How would You like to change gears by handbrake? :) Come on. There were two sticks in two litre cars. One for handbrake and one for emergency manual gear-shifting.
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How would You like to change gears by handbrake? :) Come on. There were two sticks in two litre cars. One for handbrake and one for emergency manual gear-shifting.
Markko also has the same problem in Germany 2003Quote:
Originally Posted by mousti
http://youtu.be/2eYIjDUByUw?t=16m31sQuote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
Duval losing gearchanges at the steeringwheel, and so converting handbrake into gearstick
Here you see when Markko has lost the paddle shift and has to switch it to his handbrake.
http://youtu.be/DjvCGTDlGew?t=14m50s
Thanks guys, it looks like the emergency gear stick was introduced only after these issues. Somehow I forgot.
PS I can not see the video of Duval as it is available only for signed youtube users. I have no idea why.
The Subaru never had that since the early Impreza days when they where testing it for the 97 WRC i think. The Impreza gearbox never really broke either though :) Citroen didn't have that after Xsara either i think?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
I think it was only Ford that had this. In this report of Rally Deutschland, I saw the Xsara en the Fabia have 2 sticks (handbrake and gearleaver)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
I hope the gearlever is not too short.., that could be annoying..
Abbring and Camilli to Toyota?
http://www.rally.it/toyota-mette-sot...vani-promesse/
If its true this means they have serious plan.Also i think this is really worthy investement.
Who is Camilli? And who will be their specialist on ice and gravel? Not Abbring I imagine?Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
Italian website.... very reliable info as always...
'El Matador' especially for Sweden:D (and Finland)Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
a very very promising driver(i am sure you know who he is).for sure not the appropriate person yet for the evolution of the car since he lacks experience but a big hope for the future.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
He is sure promising but... he has done only 2 WRC and 1 ERC events and only one rally outside of France so far. Hiring him for a factory team sounds at least very risky. He needs to pick a lot of experience abroad first.Quote:
Originally Posted by nafpaktos
Agree,toyota will help him to gain experience and after will be benefited from him.if the results will not be the expected toyota will lose a worthless amount of momey for a such a big manufacturer.
Toyota seem to gather talented young team in first place. That is what WRC2 campaign is for, along with develop their car, to gather experience in these Rallies, for the drivers and the team.
MANUFACTURERS:
CITROËN TOTAL ABU DHABI WORLD RALLY TEAM - > Kris MEEKE (GBR)
(CITROËN DS3 WRC)
HYUNDAI MOTORSPORT - > Thierry NEUVILLE (BEL)
(HYUNDAI i20 WRC)
M-SPORT WORLD RALLY TEAM - > Elfyn EVANS (GBR)
(FORD FIESTA RS WRC)
VOLKSWAGEN MOTORSPORT - > Sébastien OGIER (FRA)
(VOLKSWAGEN POLO R WRC)
WRC TEAMS:
FWRT SRL
(FORD FIESTA RS WRC)
JIPOCAR CZECH NATIONAL TEAM
(FORD FIESTA RS WRC)
VOLKSWAGEN MOTORSPORT II
(VOLKSWAGEN POLO R WRC)
First inboard with the new paddle-shift (similar to 2.0 WRC) in Fiesta WRC:
http://www.rallye-magazin.de/rallyes...nak/index.html
Intersesting, somebody doesn't enjoy earned (and desired!!) retirement from WRC circus, he is still around:
http://www.rallye-magazin.de/rallyes...ala/index.html
From the same page - http://www.rallye-magazin.de/rallyes...mas/index.html
With Toyota nothing is sure yet.
http://www.rallye-magazin.de/rallyes...ren/index.html
maybe it's true? camilli & abbring with Toyota?
I dont think so, source is still the same...Quote:
Originally Posted by Eli
It says there is still no final confirmation from Toyota Japan. But if so, yes seems probably these 2 drivers would be the team for now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eli
What Toyota are going to do with these two ??
Train them for circuit racing and try to win Le Mans first before decide to enter WRC.... I don't know.
It would be a great sub-plot to see Toyota getting their bearings in WRC2. Plus more young talent in that class is just what we need.
If Toyota are serious they must have much better mix of experienced and unexperienced drivers.Quote:
Originally Posted by stefanvv
or maybe that italian web page posted innacurate info as always italians do...
Why? What's wrong with Abbring for lets say the more experience from the 2. Can't he develop a car?Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
Are you serious ?Quote:
Originally Posted by stefanvv
AbsolutelyQuote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
Kevin is very good for developing cars, engineers likes cooperation with him.Quote:
Originally Posted by stefanvv
Just because these guys are rumoured for WRC2 outings doesn't mean they will be developing the final WRC car.
There's no reason why a proven driver can't do that behind the scenes. After all we're two years out from the car debuting.
I don't see any harm in testing new drivers and team personnel/infrastructure now. The quickest of the drivers could slot into a second or third car come 2017.
Of course, I realize that. But taking part in WRC2 for 2 years of these drivers mean that they can transfer the immediate output from the events to develop and test the WRC car. That's what VW did with Ogier in 2012 and it was perfect for the start of their 2013 season, wasn't it?Quote:
Originally Posted by Simmi
Yeah I'm not disagreeing with you. The only difference with VW/Ogier was that Seb already knew intimately what the benchmark WRC car felt like. You can't say that for the young guys but Toyota have lots of time to get everything in place.Quote:
Originally Posted by stefanvv
Maybe after a year out they might be able to coax Hirvonen into a test role in 2016.
I'm sure they will have someone with more experience doing the main development. In theory there are some people available already. Hirvonen, Hanninen, maybe even Atkinson or the S-word.
That is true, but probably R5 is closer to WRC in terms of engine behaviour. So making tests immediate after the events, a conscious driver can tell the difference.Quote:
Originally Posted by Simmi
I have no names in mind right now, and don't know how confident would be Hirvonen to make a really fast car (how strong it would be, is engineering problem). Sainz was developing the Polo initially, but it was probably VW's 2012 campaign that made the winning car.Quote:
Originally Posted by Simmi
It is nice to talk about this rumours, but still nothing was confirmed from Toyota about WRC future (not only officially, but also to the people which are part of TMG/MI). And with this WRC2 project it is very similar...
Have you a problem with Italians??Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T