HYUNDAI WRC: Here’s the up-to-date story in photos and video of the development of the Hyundai i20 WRC including today's photos of Juho Hänninen: HYUNDAI i20 WRC IN PICTURES (with images, tweets) · RallyingUK · Storify
Printable View
HYUNDAI WRC: Here’s the up-to-date story in photos and video of the development of the Hyundai i20 WRC including today's photos of Juho Hänninen: HYUNDAI i20 WRC IN PICTURES (with images, tweets) · RallyingUK · Storify
Just realized that the speeding up of things in Huyndai has a good reason. Since next year there shall be the freezing of homologations for three years period. However next year is also last year for current stock i20. If they manage to homologate the old i20, the new 2015 car will have different homologation number and can be basically all new without breaking the rules if I understand that right.
Where do they stand concerning the agreement to extend current homologation for another year? Will the homologation circle go from 2014-2017 or now is changed to 2015-2018 or just 2 years 2015-2017? Does this agreement also involve Hyundai in any way?
Bouffier still consider young talent?
For sure no, he is 34 and half.
If you want to look at France, it's Consani (Stéphane), Chardonnet, Lefebvre, Gilbert, Martin, and Garcia (too young for the moment, but it's next very good french driver).
And Bonnefis and Ancian, even if they are a step higher, are other options.
But I think none of them (except maybe Garcia, let's years passed in order to see if he can confirm) has the talent to become the next Loeb or Ogier.
I think that's exactly the point that's being missed or rather misinterpreted. But Mirek has picked it correctly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
Neither of the Seb's, at the time of their elevation to WRC factory status, had credentials any superior to those of some of the contenders today. In fact, in some cases, it's quite the reverse. And yet they are dismissed by some as "not experienced enough", "not old enough", "not fast enough" etc .... Nonsense, absolute nonsense.
There are competitors there, in the wings now, who if given half the opportunities and resources that have been gifted to some others would be in title contention today.
Well, I think the second driver will be a young fast one - Hänninen is already the experienced older driver. So no Meeke, PG or others for the second car.
Didn't VW say they wanted an experienced driver and a young one? So which is which comparing JML and Ogier?.... :/
Such as? (apart from the Kiwi guy...)Quote:
Originally Posted by sollitt
To even mention guys like tanak is a joke. He had all his chances.
both m-sport guys is young still, i think both novikov and østberg would step up a bit in a other team, a big factoryteam will suit them both. Both has also 1yr contracts.
other young guys that are both fast and lots of 4wd experience, is norwegian guys like Sveinung bieltvedt, Anders grøndal and Eyvind brynhildsen. All of these 3 is blistering fast in N4's, and not only on snow. The would probably beat all in wrc2 if they got the same equipement. Remember grøndal in n4 was fast in sweden against rrc's and s2000's. The other's has the same speed. And atleast grøndal and bieltvedt has never any DNF's :)