2012 IRC: Rallies, teams, drivers

He should have done indeed one of those 4 events instead of Bulgaria when it's the same weekend during Yorkshire. If he wants to learn to drive on tarmac and prove his speed there, 2 events will not be enough.

With doing 4 events u don't have ambitions for a good classification in the championship.

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Originally Posted by Hartusvuori

This is good, but somehow I expected more. He also misses all the classic events Tour de Corse, Ypres, Barum and Sanremo, but obvisously he prefers gravel which of course is a bit of pointless.

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Yes, but there is no chance on the tarmac if you are driving R4 car. I think that on the gravel Nikara is able to beat many Super 2000 cars and show once again his skills...

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Originally Posted by rp

Yes, but there is no chance on the tarmac if you are driving R4 car. I think that on the gravel Nikara is able to beat many Super 2000 cars and show once again his skills...

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But you will learn tarmac skills with R4 as well. It shouldn't be all about overall classifications.

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Originally Posted by mousti

Arzeno and Flodin have both now confirmed on IRCseries.com to do some IRC events but nothing sure which rallies they'll do. Flodin obviously with the Fiesta and Arzeno with the 207.

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Nothing is confirmed yet. They only wrote that they WANT to do some IRC rounds. And this is different...

Flodin will for sure do something otherwise he wouldn't withdraw his entry in his home event.. Or he must be broke lol.

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Originally Posted by rp

Jarkko Nikara´s four IRC events will be San Marino, Romania, Bulgaria and Cyprus. The Subaru Impreza STi R4 is prepared by Tommi Mäkinen Racing and supported by Subaru and Yokohama.

Nikara´s aim is also to drive the British Rally Championship, but the last event will be missed, because Bulgaria is during the same weekend than Yorkshire...

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How much support is coming from Subaru? Is it going to be a semi works team or are these all private entries?

All three drivers were mentioned in STI press-release as officially supported ones so some sort of support is there.

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Originally Posted by Mirek

All three drivers were mentioned in STI press-release as officially supported ones so some sort of support is there.

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Ok so seems like a semi works team possibly. Mirek do you know anything about the level of support Honda bring to the IRC?

Sorry, I don't.

For me the good news are that Bulgaria is in the calendar. This makes me very happy. I was very proud with the WRC Rally Bulgaria and that I was able to see the legendary Mr. Loeb in action!