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Thread: Silly Season 2019
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2nd November 2018, 22:45 #1251
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How about VERY silly season?
Probably been discussed before and means nothing, but from Monte Carlo Rally 2019 Rally Guide 1, page 3:
"There is every possibility that a new manufacturer will also be participating in the 2019 World Rally Championship. We will know more before the end of the year."
http://acm.mc/wp-content/uploads/201...Guide-1-GB.pdf
It's probably nothing and a misprint, but hey ho, seemed the right thread for it.
On a probably unrelated note, article about the Proton Iriz R5 being in WRC2 at Monte Carlo next Jan:
https://paultan.org/2018/10/19/proto...-januari-2019/aka Rodger Davies
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2nd November 2018, 22:57 #1252
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Porsche.
"With that car, your brain can actually never keep up"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4IRMYuE1hI
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3rd November 2018, 14:46 #1253
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3rd November 2018, 15:11 #1254
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https://www.rallye-magazin.de/wrc/ar...t-eine-absage/
Is this the end of our hopes of Skoda being in top league?
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3rd November 2018, 15:35 #1255
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I think this is just aa repeat of the already known fact that they won’t be joining in this rule periode (so until 2021).
In a way it's understandable that they don't want to use time and money on a car where they possibly would need to change a lot 1-2 years later.
On the other hand it often looks like their budget in WRC2 is not far from MSPORT or Citroen budget in WRC.
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3rd November 2018, 18:07 #1256
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Maybe they like winning almost all events (like Volkswagens). In WRC that could be harder. It says that Toyota could be his rival. Are they working secretly on R5 project??
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3rd November 2018, 18:28 #1257
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There's been some rumors about Yaris R5 and Mäkinen himself has said that it's something they'd like to offer to their customers in the future. In this story (from Feb 2018), Mäkinen says that there's a plan to kick off the project in autumn 2018, and that the "development" (probably meaning the testing) will start during spring 2019. Tommi would also want Hänninen to carry the duties of the main test driver in that project.
https://www.rallit.fi/tommi-makinen-...uvassa-hommia/ku ois neljä pyörää ku vetäis ni ois vähän eri sekunnit kyllä pätkillä, sen mä takaan
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4th November 2018, 13:43 #1258
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If so, that’s disappointing. Officially, current cars will still have a second 3 years cycle (2020-22), even if it was talked it could be shorten to 2 in order to speed hybrids introduction. Maybe then it’ll be VW coming forward to the top league, leaving Skoda restrain to WRC2, once more.
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6th November 2018, 08:58 #1259
So why has Hyundai gone silent? Thought Dani Sordo confirmation was supposed to be out last week? Even Paddon has gone silent on the social media. I wonder if Hyundai is waiting for results from Australia from Mikleson to see if he earns that full time seat or shares with Dani. Just a thought!
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6th November 2018, 09:33 #1260
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Probably still negotiations undergoing. Huttunen's recent test also could be added in the mix...
My pacenotes from last year’s SS2/5 Loldia (junctions missing on notes as we broke down on recce when I was going to add them in correct place…)...
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