[WRC] News & rumours (part II)

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Originally Posted by Tom206wrc

Vouilloz :eek:


I'd prefer him to stay in IRC with Peugeot :mark:

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Maybe he's considered for the two tarmac events. Didn't he do quite well in the BSA run Peugeot 307? (I seem to recall he came 4th in one of the tarmac events)

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Originally Posted by dumb

About Deivydas Jocius and Xsara WRC project.

This is from his lips.He said at the interview in rally Aukštaitija in Lithuania last weekend.So he said that he won't run WRC this year.Mainly reason is co-driver changing.Kastytis Torrau won't run in rally anymore so Deivydas now run with Kastytis brother Marius Torrau.

Deivydas said that this year he will try to speak with his new co-driver and try to learn how to run with him.He said that he don't want do this at WRC rally.His plans are about next year.He said that he will do some rallies near Lithuania (personaly I think that is Finland,Poland and some more).He didn't said how many rallies he will do.At the end of this season team will choose rallies to go.Deivydas said that next season he won't run in Lithuania championship.So that thing lets to guess that he will do many rallies in WRC calendar.

Personaly I think that one thing in this project isn't good.The car.Next year car will be quite old and Jocius won't be very fast against drivers who are racing now in WRC.

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No offence, but I doubt that the Xsara is the weakest link in that line-up. That's still one hell of a good rally car.

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Originally Posted by MikeD

Maybe he's considered for the two tarmac events. Didn't he do quite well in the BSA run Peugeot 307? (I seem to recall he came 4th in one of the tarmac events)

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He only drove the whale on french tarmac championship :D

Except once in Corsica and was 8th overall before crashing... :mark:

I did a bit of digging on the subject of the Citroen testing.

Andreas Mikkelsen is taking part as we all know, but he is holding out for a deal in the second Subaru team, or the Munchi Ford team as a replacement for Companc.

As for Vouilloz, he has been considered for next season's opener in Ireland in a privateer C4 to see how he gets on.

Personally I dont understand the decision to give Vouilloz the chance before Ogier but that's life...

While i agree to an extent Nicolas has at least driven WRC before on tarmac and did pretty well. Has Ogier driven PWRC yet? The set up from a C2 S1600 to a C4 WRC is big and Seb is still young. Better to prepare him properly with a view to a few events in 09 in the C4 than throw him in.

Ogier is the better prospect no doubt but many excellent drivers in lower divisions have fnot lived up to expectations when given a WRC.

3-2-1 Bonus Points system could be introduced in 2009. Based on that days performance of each crew

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/70242

I like that idea!

Very good Q&A session at http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/70243 with WRC's Morrie Chandler.

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Originally Posted by wrc_flipper

3-2-1 Bonus Points system could be introduced in 2009. Based on that days performance of each crew

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/70242

I like that idea!

Very good Q&A session at http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/70243 with WRC's Morrie Chandler.

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I hate the idea.

Stop trying to fix issues that aren't working by adding other stupid rules. Instead fix or remove rules that aren't working.

keep running order they way it is, and introduce bonus. everyone driing flat out all the time. whats wrong with that?

ps. would bonus points only be available to superally runners or everyone?

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Originally Posted by I am evil Homer

While i agree to an extent Nicolas has at least driven WRC before on tarmac and did pretty well. Has Ogier driven PWRC yet? The set up from a C2 S1600 to a C4 WRC is big and Seb is still young. Better to prepare him properly with a view to a few events in 09 in the C4 than throw him in.

Ogier is the better prospect no doubt but many excellent drivers in lower divisions have fnot lived up to expectations when given a WRC.

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To be honest I don't see why Ogier should waste his talent in PWRC. Let him test the C4 a couple of times to see how well he adapts, and after the first test he looks quite promising.

No doubt that Citroën has a plans with him, so let him run a Xsara or a C4 without the burden of scoring M2 points next year.

I have high hopes for him and I think he will do well on many of the events. He might crash now and then, but I feel that he will progress faster than most normal WRC drivers.

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Originally Posted by Tom206wrc

He only drove the whale on french tarmac championship :D

Except once in Corsica and was 8th overall before crashing... :mark:

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It must be my memory :D But wasn't there some french tarmac specialist who scored a 4th place in a BSA or Bozian run Peugeot 307 a couple of years ago?