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Monaco circuit?
Like they did back in 2007-2008.Quote:
Originally Posted by WRCStan
Sweeeeet!!!
Still no full Sospel - La Bollene Vesubie - Moulinet stage........
5 Sami Pajari / Marko Salminen Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
17 Sébastien Ogier / Vincent Landais Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
18 Takamoto Katsuta / Aaron Johnston Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
33 Elfyn Evans / Scott Martin Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
99 Oliver Solberg / Elliott Edmondson Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
11 Thierry Neuville / Martijn Wydaeghe Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT
16 Adrien Fourmaux / Alexandre Coria Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT
0 — / — Ford Puma Rally1 M-Sport Ford WRT
0 — / — Ford Puma Rally1 M-Sport Ford WRT
0 — / — Lancia Ypsilon Rally2 HF Integrale Lancia Corse HF
0 — / — Lancia Ypsilon Rally2 HF Integrale Lancia Corse HF
I just noticed that Pajari has Meeke's old number.
No mention of a Toyota 2 team, like Pajari used this year?
they ll probably do the same when 5 cars will be present.Quote:
Originally Posted by Morte66
Hayden Paddon and John Kennard confirmed in Hyundai i20 N Rally1
A rally he has done effectively once, missing out the entire saturday.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre Oliveira
Hyundai is actively trying not to win.
This is strange also. Paddon also has bitter memory from that crash, when fan/photographer died. I think that this was his momemnt when everything go down for him.
That's pretty strange, throwing him in on such a tricky rally to learn the Rally1 car.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre Oliveira
The only reason I can think off is it being in a 4th or 5th car besides sordo, just to learn the car.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
But it wouldn't suprise me if Hyundai was stupid enough to nominate him for constructors points.
Hyundai will never field 4 cars. At some point I was even thinking that they will not even have 3 cars at all, since they have those strange and unlogical decisions.
But we are happy Paddon is back. It's been so long we have him in WRC the last time. Wish him all the best (good results for team and also for him)
Will he get to learn it at all with all this rotation in drivers ? Afraid all of them end up with lack of confidendence and seat time. Hope i am wrong.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
he just have to be in front of fords, then as soon as people will hit trouble he will be p5 at least. he's consistent enough to cruise for it. there's other 2 hiunday to fight forthe top.
Strange too that he's doing the (Monte-prep) National Hivernal du Dévoluy event in the Rally2 car.
the test car for rally1 was already booked!Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Maybe they need him for part test/development role and they want to transition some tech to rally2 car and who knows better their rally2 car than Paddon.
The i20 Rally2 car that Fourmaux tested the other day sounded a lot like the Rally1 car...Quote:
Originally Posted by deephouse
Cherain in Fabia RS Rally2
Delecour and Keferböck in GR Yaris Rally2
My Rally Monte Carlo route preview:
https://www.powerslideblog.com/wrc-r...-route-preview
After Léo Rossel, Pablo Sarrazin in the C3 Rally2 for Monte too(both helped by Stellantis Motorsport) ;)
Amary Molle / Alex Dubois in Fabia RS Rally2
Matteo Chatillon with Skoda for 8 rally's in WRC2, starting in Monte: https://www.rallye-sport.fr/gros-pro...teo-chatillon/
Also Elliott Delecour will start in Monte with Toyota Rally 2
Autohebdo confirmed entrants:
Rally1
Sébastien Ogier / Vincent Landais (Toyota GR Yaris Rally1)
Elfyn Evans / Scott Martin (Toyota GR Yaris Rally1)
Takamoto Katsuta / Aaron Johnston (Toyota GR Yaris Rally1)
Sami Pajari / Marko Salminen (Toyota GR Yaris Rally1)
Oliver Solberg / Elliott Edmondson (Toyota GR Yaris Rally1)
Thierry Neuville / Martijn Wydaeghe (Hyundai i20N Rally1)
Adrien Fourmaux / Alexandre Coria (Hyundai i20N Rally1)
Hayden Paddon / John Kennard (Hyundai i20N Rally1)
Josh McErlean / Eoin Tracy (Ford Puma Rally1)
Jon Armstrong / Shane Byrne (Ford Puma Rally1)
Grégoire Munster / Louis Louka (Ford Puma Rally1)
Rally2
Yohan Rossel / Arnaud Dunand (Lancia Ypsilon Rally2)
Nikolay Gryazin / Konstantin Aleksandrov (Lancia Ypsilon Rally2)
Léo Rossel / Guillaume Mercoiret (Citroën C3 Rally2)
Eric Camilli / Thibault de la Haye (Škoda Fabia RS Rally2)
Pablo Sarrazin / Yannick Roche (Citroën C3 Rally2)
Mattéo Chatillon / Maxence Cornuau (Škoda Fabia RS Rally2)
Eliott Delecour / Sabrina de Castelli (Toyota GR Yaris Rally2)
Romet Jürgenson / Siim Oja (Ford Fiesta Rally2)
Cédric Cherain / Jasper Vermeulen (Škoda Fabia RS Rally2)
John Wartique / Maxime Andernack (Škoda Fabia RS Rally2)
Amaury Molle / Alex Dubois (Škoda Fabia RS Rally2)
Yuki Yamamoto / James Fulton (Toyota GR Yaris Rally2
https://www.autohebdof1.com/news/ral...-entrants.html
Oliver Solberg has been picked over Takamoto Katsuta to score manufacturer points for Toyota at the WRC season opener.
Toyota has also kept its second manufacturer entry, WRT2, for Sami Pajari.
Yohan Rossel and Nikolay Gryazin are official drivers of Team Lancia Corse HF in the 2026 World Rally Championship, WRC2 category.
They were already announced mid december, so nothing new here.
Only surprise is Chris Ingram entry. Probably hopes to have a good result because off others chrasing out.
I suppose that makes Solberg their de facto number 3 driver, at least for now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Just the entry is by Team Lancia Corse HF, not PH Sport (as previously with Citroen).Quote:
Originally Posted by deephouse
Not a surprise as he lives in Monaco and has been hinting at an entry for weeks. The only real news was the car he'll use - a GR Yaris - but nothing to show which team will run it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Negaiss
That's PH Sport still
It means Lancia are serious about tying their brand to the sport, rather than it all being out of convenience and coincidence.
Next year will be better :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre Oliveira
Why?