Ford Fiesta RS WRC

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Originally Posted by Hartusvuori

In this article it's written that the accident happened at 150 km/h AND at 6th gear.

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It's true.

Where in Sweden is this test?

If I got this right they will repair the car in sweden and continue test later this week?

Any pics someone? This is hot stuff! :eek:

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Originally Posted by Rallyper

Where in Sweden is this test?

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Somewhere near Kall, where Staffan Parmander has his test facility.

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Originally Posted by Rallyper

If I got this right they will repair the car in sweden and continue test later this week?

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Yeah, right.

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Originally Posted by Bobcat

You're wrong!


Jari-Matti Latvala: "It was my error, I tried to use the snow banks to slow the car, but it rolled in the road before vaulting the snow banks and hitting some trees. The Fiesta RS WRC stood up to the impact remarkably well and Miikka and I escaped unhurt. The fact that the team can repair it and we can continue to test this week shows just how strong it is."
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/89056

Gerard Quinn: "Accident in testing. Latvala and Anttila were unhurt in the 150kph crash but the Fiesta RS WRC requires extensive repair work. The team has revised its schedule and the car will now remain at the test location to finalise preparations for next month's Rally Sweden."

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Latvala was relaxed again..

Its probably the test car only. The official Sweden Fiesta's are @ M-Sport HQ getting ready for race.
That's a guess.

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Originally Posted by aykutbilir

Its probably the test car only. The official Sweden Fiesta's are @ M-Sport HQ getting ready for race.
That's a guess.

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They were supposed to use the test car for Arctic.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/89099

By MTV3 web site the price of Fiesta RS WRC is 450.000 € / 370.000 £. Price of the latest Focus was 670.000 € / 550.000 £ so the price is down by 32%.

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Wilson Sr. for Autosport:

"We have a good track record in Sweden, both of our drivers [Mikko Hirvonen and Jari-Matti Latvala] have won there, but Sweden is quite a specific event. At the same time, with the altitude, Mexico is a little bit the same in round two. I don't think it's until we're down at sea level in Portugal that we'll really see where we're at with the cars."


As part of its commitment to the WRC this season, Wilson's M-Sport firm will not run any Super 2000 cars at all this year, focusing its attentions only on running the Fiesta RS WRC.


"We've got nine cars running in Sweden," added Wilson. "But by Portugal we'll have 10. We're not going to release the cars to the customers just yet, that will come later in the season."