Time for him to cut his losses; if it's not one thing, it's another. Been a poor year for him because of the team/ car.
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Time for him to cut his losses; if it's not one thing, it's another. Been a poor year for him because of the team/ car.
Why not Citroën Rally Academy with PH Sport, team with loads of experience. I say Citroën because I think PH Sport is a bit obliged to run Citroëns (although they rent out 208's R2's and 207's S2000) or am I wrong?
I'm 99% sure, that already before the rally Breen said it was going to be his last rally with Peugeot Rally Academy.Quote:
Originally Posted by mousti
Here is how Delecour hit a house in a village:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yto6WeVQnCs
Now we can answer this question. Lets sum it up:Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
- Craig Breen (Sainteloc) - finished second due to a mistake of Sainteloc team
- Bryan Bouffier (ROMO Motorsport) - hit a wall and lost a wheel
- Bruno Magalhães (Delta Rally) - finished 14th after many problems with his Pug (brakes, transmission, etc.)
- Jonathan Hirschi (HTZ Rally Team) - crashed on SS13
- Emil Bergkvist (Sainteloc) - after a problem-free rally he finished in a very good 4th position
Another bad rally for Peugeot. Even without Kajto Ford wins again!
It was overal a very good season for Ford. Do you know it is the first time since 1994 when Ford wins European Rally Championship? Over 20 years after Patrick Snijers and his Bastos Ford Escort RS Cosworth.
Would you like to jump? ;)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qU9MXySUMXo
Comment on each car above.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
So 1 of 5 was car error, not so bad in my book!
Car error.... hummm... considering that he hit a bridge prior to the problems... I don't know if it counts as car error!
You may be right, but it depends on the ambitions that Peugeot has. If they haveQuote:
Originally Posted by Sulland
- former world champion (Breen)
- multiple Polish/French rally champion (Bouffier)
- multiple Portuguese rally champion (Magalhaes)
- current ERC3 champion (Bergkvist)
on the entry list, then they have to be disappointed after being defeated by a relatively unknown driver from Russia in a private Ford :)
What a waste! A perfect rally from Breen and the 208, but the team manage to screw it again...
The Peugeot Academy program it's a fine contribution to the sport, but Matton, as the new overall PSA sport's boss, must get a proper partner at ERC.
Last two year results are damaging Peugeot rally reputation. That's a shame, as the car can be really competitive.
Everybody talking about great performance of Berqvist, but I am also impressed by "young" Gryazin. He is 18 years and 3 weeks old. He went through this difficult rally with quite good speed.
Good point, the future's bright if these kids can find backing. I noticed SRT were branded as Skoda Baltic Motorsport, which I guess bodes well for the future of that team.
No and that's the thing. Everyone seem to take the Sainteloc pugs as some kind of benchmark. To my knowledge Ucci has had almost no problems with his car at all the two years he's been running it in the Italian championship (and Sardegna).Quote:
Originally Posted by Sulland
I don't have a complete picture of other privateers but I kinda wonder if it isn't Sainteloc that are utterly incompetent.
No, they are not the only ones with a lot of problems. Other suffered too. For example Koči with TRT 208 hasn't finished a single WRC2 event this year I think. Princen in Belgium retired or fought with many problems in nearly every rally as well. If You go through WRC2 results You can very rarely find a 208 which finished some event no matter how many of them started. It's more like Racing Lions are the exception from the rule.
RallyPower listed a couple that was doing well in the R5 thread and it has finished quite a lot of events...Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
Koci I have only followed only a little bit so I don't know much about him. The few events I have seen anything of him he crashed I think.
I am not so sure it is as unreliable as it is made out to be. Karl Kruuda seemed to run reliably when he wasn't crashing. If there are reliable privately run cars, that must mean that the ones who aren't are not checked properly or something Like that (or run a tight budget to try to make a profit or something like that). I think it has more to do with how you handle it than anything else.
But then again, I'm a fan boy so I am massively biased. You could be right and I'm lost in a haze of fanboyism.
Funny enough I was never a fan of the S2000 207 (or the 207 at all for that matter) despite it being the best sounding rally car ever, hahahaha.
In Denmark there is a DS3 R5 and and 208 T16. Both have 100% finishing record. Both driven by gentleman drivers, so probably not too hard on them, but anyways, they are not unreliable.
I'm not sure that we can blame Sainteloc for all the problems. Magalhaes has had multiple problems with his Pug throughout the whole season in this year's ERC and his car comes from Delta Rally.Quote:
Originally Posted by itix
I thought Magalhaes was most of the problems with that one?
For Andreucci it's possible that they check/renew some parts (like gearbox, diffs, driveshafts) between every event. The average length of the rallies he drove this year (except Sardinia) is 144km SS, almost 50km shorter than the average Belgian event, and less than half of the SS km's run in the shortest WRC event. Great maintenance in combination with shorter events could explain a lot. The difference in teams is huge, the price differences must mean something. There are several examples of same cars in different teams, where in one team a car always retired while some other (usually more expensive team) never has any issues with it. Someone mentioned Kronos here. The reason why Kronos isn't doing anything in rallying anymore because it's impossible to compete with the price of some teams and still deliver decent quality, as Van Dalen said in an interview some time ago.
Magalhães used same car all the season. Many problems. Bernardo Sousa had many problems with ACSM team car but Nil Solans with the same car did it better.
Also with higher prices, quality of Kronos team was not adequate in last years...Quote:
Originally Posted by tommeke_B
I remember Delcecour stopped working with Kronos in his (short) ERC campaign 2013 after just one rally, saying that he wasn´t content with their work.Quote:
Originally Posted by PLuto
And Valousek had similar experience in Czech championship year before...Quote:
Originally Posted by WUff1
any news about Breens tyres?
https://scontent-mrs1-1.xx.fbcdn.net...91&oe=56F88B5B
In that Le Matin's article, Philippe Rauch (RIV director) is quite harsh to Sainteloc: it wasn't a mistake but a deliberate move to ease up Lukyanuk pressure over Breen.Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
It also mentions that Sainteloc firstly alleged a stamping error from FIA delegates, but after a close check to all used tyres they've admitted the use of that two extra tyres, considering it as a mistake due to rush servicing stress.
wow...
http://forum-rallye.com/uploads/mont...1446558203.jpg
http://forum-rallye.com/uploads/mont...1446558205.jpg
https://scontent-ams2-1.xx.fbcdn.net...ed&oe=56B6D5B0
https://scontent-ams2-1.xx.fbcdn.net...1b&oe=56C9F2A9
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more
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...6160296&type=3
Something for the Porsche lovers - Francois Delecour in the Rallye du Valais:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-J8dJwbk9o
My photogallery:
http://www.src.czechrallyeweb.net/pages/valais2015.htm