does Finland have an extradition treaty with Mexico?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
Oh for f*ck's sake...
WOW what a start for his VW era... :eek:
if this turns out to be true Volkswagen should get rid of crashvala as soon as possible (hänninen, andersson, breen and even novikov) are still available....Quote:
Originally Posted by uranium
DEVASTATING start :laugh: Perhaps he is training for a guiness world record for biggest number of crashes in a single season?Quote:
Originally Posted by Donney
Relax. Sh** happens. I just hope the passengers of the civil vehicle are ok and their injuries are nothing too serious.
Exactly, nobody is insured against that, even Mr. Loeb.Quote:
Originally Posted by Francis44
Yes but that was a Spanish revenge mission for Dani having to give up 1st place in 2010 Catalunya!! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by stefanvv
Yes indeed lol. Anyways Mr. Loeb has had a few problems in road sections, one was to crash into Conrad's car in Jordan.
That was nothing more or less than a mistake from organizers there... ;) A small gravel road as road section in both directions, you have to be blind to not see the danger of it...Quote:
Originally Posted by Francis44
Even Seb admitted that was his fault. He wasn't concentrating and trying to put his helmet in net behind him.Quote:
Originally Posted by tommeke_B
The family members were attended to by the Volkswagen Motorsport doctor and were transported to hospital, where the father was diagnosed with mild concussion. The mother suffered a broken nose, while a child in the car at the same time was uninjured.
Jari-Matti Latvala road accident halts Volkswagen's Mexico WRC test - WRC news - AUTOSPORT.com
Volkswagen presents the Polo R WRC in Monaco next Saturday:
"Many motorsport celebrities are expected to attend the ceremonial unveiling in the principality, including the former racing aces Carlos Sainz, Juha Kankkunen and Markku Alén as well as Jacky Ickx and Hans-Joachim Stuck. Furthermore, Volkswagen Motorsport presents the driver pairings, which will contest the World Rally Championship".
I thought all the Volkswagen drivers were confirmed for 2013.
Or do they have a non-manufacturer team or two in the works?
VW testing in snow
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VW prepares Monte 2013
Volkswagen Motorsport prépare le Rallye Wrc Monte-Carlo 2013 !
New number plates on the car testing for Montecarlo, WOB VW 357. They have built seven chassis already.
http://i49.tinypic.com/2wgg9vk.jpg
why you said 7 chassis? which are the other 6?
Ask Jari-Matti and Seb... :DQuote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
Sébastien Ogier: - Interesting article for those who believe VW will win everything from the start... :)
Yep, if we think about their drivers they will need more than seven rally cars :D ...
The first Polo WRC was named as chassis #0, its number plate is WOB VW 351. Then we've seen the series since 352 (testing in Greece) until 356 (testing in Mexico). Sometimes the number plates of a chassis are changed, but it makes no sense in this short period of time before starting competition. Therefore, I believe they have tested with seven different chassis, although not all of them were the finished version of the car.
cant believe that till now they have tested with 7(!!!!!!) different chassis.Ok they have a good budget,but there is no need for so many chassis just at tests.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kielder
lolQuote:
Originally Posted by tommeke_B
There is no feedback from Latvala yet, may we won't here anything from him until Monte. Ogier just says they don't know where they are and the conditions will be great leveller. There is no surprise for the latter, this year he was 4th with the S2000 Fabia because of the conditions, before crash of course. Lets hope for proper Monte conditions then :DQuote:
Originally Posted by tommeke_B
Are You sure that number of different plates = number of different cars? For example here car makers have number plates dedicated for testing purposes which are not registered to any particular car and can play with them like they want (and they do). That is a reason why it's impossible to trace for example Fabia with plate F-5435 or F-5436 because it was never one car.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kielder
Mexico crash wasn't that bad, just a scratch :p I don't know for any binned Polos from Ogier though this year :pQuote:
Originally Posted by tommeke_B
They have built 7 chassis... Let's assume that they made one "presentation-chassis" (for example the one that was in Sardinia with presentation last year, Germany, car-shows etc). There was a Polo WRC in RallyLegend with Carlos Sainz (different looks than the one used in tests). Let's say 2 could be scrap now (I would be surprised if less cars are crashed during tests, regarding JML had one last week and regarding it happens all the time in all teams). That would make a number of 3 test-cars ready to use now? Makes sense...Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
crashed cars can be repaired.Latvalas crash wasnt a major one.
Gallery Photos Test Days Monte2013 Ogier with Polo wrc Volkswagen Motorsport prépare le Rallye Wrc Monte-Carlo 2013 !
@jbmarcus any video?
Not always. I think one or two Fabias were destroyed in tests ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
For what reason then they put the plates to the car?to consuse who???Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
Have to say that Polo is quite a sight in tarmac trim. It really does look like a quattro tribute now with the vents behind the front wings, nicest looking rally car built with a long time. Pity VAG group didn't go with the Audi A1 rather than the Polo.
Mirek, of course I'm not sure that there are seven chassis of the Polo WRC. It's possible VW having number plates dedicated for testing purposes, but I don't think so. That's not the German way of doing things.
Many years ago, the first Group A Golf for rallying was registered under the number plate "WOB VW 44". It was only used as test car and his number plate never changed. The same story is happening with the first Polo WRC. We saw it in the first videos when Sainz tested it in Germany a year ago and it kept the same number plates when Sainz drove it in San Marino the last November. If this number plate is still the same, why changing it on other(s) car(s)?. Besides, if the Mexico's testing car and the Montecarlo's are the same, it makes no sense to change the number plates so fast. Perhaps some of these cars are going to be used next year, I'll investigate it ;) .
It's always very difficult to trace the history of every chassis. For example, I'm absolutely certain that the C4's number of chassis which Kubica destroyed in France was #16. That car ran in Italy with the number plate "BH-693-XF", used in the past on chassis #15.
When I posted that seven chassis were built I felt that I was right according to the way VW is preparing his entering in the WRC. They build a car, they give it the following number plate.
Taking everything into account, this is really very funny :) .
Indeed, would have been very nice to see a A1 WRC with a white and yellow livery... surely Audi will come back to rally at some point, we just have to wait... Same with Lancia, heu Chrysler i mean!Quote:
Originally Posted by ToughMac