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Has anyone heard anything that has substance about Mini planning a return?
Can't see Mini ever coming back. Dead and buried from an WRC point of view.
Not as maybe an R5-version?Quote:
Originally Posted by noel157
I don't see it happening but an R5 might make commercial sense for someone like Prodrive - just look how many R5s M-Sport have sold with really only Ford's blessing to do it, rather than it being a Ford factory machine designed and built by M-SportQuote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
Nice lengthy interview with Hayden Paddon:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-cOCkiB9Kg
Does anyone know when and where was the accident they are talking about burning completely the car?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack4688`
Slight difference between Ford/M-Sport and Prodrive/BMW-MINI…….
Prodrive & BMW-MINI had a major fall out; Ford & M-Sport are still together, although not officially. If there was a R5 MINI, it wouldn’t be with Prodrive.
Ford=Rally and rally=Ford :colour:
So if another tuner wanted to make a R5 Mini, they could potentially make a deal with BMW and start building?
Or would they prefer a 2 series R5 being buildt instead?
You're right ;) The only absence of Ford from Rally scene I think is the few years Group B has been picking up inertia, well they got participated in the very end. Funny, many people think of Group B as the top era of Rallying...Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre Oliveira
...including the drivers at that time.
Atkinson in for Mexico:
Hyundai Motorsport
We are delighted to confirm that Aussie boy Chris 'Atko' Atkinson and co-driver Stéphane Prévot will drive the second ?#?Hyundai? i20 WRC at Rally México in March!
Are the drivers just going to do every third rally then?
I'm sure their service-castle has enough space for a 3rd car when they are ready for it... :)
Sordo had better result then Atkinson in Mexico last year...
On Hayden's website - 25th September, 2005 with the Mitsubishi Evo 4 - Canterbury Rally in Ashley Forest?, NZ. Grass catches fire from hot exhaust. The car was replaced by the Evo 8 which is back in Paddon's shed for David Holder to drive this year.Quote:
Originally Posted by makinen_fan
LOEB SWITCH'S TO AUDI :bounce: :bounce: http://www.racexpress.nl/index.php?nav= ... um=twitter
Bouffier really going back to Hyundai as test driver? http://www.rallye-magazin.de/rallyes/wm ... index.html
Hope he doesn´t, I´d bet he´ll be dissapointed again
Why? It's a great option for him.
What would you do? A. get paid to test/develop a car in a wealthy team, with a possiblity of driving their car in the future for free or B. keep looking around for money to do the odd event with a team which you'll always have to pay to drive their car?
Is this official? He left Citroen WTCC team? what is going on there?Quote:
Originally Posted by Red bull
Loeb has his own team (Sebastien Loeb Racing) in FIA GT Series since quite some time now. Last year they competed on McLaren MP4-12Cs but they had many reliability issues (car taking fire in the middle of the race...) hence their switch to Audi R8s for next season.Quote:
Originally Posted by Frostmourne
This has nothing to do with Loeb's involvement in WTCC with Citroën.
New Wrc 2014 standings after Sweden event
Latvala switch number 1
http://planetemarcus.com/saison-wrc/
Burkart? Really?
Not some sort of April Fool / Poisson Rouge / Day of the Innocents type hoax is it? Surely Hankook could find someone competing more regularly (and with more success), unless Herr B waved an obscene amount of cash at them to become 'partners'.Quote:
Originally Posted by EightGear
Wilson will be happy.................
Poisson rouge ? :laugh:Quote:
Originally Posted by Mintexmemory
Ze rosbif probably meant 'Poisson d'Avril' :D .
I know that it is kind of a joke, but Oleksii Tamrazov put this into his facebook account saying that he is trying to bring MG to Rally again.
I know that this is probably nothing, but it's the second time that I see rumours of MG linked to rallying! Maybe something possible in a R5 form, who knows!!
3D Renderings of the MG 3 WRC
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/ ... 5538_n.jpg
https://scontent-a-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hph ... 5980_o.jpg
D'ac ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Karukera
This is really not a joke, Alex is really trying to start WRC project. He is negotiating with MG and I hope there is quite big chance to have this project working.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheFlyingTuga
http://www.autosport.cz/clanek.php?cl=16099
Thanks Mr. Pluto! I'll see if I get a chance to talk to him next week, in Fafe Rally :)Quote:
Originally Posted by PLuto
Hmm, quite strange see the slow guy try to bring MG to WRC.Quote:
Originally Posted by PLuto
I'm ask this question from start of driver career of Tamrazov. What he doing here? many years at driver seat and no visible progress.
Alex wants to bring MG into WRC not as driver, but as investor.Quote:
Originally Posted by KKS
He also told to Italian magazine Rallyemotion about various companies ready to enter the project, when will get green light from MG. The Manufacturer seems it will eventually have a works involvement starting 2015. This year they financed already 2 motorsport programmes... something around Asia, I guess.
http://www.rallyemotion.it/8593_wrc-arr ... y-emotion/
Alex is working on this project for few months and he has partners and companies which are interested to go in. Now the main target is to find manufacturer which should be interested in cooperation...Quote:
Originally Posted by Motorsportfun
And about the other MG projects, if I am correct, they will be competing (again) in BTCC on circuits.
They have been for a while - Triple Eight (the parent team of the extremely successful V8 Supercar team) have run Jason Plato for the past two years. They use the MG6, which probably would not be eligible to enter in the WRC, but an existing motorsport programme does not hurt the idea of a WRC entry.
This project is working with MG 3 as a base car for WRC...
Yes, I know. The point I was trying to make is that MG are supporting a motorsport programme in the BTCC. And if they are willing to do that, then they might be open to expanding that programme into the WRC. Certainly moreso than if Tamrazov just picked a manufacturer with no motorsport programmes. If he wants it to happen, he will need the support of the manufacturer. If I was looking to get a new car into the WRC, I know the first manufacturers I would go to are the ones that already compete in other categories.
would be great if another manufacturer was in wrc