Meekes comment about riding enduros with jost could hint at a second vw motorsport 2 car
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Meekes comment about riding enduros with jost could hint at a second vw motorsport 2 car
Front diff issue, it started to appear around SS10Quote:
Originally Posted by SubaruNorway
SS10 - he noticed rear tires were getting overheated, he changed/rotated both after this SS
SS12 - excessive rear tires wear and a flat tire 5 km before stage end
SS13 - rear drive only
So far no. If he improve his privite team then maybe we will see him in few events or if he collects more money he will drive DS3 with PH Sport. After GB Robert said that he has done 5 different proffesions this year and driving has been on the last place. Generally this season was a mess after breakout with A-Style in Argentina.
Nothing new in this article, the title is if RK quit WRC this will hurt everybody in WRC.
not hurt but make the power of WRC series weaker
I don't get the impression Kubica was too happy with MSport/Ford so maybe fewer rounds but in a PHSport Citroen would be best.
There is the article which dimviii metioned. Some interesting thoughts from journalists around the Europe. Google translate can handle it reasonably well. Just for the record Stallion is Ogier in our language :D
https://translate.google.com/transla...-text=&act=url
I would not bee too surprised if we see craig breen in a wrc car next year..just my taughts
https://twitter.com/MattJelonek/stat...98104095805441 source is not' confirmed, I don't know who he is but my friend sent me this tweet
Grabbed a quick chat with Craig at Rally GB and his was extremely cautious about 2016 and didnt seem to have anything definite decided. I would be very surprised if he does more than a couple of rounds in a WRC car...Quote:
Originally Posted by christy but
Kubica wants to carry on ... http://www.wrc.com/en/wrc/news/novem...1--12-12-.html
Someone I know spoke to him and got a bit more of a confident answer. Sounds like he's got something sorted. Fingers crossed for him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
I'm pretty sure he posts on here as GigiGalliNo1Quote:
Originally Posted by Bartek
Indeed.
BS if you ask me. I think there's no way Robert's future has already been sorted. A pure speculation and wishful thinking.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bartek
Maybe a WTCC program with SLR and a few WRC events with PH Sport is a good 2016 for Kubica.
It seems Kubica really don't want to go back to circuit. Rally has fully won him over. I think he love it and knows that the feelings he has in a wrc car through forests and roads he will not live anymore if he goes back to circles.
It is really a pity to lose him, he should have approached WRC in a different way and I'm sure that now he would have had an easy seat considering that team principals are hungry for new drivers except Capito.
And who says we lost him? I think he will be back.Quote:
Originally Posted by AL14
Honestly the more I think about it if I was Malcolm Wilson I'd try and get Kubica under that M-Sport awning again. He has been the best advert for the raw pace of that car and he's doing it with shonky set-ups, broken wheel rims, radged diffs, Pirellis and the stress of running his own team.
If you could iron out all those creases and build a bit of structure back in I think Kubica could at least rack up as many points as Tanak this year. He'll crash but he'll start to crash less. M-Sport have just spent three years developing a driver in Evans for precious little return. Kubica actually has pace, and his ceiling is so much higher than Tanak's.
Kubica and Ostberg could be a nice team next year I think. Doubt it will happen but I'd certainly consider it - especially if you could get at least some funds from those two and potentially Bertelli.
they are not good?Quote:
Originally Posted by Simmi
Not sure - you tell me? Point is they aren't the best tyres.Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
It is just my speculation due to some not solid rumors i heard. But Kubica seems to be not an easy driver to deal with. He was with M-Sport in 2014 and some say that he wanted all the control, was impossible to work with him and he was very "stubborn". That is also why he went alone with a-style and then with his own team. He also had arguments with Citroen back in 2013.Quote:
Originally Posted by Simmi
The fact is that if he want to be a manufacturer driver he should get orders and not give them, even if he thinks they are stupid.
He should listen to suggestions, one of which should be he can't drive over limit every km and build his pace with patience. Forcing learning curve did not brought him anywhere.
But I repeat it is nothing solid.
According to omnicorse.it Robert is preparing his Fiesta to Monte Carlo :) I hope he will change Pirellis for a Michelin this year
for me it seems that on tarmac and on muddy/wet gravel the pirellis are as good as michelins or even better.
there is no ''best tyre''Quote:
Originally Posted by Simmi
Pirellis at some areas are better from michelins,as michelins are better in other areas/circumstances.
+1Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
at Acropolis all drivers were trying to find pirellis.The problem was that they were to little for all.
ERC tyres are actually better from Pirelli than Michelin...
There's a (some say big) difference between ERC-compound and WRC-compound for the Michelin tyres, they are not the same... ;)
yes they are different.This year Pirellis were far better than Michelins at erc.Quote:
Originally Posted by tommeke_B
I had a conversation with Lukyanuk and Kajto at Acropolis,about why everybody at erc choosed pirellis this year, and confirmed it.
Dont underestimate Italians about tyre technology.Plenty of times we have seen them at previous years to have better tyres from Michelins even at wrc level.
In WRC it is quite different, you cannot choose from more compounds, tyres must be more universal and must survive more kms...
thats not difficult for them when there is no competition and everybody uses the same tyre.Quote:
Originally Posted by PLuto
The difficult is to create a competetive tyre when there are more than one tyre suppliers.
And as we saw this year thats not a problem for Pirelli ,even if they were absent at wrc/erc as they were focused at f1 circus.
Pirelli we have to mention that is about 4 times smaller company from Michelin(according to sales 26 bn vs 7,5 bn )
Not bad..
Michelin was sleeping last years as they were dominating. They were also pushing for unique tyres for ERC, they were only one ready at the beginning, but now they were overpassed...
I wouldnt bet at that but if Ostberg hasnt sign with Wilson the only place that could be opened is Neuville's seat at Hyundai.
If you think out of the box, then why not PH Sport Citroen? That is a new team for him:-) M-Sport sounds like going back, not new ;-)Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
Final option is Toyota, a new team + maybe some rallies with rented M-Sport cars like they have done so-far. Sooner or later they must find some drivers for them, I mean real drivers not just juniors.
You may be right. The sentence "new team " is very interesting there. Like you said m-sport isn't new for him.
That's exactly were Pirelli proved they're behind. Their tyre is fast I admit but only on a limited distance. This was clear on every rally, beginning of loops Kubica was fast but towards the end he lost time almost always. Or had punctures or had massive tyre wear. Same thing with all wrc cars on Pirellis. This was openly admitted from as well Kubica as Prokop. Also Nasser confirmed he made a mistake when changing to pirellis for one rally based on a short test. In Poland Michelin brought a specific tyre for wrc2 and were again setting the pace. So still some catching up to do in my opinion but it's good that there's competition even there!Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
Btw, Pirelli was bought during the year by a chinese company. No funding problems ahead, but a chinese logo can appear one of this days on the italian tyres...Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
That's not going to happen in forseenable future. Pirelli is a well respected brand and the Chinese bought it as such. They don't need to downgrade the brand by renaming it to some Chinese noname. The Chinese are anything but stupid.