[WRC] News & rumours (part II)

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Originally Posted by tommeke_B

Neuville will drive France and Spain also in the WRC, so he's only missing New-Zealand.

Deux rallyes mondiaux de plus pour Thierry Neuville - TELEVESDRE Télévision Locale

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Dammit would have been awesome to see him in NZ

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Originally Posted by belas

One of my strongest memories from rallying when I was a kid:
1979 Acropolis Rally at the start of the night stage in Platanaki. Anders Kulläng at the start of the stage. He had rolled in the previous one and the Kadett was battered and the windshield was missing. The marshal starts counting 10,9,8.. while Anders Kulläng was still enjoying a cigarette. When the countdown reached 3, he erases the cigarette in the hood of the car, engages 1st gear and disapears in the darkness ... Different era, different characters

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Amazing to hear a story from long ago. Now I know there is a huge diversity of people in this forum! I've only followed the WRC for a little over a decade!! Need to brush up my history of the past :) :)

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Originally Posted by janvanvurpa

Disengenuous?
Bugger me that's a big word to throw around for a little joke. Oi!
Are you familiar with those stages?
Are you familiar with US and Canadian stages in comparison to say Northern European Stages?
Are you a participant?
And: did you happen to see the average speeds on many of the stages? 80 mph or 129.6 km/hr and many were near there.

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They're getting faster, no doubt, but there are still plenty of pokey cars out there as well. 61 starts and 41 finishes.

And the roads are pretty wide open other than the occasional junction:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=ylQ3Y01Hoew
The paved roads in that area are wonderful, however.

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Originally Posted by belas

One of my strongest memories from rallying when I was a kid:
1979 Acropolis Rally at the start of the night stage in Platanaki. Anders Kulläng at the start of the stage. He had rolled in the previous one and the Kadett was battered and the windshield was missing. The marshal starts counting 10,9,8.. while Anders Kulläng was still enjoying a cigarette. When the countdown reached 3, he erases the cigarette in the hood of the car, engages 1st gear and disapears in the darkness ... Different era, different characters

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belas have you ever co drive in a 309?

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Originally Posted by dimviii

belas have you ever co drive in a 309?

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No I have never competed in rallying, but I have been following this sport since the 1976 Acropolis, when I was 14 and asked my father to drive me to a stage.

Hayden Paddon to be away this weekend's Ronde Valtiberina in Tuscany with a Mitsubishi Lancer EVO X, most likely also run between 2 weekends also Liburna Ronde, but this time with the Skoda Fabia S2000.

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Originally Posted by Bartolbia84

Hayden Paddon to be away this weekend's Ronde Valtiberina in Tuscany with a Mitsubishi Lancer EVO X, most likely also run between 2 weekends also Liburna Ronde, but this time with the Skoda Fabia S2000.

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With Fabrizia Pons as a co-driver!!!

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Originally Posted by janvanvurpa

Disengenuous?
Bugger me that's a big word to throw around for a little joke. Oi!


Are you familiar with those stages?
Are you familiar with US and Canadian stages in comparison to say Northern European Stages?
Are you a participant?
And: did you happen to see the average speeds on many of the stages? 80 mph or 129.6 km/hr and many were near there.

Remember, never 100% serious, but never 100% joking...

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I think this incar from Block's car on stage 3 , 100 Acre Wood, illustrates the speed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkI1yeo1ARA

I understand there are faster roads than this that have been used for rallying in parts of Quebec, Nevada? etc.

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Originally Posted by Humber

I think this incar from Block's car on stage 3 , 100 Acre Wood, illustrates the speed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkI1yeo1ARA

I understand there are faster roads than this that have been used for rallying in parts of Quebec, Nevada? etc.

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And in Alberta, (I did a repeat stage 4 time where we were flat in top gear for about 4 minutes in a canadian national Championship events. ) and in Ontario and in Washington and Idaho and Oregon.
North American roads are most of the time extremely wide and fast.
We have wide flat countryside with no reasons for turns and then we have mountains with really REALLY BIG TALL trees as long as semi-trucks, and we use the trees as the trailer.
Like this from here in the Pcific NW where we still have events:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9fLxATADAy...2BTruck.01.jpg

And those are like 4th or 5th gen trees, not very tall. or long.

Those trucks need big radius turns and BIG junctions. Now as low as the average driving level is when 23 out of 27 cars averages over 80mph in cars barely "warmed up"--like 86 Golf with a cam and maybe a diesel box---if THAT averages over 80mph, you know the roads are blindingly fast...
Block has usually done well in these blindingly fast roads...

And no too well when there are narrow roads with turns on gravel. Look at how many SS1 or SS2 crashes he's done..... and that in cars very easy to drive.

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Originally Posted by Humber

I think this incar from Block's car on stage 3 , 100 Acre Wood, illustrates the speed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkI1yeo1ARA

I understand there are faster roads than this that have been used for rallying in parts of Quebec, Nevada? etc.

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Man, what a nice stage. But still he´d been beaten by 15 secs by JML or Seb. But nice performance. He´s learning, doesn´t he? Was this now or last autumn or something?