Mads / Torstein in (if Ogier / Ingrassia in title chase...)
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Mads / Torstein in (if Ogier / Ingrassia in title chase...)
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Sordo has had a great year and Hyundai should be laughing for Spain with Sordo and Loeb's road position, but I can't help but feel Breen would've been a better option for Australia. A fast flowing gravel event which Sordo hasn't even done in the last few years, plus Breen has shown he can be quite fast with the i20 (with road position advantage in Finland). He wasn't that far off the pace in Wales either.
Rather surprised to see Kopecky on the list (and with Dresler?)
Is that just in case Skoda haven't wrapped up WRC2Pro manufacturers title?
Nice also that WRC2 isn't a free win for the driver who just enters.
I suppose Hyundai can still switch Sordo for Breen if Sordo wins in Catalynua and gets a good early start position
Or maybe Skoda Motorsport just has some excess budget to spend before ceasing the factory team for good?
I am looking to go to this event as I will be in Sydney the week before but looking on the website the information on spectating is terrible - only 3 locations on the Friday (and they look bad). Is there any other information available about unofficial places to spectate?
Can't even find route maps anywhere. Any help would be appreciated!
https://rallyaustralia.com.au/wp-con...ide-2-2019.pdf
Better than nothing. Route maps here.
Better maps https://www.rally-maps.com/Rally-Australia-2019
I'll be there, will be a spare seat in my car if anyone wants a lift around the event. Working on some unofficial spots at the moment. Will let people know what we find out. Ray
If Citroen send only 2 cars to Australia could it be Esapekka and Mads ?
http://itgetsfasternow.com/2019/10/2...ustralia-2019/
Route preview. Same areas as last year but new stage configurations. Shakedown and three forest stages are driven in the same forest area, with them sharing pieces of road together. Saturday is again driven in South with wider and more flowing roads, Friday and Sunday is narrower but still often faster. 25 stages is the record of the year but five of them are super specials.
Clark talking about multiple possible (driver/entry) "changes". I fail to see any clear candidates tbh.
Sure Østberg with C3 is a possibility, but he is already entered.
A distant shot might be Rovanpera in 4th Yaris. Here it would somehow make sense that they didn't want to announce it before Skoda secured title.
Even more distant shot might be O. Solberg with WRC (Fiesta), but that would also have been announced earlier.
Some people would think about Hyundai, but that doesn't look likely to me at all as it's one of Mikkelsen's best rallies and he has shown good recent form and consistency. Similarly Sordo is the definition of consistency this year, while Breen has bad recent record and bad record in Australia in general. Loeb I think has not driven Australia at this location a single time and was very vocal about not doing more than 6 rallies.
Obviously they don't trust their tractor drivers any more.
And wrc2pro Australia winner will be ................... Kopecky . No suprise there :P
Is it possible Ogier might not go to OZ. Mads in his place.
No Mads to Australia, just Ogier and Lappi.
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No Kopecký either because of securing the Manu title in Catalunya
At Hyundai perhaps?
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Or if Mikkelsen is out at year end, Then Breen gets the nod, as his starting position is better than Mikkelsen, and his job is to finish 4th.
Is Paddon starting with M-Sport in the end?
https://rallyaustralia.com.au/wp-con...ded-011119.pdf
Official: Breen in, Mikkelsen out