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30th April 2019, 20:10 #5651
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Another VW Polo R5 failure?
After unexpected problems in Argentina Kajto decided to withdraw his entry from Rally Chile. His fight for victory in Rally Argentina was scuppered by a failure. Problems with the car, not related to the company which prepares and services the car, need to be resolved.
- I decided that we will take part in one of the forthcoming rallies when the car manufacturer provides safe and permanent solutions to genuine problems - says Kajto.
More details at Kajto's website:
http://kajto.pl/en/news/2019-world-r...-kajetanowicz/http://www.rallymadness.prv.pl - rally photos and movies!
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30th April 2019, 20:19 #5652
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Crikey. Shows how difficult it is to build a good R5 car when even VW, with all their WRC success, struggle with reliability problems.
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30th April 2019, 20:25 #5653
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Could it be that all those teams and drivers, who were placing orders for Polos R5 before it was even homologated, were buying a pig in a poke?
http://www.rallymadness.prv.pl - rally photos and movies!
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1st May 2019, 07:42 #5654
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1st May 2019, 07:53 #5655
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1st May 2019, 10:24 #5656
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The rich teams do but plenty of others don't. It's same like with stock cars.
Stupid is as stupid does. Forrest Gump
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1st May 2019, 11:19 #5657
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1st May 2019, 12:46 #5658
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The motorsport department which VW built has to be used for something and the R5 projects have proved they can be self-feeding or even profitable.
Stupid is as stupid does. Forrest Gump
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1st May 2019, 13:39 #5659
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Kopecky test crash in new Fabia R5...
https://twitter.com/PeAChapaRacing/s...53014877491200#M-SPORTER
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1st May 2019, 13:50 #5660
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Ouch, that's a bad one. Presume crew ok?
Wet conditions. Portuguese Autosport brought something to the table... the WRC2 crews are using a WRC spec tyre that is harder than the spec Meeke and other CPR runners are using.
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