APRC 2015 [Asia-Pacific Rally Championship]

[Zeakiwi]

Looks like five rallies in one and no overall list. Weird.

Rally Whangarei is a few rallies in one. There are separate podiums at the finish too.
Hopefully one day the rules (Fia, NZRC, NZ club championship etc) can be a bit more uniform. A 400 hp 'open class' Skoda Fabia would be interesting, though Tidemand is fast with what he has currently.

[RS]

Easy win for Tidemand.. good start to his Skoda career.

[Munkvy]

If you compare below the stage time totals for the APRC event versus the NZRC event, you can see Pontus didn't really beat everyone. In fact Ken Block won by a bit of a margin. Unfortunately his closest rival in the national class rolled out of contention on the second day.

APRC results:
http://www.chrissport.co.nz/results/...arei/final.htm

NZRC results:
http://www.chrissport.co.nz/results/...nzrc/final.htm

Pontus Tidemand 2:55:29.4
Ken Block 2:54:53.6

However, Ken's car I imagine runs a fair bit more power than an S2000 car. As he was running under NZ regulations, which essentially allow a 34mm restrictor and 1230kgs, other than that they are pretty open, including ethanol based fuels as well as FIA fuels. So his car probably has a bit of a power advantage?

[Micke_VOC]

If you compare below the stage time totals for the APRC event versus the NZRC event, you can see Pontus didn't really beat everyone. In fact Ken Block won by a bit of a margin. Unfortunately his closest rival in the national class rolled out of contention on the second day.

APRC results:
http://www.chrissport.co.nz/results/...arei/final.htm

NZRC results:
http://www.chrissport.co.nz/results/...nzrc/final.htm

Pontus Tidemand 2:55:29.4
Ken Block 2:54:53.6

However, Ken's car I imagine runs a fair bit more power than an S2000 car. As he was running under NZ regulations, which essentially allow a 34mm restrictor and 1230kgs, other than that they are pretty open, including ethanol based fuels as well as FIA fuels. So his car probably has a bit of a power advantage?

I think Block had his "america-car", that means a Fiesta WRC with 2 liters Focus-WRC Engine.. So a big advantage with the car and also a good startposition against Pontus who started 2nd on the road first day and first on the road second day.

[Micke_VOC]

Nice video with Pontus and wonderful scenery in New Zealand
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPTJM60buwE

[Micke_VOC]

Some info about Rallye de Nouvelle this weekend.
Timetable: http://www.rallygo.com/go/documents/...d=657&lid=2899 CET+9h
Entries: http://www.rallygo.com/go/documents/...d=657&lid=2989

More info here: http://www.aprcnewcaledonia.com/bienvenue.ws

[vino_93]

Nouvelle Calédonie, not Nouvelle (nouvelle = new)

[Zeakiwi]

Gill in front of Tidemand and Young in Queensland.

http://aprc.tv/newsPage.php?Rally-Qu...y-1-Review-843

Tidemand, Young, Aksa at the finish.

http://aprc.tv/newsPage.php?Close-ba...-Australia-844

[Zeakiwi]

Tidemand before Gill in Malaysia.
https://youtu.be/uAZ6x4fk0bw

[dimviii]

Pontus Tidemand ‏@PontusTidemand
We WON Rally Hokkaido! Also extremely happy to say that we are APRC champions 2015!! @MotorsportSkoda @EVENmanagement