Rally Australia entry list - still subject to FIA approval
includes Kalle Rovanpera in a Fiesta R5 https://rallyaustralia.com.au/wp-con...y-List-002.pdf
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Rally Australia entry list - still subject to FIA approval
includes Kalle Rovanpera in a Fiesta R5 https://rallyaustralia.com.au/wp-con...y-List-002.pdf
True, but you would expect drivers who do more events to score more points, except MeekeQuote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
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only 19 homologated cars?! 34 cars entry with 15 of national homologation?!?
Yeah!Quote:
Originally Posted by Barreis
and out of those 19:
3 are FWD R2/R3 cars and 2 GrN, only 2 R5´s.
11x WRC17 and one old WRC.
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Originally Posted by Barreis
And this is why Rally NZ would be a better option, the national field at the last round of our championship had 80 cars, and I would suspect we would easily be able to do that or more if we were part of a WRC round... For such a big country, with huge wealth, I don't understand why Australia doesn't have a better national rally scene! Or maybe its the vast distances you have to cover to do the championship? (and of course I am not a one eyed, disgruntled Kiwi at all!).Quote:
Originally Posted by pantealex
What you are looking at is the WRC entry list, there will also be a National entry list due out next week. As for NZ it is highly unlikely that many of the local cars would be approved to enter a WRC. How many locals were in the APRC event in Whangarei?Quote:
Originally Posted by Munkvy
Er Not entirely true. The majority of the field are ASN class cars which are National/Regional Cars as per the FIA regs. If you look the majority of them are AP4 cars. A lot of these cars would be in the National field as well. The same would apply in New Zealand.Quote:
Originally Posted by fredfush
BILLIOT Jérémie*@planetemarcus
#WRC Sarrazin Motorsport in charge of @HuttunenRacing program for 2018 and debuts in Sweden WRC-2 → http://bit.ly/2xiVEtl
Announced at the end of September as the chosen Hyundai Motorsport Driver Development Program, Jari Huttunen will start his official WRC-2 2018 season with the Wrc Sweden Rally next February under the Hyundai Motorsport banner.
However the Finn's i20R5 will be supported and prepared by Sarrazin Motorsport and the full details of its 2018 program will be revealed later. At first, it will be for the first time driving this car this weekend at the Rally Wrc Britain.
Hyundai Motorsport official release.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DM441MSXkAEWAMY.jpg
Nice choice. I think it's a win-win for everyone:
1) Sarrazin will make experience as a team manager or similar. I don't understand if he will compete as well. In that case it's bingo :)
2) Huttunen will have full support both from Hyundai and from Sarrazin's squad. Also he can get valuable advise from a very very complete driver!
3) Hyundai will nurture a great talent with huge potential and also will develop its R5 (I guess).
Sarrazin Motorsport was competing this year, also in WRC2. They have Skoda Fabia R5 and Hyundai i20 R5. So no problem...Quote:
Originally Posted by AL14
There is going to be quite a good field in the attached national round as well as the NSW and QLD State Championship fields.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grundo Farb
Ray
Nice, thanks for the info, I didn't know it. Anyway this is still a step forward for him. The support of a manufacturer does not come often.Quote:
Originally Posted by PLuto
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Originally Posted by jbmarcus21
Only 314km SS.......oi oi oi...Is it that the kiddies are too tired? Or is there a rule now limiting max SS distance?
I dont understand it too, why they are lowering the ammounts of kms...
http://www.motorsport-total.com/rall...6-Englisch.pdf
I think the 80 km rule makes it hard to make longer rallies. If you do 80+80 on a friday, 80+80 on saturday and another 80 on sunday, you get 400 kms, plus some km's for a thursday super special. Or if you can find enough long stages close to a service park, you may have time to do three legs on a dayQuote:
The total distance of the special stages shall be between 300 km and 500 km.
- A minimum ratio of 25% of special stages shall be respected on the overall distance of the event.
- There shall be no single special stage minimum or maximum distance. However, there shall be no more
than 80 km of special stages between visits to service parks or tyre fitting zones.
- No one stage or part of a stage may be run more than twice in a rally, super special stages excluded.
What rule is that? Never heard of it. But I´m getting old ...Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
13.1.2Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
The total distance of the special stages shall be between 300 km and 500 km.
- A minimum ratio of 25% of special stages shall be respected on the overall distance of the event.
- There shall be no single special stage minimum or maximum distance. However, there shall be no more than 80 km of special stages between visits to service parks or tyre fitting zones.
- No one stage or part of a stage may be run more than twice in a rally, super special stages excluded
They don't need to visit service park, it can be tire fitting zone also.Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
And who says that there can be only two loops and not three loops of 80km?
Stages can only normally be used twice.Quote:
Originally Posted by Franky
To find a third loop would be expensive and difficult for organisers (equipment, markshalls etc)
Like I said above, you can have more, but usually the liaisons to the service are so long that there's no time to do a third leg. Of course you could do three legs with just refuel and tyre refitting but a rally like that would probably be disliked by the drivers and be dropped from the series.Quote:
Originally Posted by Franky
True. Only Super Specials can be run more than twice. And it's also sadly true that the decreased popularity of rally makes it harder for organizers to find people to run stages. Also longer rallies would be more expensive for the teams which could result in teams dropping out. Also especially more expensive for privateers.Quote:
Originally Posted by rallyfiend
Also adding that rallies have been for a couple of years now 300-370 kms long, usually closer to 300 than 370, it's not like this is a new thing for 2018.
The 80 km per leg rule came into effect in 2010. Before that the maximum length was 400 kms, and even 360 km for some years.
EDIT: I also forgot the limited tyre rule. If you made a really long route with three legs per day, would the cars run out of fresh tyres?
EDIT2: Found another rule concerning tyres: A maximum of 7 tyre changes is permitted on any one rally
If it were known in advance that there was to be a long route with three legs the tyre suppliers would have to provide a low wear tyre and the drivers would have to manage them - Just like it used to be!Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
"Just like it used to be" was that the drivers could get fresh tyres and service between every stage :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Mintexmemory
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...5gquUl/pubhtml
I had to try to make a Rally Finland itinerary with three legs for friday and saturday, also maximizing sunday, with no more than 7 tyre changes. It's doable and you get to 500 km but it requires long stages and stages run close to each other so the liaisons never get too long. Also I only used stages that are actually been used in Rally Finland, of course you could compose new long stages as well. Also, this would mean almost 250 km of unique roads (everything run twice) requiring stage marshalls and other facilities, whereas the current route has only about 175 kms (some stages are even run only once).
Pirelli are aiming at making a return to the WRC and specifically targeting the WRC 2 class next year. They have some open questions still to solve but that`s their target.
@thierryneuville
Photoshoot for the #WRC Gala Awards!
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DNEPbvDWsAEhCTF.jpg
Ogier at the end laughing... 'But I'll be getting the real trophy !' ;)
He's probably right to do so ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
maybe it has to do something with Kalle?(continue the sponsorship to him to wrc2?)Quote:
Originally Posted by AMSS
Citroen didnt test because of the cost of hiring a test road says Matton. Can they be serious?? Meeke fuming after shakedown.
https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/1...b-preparations
Few years ago they spread money like crazy...Quote:
Originally Posted by wrc2017
At the end they will retire from championship because of costs...
This I don`t know but it might be a factor yes..Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
It’d be interesting to know if they’ve actually run out the allowed annual test days. Someone mention it before and it makes more sense than this ‘saving money’ version.Quote:
Originally Posted by wrc2017
I think that they realize that they lost this year big time and that don't want to spend any extra funding for remaining events.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rally Power
They probably wasted a lot of testing days for MikkelsenQuote:
Originally Posted by Rally Power
Kalle was selling his stash of Pirelli tyres on facebook a while ago, so I guess he's not on Pirellis anymoreQuote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
I think he`s very much on Pirelli otherwise he should have done the Liepaja rally on Michelin or Dmack as preparation for Wales.. This year he can`t use Pirelli on the WRC events but maybe next year, Pirelli has invested quit heavily in him so it would make sence in that way to continue next year if possible..Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
maybe he is just making some money from free purchased tyres.Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
Also no tire manufactorer stickers on his car in Wales, probably Pirelli wants so for the future.. I assume he`s on Michelins thereQuote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
http://www.podbean.com/media/share/dir-qpka5-30880b0
Long Autosport interview with Jari-Matti Latvala about his last year, transition to Toyota, developing the car and also about Wales Rally GB
Right in the middle of al rally GB maddnes, i know but one question.
Is it confirmed rally Italy will be in Sardenga again? And wil Alghero be host city Again also?
Thanks!
Not known yet, even in Rally Travel site it says location TBA.Quote:
Originally Posted by Duvel
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