New Zealand to host the first two rounds of the 2019 APRC. Otago then Whangarei.
https://rallysportmag.com/otago-rall...-to-2019-aprc/
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New Zealand to host the first two rounds of the 2019 APRC. Otago then Whangarei.
https://rallysportmag.com/otago-rall...-to-2019-aprc/
Kinda loving/hating the season finale format in India tbh
2019 APRC Calendar - 2 rounds in both Australia and NZ, Indonesia, Japan, China and India
https://www.fia.com/news/aprc-new-fo...ents-aprc-2019
Further provisional details for 2019 APRC (9th January) Finale for India? or China?
https://fiaaprc.com/2019/01/competit...-january-2019/
Paddon considering 5 events.
https://talkmotorsport.co.nz/rally/p...hape-for-2019/
Mike Young cusco testing on snow in Japan
https://www.facebook.com/MikeYoungMo...3893368533934/
That's with the Yaris Proto bodykitQuote:
Originally Posted by Zeakiwi
The revised APRC Calendar will be published by the FIA on the 5th February. It is expected to show the APRC FINAL will now be in Longyou, China in October (no Indian round) plus a second Japanese round, the Montre Rally in June.
Some of the stages on Montre Rally look fairly dangerous. Wet narrow tarseal with fast sections with close to the road trees. A lot of armco barriers with no end safety protectors.
Organisers might consider virtual chicanes with Rally safe positioning and marked with road cones rather than spend a lot on sand bags etc on the end of the armco.
https://rally-montre.com/en/outline
https://youtu.be/adQ--7yUVGI?t=1125 spectator open section)
https://youtu.be/JUEAECA2Dyo?t=117 (onboard)
Thanks for the stage info links. Without even watching them I could imagine what the stages are like! I probably sound biased, but the only region in Japan that can properly host an APRC round is Hokkaido. The Montre Organisers face far bigger challenges than exposed guardrail ends. Unless they receive a waiver, they need to find more than double the length of their 2018 stage mileage, which was composed of only four and half roads averaging 6kms in length, each used two or three times. Another waiver will be required for most of the stages to be run on tarmac. I actually believe the delay in announcing the calendar is due to the difficulties they have had in producing an acceptable itinerary.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zeakiwi
Does Cusco is using Dytko's Yaris with AP4 running gears for this season..?
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I haven't seen the car up close yet, but I believe the answer is yes. They likely put all of their mechanical parts including the TRD-developped engine from their old car in to the Dytko bodyshell.Quote:
Originally Posted by Arnold Triyudho Wardono
Edit: I just noticed that the Yaris has the same NZ numberplate as last year. So, is it a new Dytko bodyshell or just some aero updated parts?
From Dytko fb
"A few more pics from the presentation of cusco and racing toyota yaris ap4, during the salon in Tokyo.! We are currently working on a new project for this company - special, Sports Body Kit Toyota C-HR..! ���� we hope to finish the work Ready product to the end and quarter of this year.. ��
Japanese company cusco presented during this year's TOKYO AUTO SALON new racing toyota yaris category ap4, prepared for season 2019 of the Asian and Pacific Championship-Fia Asia Pacific Rally Championship.!���� our company delivered sports body kit bodywork, the same one we mount Proto..! ������"
The video link is from 2017 when the rally was tarmac. 2018 (& 2019) was gravel.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rally Hokkaido
https://youtu.be/1TJZI7n-nT4
2018 looks like a mixed surface event. Regardless of surface, making an APRC itinerary will be a challenge!Quote:
Originally Posted by fredfush
2019 Rally of Johor, along with MRC season are being cancelled
Details on their website.
I just spent 25m looking randomy around Hokkaido in Google Street View and the impression---other than being really quite bueatiful---is the place looks to be swarming with lots of squiggly roads...which considering all the mountains isn't that surprising...Quote:
Originally Posted by Rally Hokkaido
So the question is why is getting road permissions so difficult? Bureaucracy? Local populace resistance?
My understanding is Hokkaido is okay for a stage rally if there is enough forward planning. The Japan APRC round has been held there for nearly 20 years.
Gunma prefecture (where the 2nd Japanese Aprc rally round was scheduled for 2019) (north west of Toyko) is one of the places the touge racing, night drifting on unclosed mountain roads started. The officials are probably a bit over the car culture types.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...saki-beard-ban (Give you an idea of what some of the local officials are like)
https://jalopnik.com/japans-real-lif...hin-1710304740
https://youtu.be/QNoB5ItkhmU Drift Haruna (low quality vid - US guy? in Japan)
Paddon releasing his program this week.
2019 Calendar finally finalised! https://fiaaprc.com/2019/03/aprc-cal...ed-and-loaded/
Rifat Sungkar and Mitsubshi Indonesia has just launched the Xpander AP4, based from the 7-seater MPV car.
Attachment 1760
He could be entered Rally of Indonesia on July with this car. However, it's still just a concept
Because Mirage AP4 is too mainstream..Quote:
Originally Posted by mArvAlcao17
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Of course marketing affected this, and Mirage are no longer on Indonesian showroomsQuote:
Originally Posted by Arnold Triyudho Wardono
Should get the one of the AP4 builders to put that Mitsi Xpander together. (After a bit more work on the aero)
https://autonetmagz.com/iims-2019-mi...k-rally/78202/
He indeed visited NZ and Australia several times in last 1-2 years, and his brother (Rizal) also visited Netherlands for some partsQuote:
Originally Posted by Zeakiwi2
The other news is one Indonesian team (probably Rihan Variza's HRVRT) has just bought/rent Hawkeswood's Mazda2 AP4. Jack Hawkeswood would still use that for Wangarei (probably) before being sent to Indonesia.
No further details so far