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Originally Posted by ProRally
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Like who for example?Quote:
Originally Posted by ProRally
That HaCo is the BIG questions, for sure there are some potential young fast drivers in Belgium, like Neuville but others too...Quote:
Originally Posted by HaCo
They need a chance to get more experiance
H.Poirot maybe?Quote:
Originally Posted by HaCo
I think that we shouldn't change these different situations.Quote:
Originally Posted by ProRally
While national ASNs help someone and should help, Kronos or RGRS are just offering their cars to customers. They don't exist to help anyone but to make profit out of renting cars.
Thats true, but it also make one wonder what the motives of the sponsors are, if a guy has achived about nothing when he is about 40, its not likely he will later do any better.Quote:
Originally Posted by 'Mirek Fric [Cze
I don't know how serious you are with your comment, but Loix won Ypres 6x and in Belgium that counts at least for something. He is certainly not the fastest out there, but he has a lot of experience, which counts as well. I guess sponsors want results instead of wrecked or slow cars. I don't know which Belgian driver would get a better result than him, there might be few faster than him, but they do not have the experience.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tomi
It might be typical in other country's as well, but in the past top Belgian Drivers like Droogmans and Snijers tried to catch Belgian titles and sometimes they did an additional European championship as well. Now young Belgian only aim for (big, IRC, WRC, JWRC) international titles. That's why you have drivers with respectable speed, but after some years (+10) not achieving really much. I think about Loix, Princen, Duval (ok, he has won a WRC round), Thiry (he won an ERC title), Casier, ... I think some drivers are too ambitious and if they don't find the budget for WRC or IRC, they don't drive at all, which is a pitty for national championship like in Belgium and maybe that's the reason why there isn't so much interest in ERC either.
Much different from here then, here when a driver starts an international carreer "WRC", he stops driving in national championships, that leaves the field open for new drivers to develope, here the young drivers also get the best possible coaching around, not long time ago they showed a program in tv called "master class" or something like that, 1 part was about a young rallydriver who was coached by Gardemeister and Timo Rautiainen, the idea is to be ready as possible when going international, that saves money and time too.Quote:
Originally Posted by HaCo
But if the driver dont make it international its usually the end of the carreer as driver, and possible teaching and other things in the sport starts.
Don't think so.... he does not want to get his mustache messy..... :D :D :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Tomi
but he would put a new standard on the term "gentleman driver" :)Quote:
Originally Posted by ProRally
Today bulgarian rally driver Todor SLAVOV send his entry form for 2010 edition of JWRC. He will drive with Renault Clio R3 Maxi and will participate in Turkey, Bulgaria, Germany, France and Spain.
What happened to Andreas Aigner, th e first Red Bullprotege? After he became P-WRC in 2008 he was dropped out of the Red Bull program. Was has become of him since?
Andreas Aigner didn't manage to find some his own sponsor for 2009 (it was RB condition not to pay everything). In 2010 he will start in Austrian championship with his own Evo X.
thanks Mirek Fric :) . I was wondering what happened. Like the P-WRChampions before him, most disappaer from the WRC scene.
Patrik Sandell is now confirmed in Skoda Fabia Super2000 with Red Bull Rally Team (Baumschlager...). Got the press release half an hour ago but haven't found the info on the internet, so check out my blog if you wanna know more.
Not sure if this has already been posted, but the official E3 trailer of Gran Turismo 5 shows some of their WRC cars:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr2ms...ayer_embedded#
Note that although the title says 'fanmade', all the content is from the official video, just all the non-WRC stuff has been cut out.
Here's a photo from another forum of a public GT5 demo showing Mikko's car (I think):
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/m...g/CIMG9415.jpg
(original thread was http://www.ft-86.com/main-room/1492-...otor-show.html)
The Red Bull Rally Team will chase the title with Patrik Sandell (SWE)/Emil Axelsson (SWE) and Skoda.
Link!
I haven't seen much about Andersson neither in the WRC nor IRC rumours, as much as I have been reading them. Can anyone tell, what are his plans for 2010? Last year he had just merely one Sweden outing as well IIRC. It would be a shame if such a fast driver is left out in the cold.
Dunno if it has already ben mentioned but wrc.com reports Valentino Rossi looks set to join Kimmi for 2010 in Mexixo
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"Then of course there's Kimi Raikkonen, who this year has traded in his Ferrari for a Citroen C4. Just how is a former F1 World Champion going to do in a rally car? We'll find out soon. And the chances are Kimi won't be the only world champion to succumb to the pull of rallying in 2010. Multiple MotoGP champ Valentino Rossi looks likely to join him at the WRC fiesta in Mexico. How cool is that?"
Andersson is looking budget for SWRC and at the moment he is named as a wild card entry for Sweden (PWRC). So, if he doesnt get anything else, then he is going to start in Sweden with his own Mitsu. No more info currently.Quote:
Originally Posted by jens
Valentino Rossi won't do Mexico, too busy with the bikes, maybe a event at end of the year.Quote:
Originally Posted by EavesFan09
any news from Solberg brothers? big silence from both of them
and the stobart team...Quote:
Originally Posted by amilk
He will start this weekends first NM round Sigdalsrally with Lancer GrpN... He won this rally last year with Fabia wrcQuote:
Originally Posted by jens
Petter Solberg said he found the necessary budget to compete all the 2010 season.
I think also Matthew Wilson will be confirmed for 2010 in a Stobart-run Ford Focus. Same for Rautenbach with a PH-Sport C4 WRC.
According to Norwegian media, Henning Solberg and Cato Menkerud have split as driver and co-driver. Menkerud is supposed to be in discussions with two driver about a drive in this season's championship. So far it seems Henning hasn't been able to get hold of a replacement.
Or does this mean Henning is headed for ERC rallycross (no co-driver required)and Cato wants to stay in rallying, who knows maybe partnering PG, if PG is joining Petter's team?Quote:
Originally Posted by bennizw
That's a good guess MJW, but I don't think PG has found the money to join Petter for the year.
Cato was in the role of co-driver "only" or there was some money behind him?
He was a co-driver "only".. I don't think he brought any sponsors.. He got a normal paycheck. Same with Henning, but previos years they raced for no money..
They are still good friends... So I just guess they both needed a change.. thats all.
May be true, but on the other side you'd never say anything else. That's like the thing that you never blame a co-driver mistake for going off the road, even if it's obvious. Unwritten laws of rallying... So the may be as much non-friends as friends. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by JFL
I love the header: "Henning Solberg lost map browser"Quote:
Originally Posted by JFL
Map browser? Major LOL.
I think a few top drivers must not have read this unwritten law!Quote:
Originally Posted by swordsman
That's true, I suspected that comment would come - but those situations are still rare. If you ask most of them, they would never blame their co-driver.Quote:
Originally Posted by Simmi
Starting at the wery top...Quote:
Originally Posted by Simmi
Jepp, SL in Japan a few years ago. And he was right about the situation, even if he could have obeyed the unwritten rule, he was too upseth to think clear.Quote:
Originally Posted by Viking
What a shame, I've always liked Henning's and Cato's style. Good to hear they're still friends though.
And addition to the driver-codriver discussion, Mikko's comments to Jarmo in Greece 2007 after the late pacenote incident that caused a crash were "That was your first mistake with me. Don't worry, I've done dozens of mistakes during our journey."
Great attitude from Mikko.Quote:
Originally Posted by Juha_Koo
The best is Gigi anyway xD
Gigi should be ban 'cos of his unsport beahviour to codriver..