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Thread: [WRC] News & Rumours 2019
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5th December 2018, 16:07 #681
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Exactly, Loeb really does not want full season and will not drive for many years in either case. To win driver titles you need driver that drives whole season. Neuville is vey fast relative to others both in Hyundais and in other cars. 2nd fastest in fact.
Who else is there to replace Neuville that is faster than him? New guys like Hutunen or Rovanpera surely wont start with replacing Neuville on rallies.
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5th December 2018, 16:14 #682
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I actually think both Neuville and Mikkelsen would like to have Loeb in the team. Both said recently in multiple interviews how Hyundai is very reluctant to make changes to the car, Loeb could add additional feedback/pressure, like he did in Citroen.
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5th December 2018, 16:23 #683
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Malcolm Wilson: translated
"At this time we are still in the WRC but with only two cars, one for Teemu Suninen and the other for Elfyn Evans. For now we do not have the budget to compete with a third car, so we have not talked to Sébastien Loeb, which we would have liked to have with us next season in five or six races in the Fiesta WRC. We are still trying to organize the team for next year, we also talk to Craig Breen, but at this moment the situation is this."
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5th December 2018, 16:26 #684
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More MW:
"During this week the JWRC 2019 and the new Fiesta R2 will be presented in Poland, while for the Fiesta R5 the debut of the new car will be the one scheduled in July. We will continue to have an official Fiesta R5 registered in WRC2 Pro reserved for manufacturers, piloted by the British Gus Greensmith."
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5th December 2018, 17:11 #685
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5th December 2018, 17:15 #686
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5th December 2018, 17:52 #687
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5th December 2018, 17:56 #688
Competitors in the newly-created FIA WRC 2 Pro Championship are permitted to enter two R5 cars per team and must participate in a minimum of seven rounds with one car – including one event outside Europe. For the Drivers’ and Co-drivers’ Championships, the eight best scores will count towards the titles, while the highest placed car(s) in each team will score points in the FIA WRC 2 Pro Championship for Manufacturers. Competitors will have P2P status, be permitted one day of testing per event per driver, and will start in Championship order after the P1 drivers on the first day of competition. On days two and three, crews will start after the P1 group, in classification order.
The FIA WRC 2 Championship, now solely for drivers and co-drivers, will have no minimum number of events, although the first six scores from seven entered rounds will count towards the titles. Competitors will be permitted one day of pre-event testing and will start in Championship order after the P2P group, and on days two and three after the P2P group in classification order. No WRC 2 registration fee will be requested from competitors who hold a licence from the ASN of the organising country for the first event in which they participate.
An additional 10 minutes will be added to the current 30-minute midday service to give organisers the opportunity to implement promotional activities with any of the drivers.
For the purposes of cost saving, Rally Argentina and Rally Chile, and Rally Portugal and Rally Italy will be paired to enable the manufacturer teams to participate with the same chassis, engines and spare parts.
https://www.fia.com/news/fia-announc...l-decisions-12
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5th December 2018, 18:32 #689
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So that means if Loeb comes to Hyundai, M-Sport having two drivers already, no third car available for them, Paddon is out of WRC squad. At least he could fight against Skodas in WRC2 Pro... Still maybe enter NZ Championship or few ocassional events for promotional purposes.
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5th December 2018, 18:34 #690
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Fourmaux. Btw msport tested also hankook tyres https://youtu.be/DESKqpAqX5o?si=3uxWc8FrCUGMT0Pi https://youtu.be/sHetcbBQwKk?si=M7kq3bf2ar3Slhco
WRC Testing