Come on, how can be true that?Quote:
Originally Posted by smokin'joe
A WRC season without a GERMAN round while VOLKSWAGEN is involved? :rotflmao:
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Come on, how can be true that?Quote:
Originally Posted by smokin'joe
A WRC season without a GERMAN round while VOLKSWAGEN is involved? :rotflmao:
Mexico will go and China won't get in - only Poland and Brazil in my view but hey sometimes I'm wrong ;)
You prefer it in the South? To be honest I prefer the South aswell, we will see how things work in the North.Quote:
Originally Posted by millbrook
I would think that too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hartusvuori
Note that there is only day 1.8 at this picture. So not the whole rally days.
Almost everyone who goes to Algarve prefer the rally there, great stages, great service park location, it's all there!. Most of the people that says that the rally should go north, stopped watching rallying in 2001 when the rally moved his location and they lost the rally in their doorsteps. Since then the rally is crap!Quote:
Originally Posted by Francis44
2 WRC Fafe Sprint run perfectly, without incidents. People change, rules change, and organzations change... If the rally will be at North, i have no doubts that it will be a fantastic event with safety.Quote:
Originally Posted by Francis44
The only crazy people, now, are the photographers ; :)
http://www.ewrc.cz/images/2012/ostat...e/Raw00848.jpg
What i wrote down there is what i think i the calendar will be from the article in autosport, it looks as if it will be like it, but it's not final and it's only my opinion. sorry for the mix up.Quote:
Originally Posted by millbrook
Didier Auriol entry to French Rally Championship Round "Rallye du Rouergue" with 207 S2000
There will have to be a round in either Australia or New Zealand in order to meet the principles of number of continents and FIA regions to be covered. The question is whether rotation will continue or whether NZ will get dumped.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eli
I also don't believe that both Brazil and China will be given slots. Neither have confirmed that a candidate event is going to take place yet, so they won't put them on the calendar.
Mexico wil stay, it's needed to hit the 'North American' continent requirement.
I think it will be the same as this year, but with no Greece.
"FIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP AND RALLYING
With immediate effect and for budget reasons, WRC Team and WRC 2 entrants are not obliged to use the latest ‘joker’ parts when competing in WRC events.
In order to promote the entry of R-GT cars in FIA rallies, with immediate effect tuners will be permitted to develop cars, in accordance with the criteria defining eligible cars. The FIA will issue a technical passport, allowing the car to be eligible for events accepting R-GT cars.
With effect from 1 January 2014:
As a general rule, organisers of WRC events must ensure a minimum of 25% competitive special stage distance in relation to the overall distance of the event.
Manufacturer and WRC Team cars from the same entrant will be permitted to enter Flexi-Service at the same time, having their service times counted independently.
In order to give more flexibility, WRC Teams will no longer be obliged to nominate a tyre manufacturer for the season.
In order to extend the life of World Rally Cars, manufacturers will be permitted to re-homologate 2011, 2012 and 2013 cars without any modification, except one single chassis and engine joker for 2014. In order to facilitate the replacement of S2000 Rally cars with Group R5, S2000 regulations will not be continued after 2013 and will be replaced by new R5 homologation regulations. Existing S2000 homologations will be frozen and may no longer receive an extension for the rest of their homologation period, except for one single engine and chassis joker.
The minimum weight of R5 cars has been increased from 1200 to 1230 kg to avoid the use of expensive options and keep the cost of the complete car within the stated limit.
From 2015, classes R1, R2 and R3 will be permitted to use super-charged engines, in line with the evolution of series engines.
With immediate effect, the number of permitted tyres for events in the FIA European Rally Championship has been set at 20, plus an additional four if shakedown is included in the itinerary, for cars in Classes 2 and 3. In addition, hand cutting will not be permitted, unless authorised in very special circumstances by the Stewards for safety reasons.
From 2014, the number of coefficients allocated to the events in the European Rally Cup has been reduced to three, namely 20, 15 and 10."
World Motor Sport Council | Federation Internationale de l'Automobile
"... an area brought into sharp focus by Mads Ostberg's crash on Rally Italy last week.Ostberg's Ford Fiesta RS WRC had to have the A-pillar section of its rollcage cut out and replaced during last week's Olbia-based event, as it sustained damage in a crash on the Friday of the rally."Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
Interesting, I didn't know anything about that... Any photos?
Julian Porter @The_Rally_Guru 5ω An interesting off the cuff remark from @krismeeke - I will test 4 different cars in the next 2 weeks! A man in demand
I didn't know you could do that, or are there certain sections you are allowed to change if they are damaged?Quote:
Originally Posted by Juha_Koo
Marius Aasen had a tiny dent in the rollcage right next to the seat and he had to retire in Greece...
208 R2, T16, DS3 WRC and DS3 R5.Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
NORF may be back on the cards.
Of course Hyundai might be one, but I don't think so.
PS- just thinking out loud, hard to get anything right in this game.. :)
I interpret this that the cars don’t have to be homologated in the traditional way by the manufacturer. Maybe this will help to have more R-GT cars in rallies?Quote:
Originally Posted by Kielder
Would also be nice for privateers in other classes.
I was wondering the same thing...Quote:
Originally Posted by SubaruNorway
http://www.rallye-sport.fr/kris-meek...r-une-ds3-wrc/Quote:
Originally Posted by noel157
Now we will see the true current measure of DS3's capability without Loeb. Mikko and Dani must see this as a trial for Kris to replace one of themQuote:
Originally Posted by Vaggelis27
MAXRALLY - Meeke lands Citroen ride for Rally Finland yep it's confirmed
Great news to have another Brit back in the WRC if only for one rally... :)
So happy for Meeke as he has been waiting patiently for a drive since Mini let him go so unfortunately.
Hope Finland goes well for him and it leads to a full-time drive in the WRC with any team in 2014...
Another bad driver decision from citroen.
I too was wondering the same thing when I first saw pix of the M-sport guys cutting it away in the Service Park, then I realised that they were complying with the FIA reg that says only the rollcage's manufacturer can repair it!Quote:
Originally Posted by SubaruNorway
Where's the picture?Quote:
Originally Posted by Rally Hokkaido
Not sure about the Brit part but we'll not go there......Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Local chat was that he had got it but like everything, until it's official it ain't happening.
@noel157. I''m Desperate for this to work out so Kris gets a permanent ride, don't begrudge us Brits someone to get behind, I'm tired of hearing La Marseiies played at the podium ceremony on every trip I make to see WRC in Europe ;)
Hope it works out well for Kris and that he gets a decent chance to test before the rally.
Change of date of the Cyprus Rally (MERC). Now it is held on 11-13 October. See page 10 here:
http://www.fia.com/sites/default/fil...alendar_39.pdf
You aren't serious are you?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mintexmemory
Matton will need to know if the lacklustre performances by the current joint No 2s is the car or psychology. Expect Meeke to be under orders to go as hard as he can. -If the team mates don't match him then something will have to give. This is no rookie chance or someone like Atko who had no experience with the DS3. What would you do if you were Matton?Quote:
Originally Posted by rallyfun
If Meeke matches Mikko´s pace / beats him speedwise in Finland then Mikko can return his overalls to France right away and concentrate on competing with that barbecue grill he recently tested.
Everyone can match Mikko's pace. The question is how soon after that he will crash? Hirvonen should finally retire but Meek is not the man to replace him.
Yes, the key here is in Finland.. if Mikko can't do a good job here then it's time to give up. It would have been more interesting to see Meeke or some other drivers on different rallies maybe. Hanninen in Finland, Meeke in Australia and GB, Bouffier in France...Quote:
Originally Posted by Miika
No, don't think Matton will say anything like that. Bring it home top 6, nothing more. Yep, experience of DS3 and will get more testing over the next month or so but testing and competition as we all know are totally different. I don't think Meeke is being brought in to "shake up" or "wake up" Mikko and Dani. He's simply just a good (very good in my opinion) and suitable replacement for a spare seat. Yes, of course Meeke wants to do his best and something may come of that and I hope it does. A further 1 or 2 drives this season would give Meeke more experience in competition in the car and then perhaps a small degree of comparison can be made. Matton has faith in him and has had for many years. A good result (in all ways) will certainly do Kris no harm at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mintexmemory
any news about petter getting back to WRC in 2014 or this year.
i suppose citoren will be giving him a car for sure for GB this year and may be next year too.
Why?Quote:
Originally Posted by mohit
he can perform he just needs to keep his head calm
I feel sorry for Petter fans.It must be hard to accept he is no longer wanted as a Factory Number 1 and he is too proud to be a Number 2 or a paying driver. It is for those reasons that Petter's WRC career really is over, not having won a WRC event since 2005 doesn't improve his attractiveness to Citroen or HyundaiQuote:
Originally Posted by mohit
Absolutely crazy to assume that Meeke would get to Mikko's pace, especially in Finland. Maybe in a rally like Rally GB but I would highly doubt that too. That true that Mikko isn't enough for Citroen 1. seat. But there's just few that could do better.
Citroen's biggest mistake was to let Neuville go...
their biggest mistake was throwing ogier out for 1 extra year of loeb.Quote:
Originally Posted by julkki
they could have had ogier and neuville in 1 team.