Another rumour. WORLD EXCLUSIVE: Ford confirms rumuors of rumors Ford may consider factory team return to #WRC in 2018, #rallyDR reports
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Another rumour. WORLD EXCLUSIVE: Ford confirms rumuors of rumors Ford may consider factory team return to #WRC in 2018, #rallyDR reports
Kubica said he's not coming back to WRC, he's just having a good weekend in the Clio.
What the......?http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...2664392c32.pngQuote:
Originally Posted by Red bull
Who even is this person and why should we trust them? I guess just make a mental note of it and see what percentage comes true.
So I'm trying to make complete sense of the main WRC story in Motorsport News today. The main point is that there will not be any kind of separate championship or cup for 2016 machinery next year.
First quote kind of threw me off. Jarno Mahonen: "We want to encourage privateer drivers to come in the current (2017) cars."
But I thought that no privateers would be allowed to run 2017 machinery next year? It seems that is not the case. It seems that instead privateer entries must be sanctioned by the governing body, the same way the drivers must now be. So I take that to mean that in theory someone like PH Sport could run a team in 2017 with new cars, IF there were enough cars to go around.
It seems that the FIA have still not made any kind of decision on how exactly to run the 2016 cars. But there's no way they can be banned until after 2018. So we will certainly see them in some capacity. "We cant stop privateers from using these current cars."
They just seem very concerned about negatively impacting R5. Mahonen speaks about this. But for me it's just the next step on the ladder, not something that will take interest away from R5.
Also the control tyre is not happening in 2017 - confirmed by the FIA. But Dmack are still asking for clarity on what is happening for 2018. McCormack is saying they have 'significant investment coming and big plans for the future'. So understandably don't want to do that if they will be forced out in 2018. They have no interest in tendering to be control tyre supplier.
Mahonen admits the reason for looking at a control tyre is financially motivated, and also giving them greater control over the type of tyre/grip available.
All I would say to that is get back in your box Jarmo!
ahhh, thanks! At least Tänak wont be without job next year if he cant get to another team. Its a stupid idea anyway....
What is the big deal with 'what will the privateers drive in 2017' ? None of them can compete against the main WRC teams anyway.
If they can afford a 2017 WRC the likes of Prokop, Bertelli, Solberg etc still wont be competitive.
They should just enjoy their 2016 cars and unofficially compete with each other (as they do now).
What was the said in the main story in MN regarding VW predicting a fight to stay on top ?
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cn0roIDWAAA7cHx.jpg
It's a safety "issue" they say, don't think any of the privateers are more accident prone than any other really, more the other way around when you don't have to care so much about the car. When was the last time Prokop had a big crash...?Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
This is where the confusion lies because it hasn't been clearly communicated by the FIA - likely because they had no idea what they were doing.Quote:
Originally Posted by SubaruNorway
I don't think anyone has ever actually said: Martin Prokop, Solberg, Bertelli etc - you can't drive a 2017 WRC car. That's just something that has been assumed due to lack of proper regs or information. Really I think the FIA just don't want some young teenager or some old dentist to be able to drive a 2017 car. They've made a rule that they don't really understand or know how to enforce. Creating a problem where there wasn't one.
Tänak?Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
VW2?
HyundaiN?
Who will decide which are factory teams?
What is the difference between DMackWRT and FuckmatieWRT as a team?
Both are run by M-Sport.
For me it´s more than OK that there will be old and new WRC´s competing
There was never a plan to ban private-run 2017 WRC cars. FIA's plan was to restrict the drivers who are allowed to drive those cars. Tänak, Prokop, Solberg and even Bertelli are actually good drivers, so no problem for them to get the cars. FIA just doesn't want people like Al-Qassimi(s), Al-Rajhi, and Eurolamp Mini drivers to have them. Though it's not sure whether there will be enough 2017s for privateers in less than six months.
So no change there then. They seem to be making it up as they go along. Somebody thought new 2017 cars was a good idea - so introduced them, but forgot all the other details...Quote:
Originally Posted by Simmi
Hmm, Bertelli better than Al-Rahji?Quote:
Originally Posted by MM WRC
Prokop and Bertelli good drivers ? How do you sleep at night ?Quote:
Originally Posted by MM WRC
I think this doesn't just apply to rally...Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
I am also a fan of ballet dancing (yes, really), and the filming of ballet is just as bad. They cut to headshots during intricate footwork, they do close-ups when they need to show the flow of dancers across the stage, they edit at 8 second intervals rather than when one move finishes and another starts. The closest thing I've seen to good filming of dance is amateur parkour videos on Youtube, because that's filmed by people who appreciate the subject.
I think that professional photographers/videographers are people with no particular interst in the subject. They'll be on a rally today, a tennis match tomorrow, a wedding next weekend, tins of soup in dramatic lighting for an ad agency after that... And their editors are the same, so nobody tells them they're doing anything wrong.
The only think I can think of that might improve things is for groups of enthusiasts to get together and deposit stills/video into an editing pool. [Which does happen sometimes, I think.]
Msport and Hyundai are going to be really pushed for time aren't they? Hyundai could be back in the position they were in 2014 with a car that isn't a match for VW/ the new Citroën.
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Anttilas interview
http://www.volkswagen-motorsport.com...079&L=1#c61972
Latvala trolling Anttila
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Comments by the big wigs
http://www.fia.com/news/evolution-2017-world-rally-car
interview with Todt,Ciesla,Barbosa.
a tottaly useless interview,nothing we didnt know.
Current cars next season...
http://classic.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/125491
He needs to look up what 'promised' and 'every' mean. Never heard of such rumours until this year and the whole 2016vs2017 cars discussionQuote:
Quirin Muller, team manager at the Jipocar Czech National squad that runs the currently Dakar focused Martin Prokop, said "we have been waiting for four seasons for the privateers' championship which is promised every year to come for the next season".
And none of them worried about the safety issues that these new superwing cars bring. A superlicense will not protect any person, if the machines are too dangerous. I hope I'm wrong, but Sordo testing accident may just have been a sign of what we see next year...Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
Finland in for the next two years
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Memories of the greatest Safari Rally Kenya. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?sto...&id=1210845939
Abbring states in a press-release that he will drive Rally Germany. Maybe Sordo still not fit enough than?
Wrong translation apparently, so Sordo it is ;)
http://www.totalwrc.com/full_story/v...d_says_Capito/
has anoyone heard about this?
Bravo Capito, that's what WRC needs at the moment. More obscure rounds! It has worked really well for F1 already....
He should ultimately move to F1 and MacLaren (which I more and more believe won´t happen as long as Ogier is driving VW) and not talking bullshit about rallying all the time.Quote:
Originally Posted by macebig
Citroen debuts new test in Portugal with C3Wrc 2017 this week http://goo.gl/5Rgor6
Looks like the story originated from an Indian journalist on Motorsport.com. So I doubt Capito was pushing the Indian agenda, rather responding to being asked about the potential of it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eli
In bigger news M-Sport's 2017 WRC mule test car turned a wheel for the first time last week.
Any pics?Quote:
Originally Posted by Simmi
Yeah there's one in MN today - so it should appear online soon. A bit like the Hyundai mule there's not much to see outwardly though. There's supposedly a big rear diffuser which isn't shown.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack4688`
The other interesting thing for me is a quote from Yves Matton regarding Craig Breen. He said next year there will be 15 (factory) seats and he can expect to be in one of those. But not necessarily at Citroen, as they are still narrowing down their shortlist.
So 15 seats implies 3-car teams across the board. But we've heard conflicting stories about just two cars from Toyota and Citroen within the last month?
Maybe not 15 at every event. Notably at tbe start of the season.