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16th January 2019, 08:42 #251
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Kalle was doing some snow testing yesterday. Kristian Sohlberg (Gus Greensmith's coach) comments
This is quite interesting. It was limited to one day testing for WRC Pro per rally. This is full snow test ie for sweden. Does this mean he wount do the monday test in sweden or FIA is not controlling testdays after all?Maybe I was wrong in this, so it seems according to @JonneHalttunen. What a joke it is. What limited testing?
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16th January 2019, 09:43 #252
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Kalle’s test was in the Czech Republic and with the new evo Fabia which hasn’t been homologated yet.. so maybe it doesn’t count?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oLzcyK-gI9oLast edited by RS; 16th January 2019 at 10:24.
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16th January 2019, 11:44 #253
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16th January 2019, 20:47 #254
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I have just come across an interesting interview with Richard Millener from M-Sport. It's interesting that he says that M-Sport isn't funding any of the WRC2 Pro drivers and they actually hardly know Pieniazek:
Is M-Sport funding the WRC2 Pro drivers?
“We’re not funding anybody this year apart from Elfyn and Teemu, they’re the only two people we are supporting.
“We’ve worked with Gus for quite a while now, coming up through Juniors, but we are doing all we can to help him on as many events as possible. He’s shown that he’s got the ability to get good results, and once somebody has been committed into the WRC like him for that long, we try to help where we can.”
What do you know about the second M-Sport WRC2 driver Lukasz Pienazek?
“We saw him last year in WRC2 and he had some good performances. Getting more experience in the WRC is still going to be the biggest thing that he needs to work on.
“I think it’s his first real time in a big team. We’ve met him a few times, not much more than that. He is a nice guy and seems to fit in well and knows what he wants to achieve.
“Our idea is to help him with everything we can and get some good results.”
Full interview at
https://rallysportmag.com/feature-ri...al-at-m-sport/http://www.rallymadness.prv.pl - rally photos and movies!
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16th January 2019, 20:52 #255
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M-Sport Poland?
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16th January 2019, 21:21 #256
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Which in the end is M-Sport and all in all has exactly the same budget?
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17th January 2019, 10:38 #257
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Lukyanuk tests Polo R5 but no plans confirmed yet...
https://www.fiaerc.com/erc-champion-...er-fabia-test/
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17th January 2019, 12:02 #258
Andolfi confirmed wrc2 program with Skoda
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19th January 2019, 12:22 #259
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It seems the whole idea of WRC2 Pro turns into hidden pay driving. Not only M-Sport, look at Citroen now:
Citroen Racing
''Proud to support our Citroën customers: Mads Østberg & Co-driver Torstein Eriksen will race in WRC2 Pro & behind the wheel of the #C3R5 - from Rally Sweden.''
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https://www.facebook.com/citroenracing/Last edited by Jarek Z; 19th January 2019 at 12:29.
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19th January 2019, 12:35 #260
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Yep, they're really privateers but having their cars run by the works teams.
#M-SPORTER
Must have been something as he lost about 5 seconds during last 2 sections to Lappi.
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