[WRC] News & rumours (part II)

We'll see in a few weeks.

#WRC Ott Tanak will drive the 2nd Ford Fiesta Wrc in French National Rallye du Var 2011 & Latvala in first Fiesta Wrc Var Ralye 2011

So next year we wil have a team with Hirvonen en Loeb in a Citroën, Latvala en Tänak in a Ford, Meeke en Sordo in a Mini and in 2012 also Ogier and Mikkelsen in a Volkswagen. Maybe rumours and not official but it sounds good and quite understantable.

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Originally Posted by noel157

Or the other stuff, little stones and lots of dust. Think the CIR round there is asphalt.

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The CIR round is on asphalt, but another asphalt WRC round??? They are too many for me :\

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Originally Posted by Tarmac Tommy

I'm afraid not!!! Seb 2.0 is supposed to have signed a deal with VW for serious money, complete with 100 days of testing and SWRC in a Fabia next year, with a certain Norwegian being involved in some type of hatchet burial at Dovenby Hall.

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Well I did see Petter visiting the Ford Hosptality Suite after Shakedown in Builth Wells last week! Thought it could have been significant!

Could be mixed surface again?

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Originally Posted by Tarmac Tommy

I'm afraid not as he would have gone with him!!! Seb 2.0 is supposed to have signed a deal with VW for serious money, complete with 100 days of testing and SWRC in a Fabia next year, with a certain Norwegian being involved in some type of hatchet burial at Dovenby Hall.

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so this is Nagles inside line on things

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Originally Posted by noel157

Could be mixed surface again?

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On a Italian forum I read that the surface isn't sure yet... let's hope for at least a mixed surface, if it's on asphalt there would be 4 rounds on asphalt in the last 5 event of next year's WRC...

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Originally Posted by Tarmac Tommy

I'm afraid not!!! Seb 2.0 is supposed to have signed a deal with VW for serious money, complete with 100 days of testing and SWRC in a Fabia next year, with a certain Norwegian being involved in some type of hatchet burial at Dovenby Hall.

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All sounds good. Petter would be a good stop-gap solution for Ford until Tanak is ready. VW is probably a better long term bet for Ogier than Ford and likewise Ogier a good choice by VW.

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Originally Posted by focus206

On a Italian forum I read that the surface isn't sure yet... let's hope for at least a mixed surface, if it's on asphalt there would be 4 rounds on asphalt in the last 5 event of next year's WRC...

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It's the World Rally Championship - not the World Gravel Championship - there should be an almost 50:50 split between gravel/ tarmac.....with the Swedish on snow. IRC has too may tarmac events, the WRC has too few. However, I agree that the Tarmac rounds should be more spread out.
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