Footage: Atkinson driving C4

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19th January 2009, 10:01
RJL25

Footage: Atkinson driving C4

Sorry if this is a re-post, just thought some of you might be interested in this footage of Atkinson in his first drive of the C4 in testing, the video was actaully uploaded by Chris himself.

They where working on a setup for Ireland. His fastest pass of the Citroen test track was actually at night wierdly enough. On a lighter side the video starts with him doing a recce in his private Subaru!

His comments to motorsport news in Australia after the test was that the car really responded well the harder you pushed, and he was amazed at just how aggressive he could be with the car. Based on those comments i'm guessing the Subaru was all about being smooth, which i guess is not surprising considering the setup would have been primarily designed for Sohlberg and isn't he renowned for having a fairly smooth driving style?

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=IRJ4hMlQFSs#
20th January 2009, 04:01
gloomyDAY

Cool video!

Good luck to Chris.
20th January 2009, 10:04
leno

Loeb be afraid ATKO is coming :D
20th January 2009, 19:25
farquar wrc

Atko looks strange in a red race suit,good on him funding his own driving,best of luck Chris
20th January 2009, 22:16
Anti-Lag-Rocks

Indeed - best of luck Chris. His smooth driving style should be much more suited to the C4, and I hope he keeps a cool head and drives well in Ireland...
21st January 2009, 18:48
leno

true! Atko's color is blue
21st January 2009, 20:18
wotaguy

chris is definatly the dark horse of the rally , top two easily :D
22nd January 2009, 21:32
Stalks

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Originally Posted by farquar wrc

good on him funding his own driving,best of luck Chris

Hmmm, funny you mention that - Interesting to see http://www.citroen.com.au pop up at the end of the video.....
Are Citroen and Subaru 'in bed' together in Australia?
22nd January 2009, 22:22
curry

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Originally Posted by Stalks

Hmmm, funny you mention that - Interesting to see www.citroen.com.au pop up at the end of the video.....
Are Citroen and Subaru 'in bed' together in Australia?

When I first saw the video and citroen.com.au at the end, I immediately thought that this was a promo video and Chris was using it to get Citroen Australia on board. I hope it works.
22nd January 2009, 22:44
JFL

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Originally Posted by curry

When I first saw the video and citroen.com.au at the end, I immediately thought that this was a promo video and Chris was using it to get Citroen Australia on board. I hope it works.

Who says they are not on board?
23rd January 2009, 12:45
curry

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Originally Posted by JFL

Who says they are not on board?

I honestly hope they are.
23rd January 2009, 14:09
RJL25

it's possible that the Australian importer for Citroen is the same as the Australian importer for Subaru who obviously have been massive supporters for Chris and where the blokes who got him into the WRC in the first place.

Does anyone know if this is the case??
24th January 2009, 04:25
ST205GT4

http://www.ateco.com.au/ateco/homepage.htm
24th January 2009, 06:59
Daniel

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Originally Posted by ST205GT4

http://www.ateco.com.au/ateco/homepage.htm

I'm surprised you found their site. I tried googling for ateco australia before and didn't get a result on the first page for their site :mark: I didn't think they were the Subaru importer but didn't want to mislead RJL25.
29th January 2009, 04:44
Helstar

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Originally Posted by Anti-Lag-Rocks

Indeed - best of luck Chris. His smooth driving style should be much more suited to the C4, and I hope he keeps a cool head and drives well in Ireland...

Smooth driving style ?