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Great,both event are on my plan to visit :-D
What about the czech championship?Quote:
Originally Posted by PLuto
Unlikely except Barum I think.
Botka has confirmed that he plans to do the full 8 events with the DS3.
Let's hope Ypres also and when Kalle is 18 he can take over as GSI Pilot :pQuote:
Originally Posted by PLuto
Tarabus & Trunkat and Kresta Racing parted. Future of the drivers uncertain.
Any news?
There are few news about ERC...
It's dying again, I guess..
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Rumours in Gran Canaria about a possible new Otsberg´s participartion.
https://www.fiaerc.com/polish-champi...for-next-step/
Polish champion Grzegorz Grzyb will follow in the footsteps of ERC title holder Kajetan Kajetanowicz by mounting an FIA European Rally Championship campaign in 2017 after capturing his overall domestic title for the first time last season.
Grzyb, 40, is set to start his ERC programme on Rally Islas Canarias in early May in ERC1-specification R5 machinery having sampled a ŠKODA Fabia R5 and Ford Fiesta R5 in 2016.
He will link up with new co-driver Przemyslaw Zawada, who has experience of European and world championship events.
Grzyb is also a three-time winner of the Slovakian title and placed third on last season’s ERC-counting Rally Rzeszow. He follows Łukasz Habaj (2015), Wojciech Chuchała (2014) and Kajetanowicz (2010-2013) by stepping up to the ERC after winning the coveted Polish title.
Another rumour:
The Lebanese pilot Gilbert Bannout has confirmed that he is working hard on a project that will make him return in 2017 to the Canary Islands Rally of the FIA ERC
Armin Kremer finished in WRC2 (as he is not happy with situation in championship) and will support Marijan Griebel in his ERC Junior 28 campaign - http://www.autosport.cz/clanek.php?cl=18756
Are the sponsors which appeared on Kremer's car his own companies?Quote:
Originally Posted by PLuto
Kremer is a capable driver but he's never going to challenge for the WRC2 title with Skoda and MSport works teams there. I think this is a good news story, to see him support an up and coming young driver instead.
As far as I know his family company makes sausages, meat or something similar. I think it's the name that you see on the front of Kremer's car - Mecklemburger Landpute:Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
http://img.fotocommunity.com/die-reb...jpg?width=1000
Yes, I think it's great from Kremer. Former ERC champion stops his career and brings up his own successor. It almost sounds like a Holywood movie ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
https://www.rallye-magazin.de/int/ar...m-em-aufstieg/
Thanks, IIRC those logos already appeared on Griebel's Opel last year too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
Anyway, Griebel did a good job on his prize drive last year so if he can get a full(ish) season in ERC this year that is good news for him and the championship.
Correct.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
Mecklenburg -> north east Germany region
Land -> country side
Pute -> turkey
Online order deliveres to everywhere ;)
Rallying has a lot to thank the poultry industry for it seems.
Albert von Thurn und Taxis and Bjorn Degandt will compete in 8 ERC rounds, with a Wevers Skoda Fabia R5
Can someone tell us something about them? Age, potential etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by dupanton
Von Thurn und Taxis is a gentleman driver who started rallying not so long ago. Previously he raced GT cars on circuits.
Degandt is his codriver and mostly known for co-driving Hans Weijs Jr.
Do not expect anything.
Thanks for the info.Quote:
Originally Posted by EightGear
He is rich. And some kind of a prince. And he is rich. That's it.Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
I have meet him last year on Lausitz Rallye. And I cannot say any bad words against him. He is friendly and not so bad driver. For sure not top driver, but he can make some good times.
His family once owned even a large part of east Bohemia, also the now Unesco castle in my birth town Litomyšl. But that was more than a century a go :)
Old aristocrat family. So has enough money, and a possibility most of us do not. Let him have fun!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert...hurn_and_Taxis
To be clear, I have nothing against him. I never saw him drive, so can't say a thing about that.
I just know that he isn't some kind of young talent and that he's got the money to do a full ERC without any problem.
Saw him driving in 300 Lakes rally in Lithuania last year. Not the fastest, but was doing great job in such fast gravel rally. With more experience could be 6th-10th in ERC rallies. Also it's nice to see more regulars in ERC.
I'm rather sure that Albert ist able to match the times of other gentleman drivers like Tlusták. With some luck we could see him on the podium :).
Good support and definite dates for boarding and return for Azores Airlines Rally 2017.
https://www.fiaerc.com/huge-logistic...season-opener/
We cannot say they are not trying to make it easier for people to do these island events..Quote:
Originally Posted by Reis Eduardo
I hope it works.
https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net...4a&oe=590A5B90
Kalle Rovanpera in Azores ?!?!?
Being the first round of the championship they know is not very easy to have a entry list full of foreigners drivers.Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
Could somebody translate this please?Quote:
Originally Posted by Luis Pacheco
Kalle contacted the organization and one of the responsible guys for the rally it's trying to gather a special license so he can do the rally, since the legal driving age in Portugal is 18yo.Quote:
Originally Posted by Essaj
Opel in JERC confirmed with Jari Huttunen, Tamara Molinaro and Chris Ingram
https://www.rallye-magazin.de/int/ar...tschen-fahrer/
I don't understand what Ingram is still doing in jERC...
It can only be lack of funding for a (full-time) R5 drive...Quote:
Originally Posted by dupanton
But another paid drive with Opel isnt a bad 'second prize' and a chance to be JWRC Champion.
Especially as the prize this year is 100,000 EUR towards an R5 programme in 2018.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
I understand the funding issues. But it's his fourth (?) season in jERC. That can't be any good for his career...