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Originally Posted by VFTS
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Why?Quote:
Originally Posted by VFTS
What they are waiting for in ford? Why they don't replace Latvala with P.Solberg? Or Latvala's dad payed extra money..
Meanwhile, Andreas Mikkelsen will not be starting Rally d'Italia - Sardegna even though he appears on the entry list in a Skoda Fabia WRC, according to norsk-rally.com.
After his good results probably Solberg is trying to get his hand on something more modern than his current Xsara. I hope he does.
As suggested before maybe Ford should take a look onto this matter, maybe building and all Solberg Stobart team.
Those who say they know what they are talking about :p : say that putting those two in the same team is not a good idea. They are almost ready to start ww3 over a Playstation game ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Donney
Petter could easy take Ogiers place or why not spare another car swapping Rautenbach?? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Donney
JML is going to drive a Escort on Lahti european historic rally championship event.
Raut bought his own place in CJT.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
Ogier has strong links with Citroen and CitRacing will try to made a 'new Loeb' from him.
Yes but Ogier's programme was for the first 6 rounds and then it would be reviewed. I think Ogier has had the most difficult events in the WRC for him, many of these rallies he had not seen in his JWRC year. Now whilst I am admittedly a fan of Ogier and do believe in his ability, maybe a step away from the top, maybe in a Pug 207 or selected i.e. strong events for him would do him more good than harm. Also we have to remember that Chris was hoping to do more rallies in teh Citroen, and Citroen were hopeful of that, at present that seems unlikely so maybe there is a C4 waiting...........it would look good in Johs Lunde colours. photoshop and time on your hands anyone?Quote:
Originally Posted by Xsara Fan
Surely Citroen could use some of their share of the 6 Billion Euro bailout from the French tax payers to fund a top spec car for Petter. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
Yeah I'm disappointed that Chris only drove the one rally. Seriously, he got more points from that one rally than Sebastien Ogier got from the first four. And he's still ahead of the other two Citroen Junior drivers.Quote:
Originally Posted by MJW
So I don't understand why he hasn't driven with them again.
Chris doesn't have €180.000 for each rally. This is what Citroen demands for running another carQuote:
Originally Posted by serial jeff
You arу not completely right. They want from €140.000 to €220.000 :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Gard
Depending on the rally or who you are? Surely Citroen costs for going to Rally Spain are less than Argentina so in theory the cost per event should be less.Quote:
Originally Posted by Xsara Fan
I heard that Stobart and Munchis want 100.00Euro for an WRC-event in Europe.
Thats 'ball park figures' Prodrive want €120k for the S14, unless your name is Marcus, when the finances flow the other wayQuote:
Originally Posted by VFTS
There are some hungry children in Africa and this money is wasted for this ***t.. Horrific..
Tell that to the people that earns this money to feed their famiiy and paying their morgages.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barreis
Depending on rally.Quote:
Originally Posted by MJW
Poor Escort. I wonder how much it costs in € and in hours to fix one historic Escort after crash.Quote:
Originally Posted by Racing Ka
It's awful that people die in hunger, but you really cannot blame sport for that. If ending all sports would be the solution for this problem, sport would've been banned ages ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barreis
If you want to do something against the hunger, start from here example. http://www.unicef.org/
Chris Atkinson will drive 0 car in Rally Queensland this weekend.
I'm in program of UNICEF. And I'm not Warmbold..
There is a rumour in Estonian press that NORF will be included in 2010 calendar instead of Russia or Indonesia. At the moment it just seems to be the idea of the journalist :-)
And like I said before.. there is no point to give food or money to Africa. Give them education or/and for example sporting Idols like Loeb or Grönholm in Rally etc. Then they have the motivation. Giving just pure money or food increases the problem. More food, more money, more time for making children=need for more money and food.
Educatio+motivation (idols)=less time for thinking about new children=more money left=more money for education=less children in hunger.
Be careful, conrad's dad has very very close ties with mugabe and he can get you wherever you are! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Barreis
Bluuford, You're cool as VK!!! :)
Russia and Indonesia were dropped from 2010 calendar so there needs to be two new events on it if they keep 12 rounds calendar so I guess NORF is as good as any other candidate to replace those dropped ones.Quote:
Originally Posted by bluuford
Well Russia was planned 18th of July, very close to the normal slot of NORF. next round is Bulgaria 8th of August. distance from Findland to Bulgaria is approximately 2500km. So, nothing too bad. maybe good Idea would be Australia just after New Zealand (2 weeks in between to allow ships reach from NZ to Australia strating near 30th of May and then summer vocation until the end of July:-)
Or Acropolis before Bulgaria!!!
Yeah, why not, NORF somewhere near to the midsummer day and and Acropolis just one week before Bulgaria. Then it will be one hell of a hot Acropolis :-) Anyway, it will be only one night trip from Acropolis to Bulgaria. Lets say, they pack their stuff of Sunday afternoon, then trucks are driving overnight and on Monday morning they can already start to prepare their cars for Bulgaria. Two and half full days should be enough for the teams. And that sound quite cost effective as well (if they don't destroy their cars in Greece). Bulgaria was tarmac? So, then they should agree that they must convert the same cars in tarmac spec if the car is not destroyed in Greece ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Psycho!
Rumours in a UK paper - Motorsport News - say Petter is looking to drive a Pug 307 in Sardinia. Apparently the whale deals fsar better with hot temperatures, and Citroen are not giving him the parts he wants as he could challenge the full team.
We need NORF to have a meeting and to have fun like always. :s mokin:Quote:
Originally Posted by DonJippo
Intresting. See what happens :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by pettersolberg29
A whale??? Are those still around? And are they any good? I'm surprised but for sure he knows better.
Good luck anyway!
Well As far as I know there are quite many new parts homologated for the whale and it should be as good as Xsara. Tom206 would be happy :-) Ask him, he knows more about whale.
Also says that Citroen have denied him the mechanical diffs, 2006 intercooler and better engine cooling, reading that in conjunction with the story that Loeb is about to commit to a two year extension of his Citroen deal makes me think its extremely unlikely that Petter gets a factory Citroen drive in 2010. Maybe an opening at Ford, or self funded until these (yet to commit) manufactureres join, and if S2000 doesnt come in til 2011 that leaves 2010 with Loeb / Sordo, Hirvonen / Latvala championship.Quote:
Originally Posted by pettersolberg29
This is the best decision Petter has made in a long time. Citroen and Ford aren't going to give hem the parts or the power to beat there own team(ford would be better though), he should have known this. He should have been in a EVO or 307 from the beginning of the season.Quote:
Originally Posted by pettersolberg29
307 has a great and powerful engine,but I am a little afraid for reliability issues...But, lets think positive, cause Petter won't have any restrictions.Good luck to him!!!
It is already mentioned that the next generation S2000 cars should have a 1600cc turbo engine. It was planned for 2013, but the World Council ooks like to decide in june, appart from the 2010 calandre, that the 1600 cc turbo will be introduced from 2011, when the WRcars will be banned and the FIA makes a complete new start of the rally area. So all already devellop S2000 cars have to be re enigineerd to a S1600 turbo?
Well, it is good that this is posted in the Rumours thread, as I have just read on both the major TV-stations Text-TV that Petter will have a new Xsara, a genuine 2006-model for the next rally.Quote:
Originally Posted by Saabaru
Appearently, he was "threatening" to change make if he didn't get the newest possible car from Citroen.
No confirmation on his webpage, but this seems very reliable!