Right hand drive....
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Right hand drive....
I think that's just a test mule livery... they often cover the cars with weird swirls and checks and stuff to make it impossible to properly tell what the car looks like, until they've produced the final body parts. Those aero parts are likely just temporary.
The test MINI, sporting yellow camouflaged paintwork, is fitted with an interim body and aero package, while design of the final World Rally Car bodywork is underway.
The bodywork looks pretty standard apart from the rear wing.Quote:
Originally Posted by JFL
look at the seats, left one has "ears", so it is left hand drive I think...Quote:
Originally Posted by VFTS
i dont mind the sound shape and liverly as long as we have a new manufucturer apart from the winning citroen and the loosing ford :D :D :D
Well Prodrive should be testing next week in Ponte de Lima and São Lourenço, north region of Portugal.
And they will probably test for 3 days.
http://translate.google.no/translate...a-mads-ostberg
Mads Østberg behind the wheel...
I dont think any maojor bodywork changes or livery will improve what looks like the most hideously ugly rally car ever to rally!!!!!!!!!
No I think the BX4TC still wins that accolade!
Yes, the BX4 TC is the first...Quote:
Originally Posted by I am evil Homer
PG is excluded from SWRC for not attending Japan, but he gets to keep the points. Is this because he don't have the budget to compete Japan or he already contracted Mini?
I though PG already sceduled to miss Japan and do France and Wales. But then he misses 1 ouside Europe event, and SWRC drivers have to do 2 outside Europe. PG did Jordan, and missed Mexico and New Zealand.
I think RUFA Sport as entry is excluded, not PG himself.Quote:
Originally Posted by tmx
Yes, I think that is correct.Quote:
Originally Posted by ProRally
Seems like PG has lost all points but Rally Sweden (wild card).Quote:
Originally Posted by ProRally
http://www.wrc.com/swrc/results/
I expect he doesn't really care that much assuming he has a future in Banbury or Cockermouth.Quote:
Originally Posted by Viking
http://www.prodrive.com/p_releases.html?id=281Quote:
Originally Posted by Sulland
This initial part of the car’s test and development programme took place with the engineering team driving the car……
Was Mads part of the engineering team?
I thought that Terry Kaby was doing some work for Prodrive so maybe he will have done some work on this project!
Mini is testing right now in Portugal with Markko Martin.
Small video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3T_fXEzlTdo .
Great sound :)
I second that. Perhaps it have a lot to do with the place where it was filmed, and the raw equipment, but the echoing forest before the car appears I something I love. This is not a direct comparison, but somehow it reminds me of the early 90s Group A with Celicas raging through the stages. At least the echo :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by 'Mirek Fric [Cze
Got exactly the same feeling. What a nice sound!Quote:
Originally Posted by Hartusvuori
Really nice sound indeed, hope they will keep it like that. ;)
Don`t know exactly abot that, but Mads was the first "proper" rally driver to sit in the car. He undertook driving duties during the "official" shakedown last week. Not much to say about that, as Mads wasn`t willing to reveal a lot when I spoke to him on sunday. He made it strongly clear, however, that the car he drove was in a very early development stage. Engine programme development had been hampered by a computer virus (!), Mads said. So the 1,6T engine felt strong on low and max revs. In the middle it was nearly nothing, he told me. But this will of course be sorted out. Mads also told that there was a lot of Prodrive and BMW/Mini persons present, and they were very eager to learn of his initial impressions of the car.Quote:
Originally Posted by OldF
Sounds great!
It's really ugly!! but sounds great!
Nice and raspy engine note, I like :)
They don't seem to wear any helmets? :(
It's really pretty!! and sounds great.Quote:
Originally Posted by euskalteam
It's just a first version and please let the livery not fool you. Having said that, the Countryman ain't the best looking car IMO, so I don't expect the WRC version to be either.
Sound is pretty unique indeed, hope to see a bit more footage in the next few days though.
Is that Markko Märtin driving?
Yes
More photos from Bruno Fernandes
http://www.fotosralis.online.pt/miniwrcte10/
Not a beauty yet, but will wait to see it in final config before I slaughter or not ! :s mokin:Quote:
Originally Posted by euskalteam
it doesn't look that bad.....the engine is the 1.6t or borrowed from another rallycar?