I wonder if we'll see privateer version of Polo WRC..?
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I wonder if we'll see privateer version of Polo WRC..?
I very much doubt Ogier is willing to take that risk and leave VW.
However we dont know how are the relations inside the team between drivers and management. Anyway from what he said in France it looked like the parts involved had already reached an agreement.
So the same three confirmed at VW, no surprise there.
So now I guess all the other pieces will start to fall into place in fairly unspectacular style.
I guess one seat is fairly 'open' on each of the other three main teams (assuming MSport are definitely returning next year).
At the moment though, I don't see much changing. I'm sire Hyundai will choose from their existing roster, Ford seemingly have to choose between Hirvonen and Tanak (all credit to Hirvonen for currently being fourth in standings) and Citroen have to see if there's anyone out there who could actually do a better job than Ostberg.
Question to Kevin Abbring
We’re getting close to the end of the year. What are your plans for next season?
KA: “The Peugeot Rally Academy family I am with now, I like them and I like the people around me. We’ve all been working very hard to get the performance out of the car and the team. I hope to continue like this but maybe in WRC2. My aim is to go back to the WRC. The ERC rallies have been very exciting for me and helpful but I hope to go back to the WRC.”
Source: http://www.fiaerc.com/news/detail/id/5939
Manufactures rather have a driver from a country were they can sell a lot of cars. The dutch car market is very bad. Also sponsership and budget from dutch sponsors is a nogo.
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/116468
"This decision means nothing will improve" - Capito
No, it means the WRC won't become inexorably worse next season!
Exactly, if they want more viewing figures, ruining the sport won't get them: doing something about it will.
Put the coverage online, for free, like SRO do with their GT series. WRC+ is a start, but that should be the premium service.
Make it available for free for a year and see if those figures improve. It will do a lot more for the sport than changing the rules and still making it impossible to watch.
Correct! I really wish Capito would just fuck off. What the WRC needs is more manufacturer teams. Mitsubishi, Subaru, Toyota, Ford, where are you? That being said, I would rather have a WRC without VW, than a WRC with VW and this kind of arcade-game gimmicky shit, which would totally destroy the fabric of the sport.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack4688`
It needs more competitive teams, sure, bit it won't get them without people watching. I understand why that is their goal, but it's completely the wrong way to go about it.
Maybe they should stop using insane amounts of money so they actually would get sustainable investment...
So Finland has a big car market? Or Belgium? Or New Zealand? Or Ireland?Quote:
Originally Posted by AdvEvo
Agree about the money though. All motorsport sponsorship is being spent on circuit racing.
Hahaha that couldn't be worded better! Now we just need some journo to tell him that.Quote:
Originally Posted by RAS007
I agree about VW - if they want this then they should create a new sport, perhaps a sprint rally championship, instead of trying to feck about with a sport that can work well with GOOD PROMOTION. Instead we have WRC Promoter who, I'm guessing, is filled top-down with completely incompetent employees. That Ciesla fella especially.
Fixing (and by that I mean ruining) things that aren't broken are not going to help the WRC. Incidentally that goes for F1 too.
VW complain about low viewing figures, but RedBull sell the rights to PayTV - with low viewing figures. Oh, what a shock...Quote:
Originally Posted by dodge33cymru
RedBull have done what lots of others promoters have done; sell TV rights, and do very little promotion. Niche Motorsport series dont help themselves by selling to PayTV. You will never grow by doing that. Get events visiting major towns/ cities and promote; the crowds will come out. As seen from tonight.
lol. Capito sounds like a spoiled child having a tantrum. Remember when you were a child, and you were playing football or whatever with your friends? Someone would make fun of the kid who owned the ball, and he would go home crying and take the ball away with him because he didn't want their friends to have fun if they were not going to treat him like a special star. We all had a friend like this. Capito is threatening to do the exact same thing. Good riddance. Like someone else said... I'd rather have no VW than VW killing the sport.Quote:
Originally Posted by Joost Capito
i hope we won't see VW Motorsport in the WRC after 2016, honestly i prefer to see latvala in toyota, Ogier-don't care about him and mikkelsen alongside Latvala..
Why on earth would Toyota not want the 4 time WDC at the end of 2016? The only decision is for Latvala to transfer early for the development year, much depends how close he is to Ogier next season. (How's that for provocative?)Quote:
Originally Posted by Eli
well if Latvala wants a chance in becoming World champion he needs to do it with toyota
Info about Dmack challenge for 2015
http://www.irallylive.com/ir_news.htm?00007571
Interesting that a 1L 3cylinder turbocharged Fiesta will be used
Does that need to be homologated or does it not matter as, although appearing in the WRC, it is for a one-make championship?
it was homologated 1 year ago (R2T)Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack4688`
Hopefully it will sound better than the road car, but it's a Ford so i guess we're used to bad engine sounds from them by now :pQuote:
Originally Posted by makinen_fan
If the rumours of Audi quitting DTM and LeMans to enter F1 ( with Alonso) in 2016 is true then I suspect we may not see VW after 2015. It's typical of their way of doing things, huge Dakar effort for a few years dominance then off to new adventures.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eli
I haven't had a chance to drive the 1.0 Ecoboost yet but my colleague had it in a rental Focus last week and the first thing he told me was how strange sound the engine has :)Quote:
Originally Posted by SubaruNorway
VW Motorsport has nothing to do with AUDI sports adventuresQuote:
Originally Posted by MJW
what's the diffrence between this year's cars to next year's?
Where have you heard these rumours????Quote:
Originally Posted by MJW
quite a bit hereQuote:
Originally Posted by Jack4688`
http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/20...-in-the-works/
Please stop making yourself looking like a fool. Why to blame VW/Audi for doing business? First of all Audi is very loyal to the Le Mans and DTM series. Second: VW quit Dakar to enter the WRC. I don't think VW will leave the WRC within the next three years. They have invest a lot of money and now they have a lot of successes. Yes, they want more exposure and change some rules but it's just ball-game to threathing to leave the WRC if everthing will be the same. Many car-manufacturers have past (or still in) the WRC, some for many years, some for just a few, they all have a good reason and that will always be the case in the future.Quote:
Originally Posted by MJW
I am not making myself a fool - I just re-post what I read on the internet in the news and rumours thread. I am not pretending that my info is real or privileged, it was a simple re-post of info that is on the internet.
Only reference for me is my daughters Corsa Eco 1,0 (3-cyl) which sounded like an old Saab 3-cyl two stroke engine from beginning of the 60´s.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
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Originally Posted by Rallyper
Sounds like the might Saab 3cyl 850? The one the beat the whole world--even on asphalt?
So did the Opel finally get rid of all those useless things like valves and cams and valve springs and camshafts and big gummi band to run all those undeeded junk?
Did they find a way to make that Old-pile fire EVERY time the pistons come to the top?
Instead of firing every now and then like 4-takt skrot does, if its in a good mood?
I f you mean I don´t know difference between twostroke and 4-T, I do. I just commented the sound and they actually sounds about the same (Corsa 1,0 4-T and Saab 2-T).Quote:
Originally Posted by janvanvurpa
Btw back in the years I was starting my career as district rally driver I now and then did maintenance on the 2-T Saab Sport engine by taking it apart and mounting it together again. The engine didn´t work with any other sparkplugs but Champion UK16V btw. If any other there where a hole in piston right away...
Just joking Pelle, you know I spend 20 years on nice 2 strokes before I start seriously working on miserable cars....I just love the simplicity of two stroke and the wonderful fact that they fire---and make power---every single time the piston goes up......a good 2-t moto-cross bike by late 70s would make 33hp for 1/4 liter which would be 264hp from 2 liter---with just a single carb....no valves, no camshafts, no springs, no ECU, and with just cleaning the air filter--do that for a whole season and run like a clock...Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
40 years ago.. I think we'd all love to have that power and that reliability in the engine, clutch, and especially the gearbox----thousands of shifts at full throttle, no problems..
Cars are so complicated, so delicate, so insanely costly....so bad only a handful of people can afford to really piska djävlarna ordentligt....... I mean what does just a gearbox and axles cost from Sadev for a little Ford Fiesta FWD car? ca 100,000 kr or more... Who has money for that?
Why not use the 2T Bombardier engine used in Evinrude outboards in cars. How would that do? The Evinrude beats the 4T outboards everytime in power, effeciency etz!Quote:
Originally Posted by janvanvurpa
3 cyl turbo engines sound awesome in the forest. I know because I rally one, the mighty Daihatsu Charade GTti with the CB80 engine. Over 200hp, 920kg pocket rocket.
I did not reply about the VW/Audi rumours, it could be possible like any other rumour. My angry had to do with your quote typical of their way... I think that's really not correct and a wrong opinion.Quote:
Originally Posted by MJW
It wouldn't be the biggest surprise. But I can't see Audi in F1, doesn't fit their 'road relevance' image. They would only do it for exposure; one F1 race gives more exposure than a season of WEC. As for VW, I don't think they'll hang around WRC for too long. In fact, I think they could go to F1 as a possible engine supplier.Quote:
Originally Posted by MJW
So remind me how many years were VW in Dakar? And what kind of results fid they have?Quote:
Originally Posted by jacko
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Originally Posted by stefanvv
Apart from the fact that all programmes get signed off by the VW Motorsport group - which meets throughout the year to discuss progress.