Tamrazov:
Guy Jones from UK MG office is strange guy ; ) promised to answer and nothing . My friend's who trying to get in touch with China office .
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Tamrazov:
Guy Jones from UK MG office is strange guy ; ) promised to answer and nothing . My friend's who trying to get in touch with China office .
Of course he's not going to say anything. Companies rarely do ahead of an official announcement, even if it is an open secret.
I can't see an MG entry being anything less than awful. Do they have any money?
And are there any drivers left who would be quick enough to make it a serious effort!
Kronos racing sells their headquarters.They will continue at some only 1200sqm with historic cars.
new Sebastien Loeb account at twitter reached some 20.600 followers at 11 hours
https://twitter.com/SebastienLoeb
At least they are interested in entering the sport. There is the potential to do well; the MG6 isn't completely horrible in the BTCC, so if developed properly, the MG3 could work. And there is plenty of money in China.Quote:
Originally Posted by Doon
The real challenge will be in finding capable drivers. I imagine Tamrazov would drive one, since he is arranging the whole thing, but if not, he would probably give a seat to Protasov; you don't win Monte Carlo (whatever your category) without having a little bit of talent. They could probably get Tideman or Breen or Bouffier for the second seat, depending on funding.
There is no problem with finding drivers. Alex will be there mainly as investor and "father" of the project, but if it will come true, lot of interesting people from rally area will be involved...Quote:
Originally Posted by Prisoner Monkeys
Well, if the money is there and they can make a viable project of it, they will probably be able to get *someone* on-board. After all, Hyundai managed it.
Mind you, I would have explored the possibility of getting the new Honda Civic or Volvo C30 into rallying before the MG3. The Civic has been pretty competitive in other series, so it is a good platform. And Volvo have been expanding their motorsport programme of late, and I think the car is quite nice.
(I would include Toyota in that list, but we know they are already working on something of their own.)
MG will be fine if it decides to make something. It could be no worse than the MINI thing or the endless Saab rumors of a few years ago pre-GFC (I mean what is happening with them now anyway?).
The last Saab news I remember was that they will start production again. Here's a small news piece I found - "Saab restarts production of the 9-3"Quote:
Originally Posted by Plan9
The Mini project had potential. The problem was that it was mis-managed from the first day. I think the decision-makers got hung up on the romance of seeing Mini back in the WRC and made some pretty poor choices.Quote:
Originally Posted by Plan9
Problem of this project was Prodrive and their financial strategy...Quote:
Originally Posted by Prisoner Monkeys
That's a shame. What is the reason behind this decision?Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
financial reasonsQuote:
Originally Posted by RS
Lack of customers is main problem, financial reasons is result...Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
VW & Hyundai prepares Mexico http://planetemarcus.com/objectif-rally ... ique-2014/
I guess losing the official ERC programme to Sainteloc didn't help.Quote:
Originally Posted by PLuto
Mismanagement again. I remember some stupid situations with Delecour car and his tires etc.
This is only one of the examples. Also their participation in Czech championship with Pavel Valousek was not good...Quote:
Originally Posted by bluuford
Their Formula 1 project from a few years ago bombed as well. I think they rode their success with the Impreza WRX for too long.
We were talking about Kronos :-)
Jänner Rally 2013 was their last international participation if I´m not wrong? Delecour changed to Munaretto for Liepaja and the following (rare) ERC-appearances.Quote:
Originally Posted by bluuford
Could someone please elaborate on who this man was? I have no knowledge of AlMarri.... condolences..
Former Middle East Rally series Champion.Quote:
Originally Posted by GigiGalliNo1
http://www.ewrc-results.com/profile.php ... r-Al-Marri
His history in rally
Thank you guys.
Paddon/ Paddon's sponsors are likely to make an announcement on his program for 2014 this week.
Skoda s2000 chassis #35 is still listed for sale.
Rumours that paddon do Australia in hyundai!
Highly unlikely as Hanninen and Sordo would be in the queue behind Atkinson for the 3rd car - Unless they have a 4th car by then.
Facelifted Fiesta WRC to race in Mexico (Autosport answered to my post in testing thread :p)
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/112647
Would make perfect sense. He could be expected to outperform all of those 3, particularly in Australia. I guess we'll have to await the announcement.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mintexmemory
A New Zealand newspaper 'believes' his programme will be with M-sport in a WRC Car.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zeakiwi
Qatar money perhaps?Quote:
Originally Posted by Rally Hokkaido
No update for Fiesta WRC finally....
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/112658
Paddon to announce plans at 9.15am (NZ summer time)27/2/14
Hayden Paddon in 7 WRC rounds driving a Hyundai!
Im so excited to announce we have signed with Hyundai Motorsport to contest 7 rounds of this years WRC driving the Hyundai i20 WRC for the Hyundai Motorsport N. Our first event will be June's Rally Italy, and our program will also include Rally Australia. We will need your support more than ever this year - lets do it!!! Our livery will be confirmed in the coming weeks.
Great news :bounce:
5 drivers for Hyundai. How are they going to manage that?
Well paint me pink and call me Pamela! I can only surmise that HP is the first 'customer car' and Hyundai will be permutating 4 into 3 with their intended team. Hope HP makes the best of the opportunity and that Hyundai have solved the teething problems by SardiniaQuote:
Originally Posted by Mirek