Rallye Wrc Monte Carlo 2012

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Originally Posted by Fly

Great start from Seb Chardonnet, aged 23, on the Clio R3, giving Robert a fight. Former circuit driver and grandson of the man who entered Darniche's Stratos in the late 70's.

Only 2 years in rallying.

Another Seb...

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wasn t Chardonnet the French Lancia importer?

Good morning everyone :wave:

First stage expected but second stage !!! How about that tyrechoice by Latvala :eek: ???

And Ogier third fastest.... how com I get the feeling this rally shall offer us surprises by the each stage :D

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Originally Posted by Fly

Great start from Seb Chardonnet, aged 23, on the Clio R3, giving Robert a fight. Former circuit driver and grandson of the man who entered Darniche's Stratos in the late 70's.

Only 2 years in rallying.

Another Seb...

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Indeed Chardonnet is quite fast young driver but for sure also he hasn't race only 2 rallies....

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Originally Posted by Wasted Talent

I thought the regulations said that this year the drivers cannot mix studded and non-studded tyres???

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Ah, got my own answer - slicks/wets can be mixed studs or no-studs but snow tyres have to be all 4 studded or all 4 not - simples???

WT

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Originally Posted by denkimi

cook slowest again, this is getting dangerous.

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She has no intercom working and is on hard slicks and 2wd.

I think she is doing better than anyone posting on here..........

WT

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Originally Posted by Wasted Talent

I thought the regulations said that this year the drivers cannot mix studded and non-studded tyres???

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They cannot mix studded and non-studded snow tyres but can mix with other tyres.

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Originally Posted by Wim_Impreza

Please explain me then why Harry Hunt could do the PWRC last year with a Group A car (Citroën DS3 R3T).

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The 2WD cars in PWRC are group R cars.

4.3 ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR CARS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FIA PRODUCTION CAR
WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP (PWRC)
All cars must comply with the 2012 FIA Appendix J regulations for:
- Group N cars (Art. 254) or
- Group R cars (Art. 260 and Art. 260D).

http://argent.fia.com/web/fia-public.ns ... ndices.pdf (page 13)

This have for sure be up in the tread before but..

How many and whom is entred for scoring points in SWRC?

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Originally Posted by Koppomsbo

This have for sure be up in the tread before but..

How many and whom is entred for scoring points in SWRC?

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Breen, PG, Basso

Now, let's wait for the second run trough the same stages to see if Seb will react to his loss of time compared to JML. I guess it will still be difficult tyrechoice as usual.