APRC 2014

[Andre Oliveira]

Andreas Aigner drove Fiesta R5

[Rally Hokkaido]

Andreas Aigner drove Fiesta R5

Sorry, my mistake. It is, of course a Peugeot 208 R5, which was run by Polish tuner, Dytko.

[Andre Oliveira]

Not R5 208 Proto

[Mihai]

I wonder how fast Jan can be on such unknown and almost all-gravel roads.

He survived Rally Sibiu and won last year. I expect Kopecky to do fine in Asia-Pacific, smashing the opposition.

Some years ago, Finland's Jarkko Miettinen ran a full season in Romania right after a less-than-glorious season in APRC. Needless to say that after recce in Sibiu he said that he never saw such rough gravel, not even in Asia-Pacific. But he won the rally eventually.

[Mirek]

I'm careful. I don't know who is going to drive APRC but at least Gill is a tough contender on those roads. Hell, he won the title over Lappi last year!

[Mihai]

Lappi is fast but immature / inconsistent. Kopecky is vastly experienced, with speed and consistency. I like Gurav Gill too, but he's no match to JK.

[Rally Hokkaido]

Not R5 208 Proto

Thanks for the second correction, Andre! I got that story very wrong, all based on one fb photo. Dermott has just confirmed that it is a Proto, so we are not likely to see it going head-to-head with the Fabias in APRC, unless FIA accept its homologation for regional rallies. It does suit the NZ National Regulations very nicely, though.

[KiwiWRCfan]

Exciting changes to route for New Zealand round of APRC 2014 will see entire first day of event held on roads to north of host city Whangarei on roads not previously used.
Saturday evening will include 2 passes of Pohe Island Super Special in darkness.
Day 2 Sunday uses traditional stages, although some have variations within them.
http://www.rallywhangarei.co.nz/news/ch ... -whangarei

[KiwiWRCfan]

supplementary regulations for APRC 2014 round 1 International Rally of Whangarei, New Zealand are now on line http://www.rallywhangarei.co.nz/event-documents-2014

[Plan9]

I am very excited about APRC this year. It will be very exciting to see Kopecky and Gill go head to head in the latest spec s2000 Fabias. It amazes me that Jan and Gaurav have not been entered into WRC2 as they are proven winners in their respective regional championships. Hopefully they will make it there one day.

I will be spectating the NZ event this year so I will post some photos from the event on here.