Rallye Wrc Monte-Carlo 2013

[Frostmourne]

I want to see alot of Mini teams as possible. Hopefully Lotos team will secure another driver, and I really wish that Prodrive can get some fast drivers on their Minis, Tanak, Nikara? and hoping good results with them.

A question guys, what is the difference between a team backed up by a factory and another is not? is it just money, paying the registeration fees? or they provide other things like more spare parts, they develope the car? What has changed for Prodrive and M sport after they dumped by BMW and Ford? Sorry if this sound as a stupid question

[Prisoner Monkeys]

I believe it works like this:

- Entries that are registered as manufacturers have to compete in every round of the championship with at least two cars. They also get up to 42 days of testing throughout the year.

- Entries that are not registered as manufacturers (but are WRC teams) must compete in at least seven events throughout the year, and one of these must be outside Europe (so that's Mexico, Argentina or Australia). They can enter one or two cars, but they only get 15 days of testing.

The full sporting regulations are here:

http://www.fia.com/sites/default/fil...17.12.2012.pdf

[MikeD]

I want to see alot of Mini teams as possible. Hopefully Lotos team will secure another driver....

That's very unlikely. Grupa Lotos export markets are central and easter Europe and that's why they support a driver from their own country (Poland). The only reason Grupa Lotos would hire a second driver would be for Kosciuszko to learn through a more experienced driver. But in this economic climate I don't see it happening.

Second of all I think Motorsport Italia (the team running the Lotos Team) has their other Mini JCW up for sale.

Honestly I doubt there will be more M2/MT teams this year unless Stohl Racing can put together a program for a driver with good sponsors.

[skarderud]

Are they only entering the one car, or are they going to expand to two cars in the future? Since they're the old Mini Team Portugal entry, they'd have access to a second car - but at the same time, that might be too expensive. That said, Koscioszko's presence in the team leads me to believe that the "Lotos" in the team name actually refers to Grupa Lotos, a Polish oil consortium, which is registered on the WIG20, the twenty largest companies in Poland. They've sponsored Koscioszk in the past through their Dynamic brand, which I imagine is an engine lubricant like Castrol's Edge. So the teams should be able to get plenty of sponsorship for the team; perhaps enough to run two cars - especially if they were to put a second Polish driver in the car.

Of course, they could probably find a well-funded second driver out there somewhere. There's Ott Tanak, the van Merksteijns, Atkinson, Henning Solberg, Matthew Wilson, Jarkko Nikara, Dennis Kuipers, Hans Weijs and Evyind Brynildsen out there without drives (though I think Brynildsen has something lined up for Sweden).

Brynhildsen is in a fiesta wrc run by adapta in sweden, posibly 3 rounds this year.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

13 car WRC entry... not bad

[padWRC]

WRC entries in Monte:

2013 :13 Cars
2012 :17 Cars
2011 :-
2010 :-
2009 :-
2008 :19 Cars
2007 :18 Cars
2006 :24 Cars
2005 :20 Cars
2004 :20 Cars
2003 :19 Cars
2002 :18 Cars
2001 :24 Cars
2000 :17 Cars
1999 :17 Cars
1998 :7 Cars
1997 :4 Cars

[pucky54]

And for comparison Super 2000 entries for the IRC events:

2011: 27 Cars
2010: 19 Cars
2009: 16 Cars

WRC entries in Monte:

2013 :13 Cars
2012 :17 Cars
2011 :-
2010 :-
2009 :-
2008 :19 Cars
2007 :18 Cars
2006 :24 Cars
2005 :20 Cars
2004 :20 Cars
2003 :19 Cars
2002 :18 Cars
2001 :24 Cars
2000 :17 Cars
1999 :17 Cars
1998 :7 Cars
1997 :4 Cars

[pantealex]

for comparison
2013
13 WRC
8 S2000
=21

[PLuto]

for comparison
2013
13 WRC
8 S2000
=21

For comparison 2011
27 S2000
23 N4
=50

It is not good counting apples and pears together. I think it is more correct to count "best possible cars" in each edition...

[big_sw2000]

For comparison 2011
27 S2000
23 N4
=50

It is not good counting apples and pears together. I think it is more correct to count "best possible cars" in each edition...

But WRC, and well driven S2000 are what most spectators go to see.

Steve