Maybe it was easier to keep it German because of papers and documents if it was a former "VW" Skoda?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
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Maybe it was easier to keep it German because of papers and documents if it was a former "VW" Skoda?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
That could be the case, thanks.
I was wondering for a long time who bought the VW-Skodas, so now it is a little bit more clear...at least one car. There were rumours that VW-skodas with gravel kit are even better than Skoda motorsport gravel fabias. Anyway it is very good tool, so good luck for Henk Lategan.Quote:
Originally Posted by CWJ
So, who bought them? Do you think this is Lategan's car or does he rent it?
Everything seems that it is BRR (Raimund Baumschlager) car.
Rumours are that Henk will do 3 overseas events this year, i assume to get experience in writing his own notes which we do not do in SA. I am not sure if all will be for the BRR team, however Raimund Baumschlager is quite involved with the VW team in SA from what i am told, helping to develop our Polo S2000's which are very similar to the skoda.
Henk is quite inexperienced, however his inclusion in the VWSA works team and results thus far have been very good considering. Learning to write his own notes may slow him a bit on this event so will be interesting to see how he performs.
I just wanted to say that this is an amazing photo! Congratulations Hari! :up:Quote:
Originally Posted by hari
That sounds logical. Baumschlager was involved in Fabia S2000 development since the very beginning, his current chief-engineer Walter Illmer is former car engineer of Jan Kopecký and there are another people connected to Škoda Motorsport in his team, like Josef Lank.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grant_RSA
BRR bought all the cars of VW Motorsport.Quote:
Originally Posted by tolis
But i think the car of Lategan Test is another one - ex Mikkelsen IRC Car. But with the VW ones they have six completely white ones, so maybe it is even another one ;-)
Hopefully we will see some of them soon on the stages. In Austria or somewhere else...
The dust on the test-stage revealed some history of the car: - Its the ex IRC Car of Mikkelsen.
http://www.ir7.at/lategan1.jpg
LOL! You cannot hide history! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by hari
So BRR will expand its international business again?Quote:
Originally Posted by hari
In an interview some weeks ago Baumi mentioned a clash of commitment - I think he needed the car for Lavanttal Rallye, but someone wanted to rent it for Rally Portugal - is this another reason he bought some more cars?
Is there a live link to results on rally Adriatico somewhere.
Norwegian Petter Kristiansen is driving a Clio R3 from DP Autosport for the first time there, hopefully in the middle og the road in the beginning!
It's here: Rally FICr
Am i right in thinking it should be live here about now?
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Your idea was good and you were right, but unfortunatelly we can´t watch it because we are not Italians.
maybe (fingers crossed) something (live from service?) will be here tomorrow: Sportube.tv - Live Sport Streaming (WebTV dello Sport)
Impressive performance by Lategan on the morning stages! My impression on the teststage did not fool me, big big talent.
Basso accident and SS5 stopped(crew OK) :(
Ucci in front of all Clios R3 and almost all DS3s R3 :D
Scandola won!! His first victory for CIR!! Congratulations, he deserves it.
Shame for gearbox troubles on Travaglia's evo9, he was in a close fight with Scandola until troubles hit him....but still 4th place is not a bad result. Andreucci, as expected by a margin the fastest in R2 class lost 10th place on the last stage, but even 11th place with a small P208R2 is a great result.
I'm impressed over the Cempedelli's pace, on one stage he managed fourth fastest stage time - with a front driven car....on the gravel!!
However, Chardonnet was faster than Campedelli...Quote:
Originally Posted by Ucci
Hari. Good to hear that Henk impressed you. He is very early in his career, hopefully we will have him on the world stage soon.
He seemed to loose time on the 2nd and 3rd loop, anyone know if they had issues?
Can someone tell me why there are only 1min dust gaps in Italy? Can surely cost some competitors unnecessary time if stuck in dust?
Does anyone know how old Henk is?Quote:
Originally Posted by Grant_RSA
He is 18. Finished school last year.
world stages ? Do you know more about this ? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Grant_RSA
No. Nothing has been said., however a move to do international events should be an indicator of plans going forward.
Henk's father Hein is an accomplished driver having won multiple track racing titles in SA and more recently a top 5 runner in a Peugoet 207 s2000 . He has retired to concentrate on his sons efforts and is a major driving force to get Henk into winning form.
Saw on twitter last night Henk was happy to get to the end, but feels he "made lots of mistakes", has put it down as a learning experience..... not a bad result for making mistakes i would say.
An interview with Henk Lategan.
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That was pretty insane stuff.Quote:
Originally Posted by stepunk
I agree! I was there and he was very lucky to stay on the road (the scariest part of the jump was the landing).Quote:
Originally Posted by Grant_RSA
Anyway the boy showed a good pace!
Lategan's jump from another point of view: Rally dell'Adriatico 2013 Lategan sulla prova "Colli del Verdicchio" - YouTube
Saw this clip last night, definitely committed. :-)
About rallies in SA, why is there no recce ? Are the rally done with unknown stages until the morning of the race ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Grant_RSA
We have 1 event that is allowed to be recce'd which forms part of the FIA Africa championships, other than that there are various reasons for no recce, but at the end of the day the biggest is most likely financial, time away from work/business etc. I predict a recce will be introduced in the next few years, it is the only way any of our drivers will be able to compete abroad.
Currently we use a system of route notes originally created by Bill Sturrock, the rights were sold in SA to an ex rally driver Leon Botha who has remained active in the sport after retiring. The bound book of notes and a dvd of the stages (driven at a normal decent pace) are supplied a week before the event. In most cases teams will adjust these notes to their liking and in some cases re-write them completely to become pace notes, this can be tricky when not seeing the route "in real life"
This is a massive step forward from the tulips we used to rally on pre 2006
In general the established rallies will use most of the same stages every year, however of late we have had a number of changes to venues/areas where events are held. The classic rallies such as the Sasol and VW Rallies have kept their traditional stages and are fantastic forest stages.
The economy has played its role here as with everywhere else in the world of late, but we still have a field of around 18 S2000's and a healthy number of S1600 (R2) class cars.
What a mess on Rally della Lanterna, valid for TRA. Yust look a photo taken in the near on one stage's end:
http://sphotos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphoto...71964068_n.jpg
And we are speaking for an area around Genova, not somewhere in Dolomites.....This global warming is going into strange way....
Anyway, for the moment Paolo Porro is in the lead, but with a relativ small margin (+20sec) compare to local driver Giacobone with P207S2000....
And only one 208 R2 from te cup in Lanterna !!! ;(
Yep in Italy the weather is even crazier than it's here in Belgium. Crazy images also today in Giro d'Italia, unbelievable to see.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ucci
Marco Silva off road ??? :confused:
If general all the championships are under the crisis influence (less entries, not so much competition), the Italian I.R.C.cup is in a ''perfect condition''. Have a look at the enty list for the Rally Prealpi Orobiche:
http://www.giessepromotion.it/cms/im...3/iscritti.pdf
Any predictions about the possible winner?? My hopes are for Perico....
IRCup Italy has big money prices, also for classes. If I remember right, 10k for R3 winner. With Pirelli as main sponsor. I was at Prize Ceremony past January at Brescia, many many people and very popular. Also the Head Organzier of this Cup are very friendly guys. And a big TV Coverage after each race. Made by my friend ...