Concept / Show cars don't have commercial partners on them!
I am in love with this car, but how much do they have to lift it for Gravel spec? That front lip is sooooooo looooooowwwwww
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Concept / Show cars don't have commercial partners on them!
I am in love with this car, but how much do they have to lift it for Gravel spec? That front lip is sooooooo looooooowwwwww
this is just a dummy, probably a normal c3 with body parts.
To run a rally car in the current trim would be inefficient, expensive and plain stupid.
Since when?Quote:
Originally Posted by GigiGalliNo1
why you bother with this sport special boy ?Quote:
Originally Posted by GigiGalliNo1
http://i.imgur.com/0HKLW5A.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/caCJtzq.jpg
I hope that rear wing will be in the real C3, as well!
it will not.Quote:
Originally Posted by MM WRC
Video from the photoshoot of the Citroen C3 WRC:
https://youtu.be/du90qROxsmc
Another from Citroen-Racing:
https://youtu.be/enI9cnF-FJs
It's basically a copy of this year's WTCC livery which barely has any additional logos in competition. So it wouldn't be a surprise to see something similar next year.Quote:
Originally Posted by rallyfiend
Big question for me is about the Abu Dhabi connection in 2017. For sure it seems Al Qassimi will still be involved but this is finally back in the realms of a true works effort from Citroen. Let's see.
10 points to Citroen for releasing this concept. Getting lots of people talking and excited about 2017.
Yep, the role of Abu Dhabi on 2017 Citroen program is yet to be seen.
Paris auto show will give us more info about next season. Besides Citroen and Toyota, probably Hyundai and VW will also display their WRC protos (or concepts) and programs. Btw, Ford won't be there.
Yes, I checked
There is NO Ford stand at all, weird decision, biggest autoshow in Europe (about 1,5 million visitors)
Costs too much to showcase
Ford people are keeping their stuff for the American autoshows(November in LA and January in Detroit).
No.Quote:
Originally Posted by macebig
Ford will present the livery/new car most likely in the autosport show that takes place in January in Birmingham.
Exactly, M-Sport choose Autosport Motorshow
My comment is about Ford in general.Not the WRC team.Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
Then you should not post general garbage in a WRC news and rumours thread.Quote:
Originally Posted by macebig
I don't think anyone has appointed you modderator here...
A new day - some new lunacy from the FIA.
Jarmo Mahonen in Motorsport News is saying the FIA are considering making some WRC events SHORTER in a bid to add more rallies to the championship.
So roughly 250km in one and a half days. Welcome to the WRC! The pinnacle of the sport.
I'm hoping/assuming this will be another in the long list of stupid ideas that gets shot down. No idea how cutting 100km off the distance will really save anyone any money once the teams and cars are already there.
He's also broaching the possibility of event rotation in the Asia Pacific region in a bid to get in more of the interested rallies. Although he said it wouldn't be year on year rotation.
god why do they persist?, what's the point of cutting the period of the rally if it takes ages to get there, not to mention the budget. I mean if your'e going to Japan then isn't it more practical to have a 3 day event??? it's like 2003-2004 when they switched to 2 cars team for 16 events....instead of 14, again if your'e going to 16 events you might aswell bring 3 cars instead of 2.Quote:
Originally Posted by Simmi
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These idiots never learn. They keep repeating the same mistakes time after time - and keep expecting things to improve = Insanity!!
We don't need more shorter events - we need fewer, but iconic events that capture the publics imagination.
It just proves that none of them know what to do with the sport - or what it's supposed to be.
Capito is gone, FIA's turn. Are you surprised?
just give WRC to FIM instead of FIA haha..
seriously, it'd be a lot better
We need longer events not shorter ones. The current format is disgraceful and it's a Sunday wasted. Should be 3 full days of rallying.
However if they persist with 2 and half days, I'd rather they ran Saturday and Sunday as full days and on selected rounds ran evening/ night stages on the friday, with shakedown during the morning/ afternoon. Obviously this wouldn't be possibly on really dusty events, but it would be nice if some events could do this.
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As usual, they are completely wrong. We need fewer, but longer rallies. As someone said above, the current format is disgraceful, and rallies are way too short. It all started going wrong with the cloverleaf bullshit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Simmi
I read this in the Monte Carlo Rally Guide 1:
Does anyone know more about this rule change?Quote:
The second passage of [La Bollène-Vésubie – Peira Cava], SS 17, will be a Power Stage, allowing the first 5 finishers to clock up extra points (new in 2017).
Literally heard nothing about that. Another rule change no one wanted or asked for.Quote:
Originally Posted by ZoomanSP206
As Kevin Abbring will also compete in this year's Wales Rally GB, he might be Hyundai's third driver next year and learns the events now...
I hope so. Is that news confirmed about GB? WRC or R5?Quote:
Originally Posted by JUF
He only thinks business, doesn't care about the sportQuote:
Originally Posted by RAS007
Going by this contest, you would assume he will be there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Simmi
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?sto...01750213224200
No idea which spec car he will be using though, but its interesting Abbring has now been entered in all of the remaining rounds of this year bar Australia.
Fingers crossed for a full WRC drive for Kev and Seb. Hope it's a big entry to round out the current era.
Al-Qassimi gooing on rally Maroc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5O9qr8qIQeU
Loeb entry to Rallye Circuit Paul Ricard in December => http://bit.ly/2cFWx4U
Ogier 4 times World Champion in 2016 if => http://bit.ly/2cKaFfv
We’re already so far from rally endurance roots that it’s a bit difficult to get shocked by FIA’s proposals…Quote:
Originally Posted by Simmi
The rally extension decrease, the clover leaf format and, especially, the 9 to 5 schedule took away the adventurous side of rallying and the need to improve business is always mentioned as an excuse to forget WRC’s rich tradition.
Honestly, I don’t care if they eliminate one of the current Mickey Mouse legs, as far as they come out with a really challenging new scheme: why not have those 250 to 300 SS kms in a line format course, with only a few hours rest? A sort of unique marathon leg, able to reveal drivers and machines resistance and keep spectators entertained all rally long.
Also, if their aim is to have 14 or more rallys per season, I just hope they be clever enough to respect the major events heritage and make a sort of Gran Slam, giving the most iconic WRC rallys a special status (more SS kms, different schedules, etc) inside a hugely uniform WRC.
I think you wouldn't want sleep deprived crews driving at the speeds they do.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rally Power
Sleep deprived drivers can do it in Le Mans, at even higher speeds. Besides, in the 70's and 80's, few hours of sleep between long legs was a common practice in WRC.
There's a difference if the same two people are in the car for 20 hours or there's three different pilots rotating.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rally Power
The thing you need to take into account is that if an accident would happen because a drive fell asleep or just lost concentration, then you wouldn't want that kind of press. Circuit racing has all their paved areas, tyre barriers, etc. Rallying has lakes, trees, rocks and spectators.
Since when rally is so boring to fall asleep?