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Thread: [WRC] News & Rumours 2019
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12th December 2018, 05:44 #771
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Qassimi has a role to play in wrc , he is the "average joe " a benchmark of sorts. Makes Neuville Ogier and Tanak skill more visible.
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12th December 2018, 07:36 #772
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So, have you seen both the new WRC cars and R5 live on a stage?... you didn’t make your answer that clear.
Sorry, but for me I just much prefer the top cars. Even with someone like Al-Qassimmi driving it.
I like the old, normally aspirated stuff... anything that makes a noise.
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12th December 2018, 07:39 #773
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12th December 2018, 07:59 #774
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Then you need to come to Finland to see Ilmo Lario's BMW M3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5bsB9c-OAY
I have also seen WRC2017 and R5 as well as a variety of older factory cars live on stage and I think R5 stands well in spectacularity. Much better than Group N as a support series.
But one thing about the privateers annoys me is that competition-wise, they are in no man's land. There's usually only one privateer driving their own pace with no competition to the works cars. Maybe they would be more competitive in an R5? This was the case of Henning Solberg this year. Even in Østberg's Fiesta WRC, he couldn't beat the WRC2 top drivers, but in Turkey he was the best-positioned (maybe not fastest) R5.
EDIT: in terms of noise, the 208 T16 R5 is probably the best of its class, but competition-wise it's among the worst.Last edited by AnttiL; 12th December 2018 at 08:44.
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12th December 2018, 08:41 #775
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12th December 2018, 09:20 #776
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12th December 2018, 09:27 #777
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12th December 2018, 12:34 #778
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12th December 2018, 14:45 #779
We have not seen Mikkelsen or Paddon testing either obviously. I think Mikkelsen to MSport should be a no brainier for Malcolm. He can do well if the car is set up for him.
**edit** I stand corrected.. Mikkelsen did in fact test. Thanks guys!Last edited by racerx1979; 12th December 2018 at 15:52.
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12th December 2018, 14:47 #780
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I am from Gran Canaria. I am absolutely convinced that there will be no problem with the rally.
[ERC] Rally Islas Canarias 2024