That would have been a nice idea but the point of the whole parade is that the champs drive the cars they won the championship in.Quote:
Originally Posted by Arnold Triyudho Wardono
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That would have been a nice idea but the point of the whole parade is that the champs drive the cars they won the championship in.Quote:
Originally Posted by Arnold Triyudho Wardono
http://www.hegnar.no/Nyheter/Motor/2...che-mesterskap
Mikkelsen enters Porsche cup
https://www.instagram.com/p/BUEaKSkhXAr/ does anyone know about this or which car manufacturer it concerns???
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Well you can't see a lot of it. The small view of the headlights looks like an Opel to me, you can also see the colours white, yellow and black so I would guess Opel.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eli
Opel Corsa
R5 or WRC? Probably R5 as PSA owns the opel brand now... ShameQuote:
Originally Posted by mmm
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If it's a true manufacturer programme why are Rally-Magazin.de showing the video before anyone else?
Yes I asked myself the same question, why doesn't it appear elsewhere...Quote:
Originally Posted by Simmi
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Hard to say, but I think the wing looks bigger than a R5 wing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eli
If the LED lights are anything to go by I would say it's an Opel
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Edit: & it says in the hash-tag:made in germany
There is the original source:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3W3...ature=youtu.be
Great if finally Opel Corsa R5 is coming!
'Liked' by ChrisIngramRally, the Opel R2 junior driver in ERC.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eli
He's hoping Opel launch an R5 which he could drive next season...
It is a R5, better discuss that here: http://www.motorsportforums.com/show...5-News/page452
Looks like an Opel Corsa R5 indeed...Quote:
Originally Posted by rp
Colin Clark*@voiceofrally
This could effect the odds for Portugal. Hearing from a reliable source that @MadsOstberg will run on Dmacks this week. He's got a chance!
Well on the test vid:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSyrdelDwXI
Prokop has Dmack stickers. Østberg doesn't. Mix-up? Not enough stickers available?
You can see the Dmack tyres on the ground behind Østbergs car at 24 secQuote:
Originally Posted by mknight
Same pattern as DMG+ and DMG+2
http://www.dmacktyres.com/gravel-tyres
yes, nice observation. Not enough stickers then.
@Dmacktyres
We are supplying FOUR WRC cars @rallydeportugal - that's the most we've ever had !
Evans, Østberg, Prokop and Raoux
after Argentina Tänak was joking in estonian media that perhaps he did a too good job for them last year :)
Pretty funny to read in Motorsport News this morning that, surprise surprise, the WRC teams are against extending the calendar out to 16 events - as WRC Promoter wants to do for 2022.
These changes require manufacturer agreement, so I've no idea how they expected this to get pushed through. The article says Toyota are apparently pushing for a reduction to as few as 10 rallies in coming years!!! That's fairly worrying.
Quotes from Alain Penasse absolutely slating the prospect of going to Croatia. "Then there's this idea about Croatia. I'm not sure where that dream came from. We were told the promoter wanted to go outside of Europe for the next round and this totally contradicts that."
He has a point. But he did support NZ on the calendar next year, despite the small market. I'm sure the story will be up on Autosport soon.
About 2018 seats, do any other guys have contracts beyond 2017 other than the Hyundai trio (until the end of 2018) and Kris Meeke (until the end of 2019)?
the trio of Citroen have until the end of 2018 (also Meeke, not '19), M-Sport is unknown besides Ogier who has this year only.Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
Meeke has a contract till end of 2018 I think (3-year deal - 2016, 2017, 2018)?Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
And I'd guess that atleast two of the Toyota guys also have a contract for 2018. TGR has only mentioned one-year contracts, but that could easily be due to "Japanese" way of communication which is so dominant in all of their external communication.
Tänak too only 2017. Almost certain that same with DMack/Evans but can`t confirm that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eli
Yes, Tänak is a free man after this year like he said in an Q&A session with fan questions a week ago. Wilson had the "first option" for him for this season and thats why he didnt go to elsewhere because Malcolm used it.
so potentially we have 5 drivers on the market for next season: Ogier, Tänak, Evans, Latvala and Mikkelsen.
how long is Lappi's contract?
http://www.autosport.com/news/report...-with-new-iriz
So Proton back to WRC(2) next year.
"Evo X engine taken down to 1600cc - a process that will help make it even stronger than it is"
And heavier, didn't know you can use an engine from a different manufacturer. They already have a 1.6l from what i can see.
If I am not mistaken Fabia R5 has 1800cc engine reduced to 1600 cc from some VW car made only for chinese market. I think for Ford it was also some reduced engine. Only Peugeot used serial 1600 cc engine and because it has also serial cooling it was/is total crap.
Is there any real chance that these Opel and Proton R5s are any better than half-decent at best?
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Of course. Or do You think that Holzer/Opel built the best R2 car on the market by accident?
Proton has this engine in their stock portfolio (Proton Jebat is basically Lancer Evo X). IMHO Evo X engine is very good basis mainly because it's performance engine already in stock variant unlike most of others.Quote:
Originally Posted by SubaruNorway
Actually it's better to use larger engine and shorten the stroke. Both M-Sport and Škoda did it (2.0 resp. 1.8 base engines). PSA used stock 1.6 engines and had gazillion problems with it. Prodrive did the same mistake with Mini WRC.
The issue with stock 1,6 litres are many. Just to name some which come to my mind...
1) non-ideal bore/stroke ratio for competitive engine because stock engines are built with different priorities (Fabia R5 engine which is 1,8 with shortened stroke has actually very same bore/stroke ratio as taylor-made engine of Polo WRC while PSA R5 engines have hugely long stroke)
2) engine block possibly not strong enough
3) possibly problematic cooling of the smaller block which isn't designed for racing use
The un-official Mitsubishi Mirage R5 also uses the Evo X with shorten stroke and in the right hands can be quite competitiveQuote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
IMHO Mirage isn't on the level of WRC2 competitors. Proton needs to be a lot more competitive to have some success.
Proton could be a toe in the water for Mitsubishi and watch out for Nissan, they have a demon 1.6 litre engine available now.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
I think the Psa 1.6 engine and the Mini 1.6 is the same base engine. It's the EP engine.
Is this also referred to as the "prince engine?"Quote:
Originally Posted by Duvel
Yes, You are right.Quote:
Originally Posted by Duvel
Yes.Quote:
Originally Posted by TyPat107
Will be interesting to see where this programme lies once Proton has been sold. Current leader is PSA (Peugeot) to take control of the company. http://www.autoblog.com/2017/03/22/l...a-deal-report/