Rajd Rzeszowski, next round of the Polish championship, starts in 8 days.
Entry list is already available:
http://rajd.rzeszow.pl/cms/upload/ed...oszen_RSMP.pdf
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Rajd Rzeszowski, next round of the Polish championship, starts in 8 days.
Entry list is already available:
http://rajd.rzeszow.pl/cms/upload/ed...oszen_RSMP.pdf
Video of Solowow (and Wilson?) testing Fiesta RRC (and s2000). The video is with english subtitles.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZIUtk5NP-8
Any info about the time difference of the S2000 and RRC?Quote:
Originally Posted by Raven
Yes, i have info that rrc was slower than S2000. source is trusted. also this source said me that solowow bought new fiesta rrc. i don't know how long was the stage where they tested but rumors talking about 2 seconds for S2000.
That’s very surprising result. I would have thought that the RRC would have been faster because of the higher torque, and therefore more power at lower revs, and better acceleration out of tighter corners. :confused:
Remember that Solowow knows Fiesta S2000 very well and RRC is a new car for him. That's probably the reason of worse times.
yes you are right this is i think one of the reasons bad condition fiesta on this test.Quote:
Originally Posted by Raven
It's for me not so surprising everyone said for the Mini that it would be difficult to be faster than the top S2000 like it was in Ypres with Snijers because of the lack of HP thanks to 30 mm restrictor. Every mm let you win 16.6 HP I think.
The dependence is exponential as area is what counts ;) But anyway I agree that with 30 mm it can hardly be faster, maybe on gravel.
RRC first rally in this weekend on Rajd Rzeszowski. Driver is of course Michal Solowow ;)
Rajd Rzeszowski starts this Saturday. The drivers, that will be missing on the start list are:
Leszek Kuzaj (nr 10, due to ear infection),
Oleksij Tamrazow (11),
Tomasz Czopik (16, he wants to stop competing in traditional rallies and switch to Dakar Rally instead),
Bogdan Bożyk (26),
Roman Grendel (27),
Marek Spavelko (47).
The fastest driver on shakedown was Jaroslav Melicharek (Mitsubishi Lancer WRC). The crew Tomasz Żerebecki i Ewa Rybko (Citroen C2) had an accident and lost a wheel. The driver is in hospital, but he should be OK very soon.
Photo --> http://foto.rallyonline.pl/news_tmp/zerebecki.jpg
Manfred Stohl is present on the rally. His team takes care of the car for Maciej Rzeznik. The TRT team, that Rzeznik usually hires, is busy on Madeira now.
Live results as always at SUBARU | Strona główna
What a duel Bouffier vs Grzyb after SS2 :eek:
Laurent Viana is doing quite OK in his DS3 :)
Is Solowow running with the S200 or RRC???
Kajetanowicz already out with gear box problems :(
Off road for Grzyb in SS3 :s but only 8"8 lost on Bouffier though :confused: should be only a spin, no ??? :p :
Drives with the RRC.Quote:
Originally Posted by '[Madeira-Rally
Bouffier back "on threat" of Grzyb after SS6 this morning(SS6) ;)
Strange that Solowow is "on threat" of Rzeznik :confused:
Oh no !!!! Crash from Grzyb on SS7 :mad: He shouldn't have tried to attack Bouffier... :rolleyes:
Béreš is extremely slow now. Does anyone know why?
Puncture for Solowow in SS8 :s Rzeznik passes him for 2nd overall
First of all, when was he fast? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
But you are right, today he is even slower than usual. Unfortunately, I don't know why.
Grzyb went off into a ditch on a dirty 90-degree corner. End of the rally for him. Solowow had a puncture. If Rzeznik stays in the second place, it will be his best result of the whole career!
i think Rzeznik will loose the 2nd place in the last stage to Solowow... 3rd place still is better result in his carreer?
I was wrong... Rzeznik was faster than Solowow in the lat stage and was 2nd overall at the end of the rally!
Congratulations to Bouffier :)
And to Chmielewski, winner of 2WD again :D
I know more details now. Beres had problems with clutch today and then he stopped after also differential broke down in his Fabia.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
Thank You.
I was yesterday on Rzeszów. Rally was very very short. i seen only 2 stages. Bouffier and Kajto are very fast drivers. From Sloviaka Melicharek i think. I saw Beres but he drove very slow. He came to the service park from SS8 but he didn't gone out from it. Also Orsak was too slow for me , I thought it would be faster on this stages. My next rally is Barum so it must be better than here. :)
PS: RRC sound is amazing for me :)
Extra spectacular video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2pkZX3Sv00
Unfortunately you will not hear it anymore. Solowow said that he is disappointed with Fiesta RRC. This car is not competitive enough against S2000 cars. The 30-mm restrictor is way to small to produce enough power and in his opinion the homologation should be changed. For next rallies he returns to Fiesta S2000.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bartek
Interesting that point of view from Solowow... that mens that Snijers did a good job in Ypres with the mini S2000...Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
I had many doubts about his performance in Ypres.. he was great to see in action... but his stage times weren't impressive, but know, with this testimonial from Solowow I can understand better his performance...
Anyway.. strange that they developed a car to be less competitive than the S2000...
I would even say a great job! He's 53 years old used to drive Gr B's and the old Group A cars and not the new trend cars powered by electronics and computers. He fits way better at the back of wheel of a car who drove in the 90's. Mini WRC will probably not good enough for the win in Omloop van Vlaanderen but we'll get to see some spectucalar passes by Snijers on the limit. Still not old enough to give it up on the highest level of rallying in Belgium.
In the first place, I would ask the basic question - why were such RRC cars brought to life? Can't drivers in WRC and ERC drive the same cars?!Quote:
Originally Posted by '[Madeira-Rally
If I recall correct, it were the manufactures who wanted to have the visual difference between the 'big' world rally championship boys and the rest of the world, simple as that. They want to be 'formula 1 of the dirt tracks' I guess.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
In my understanding they were afraid to have let's say one Mini which wins everything in Europe in 2011, so they put small restrictor in regional events till there is more of 1.6T cars around. In WRC they put the big one to be competitive in overall standings. I guess FIA will order bigger restrictor for regional events as well since next year.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Etoeo...ature=youtu.be > another good video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=G0uGywMF4EI > big moment for Kajto with rear right puncture
So is this restrictor only a temporary solution?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
I think so. Otherwise whole class 1 concept doesn't make sense.
Solowow could still use the Fiesta as a WRC till the restrictor size has been changed.
Someone said to me that Solowow bought Fiesta RRC :)
Michal Solowow back to the 207 S2000 or only for the Barum Rally Zlin :confused:
I think he received a good offer from Peugeot. New livery can be found below:
http://foto.rallyonline.pl/news_tmp/...ow-207_460.jpg