Thread: [WRC] News & Rumours 2019
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10th December 2018, 18:16 #751
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Martin Holmes was on a recent podcast and I lost count of the number of times he answered 'I dont know'.
I'm afraid he sounded like he's past it.
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10th December 2018, 18:18 #752
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Martin Holmes was past it even when he was with it.
Never do anything you wouldn't want to explain to a paramedic.
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11th December 2018, 12:48 #753
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11th December 2018, 13:41 #754
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http://juwra.com/2016_result_compilation.html
what is the best privateer result in 2016? Ligato and Prokop finishing 7th? That's as high as the best WRC2 drivers can do these days as well. Once you're the next fastest car after the slowest works WRC, it doesn't matter much if you're in a WRC or R5 car.
http://juwra.com/1997_result_compilation.html
In 1997 there was even more private Group A and WRC cars, but rarely they were faster than the works cars. On a quick look Uwe Nittel was the only works driver that got beaten by privateers, or Auriol in the still troublesome Toyota Corolla WRC.Last edited by AnttiL; 11th December 2018 at 13:44.
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11th December 2018, 14:21 #755
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ku ois neljä pyörää ku vetäis ni ois vähän eri sekunnit kyllä pätkillä, sen mä takaan
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11th December 2018, 14:33 #756
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11th December 2018, 14:37 #757
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Remember that Toyota and Citroen ran good parts of their 2017 seasons with just two cars. Citroen had first DS3’s as third car and often Al-Qassimi as third driver. Although Citroen and Hyundai did run four cars in one rally, plus Østberg and Suninen brought some competitive private entries.
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11th December 2018, 15:02 #758
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11th December 2018, 18:28 #759
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True, it's understandable because new rules comes and they haven't had ready that much cars in time, but after what a half of a year they start doing with just two beacuse it's too expensive. It would be different if few seasons passed already. Really hope that all teams stay comited and will no reduce their involvement.
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After two days (Monday-Tuesday) with Teemu Suninen, it's now over for M-Sport test days #MonteCarlo2019 during this week ► http://bit.ly/2EqWmfh
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