Perhaps if we had a more prominent series in terms of promotion, a few quid could have been squeezed out of themQuote:
Originally Posted by Barreis
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Perhaps if we had a more prominent series in terms of promotion, a few quid could have been squeezed out of themQuote:
Originally Posted by Barreis
We haven't heard anything from Prodrive in the past number of weeks so maybe no news is good news? If they reckon their in with a shout of the Monte next year they could be about to land a surprise, you don't challenge for a win in Monte Carlo with a rookie.
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Originally Posted by gravelman
If the series was in any kind of health getting sponsors wouldn't be an issue; teams, drivers, events, etc
Yeah but they probably will have mad frankie behind the wheel. He tested one lately. I'd like to hope that here's something brewing, but the car has had all its testing done on the stages for the past 9 months really and it's further away now from the competitors than it was 12 months ago. Unless there has been some significant investment, I can't see it happening. If anyone mentions campana, I'll split a lung laughing.Quote:
Originally Posted by ToughMac
Agree. But I've to say Red Bull Media House is a great Promoter; that's the ultimate Promoter the WRC can get on board... Eurosport, compared to them, is just a beginner!Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyRAC
In three-years-time I think we'll have a great coverage and celebrity. We need now just some "weird" drivers, like Valentino Rossi in MotoGP or Lewis Hamilton in F1...
That weird driver has just left unfortunately.
Might be but we also have to take into an account that rallying is a completely different kind of beast. It is one of the least broadcast friendly sports.Quote:
Originally Posted by Motorsportfun
I'd go more with the need to have characters. Celebrities sound a bit bad.Quote:
Originally Posted by Motorsportfun
I know, and I blame the terrible promotion of this year's WRC, which has made so difficult to catch any good sponsorship...Quote:
Originally Posted by EightGear
If you think skiing has HD, Live-TV on lots of free-to-air networks, then rallying, which is much more spectacular, could have its chance.Quote:
Originally Posted by Franky
A very good character is Ogier, another two are Ostberg and JML. IMHO they're good in PR activities... and have a look, for the future, to Chris Atkinson and Hayden Paddon... ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Franky
P.S.: a good idea would be Robert Kubica. At Rallye du Var he was ahead of Freddy Loix, I think he could do something good in the WRC... not like Valentino, which is too much slow. :D
Killing 2 birds with 1 stone: Bring back Kris Meeke (a fast driver for Prodrive and a perso that fans respond to REALLY strongly)
I said it in the news and rumors thread, but if Prodrive can convince Yazeed Al-Rajihi to get into WRC instead SWRC and give him a place in a 3 cars team as Qatar M sport and AbuDhabi Citroen, given he get sponsored from Saudi Arabia and to sponsor the whole team into manufacturers championship.
On other note, I am really hoping Redbull will do good job in promoting the sport, it is sad to see alot of teams driver dropping out because of lack of sponsors and money. Screw you Forumla 1 you greedy phony stupid motorsport :mad:
Any news about Mini/Prodrive 2013??? Witch drivers?? Monte??
yeah! witches are more likely to be flying over Montecarlo than a Mini running the rally :p :Quote:
Originally Posted by KickenRallySport
Nikara & Delecour?
Prodrive is still talking that they will fight for win on Monte. So I vote for strong lineup Francois Delecour + Gilles Panizzi and maybe Didier Auriol as third driver :)
And Bruno Saby.......... :)Quote:
Originally Posted by PLuto
lol. And i've heard a rumour about a junior team with Paddy Hopkirk and Rauno Aaltonen...Quote:
Originally Posted by noel157
Jean Ragnotti !!!
There's also a strong rumour coming from Hollywood that Charles Bronson's tombstone has a part in Stallone's Expendables 3.
It's now been revealed. Prodrive have been selecting between these 3 candidates. Two of them even have historic rallying names.
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lol :)Quote:
Originally Posted by sollitt
And the co driver is not bad either ;)
:D :D They should have enough budget for biscuits.Quote:
Originally Posted by sollitt
Let's not get too carried away here.....with a half decent driver they could easily be 3rd best team on many events.
I really hope so.Quote:
Originally Posted by noel157
I really would like to see Mini getting some good results this year, good drivers, and good 2013 campaign. I do not know, but I am very compassionate with Mini. Any news,rumors about Prodrive. Shouldn't Prodrive previous success with Subaru be a good selling point to attract drivers, sponsors and money to the team?
Liam Doran maybe
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Steve
I think around 20-30 pilots were at Banbury testing the 01b today ;)
Question: Why did not Prodrive approach Peter Solberg, don't they have history together? what do you think guys?
As you said 'they had history'........Quote:
Originally Posted by Frostmourne
ah..really, I thought they were both on good terms! Anyway..I wish Mini good luck!Quote:
Originally Posted by MJW
the history was perfect from 1999 till...2004/2005? after that, the car got bad, the driver-team-manufacturer harmony got bad.
Petter stoped sending chtistmas cards to Prodrive nd Prodrive never more sended Christmas cards to Petter after 2005
Petter has bad history with Prodrive.Quote:
Originally Posted by alleskids
Petter has bad history with M-Sport.
But half of this forum tells us 'Petter is a good guy'. Strange situation...
What happened though? Did was it just complaining about the subarus when their performance started to dwindle?
Petter was loyal to Subaru/Prodrive way to long, and should have left long before he did.
in the last very frustrating years with a shait car, Petter was not easy to be around, since this is his life, and not politics!
Why did Petter stay with Prodrive so long? I read a rumor ages ago that he was offerend a works Xsara and tunred it down...
I think the main question is money.Quote:
Originally Posted by Plan9
Depending on the year - you say it was quite some time ago - it's possible that the Xsara was an unproven car and Solberg was hesitant to venture out into the unknown. Especially when he had a Prodrive-prepared Impreza to work with at the time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Plan9
It was when Peugeot and Citroen made their choices between Duval and Martin. In those days Petter was at the front more often so of course he was offered it. Back then the Xsara was the car to have and very competitive almost everywhere. My guess would be that he did not want to be Number 2 and not be allowed to win, as came to pass with so many of Loeb's team mates.
Because he has said it quite clear that he dont want to pay for a drive??Quote:
Originally Posted by Frostmourne
Autosport is reporting that both M-Sport and Prodrive want to sign Neuville (at least for Monte Carlo). Now, if M-Sport does take Neuville, maybe Novikov will be in the Prodrive MINI?
Novikov is already testing M-Sport Fiesta in monte right now
Yeah, the theory is that neither Novikov nor Neuville has the budget to complate a full season, but they could share the car.