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Originally Posted by Danny0405
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*I’m not sure… for sureQuote:
Originally Posted by Danny0405
Gryazin in C3 in Monte warmup Event:
https://www.ewrc-results.com/entries...-devoluy-2023/
Linnamae also with new car, latest Skoda wrc2 instead of i20Quote:
Originally Posted by seb_sh
so to summarize a potential entry list based on the rumors:
WRC
Toyota: Evans, Katsuta, Ogier/Rovanpera
Hyundai: Tanak, Neuville, Lappi/Mikkelsen/Sordo
Ford: Fourmaux, Lindholm, some rallies Munster?
WRC2
Citroen: Gryazin, Rossel
Toyota: Pajari, Loubet, Lefebvre, Kogure?, Yamamoto?
Hyundai: Suninen?, others?
Skoda: Linnemae, Solberg?, Greensmith?, Cais?, Bulacia?, others?, Meeke?
Ford: ?
The ones with ? i put there as options but I have no source.
Gryazin became a lot more reliable the last year or two. He maybe lost a bit of his raw speed but not too much.Quote:
Originally Posted by seb_sh
Pretty sure Cais will be with Skoda as he was testing with Meeke in Portugal last week. If this factory team return is true though they will need a lead driver if Mikkelsen is returning to Rally1.. I hope it’s Solberg, he was the guy who showed the speed potential of the new car most consistently last season.
I think that the only option for Skoda to compete with Toyota is to have manufacturer team with Solberg and Greensmith, or Cais.
The new Yaris rally2 looks and most likely is a beast!
No wonder Skoda must take the programme to their own hands again :D
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GAe7Oh7W...pg&name=medium
from italian media: fourmeaux confirmed in m-sport.
lindholm + munster rumored as very near
If lindholm is true i dont get it, why throw away a chance at a better performance car at Hyundai and go to much more low budget and less promising team.Quote:
Originally Posted by wyler
Probably Hyundai ditched himQuote:
Originally Posted by Rallyest
Maybe MSport can give him a full programme whereas Hyundai could maybe only offer 1 or 2 events in a WRC1 car?Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyest
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...72a7df1d12.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by TypeR
What a strange outfit Hyundai are... so many changes every year apart from Neuville.
Hyundai will be strong as hell next year I expect
Citroen DG Sport with Rossel and Gryazin now official and Lefebvre reported by Dirtfish testing the Yaris, rumors becoming news.
But Tanak has got to get used to the i20 Rally1 again and will he be any happier in it than in 2022 ? Plus if it's true they'll have Mikkelsen instead of Suninen, he will also have to adapt from the Fabia Rally2 into a Rally1 hybrid for the first time.Quote:
Originally Posted by CeskyOndra
Is this the same car that people described as ugly just one year ago? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by TypeR
Maybe he doesn't want to end up like Jari Huttunen?Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyest
Ott Tanak is expected to test Hyundai’s World Rally Championship challenger before the end of the year as part of a busy month of preparations following his move from M-Sport.
https://www.motorsport.com/wrc/news/...2024/10554912/
The Yaris, more so than other cars, seems to be quite sensitive to the colour scheme. In matte black it looks crap, in TGR livery it looks completely different and this dark grey somehow looks miles better than the black. Maybe it’s seeing it in tarmac spec that makes the difference.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
In standard road-car spec it’s still got quite an upright ‘one-box’ stance compared to the i20 and Fabia for example
Gryazin has been now official driver under the Hyundai, Skoda and Citroën umbrella
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IMO the Rally2 Yaris looks better than the Rally1 ‘Yaris’, more balanced without the silly rear wing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
So Tanak buys Martin out at RedGrey and heads back to Hyundai for WRC, then pivots RedGrey away from Hyundai.
Redgrey went away already last year when he left….
Yaris Rally2 will be zero car in Devoluy.
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Is this confirmed by anyone oficial?Quote:
Originally Posted by Managarium
I agree - Rally1 Yaris looks relatively good in tarmac setup, but gravel, with its uplifted back can not be named as nice car. This Rally2 looks way more balanced.Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
Audi vs Lancia movie coming out January 5th
https://youtu.be/Anh9PRtW5uI?si=QGCDt4Flx76wlHHW
Something like this can only help the popularity of rallying, we as ‘traditional’ fans just have to looks past the inaccuracies and see it for what it is.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
Cool they made it.
Msport will reveal their livery at autosport international show which will take place 11-14 January
https://x.com/msportltd/status/17319...C1kV5QC61vX5Xg
Thanks for the info! The trailer doesn't look bad. I wonder if this movie will be played in cinemas or is it too much of a niche topic for the general audience?Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
Poster:
https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/8P...f5a10c9029b551
The real story is interesting enough, but I fear they will go down the "Grand Tour" route and make it something like "poor cheating italians" against "german organization and engineering excellence". Which would be laughable considering how Abarth and Audi operated respectively at the time.
"In Theaters, On Demand, and On Digital January 5"Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
Looks like it won't get wide cinema release. PVOD at day 1 and announcement only a month before release points out it will be smaller film. Also it's not in the Czech film distribution list (ofc that can be because it was just announced, but distributors usually lists unannounced films too).
https://www.fia.com/news/fia-statement-future-rallying
“ At the World Motor Sport Council Strategy session at the Annual General Assemblies Week in Baku today, it was agreed to form a Working Group to evaluate and recommend the future direction of rallying. The Working Group will be led by FIA Deputy President for Sport Robert Reid and World Motor Sport Council member David Richards.
Under consideration will be the technical, sporting and promotional aspects of the FIA World Rally Championship. The group will also address the pathway for grass roots development of rallying.
An initial working paper will be presented for consideration by the WMSC and WRC Commission within two weeks.”
oh no, not againQuote:
Originally Posted by Eli
Hoping for a swap from Redbull to Monster.... !Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
If Mikkelsen to Hyundai, Pajari to Toyota, russhian to Citroen.. then maybe Skoda managed to keep Solberg as they need someone fast in their car..
No big roumors about Solberg so far and hasn't tested Toyota either..?
And what they were doing until now?Quote:
Originally Posted by Eli
I can imagine that they will find some solutions for issues that never existed, will ignore real issues, wait three year, then FIA will start to wonder why nothing happened and finally start a new working group.
Thinking about forming working groupQuote:
Originally Posted by PLuto