I think it has to be a Renault...Quote:
Originally Posted by cali
Edit, or maybe not since Renault reduced their involvement with the F1 team. a Proton? :D
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I think it has to be a Renault...Quote:
Originally Posted by cali
Edit, or maybe not since Renault reduced their involvement with the F1 team. a Proton? :D
No chance, wrong car... ;-) In WRC he always had better car compared to his brother, now he has no chance against Henning...Quote:
Originally Posted by cali
Logical outcome[thumbs up]... but ...would that be really better than Megane RS N4?!?Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
No sorry... There are 3-4-5 announced (rumours) drivers I miss more...Quote:
Originally Posted by Leon
ELENA Daniel /CAMPANA Olivie.....Citroen C2 (R3T)..... :rolleyes:
I believe that they have done wrong.... maybe A/6 (S1600) or R2 or DS3 R3T
Peugeot 207 S2000 is not a bad car at all, should be almost equal with koda. I see no disadvantage for Petter and he has more talent than his brother Henning IMHOQuote:
Originally Posted by FabiaFan
Remember, now he is driver in Lotus Renault :)Quote:
Originally Posted by René
Maybe S2000..... :)
Which car will use Basso? Punto Evo?
Maybe GT? Lotus Exige !?!Quote:
Originally Posted by Bartek Borsuk
Btw... where are all those GTs?!? Where's Dumas, where's d'Aste?!?Quote:
Originally Posted by René
Giandomenico Basso? :DQuote:
Originally Posted by PLuto
Bernardo Sousa had said in an interview on Portuguese television that he wanted to be on the Rallye Monte Carlo. After all, I'm almost certainly that he did not send registration. I do not believe it had been refused.
Sure. There are many drivers less talented than Sousa in entry listQuote:
Originally Posted by RICARDO75
Like I already thought the rules of the FIA are way too strict that probably no GT who's rallying already in championships will meet those rules..Quote:
Originally Posted by FabiaFan
And U say Henning topfavorite? lol he's fast yeah but Petter has more talent for sure he even beated Henning sometimes with the crappy Subaru. Don't forget Bouffier, Loix etc. There's no absolute topfavorite and for sure with that Tyre lottery again.
So no Kimi also no Battle between the F1 guys :( and Basso could be indeed a Fiesta hoping he get a Ford program like Mikkelsen had though he had got nice money from Hankook also
Bouffier, Loix,... = the second wave only, in a clear distance; Petter, because of the car, only between this group and the other top northern European (Skoda and Ford) drivers. This is my prediction, we will see...Quote:
Originally Posted by mousti
(the difference between Petter and ... Juho for example is not as big as between Peugeot and Skoda...)
I don't think the gap between the Skoda and Peugeot is as big on asphalt as it is on gravel. The Peugeot should still be quite competitive on Monte.Quote:
Originally Posted by FabiaFan
There has still been no proof that the Ford is faster then the 207 maybe if Basso also drives a Fiesta we'll see who's the better one.. But no for me still the Peugeot stronger especially because Petter, Bryan etc are driving top 207's with all new features and will have tested also in the region of the MC stages.Quote:
Originally Posted by FabiaFan
And Loix can for sure handle Henning if Tsjoen already could drive top 8 times in the Elzas as a "gentleman" driver ;) Don't forget he may not have driven Monte Carlo in last years the conditions stay the same each year and he did the event many times in the WRC so he know how it is..
Not sure about Mikkelsen, he has not done Monte before I think.Quote:
Originally Posted by FabiaFan
Juho should be a strong contendor whatever the conditions; he has two years Monte experience now and is much better on asphalt now than he was two or even one year ago. Last year he drove cautiously but achieved a good result.
Gardemeister could go well if the conditons are tricky too; he has several Monte podiums and now he is in a better car after two Montes in a Punto. I would really like to see Toni do well.
It would be great if we had really mixed conditions on the rally; if we have some dry asphalt too then drivers like Loix, Basso, Kopecky and Vouilloz could come to the fore.
Why no Cetinkaya on entrylist ??? Has she been refused or hasn't sent her entryform :confused:
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Originally Posted by FabiaFan
:rolleyes:
Have not seen anything on that IRC have allowed them, and the regulations are not finalized either yet. On the IRC site the regs seems to be the same as in 2010.Quote:
Originally Posted by FabiaFan
Hopefully IRC will upgrade their regs based on the FIA Regional Champ rules once they are out in 2011 version !
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Originally Posted by FabiaFan
You seems to know a bit too much before the battle, sir. You should look into history. Everything is possible in Monte Carlo. To win the rally without any stage victory, to lead by several minutes and crash etc. You also seem to underestimate Peugeot a lot. This is no gravel event where they are lacking.
Anyway great entry list even without some expected names!
Everything USED TO BE POSSIBLE at Monte, but those times are gone and away... Now in the modern times only favourites take the win... No more R5 Alpine against private Carreras... Gone with the wind and with the global marketing...Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
Hehe, just go back to 2009 and watch the progress stage by stage. That's showing how it didn't change at all. Ogier won the rally from being 6th or so after all infront of him suffered some problems.
2009 Ogier's SS results were like this and he still won:
SS1: 5. +24
SS2: 5. +40
SS3: 7. +29
SS4: 4. +22
SS5: 3. +16
SS6: 5. +29
SS7: 2. +11
SS8: 5. +12
SS9: 2. +9
SS10: 1. -10
SS11: 5. +28
SS12: 8. +1:14
SS13: 6. +59
SS14: 5. +24
And that's still possible. You don't have three people to win but much more (of course not 50).
mirek is defenetly right...
For sure is Mirek right, with the tyre lottery there can be by some big favourites faults been made that can cost a loss of a minute on one stage. Also the stages are very tricky and for sure with the night stages and the black ice (Meeke last year). And another thing it's the IRC we had almost every rally not a absolute topfavorite there were always some contenders to win and almost every it stayed exciting till the end.
And the funny thing is that a year later in 2010 Ogier was exactly on the opposite side - fastest but with problems :)
Monte isnt about to be fastest, but be first in finish.
I couldn't agree more with you guys. :up:
Yep indeed and that's why I want Neuville drive like Magalhaes last year safely a bit fast but not at 100% and with that he can finish in points with this damn tough entry list..Quote:
Originally Posted by PLuto
Though Peugeot Belux didn't confirm the program yet for 2011 :(
OK, good example, you're right... if all the favourites named by me will have problems, Petter might even win!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
Can Kubica possibly drive the S1600 ? It's homologation ends in 2011 ?
He can drive S1600 without problems.
Since Monday, Skoda was in test for Monte Carlo with lots of drivers (10 cars in Monte Carlo). Here you can see some of my pictures, all the rest at http://www.Only-rally.com ;)
Loix started on Monday:
http://only-rally.com/images/stories...e/Loix--7-.JPG
Direct link to the gallery
On Tuesday, Kopecky drove the Fabia:
http://only-rally.com/images/stories...pecky--36-.JPG
Direct link to the gallery
And to finish, Hänninen made the show on Wednesday:
http://only-rally.com/images/stories...ninen--24-.JPG
http://only-rally.com/images/stories...ninen--35-.JPG
Direct link to the gallery
--> Direct link for all 3 galleries and more: ICI
New paint job for the Skodas??
Great paint job for the Skodas.
Are they running BF Goodrich or Michelin? Juho's car has the Michelin sticker on the bumper
Do anyone know who Brynildsen will rent his car from in 2011 ?
I think they just added extra stickers, all 3 days same plate...Quote:
Originally Posted by 6789
I thought Brynildsen owns the car and pays for on event support (when they turn up)Quote:
Originally Posted by Sulland
Exactly, this is a test car so no definitive paint. In fact, the car is green and the white is make by stickers.Quote:
Originally Posted by fdebruyne
On those 3 days, the drivers ran sometimes with BF Goodrich, sometimes with Michelin, to use the stock available !
New co-driver for Kopecky?