[WRC] News & rumours (part II)

Juho Hanninen and Hermann Gassner jr. in Red Bull Škoda in S-WRC 2011:
http://translate.google.cz/translate...l-skoda-v-swrc

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Originally Posted by Mirek

Now it's official. RedBull Škoda Team will start with two cars in SWRC. One for Juho Hänninen and second for Hermann Gassner Jr. Cars will be prepared by Baumschlager Rally & Racing as usual.

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Graet news Mirek!! I had no idea... :eek: . So, Mikkelsen with Skoda UK, and Loix and Kopecky?

Mikkelsen, Loix and Kopecky will continue in IRC...

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Originally Posted by motorsportshooters.com

The Oliveira guy in a factory run WRC is such a joke, just like the Van Merkensteijn family. Those guys don't even come close to the top drivers in their own country. I know money can buy anything, but this makes WRC look like a gentlemen's championship and i'm not willing to drive hundreds of miles to go and watch that.

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I hardly dare to say that Rene Kuipers will also do 6 WRC in 2011 :) , with Annemieke Hulzebos (the former navigator of Timo van der Marel). They will probarly drive a Ford Fiesta WRCar. Timo has big plans for 2011, with Rene's old navigator Erwin Berkhof. Could be a IRC program.

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Originally Posted by Mirek

Now it's official. RedBull Škoda Team will start with two cars in SWRC. One for Juho Hänninen and second for Hermann Gassner Jr. Cars will be prepared by Baumschlager Rally & Racing as usual.

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That is awesome news!

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Originally Posted by PLuto

Mikkelsen, Loix and Kopecky will continue in IRC...

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Thnx PLuto, For a moment I forgot IRC :p :

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Originally Posted by Mirek

Now it's official. RedBull Škoda Team will start with two cars in SWRC. One for Juho Hänninen and second for Hermann Gassner Jr. Cars will be prepared by Baumschlager Rally & Racing as usual.

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Thanks Mirek. It's a realy great news.
I hope they will start in Rally Sweden in February 2011.

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Originally Posted by Mirek

Now it's official. RedBull Škoda Team will start with two cars in SWRC. One for Juho Hänninen and second for Hermann Gassner Jr. Cars will be prepared by Baumschlager Rally & Racing as usual.

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So what happens with Sandell? last two years he drove a Red Bull sponsored Skoda ran by BRR.

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Originally Posted by Salist

Thanks Mirek. It's a realy great news.
I hope they will start in Rally Sweden in February 2011.

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I'm sorry but Sweden is not part of SWRC. I don't think they will be there. I only know that Prokop will.

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Originally Posted by MJW

So what happens with Sandell? last two years he drove a Red Bull sponsored Skoda ran by BRR.

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I don't know what he will do in 2011...

you cant imgagine how happy we germans are about this news! a (hopefully) competitive german driver in a competitive car...cant remember when this happened the last time. i hope he can show some potential and learn a lot from hänninen.

now only riedemann´s confirmation for wrc academy is missing, but i hope this will also happen then!

i´m also exited what burkart is going to do next year. even if he wont have any big chances to win something, but he has a nice driving style and is a very kind guy!