[WRC] News & rumours (part II)

In "Silk Way" rally raid 3rd day Tony Gardemeister (3rd overall) crashedand retired. After the crash he complains about his back and was taken to hospital.

P.S. Sorry for offtopic

where he was 3rd overall ???

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Originally Posted by logic

How do you know they are not true?

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If i say that i know Loeb sleeps upside down with 10 monkeys on his head I will have to prove it...not the other way around.

Wake up or change sport...

When someone claims something like that he will have to back up his words.

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Originally Posted by SlowSon

where he was 3rd overall ???

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In rally-raid "Silk Way 2012" before retirement.

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Originally Posted by Xsara Fan

I tell you a secret ;) Probably Novikov will run Fiesta WRC all 13 rounds THIS YEAR! :) But in 2013 - who knows? Evgeny now is a very interesting driver for all teams...

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Good news! Interesting driver for all teams except for Citroen I think. So either Ford or VW for next year!

Kris Meeke is to get his first competitive outing in a WRC Mini this year,well its the Lurgan Park Rally and its in Derek McGeehans Mini WRC

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Originally Posted by Pinto

Kris Meeke is to get his first competitive outing in a WRC Mini this year,well its the Lurgan Park Rally and its in Derek McGeehans Mini WRC

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Nice to hear! Sad story this meeke/prodrive thing.

UK press reporting today that there is a Citroen board meeting tomorow (thursday 12/7) and on the agenda is whether Citroen Racing continue with the WRC in 2013. Amongst things being quoted are car sales in France / Spain and Italy, (traditionally strong markets for PSA) are very weak. Also rumoured redundancies in the company and a strong denial that PSA need a 'bail out' from French Government. Plus added speculation about Seb Loeb, with hints that if Citroen and Loeb do stay in 2013 that Loeb has a reduced programme to allow him to pursue other interests.

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Originally Posted by MJW

UK press reporting today that there is a Citroen board meeting tomorow (thursday 12/7) and on the agenda is whether Citroen Racing continue with the WRC in 2013. Amongst things being quoted are car sales in France / Spain and Italy, (traditionally strong markets for PSA) are very weak. Also rumoured redundancies in the company and a strong denial that PSA need a 'bail out' from French Government. Plus added speculation about Seb Loeb, with hints that if Citroen and Loeb do stay in 2013 that Loeb has a reduced programme to allow him to pursue other interests.

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It's hardly a surprise is it? The warning signs were there when Peugeot pulled the plug on their Sportscar programme, the speculation then was how long did the Citroen WRC team have left? It doesn't go down too well when redundancies are handed out, and there is a Motorsport programme in operation. Peugeot were left the choice to quit now and develop a car for a few years time.

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Originally Posted by AndyRAC

It's hardly a surprise is it? The warning signs were there when Peugeot pulled the plug on their Sportscar programme, the speculation then was how long did the Citroen WRC team have left? It doesn't go down too well when redundancies are handed out, and there is a Motorsport programme in operation. Peugeot were left the choice to quit now and develop a car for a few years time.

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It is probably a surprise at some level. While Peugeot didn't do well in Le Mans, it was normal to leave at some point and cut this expensive program. On the other hand looks like the WRC promoting doesn't work really well for Citroen, which is strange despite all their titles.