From Lappi's Tweeter account...at least Valtteri isn't using an old Williams F1 suit https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...c76bd5b7a3.jpg
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From Lappi's Tweeter account...at least Valtteri isn't using an old Williams F1 suit https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...c76bd5b7a3.jpg
Is this just a friendly meeting or is he testing C3 now?
What the hell is he planning? Moving to wrc ? Basically testing every car now.
My thoughts exactly. If I was Toto Wolff I'd be asking serious questions.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
I suspect the questions Valteri has already asked Toto means that he knows ain't gonna be there next year....Quote:
Originally Posted by Allez Andruet
Maybe. And I have nothing against Bottas jumping across the street to WRC. Quite the contrary. Welcome onboard.Quote:
Originally Posted by rallyfiend
I saw this Instagram post too.. has he actually tested a C3?
M-Sport. He said "secret" he didn´t say "another manuf"Quote:
Originally Posted by Tarmop
Yep, entering 2 cars will always feel a bit short; just hope it could mean Citroen is planning to save a part of the budget to prepare the future Hybrid car and stay in the WRC for a long time. Fingers crossed.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
Yes, but he didn`t say M-Sport either. Or did he?
"Niin, se ensi kausi. Jyväskylän testien jälkeen Suninen paljasti suuntaavansa omien sanojensa mukaan "salaisiin testeihin", joista hän ei halunnut hiiskua mitään. Kauden aikana tehtäviä salatestejä tapahtuu, sillä esimerkiksi Sebastien Ogier myönsi viime kauden lopussa käyneensä kauden aikana salassa testaamassa Citroenia ennen kuin teki päätöksen siitä, että meni talliin."
What did Makinen say, got the quote ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Allez Andruet
And 2020 is still a way off. Things may change...
Hybrid carQuote:
Originally Posted by pantealex
I also have a Kimi 2009 esque feeling from all this Bottas rallystuff. Would be interesting to see how he goes but I feel it would be hobbylevel more. I just can't see a way in how he could compete at all on rally. There are so many full-time rallydrivers these days on wrc too. I hope he stays in F1 and wins the wdc there. But let's see, I have a bad feeling about this.
https://yle.fi/urheilu/3-10900090Quote:
Originally Posted by Tarmop
Here he says it was at M-Sport.
I can't find the quote now (will check later), but Mäkinen was asked about partial programs/driver rotation and his answer was something like "we won't do that at TGR, we'll have three drivers and they're doing all rallies".Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Hyundai WRT have incredible pressure to secure a championship.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
It seems they have a mandate from the home office and so they have to try everything to achieve this.
IMO what they are doing is not the best way to build a strong cohesive team.
Waiting until just a couple weeks before an event to announce a driver lineup does not project quiet confidence but no one on the outside knows the whole story.
Maybe these decisions are out of the team's hands and are being made at the big HQ, maybe there is some PR strategy and the decisions are actually made well in advance but only announced just before hand.
I don't think it would make sense for Toyota to follow Hyundai in this strategy as Toyota have a different problem to overcome than Hyundai in order to secure the championship. Rotating drivers during the season wouldn't do anything to help them.
This quote is matching more with Meeke topic. A'la, it was question: "Do you replace Meeke this year?"Quote:
Originally Posted by Allez Andruet
Nope, wasn't about Meeke.Quote:
Originally Posted by meh
Makinen's comments refer to the current season. I was talking about next season and the prospects of other driver's (like Ostberg) getting some drives.
He had a secret test with the same company he works with now? That makes no sense.Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
That's called a 'test'. An counts towards the regulatory maximum number of days. It's not much of a secret when it has to be declared to the FIA!
What if he was testing the R5 car or something? Or more likely something that's under the development in secrecy?Quote:
Originally Posted by rallyfiend
He's driven the R5 car at Rally Estonia. In public... Not much secrecy there.Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
Teemu drove a Yaris from what I've heard, but maybe it's just a rumor...
This may be the correct answer.Quote:
Originally Posted by wrc2017
Making a test mule for the hybrid era is not complicated if the gas engine stays the same. Testing the balance and effect of the extra weight.
It is if the hybrid system comes from a single supplier and that single supplier deal hasn't even been put to tender yet!Quote:
Originally Posted by Vahula
Or the R5 electric that they announced.
Well at least someone on this forum assumed the "secret test" was in Puuppola before Teemu confirmed it was an M-Sport test.Quote:
Originally Posted by racerx1979
But surely it doesnt count if he's testing another car not his WRC ?Quote:
Originally Posted by rallyfiend
Maybe he tested Bentley. :D
Every test day must be informed to FIA, even those "secret" ones. FIA just keep that info for them self.
Suninen has driven Yaris but it was not before NRF19, way earlier...
Like we suspected :) Excellent news!
Some links (in Swedish)Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre Oliveira
https://www.svt.se/sport/motorsport/...vm-start-i-wrc
https://www.emotorsport.se/nyheter.php?nyhets_id=17834
https://www.emotorsport.se/nyheter.php?nyhets_id=17835
What I don´t understand, is why he was on entrylist for Germany in the first place...?
Probably some last minute changesQuote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
https://twitter.com/SaariJarno/statu...46978631659520
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So how about that then...? :eek:
Sordo suggests he will "rent a car" for Rally Spain if he is not picked by Hyundai's WRC squad to contest his home event...
https://t.co/AxiCRCOjbT
that would be amazing if true!Quote:
Originally Posted by Allez Andruet
Loeb is just about 100% sure to start in Spain. He won it last year and has now driven 2 extra tarmac rallies since Corsica.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
However, I think it's very unlikely that Mikkelsen drives instead of Sordo. For that he would have to do better than Sordo in Germany and prove to have decent speed with i20 on tarmac. Sure they did some changes to the car but so far nothing indicates how they helped (and if) for tarmac.
Basically the only indicator that Mikkelsen might drive is Adamo saying before Finland that Mikkelsen is planned to do all remaining rounds.
https://www.is.fi/ralli/art-2000006206698.html
A rumor that Rally Finland could have a super special on a new motor track which is in the making and should be ready soon. It's located near Kouvola, 200 km from Jyväskylä.
I don't know what to say.