[WRC] News & rumours (part IV) 2016

There is always a risk,but a paid R5 Fabia is always a better option than shelling out money for an uncompetitive 16 WRC.

Closer you are the top, better.

I dont think AM has much to prove. The (R5) drive on Monte is just to keep him sharp.

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Originally Posted by Andre Oliveira

Closer you are the top, better.

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Thank you, Yoda!

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Originally Posted by Allez Andruet

Never been a big fan of Mikkelsen, but kudos to him for taking an R5 seat for 2017 (atleast for Monte). I'm not sure if all WRC drivers would've been willing to do that.

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different circumstances but i know a driver who had to sit out whole year doing only his home rallies, then came back and did a season with R5 and now this driver will be a teammate to 4-time world champion.

what i want to say is that Mikkelsen is doing totally right by taking all the chances that he has at the moment. He just needs to keep himself in shape for 2018, although i think all the Citroen and Hyundai drivers have 2 year deals? M-sport (not confirmed) and Toyota drivers have one year deals.


it is still unbelievable that he didnt get a drive for 2017

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Originally Posted by bluuford

66.1 PERMITTED TESTING SITES
For Manufacturers registered in the Championship, testing (as defined in Art. 2.21 ) is permitted:
66.1.1 On a permanent testing site proposed by the Manufacturer before its first rally of the year and
notified to the FIA.

Duration:
66.3.2 In the case of a Manufacturer, a maximum of 55 days in any calendar year. This clause does not
apply to testing as stated in Art. 66.1.1.

So, they can test in Finland as much as they like if they notify which part of finland is their site

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But it talks about a permanent site, not a whole country. Totally different thing. Permanent site means basically one road or a testing facility with many roads, but still doesn't allow testing on any road in one country in my interpretation

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Originally Posted by COD

But it talks about a permanent site, not a whole country. Totally different thing. Permanent site means basically one road or a testing facility with many roads, but still doesn't allow testing on any road in one country in my interpretation

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Yes, it is actually very open terminology. There is no lenght or something else. So, basically, you can use pretty large region for that. For example, we have on testing track that is partly privately owned and partly public road that is closed during larger tests;)

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Originally Posted by GravelBen

Yeah, they only have 10 different nationalities in the team. Almost completely Finnish.

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This pisses me off too. It is clearly everything but...
I know the driver line up is entirely Finnish and it is based in Finland but there are definitely experienced people from other nations there.

Toyota Gazoo is a strange venture I agree but in their willingness to criticize it people buy NOTs crap totally.

Some nuance in the Toyota debate from both opponents and proponents please!