“Mini closes on final specification for World Rally Car”
http://www.maxrally.com/news/entry/m...rld_rally_car/
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“Mini closes on final specification for World Rally Car”
http://www.maxrally.com/news/entry/m...rld_rally_car/
Er, ok, must have read something wrong then!Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
I like only what you say here, the rest of your text? we wil see what happens in 2012!Quote:
Originally Posted by Ucci
Citroen!? They were participating in WRC with a kit car before 2001 but their first official appearance in top category is in 2001 and didn't start full campagin til 2003, so they are the newcomers who had quite a lot of success against Subaru, Peugeot, Mitsubishi.... :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Ucci
Minus Peugeot who successfully jumped in a 2000 full season against the Mitsibishi, Subaru and Ford establishment.
Speed has always been obvious for the very first outing of each of the serious newcomers : Focus, 206, Xsara, C4, Fiesta, DS3 ...
the fiesta, c4,xsara, ds3 are not newcomers...
In case you missed something in my post, i was refering to the very first official WRC rally of each cars quoted and as such they were/are newcomers.Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
again they are not newcomers...the manufacturers had experience of the wrc before launching those cars...
Stop messing with my tropical vocabulary you. :s tare:
Experience or not, jumping from a Xasra Kit car to a WRC, launching a brand new Focus/C4 WRC car or swapping 2l to 1.6l is always a new beginning = newcomers, if you allow me please, thank you.
Back to Mini topic. As said, all those new cars mentioned above showed immediate speed. Sordo in a DS3 would be 6th speedwise in Sardinia (without attrition) with a handful of 3rd-5th best times on stages and we don't know yet Meeke's pace. This is about where the Mini cursor is. Clean tarmac rallies will also tell where they are.
no they are not...sorry.