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Can drivers run in ERC before they turn 17 then?Quote:
Originally Posted by Simmi
I don't know - honestly I was quite surprised to see this. Exact wording of the article is:Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
[Solberg] has been competing in Latvia and Estonia this season and he will target both of those titles in 2018 with the aim of also contesting five rounds of the FIA European Rally Championship. Solberg's birthday comes on September 23, which would mean he will be 17 and eligible for a Rally GB entry next year.
Becs Williams
Had an interesting chat with Hyundai's Michel Nandan this morning. Full story and podcast available on http://wrc.com* soon! #WRC
Just another rumour thatQuote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
lol
Eric Dobro Pictures @ericdobro
#WRC @SLefebvreRallye will be the driver who will be hired by @CitroenRacing in 2018 with the new C3 R5 in the wrc2 world championship.
Stéphane Lefebvre
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@SefebvreRallye
Ha good?
Nandon tells Becs 4 Car Team
Kalle Rovanperä could´t but maybe with R2 in some countries ?Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
I think we should note when copypasting machine translated material, there's usually something lost in translation, same with the Sordo/Clark tweets yesterdayQuote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
Other than that, I think it would be good for Lefebvre to take a year off in WRC2. If he could win WRC2 in some rallies, it would do good for his confidence. Being the slowest WRC and crashing constantly is taking him nowhere.
i don't thinh that something is lost in translation,just Lefebvre annoyed from Dobros post.Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
Today Ogier's twitter has him on holiday in New York.
Seeing that he wanted his future decided early, does this mean his 2018 is already sorted...
It means he is on holiday in New York
Well imagine the insane risk Matton would be taking by not "keeping" Mikkelsen if he wasn't very sure about getting Ogier. Tanak certainly won't go to Citroen and no other driver consistently faster than Breen/Lefevbre is available. The driver setup they had this year is clearly not good enough for multiple reasons.
It’s quite simple; WRC radio journos are Brits working for an international media, with a worldwide audience. They tend to forget it and most of the time they act having just British public in mind.Quote:
Originally Posted by tomhlord
We are seeing something we haven't seen in years, drivers been sacked in middle of the season and replaced. Interesting but not nice for the drivers of course. But tells that teams are serious about the championship and also that there is one world class driver without a drive.
My guess is that Mikkelsen was guaranteed a contract to Hyundai 2018, so he decided to play it safe and not repeat what happened to him last year
May be Colin Clark can dedicate some episode over this issue?!?Quote:
Originally Posted by COD
OK, so sorting the deal with Citroen can wait... despite saying over and over he wants his future decided early ...Quote:
Originally Posted by racerx1979
We'll see who's right.
I would blame this part combined with the VW exit getting known after all drivers had signed.Quote:
Originally Posted by COD
Even if you don't like Mikkelsen you have to admit he is among the top 6 drivers with best results for last 2 years (Ogier, Latvala, Tanak, Neuville, Meeke are the others). There are 12 factory seats now. Out of these 6 "other" drivers surely there will always be some that don't perform on a few rallies.
I dare say that if Latvala ended without a drive in 2017 it would be him jumping in and replacing drivers in very much the same way.
We all know what Ogier wants. Do we ?!?Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
He is probably going to Citroen, but you asked what his post means. He didn't say anything about Citroen. The guy needed a vacation.. I usually take a small break to sharpen the sword if I have a heavy mind. Maybe he is pondering his decision or just going on a vacay, or bangin his wife in NY... who cares. Assumptions...Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
I'm not sure that Clark and Desborough act with anyone in mind other than Kris Meeke, the man from Dungannon. I'm British and I'd like to see Meeke do well, but I find it very tiresome putting up with WRC coverage at the minute. I watched some old footage the other day from Rally GB 2000 and it was amazing how much I preferred it. And instead of Matt Wilson or Mark Webber commenting they had Ari Vatanen. Infinitely better IMO.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rally Power
Well it was mentioned somewhere that Wilson is supposed to have a meeting with Ford at the end of September. If this is true then there will be few quiet weeks ahead..
Mikkelsen clearly showed in Germany it was not the VW team was dominating "by miles" previous years. That puts many calculations wrong I guess. But, may be there was just that spark of "getting a chance" again, may be not. However Hyundai getting him that early is probably also a two way target - help Neuville to achieve his goal, and/or binding him for 2018 season. They won't be the losers at the end.....Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
That it was not just the car at VW was clear after Monte (in both WRC and R5) and Sweden in (WRC) were won by ex. VW drivers.
Hence why I claim that if it wasn't Mikkelsen replacing drivers and Latvala was without a seat he would be replacing them as instead.
But yes before the start of 2017 I can see that a few managers could have doubted how much the car had to say. Certainly in 2013-2014 the Polo was far faster, not so much last year.
Thank godQuote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
It was still clearly the fastest, strongest and most reliable car last year, just the advantage was smaller than the miles ahead it was in 2013-2015.Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
Mikkelsen showed in Germany that the Citroen is competitive on tarmac, which we already knew. He also showed in Poland that it isn't so competitive on gravel, which we also already knew.Quote:
Originally Posted by stefanvv
Anyone with eyes could see how dominant the VW team was from 2013-2015 (and to a lesser degree 2016), Mikkelsen's drives this year have told us nothing new about that.
Loeb disagrees with You it is competitive on wet asphalt. I can't say anything about it.Quote:
Originally Posted by GravelBen
Maybe his manager has been at full work all the time. This is the only part of the year when drivers can get the vacation.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
But of course it's fun to speculate if Ogier took a detour in Dearborn
When I saw the photo on Twitter, I did think similar....though probably wrongly.... ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
Overall it still looked a bit faster, but in a similar way the Hyundai looked a bit faster this year (until Finland). Anyway that's not the main point.Quote:
Originally Posted by GravelBen
IF you look at VW drivers results last year and compare them to this year at same events in completely different cars they are very similar. Sometimes they are 1-2 positions down, sometimes not, but no constant 3-5 position drop.
It's probably not the best to compare this years results with last year. Far too many variables, particularly the reliability of the cars this year.Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
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https://twitter.com/SLefebvreRallye/...88278949478400Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
Dobro replies his information from PSA and Red Bull. Cruel, if this is how Lefebvre hears about his future.
And here he is testing the C3 R5 https://twitter.com/AS_PipoLopez/sta...19458819395586
Did Estonian language very similar to Finnish? ;)
I am not talking about champ. points. I am talking about event vs event results.Quote:
Originally Posted by rhm
Ex. Germany
2016 Ogier and Mikkelsen close to each other on Friday, then Ogier pulled away and Mikkelsen barely lost 2 (to Neuville) and 3 also with some brake issues. Latvala a bit behind but not much.
2017 Ogier and Mikkelsen again close to each other and on 2-3rd place with Neuville there, Ogier probably taking it easy Saturday afternoon, Latvala again a bit behind but not much (without technical issues)
(Tanak was on DMACK in 2016 so can't use him)
Clearly both years the same drivers are in top 5 +- a place or two.
Also on a few rallies Latvala has better pace this year than last year with Polo.
=> Polo wasn't the only reason VW drivers were in top 5 last year.
Yes, the languages were separated a long time ago, the basic structure is similar (and different to most other languages) with some same words. But not directly understandable to native speakers. My best friend is Estonian and we have to speak English with each other.Quote:
Originally Posted by KKS
So Ott could make it in less of 4 weeks? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
why in 4 weeks :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by KKS
Finnish website reports Jarmo Mahonen is retiring from his role as FIA Rally Director to seek Presidency of AKK Motorsport the national body of Finland http://www.hs.fi/urheilu/art-2000005356204.html
Yep and Jarmo Lehtinen is tipped for the job. I suppose the reason he quit Toyota 6 months beforehand is to try to avoid any semblance of impropriety, which, honestly, LOL.Quote:
Originally Posted by KiwiWRCfan