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27th February 2014, 01:15 #21
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Re: APRC 2014
Kopecky in WRC2?
Are you serious? He's got nothing to look for there..SimRace Vereniging Nederland
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27th February 2014, 09:56 #22
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Re: APRC 2014
For Kopecký it would be at least another trophy he could try to win but what can Škoda gain in WRC2? Nothing. They won it in the past but nobody cares about WRC2. There is no marketing value in it as it is just a "well hidden" subcategory of WRC event. The marketing value may be even negative. Common media often write about it as "Loeb in Citroën won Rally Finland while Hänninen with Škoda finished 10th". Average Joe (even average journalist) doesn't know Hänninen won a sub-category. They take the news as Škoda is some shit ten minutes slower than Citroën...
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28th February 2014, 00:10 #23
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Re: APRC 2014
Yes I do think that. I feel both drivers could make it in WRC2.
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28th February 2014, 02:23 #24
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Re: APRC 2014
Skoda now sell about a quarter of the cars they make in China, so it is marketing to have a presence in the APRC.
Only ten days till entries close for Whangarei.
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2nd April 2014, 12:47 #25
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so here is first entry list !
http://www.rallywhangarei.co.nz/medi...ist-aprc-3.pdf
A third S2000 for Jun Xu : http://ewrc-results.com/profile.php?p=5549&t=Jun-Xu
But I wonder if it is real S2000 or the locally developt car in China ?
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3rd April 2014, 01:57 #26
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Plenty of S2000 Fabias have been made in Europe.
http://www.skoda-auto.com/en/news/20...-rally-preview (5 fabia s2000s were in Rally China last year)
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3rd April 2014, 08:25 #27
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That's exactly what vino_93 was speaking about. Out of those five only two or three were real S2000 made in Škoda Motorsport. The rest were some domestic Chinese cars.
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3rd April 2014, 10:53 #28
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The MRF Skoda cars are run out of Perth with Race torque engineering but they will have others helping them according to the rally whangarei press.
The Skoda China cars can have a 1.6 turbo. http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sp...-29726341.htmlLast edited by Zeakiwi; 3rd April 2014 at 10:56.
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3rd April 2014, 12:21 #29
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I thought when starting in APRC field it must be in compliance with FIA regulations. So do you think Yun Xu´s car could be fabia 1,6T? BTW: Can Skoda motorsport use Skoda China rally team somehow to test R5 cars during this year?
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3rd April 2014, 12:37 #30
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If it has regional Asia-pacific homologation it can be used. I have no idea if it has or not.
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