Yeah but I don't associate either of those with motorsport ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by BleAivano
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Yeah but I don't associate either of those with motorsport ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by BleAivano
Johan raced the STCC this year too.. He raced 4 of the 7 events (3 races each event) - so 12 races in STCC 2017
He won 6 and scored P2 in other 3 races. P4 overall in the championship.. even with "9" races less than the others. (oh, he won that championship in 2012)
Great talented driver. P3 in WorldRX 2015, P2 last year and now hes the champ.
Hope Petter a good and fast recovery =/
Will his son take over the Polo for the Estering round?
why regulars Csu Csu and Demoustier have "-9" and "-10" points on the championship?
Tanner/Scott to replace Petter in Estering & Killarney..?
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Petter: First a racing incident with Löeb, kiss on the rear. Slide, trying to correct, one arm in the air, impact with Baumanis while arm up.
Result, broken collarbone and two cracked ribs. Some reports says he will need an operation to get the collarbone in place again
Wish you a speedy recovery Petter, and congratulation on achieving your 2017 pri 1, team championship!
In national TV Baumanis said - according to telemetry before crash his speed was 85km/h then he managed brake down to 55km/h (moment of impact) and after that speed dropped down to 18km/h.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sulland
What a very strange view..motorcycles do have motors---a big hint is in the name motorcycle.Quote:
Originally Posted by MrJan
When they race it is a sport..
How could one not consider them motorsports?
You lump them in with scholastics or meditation?
Sewing? gastronomy?
in terms of performance --any bike can accelerate so hard that they can lift the front wheels off the ground easily--and bake to the point they can lift the rear wheel---and I don't know of any cars which can do that---some might suggest that they are the pinnacle of motosports>
But Shirley i cannot comment...:uhoh:
That is not entirely correct. There are no brakes on a speedway bike. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by janvanvurpa
Sorry, forgot that they don't do irony properly on your side of the pond :p:Quote:
Originally Posted by janvanvurpa
1 - What if Petter have to end his carrer due this crash (and age)? Like Dario Franchitti had to retire from racing after a big crash
2 - No Tanner or Speed for the VW Polo. Energy Drink conflict (monster vs rockstar). Same for Marklund (Loco Energy). VW will probably run just Johan and Depping (already confirmed)
3 - Loeb testing again with CitroenWRC (Ogier/Loeb/Meeke for 2018?), Ekstrom selling the cars (He dont want to be a team boss anymore), Petter with this big crash (Im thinking about that "forced retirement thing"), Block saying he would like to race in 'murica again (whatever). In my chaotic imagination, all 4 big WorldRX teams are in "DANGER" haha
I think Petter has said he's already found the sponsorship to continue the customer relationship with VW Motorsport for next year.
Peugeot - probably leaving, lack of confirmation at this time is worrying
Ford - for sure Ken and others will be sick and tired of getting hosed, for probably little TV exposure. For sure it's known Ken found competing in the WRC bad for image to be coming 9th (if he finished). How many times has Ken made the televised Final this year? As far as I know the only LIve coverage in the US for World Rally X comes through the Ford Performance webiste. Hardly 'mainstream'. And this also means Ford have direct knowledge of the audience...
Audi - for sure seems that Ekstrom is out. This doesn't fit their new image to play on electric cars...
That could be a big, big hit for the sport. Perhaps it's the 'reality check' it needed to fix the rapidly and unjustifiably large budgets...
EKS were hinting at some news around the corner on their FB. Whether that's because they're officially withdrawing or announcing new cars remains to be seen.
THing is, if the 4 big teams withdraw then is it actually better for the sport? We go back to what it was in 2014 instead, which arguably is better for competition. It would open the championship back up to the likes of Marklund and Larsson.
Solberg apparently having surgery on Monday so that he's available to compete at Estering :eek:
EKSRX said on instagram "It's planned to build new cars for 2018" on the comments
https://www.instagram.com/p/BZS07d2j61o/?taken-by=eksrx
Hmmm maybe they are planning a costumer VW program like PSRX?
Final round of the Scandinavian RallyCross series ("RallyX Nordic")
Oliver Solberg vs Thomas Bryntesson
https://www.svtplay.se/video/1484964...nas?start=auto
SuperCars semifinal at "-1.15.00" and final is the last feature of the video
(theres also local rallycross series, rallyx lites and others)
This one is probably my 'favorite' series right now together with EuroRX Cuz there are No manufacturers racing with the privateers.. And most of these guys are racing the EuroRX too so its a great level series with top spec cars. A great championship.. and we can watch the races on SVT's site. (At least I've been watching over the last 2 years, including RallyX On Ice - The "winter rallyx Lites championship" that they are hosting since 2015)
Hope you enjoy
Heres the Final from Round 4 of RallyCross Argentina
They race with MaxiRally cars as the Top class. Its cool
Fiat, Audi, VW, Peugeot, Ford, Renault....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY5dyPrMCoI
(other races avaliable on this youtube account)
Speaking about this year's British RX, does the Supercar have a full length semis & final in highlight coverages..?
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Apparently there were some shenanigans in Riga during the WRX round there but Ekström pretends to be innocent. :o:D:eek::bandit:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BZl3B5MA...sekstromracing
more here: https://twitter.com/hashtag/EKSinRiga?src=hash
P Solberg will start at Estering. https://www.svt.se/sport/motorsport/...nsk-sensation/
hahaha good marketing. Hope it goes well... and convince EKS to race AUDIs in 2018 not 3 more dominant-boring Costumer Polos like PSRX heheQuote:
Originally Posted by BleAivano
After his accident last round and needing an operation... Solberg is top after Qualifying in Germany !!
The final result: Ekki, Timmy, Topi, Petter, Nicklas, & Kevin.
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I wonder how close Ekström would be to Kristoffersson if Ekström had done all rounds. JK would still likely be in the lead but Ekström would probably not have been that far behind.
A lot closer than he should be, given the speed of the VW.
Some good races yesterday, although a bit of bumper cars sorted a lot of it. Nice to see a race weekend that VW didn't dominate.
could this be VW's e-Golf for that Electric GRC Class for 2018?
https://www.instagram.com/p/BZong4TH...by=scott_speed
Two e-Golfs, two Peugeot/STARD... I believe OMSE could build two cars anytime pretty fast too....
I dont think its IMPOSSIBLE to see this class really happening in 2018.
I think it's unlikely that anything will be racing as a proper class in 2018, but 2019 might work.
Peugeot and Loeb back in 2018, nice - https://www.motorsport-news.co.uk/ne...ent-with-loeb/
Increased Peugeot involved from a technical side too to tackle VW too.
But "studying the sports management system implemented by the Hansen family since 2014" - What the heck does that mean?
But, Ford are quitting. Damn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnVWinRg1es
"Ford will not be continuing their rallycross program for the 2018 race season. And because of that, my time with the team is over at the end of this year." Andreas Bakkerud
"To continue in WRX would have required the development of a new race car."
http://performance.ford.com/series/r...x-program.html
Ken Block too confirming that he'll be going back to rallying (no specified series) and doing some Gymkhana GRID races -
whatever they are?
https://www.instagram.com/p/BZ1KoNLhOG_/
The carbon-fibre ex-WRC VW has ruffled feathers it seems.
It's harder for privateers to be competitive now. Look at Marklund and Larsson defecting to EuroRX.
Peugeot has decided to re-commit, but with the extra manufacturer involvement required to succeed.
Ford called it quits, despite it originally being a three-year programme, stating that they would have had to develop a new car.
Ah, Gymkhana GRID is his own concept. Events where drivers go head-to-head on a timed course that involves lots of doughnuts and handbrake turns.Quote:
Originally Posted by Simmi
I am going to surmise that he will be rallying in the newly formed American Rally Association championship and give Subaru some competition in a Fiesta R5-based vehicle.
The thing about Ford is that RallyCross is heading to an Electric power-train thing, and Ford is not really into that right now. Its rumored that Ken Block will be racing in US (like he said he wanted in instagram comments) with some kind of Msport/Ford support. It'd be cool if they really have a team to race in US with Bakkerud too... But, idk..
Peugeot also said they are interested in Electric RallyCross.. Like VW and Audi.
Im confused about Peugeot next season. I like to think they are going to enter with a new team with Loeb and Jeanney. Then Hansen will have its own team for his two kids. I'd be ok with that
Ah, I first read the Ford release like that, talking about the electricfication. But that's not for next season at all, and even then a support class. Re-reading it, I think they mean they would need a new car to be competitive next season and then will re-evaluate participation once the electricification ruleset is locked down.Quote:
Originally Posted by giu canbera
Think you are right about Peugeot. Will make it very difficult for Hansen to compete with older machinery however.
Maybe they are planning to make Gymkhana Grid a bigger series? It'd be interesting.
Rally America would be more interesting with that Msport/Block car fighting Pastrana and Higgins.
Maybe that could attract new names?
OR... maybe thats part of that "OH FORD SHOULD GO BACK TO WRC"... (it'd be pointless to be with Block, I know.. but maybe thats the money to keep Seb.. who knows)
Hey, that would be a dream. Save a few $$$ in WorldRX and give Malcolm some extra WRC funding.Quote:
Originally Posted by giu canbera
But, in a weird way, no Ford in WorldRX is less money for Malcolm, seen as M-Sport developed the Focus RX car.
Some isntagram-twitter-facebook confusing comments asking Block if the deal with Ford is done and suggesting he should go back to Subaru! haha That'd be out of nowhere! They have such a great relashionsip. I dont believe Ford would dump Block
Hmmm I think GRC could have an electric series next year, maybe.. But WorldRX was talking about 2020 or something. But maybe Manufacturers are always looking 2 or 3 years ahead. Whats the point of building new cars if the others are investing on the electric rx cars... idk if that is the case, but it could be. Im excited about the electric RX... but daaaaaaaaaaaaaaammmn booooy Im gonna miss that sound
"it’s a natural time for us to take a break as the future of the series takes shape" - Ford Performance
Yep... electric engines fault.
well.. GM is also moving into electric cars. Hope GRC bring Chevy ASAP to RallyX
https://www.wired.com/story/general-...-cars-plan-gm/
Speaking about Papa Hansen, does he developing his Citroens with support from Citroen Sport..? He could developing C3 RX
Looks like we'll not see Focus RX & the new Fiesta RX, unless there are any interest from ERX participants..
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