In old days we have separate 25min review of support classes after each rally.
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In old days we have separate 25min review of support classes after each rally.
Takamoto is impressive on snow. Did not see that one coming.
Anyone that knows why Pirelli is so much better in Sweden this year?
It would be nice to see Toyota adding 4th WRC car for Taka to Corsica, Germany and Spain. With his background from circuit racing might bring nice results.
Sorry but couldn't quite follow your comment. Did you meant that it is not realistic for Toyota / WRC teams overall operate four cars in selected rallies, or that car should not be provided for single event campaigns, or that it is not yet worth to run Taka with WRC?
It's unrealistic is what I got from the comment. Maaaaaybe they can crack out a fourth car but it wouldn't be worth giving it to Katsuta yet. I suppose if they did decide to do so it'd be out of gratitude for Juho or in exchange for Qatar money from Nasser.
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Let him become stable in that one first. History is full of examples about jumping into a wrc too early, even when one has mastered the r5.
Katsuta very impressive in Sweden, hard to know exactly how much advantage the Pirellis gave him.. still you can’t go fast and reliable just by choosing the right tyre brand.
Huttunen also set some impressive times given his lack of R5 experience.
It has been said that more Yaris WRC's will be available for money. That's what Nasser is doing. Juho doesn't have the money, and it's not worth the effort to give him a fourth car. And like said, let Katsuta do well in a whole WRC2 season, then see how he does in a WRC car. I'm sure the Toyota bosses are anxiously waiting for him to step up to the main level, but it's still a long way there.
Hat off for Katsuta! Beating Tidemand in Sweden is an amazing achievement. Hope he'll manage to show a good pace also on the gravel events.
Tyre advantage is a contentious point. I think M-Sport might find that Evans’ seemingly stunning individual performances last year were due to a DMACK advantage in certain events. I thought they should have trialed his real pace in a Michelin shod car before giving him a full season in the main team.
Nicolas Ciamin en WRC-2 avec Sarrazin Motorsport
http://www.autohebdo.fr/wrc/actualit...rt-192775.html
Benito Guerra jr has said on WRC All live that he won't be doing Rally Argentina as obviously he was using the same car that he was to use in Mexico, but he will now be doing Rally Australia in addition to the European rounds.
Bulacia unfortunately not better than Heller, but Kalle Rovanperä is completely flying!
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Dalmazzini #wrc2 in Sardegna with Ford Fiesta R5
Is there any bettings for WRC2 champ? OneBet really needs step up their game for lower classes.
J.A. Suarez in Portugal, Germany and Catalonia with a Hyundai i20 R5.
first round for Simone Tempestini in WRC2 will be Portugal Rally with Citroen C3 R5. In the last weekend he won the first round in the national championship.
http://media.citroenracing.com/en/pr...k=7ce19bbb5774Quote:
The target we have set Stéphane Lefebvre in entering him in the WRC2 in the C3 R5 is to win the championship.
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After the Tour de Corse, he will be competing in Portugal and Sardinia, and then we'll see what happens after that.
A lot of drivers were involved in testing: Stéphane Lefebvre and Yoann Bonato, as well as the likes of Craig Breen, Kris Meeke, Yohan Rossel, Paolo Andreucci and Simone Tempestini. What was the aim?
We believe that a fast, powerful rally car must also be versatile, especially when it comes to a customer racing product. This is why we decided to use a small panel of drivers – so we could not only get a comprehensive view but also go quicker in understanding any areas that needed to be corrected on the car, by comparing several opinions.
The person who asks says for a lot of drivers and the person who answer says for a small panel of drivers!!!!!
Well, seven is not a lot. A small group, yes.
what's the major difference between the R5 Katsuta is driving now en the one he crashed in testing??
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Official announcement of Guarav Gill's participation, but no details of his 2018 programme. http://indiainf1.com/wrc/team-mrf-an...d-nine-titles/
An interview with Gill where he gives some important details (like he won't be in a Skoda!), but still not which rallies he will do in 2018. http://overdrive.in/news-cars-auto/i...m-mrf-in-2018/
I understood that Gill won't go for WRC2 points because of the tyre brand
Gill is very familiar with Skoda, which is also very fast car.
Why is he changing brand ?
It should be much easier to do new events with car you know or ?
VW Polo?
Are Skoda not doing APRC this year?
Maybe that Toyota R4??, or Malaysian Proton Iriz R5 (logic choice)