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Congratulations to Petter. Third place (almost second) is a great result, being his second rally with the C4 on asphalt, and first with the new co-driver!
"In fact, the first stage win today is Chris´ first WRC stage win ever. Great news for him, and great for us too - because it means he has to pay for the beer on Sunday evening!" ;)
Yep, awesome result. They will have to watch out for him in Finland!
Would not surprise me.....Quote:
Originally Posted by JFL
will solberg also get a DS3 for 2011 from citroen or has to stick with the c4?
I dont think there will be any pount sticking with a C4, no where to rally itQuote:
Originally Posted by Red bull
then we might see the end of him this season as no any other team has proposed him.
you mean they wont be entered by any private teams for privateer drivers,what a waste it ll be after all the years of devolpement :eek: :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by 6789
They will be banned from the Wrc after this year.Quote:
Originally Posted by Red bull
My guess is Petter gets a DS3 with Citroen Norway - however before that happens two key events will have to play out as Citroen will only have 4 DS3's at tthe start of the season.
1. Does Loeb hang around in WRC.
2. Does Ogier actually go to Ford.
I think Petter has a better chance with Citroen than MSport Ford.
The only place for Petter's C4's are European Rallycross or national championships that still allow WRC cars.
ok that makes it clear lets hope he gets a drive from citroen norway as loeb shows no sign of retiring maybe if kimi is to go back to F1 might be a great chance for him to drive for the junior team.
Yes the Kimi Factor should also be considered. Maybe the MasterCard money paves the way for him to Renault F1. Based on those possibilities maybe Loeb,Solberg and Sordo and Neuville make up the 4 DS3 pilotsQuote:
Originally Posted by Red bull
So do you believe Ogier will go to Ford? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by MJW
could be yes or no 50/50 chances bcause if ogier was sure of staying at citroen he would have made it clear as soon as the news had reached the media,instead he said he ll make his decision b4 finland means theres still some arm twisting going on ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by J.Lindstroem
No sure Neuville is ready for WRC. Maybe another year away yet. He needs another season in IRC.Quote:
Originally Posted by MJW
So effectively there will only be 8 cars in the 2011 WRC ? All WRcars are banned, so everybody else has to stick to group N cars?
Skoda said they was interested in building 1,6T cars... But i havn't heard anything more about that.
Can't they 'grandfather' the current WRCars, to ensure a reasonable entry?Quote:
Originally Posted by alleskids
I heard Skoda is considering a 1,6T, from the VW group range, but not before 2012.
So WRC 2011 wil be:
Citroen, 4 cars (Loeb, Ogier, Sordo, Raikkonen/PSolberg)
Ford, 4 cars (Hirvonen, Latvalla, Wilson, Al Qassimi? ?
plus group N Subaru's, Mitsubishi's for everybody else who wants to do WRC H Solberg, P Solberg)
Will S2000 still be allowed to, with a lot of restrictions so they do not spoil the Citroen/Ford party?
S2000 should be allowed in their current form, but no further homologation will be possible after the end of this year. That's how I've interpreted it.
But yeah, for starters there will only be the works cars in the WRC class, I doubt Citroen or Ford will be able to produce enough cars to supply privateers before the start of the season. And we can just forget about any other works teams joining the party for 2011 I think, we'll have to wait atleast another year for that.
Also the S2000 have still 'jokers' in the their current homologationQuote:
Originally Posted by maxter
What about Mini, they should have some cars on the grid aswell (unless the project is dead).
No skoda 1.6T in 2011, they will keep on concentrating on the 2l:
http://www.rallye-magazin.de/h/schla...rbo/index.html
Thierry N certainly looked good in Bulgaria in JWRC but was a fair bit off the pace in Ypres and only finished as high as he did because of the retirements of others. Abbring or Weiss Jr probably have as much chance of a Citroen drive as Weiss already has shown well in the Citroen JWRC and Abbring was quicker than Gp N cars in his Clio at Ypres.Quote:
Originally Posted by noel157
Why not Meeke?
Pitty, when and if they are making the 1.6T car, it will be already late. Competition will evolve and they will be some years trying to catch them performance wise, and it will end like the Fabia WRC.Quote:
Originally Posted by HaCo
Yes, why not Meeke? I agree. He's out of contract at the end of the season.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mintexmemory
Guess a lot depends on Ogier's plans and to some extent Prodrive as well, if indeed they actually have any plans.....
:(Didn't Quesnel more or less tell Meeke a while back that if he was French hed be driving the car, but due to the fact that Ireland and Britain dont bring much to the party for Citroen commercially he wouldnt be getting a seat :(Quote:
Originally Posted by noel157
I find that really sad. Though a similar thing happened with McRae in 2004; Citroen had to choose between Sainz and Colin - and as Spain is a much bigger market to Citroen, it was basically a no brainer.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tarmac Tommy
Its the WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP..
Dont you think that the results played a role too?, Sainz was by far better than McRae.Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyRAC
Telefonica did the deal...no market thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyRAC
Absolutely right. They brought the money. And Sainz went to be the driver.Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
Yeah, of course I'm aware of that, but apparently - the deal could have been done, but Citroen UK weren't interested in using Motorsport as part of their marketing campaign!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Tomi
Until more Manufacturers join and there are plenty of seats, things like this will continue to happen, sadly.
solberg should swallow his pride and talk to ford to drive one of the fiestas in 2011 as fact is age is catching up on him and many young drivers are popping up,by 2012 he might end up like mcrae..good driver with no team to sign him.
Why? because you believe the Fiesta will be a better car? or do you think Petter will not get a DS3?Quote:
Originally Posted by Red bull
Which is going to be the best car remains to see. As of now the Fiesta probably is ahead. For the engines we don't know anything. Other than the Citroen has a better 2.0T
because hes not a citroen driver just a privateer and i dont think he can agree to be no2 to loeb,thats why ogier is planning to move to ford. :s mokin:Quote:
Originally Posted by Gard
As a privateer, he can do almost what he wants. And remember it's not WRC cars anymore. Wilson is no better than Quesnel.Quote:
Originally Posted by Red bull
problem is PS world rally team is not a manufucturer teamand will still depend on one of the two teams for a car in 2011
Petter has launched his merchandise store for 2010. The team shirt looks pretty cool
http://www.pscollection.no/no/t-shirts.html
True but hopefully things have changed since then.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tarmac Tommy
Am I the only one that has a very strong dislike for that twit Quesnel?