[WRC] News & Rumours 2021

[Fast Eddie WRC]

You must be thumping yourself silly at this news....

It's been a long time coming but I knew he would never give up fighting. He certainly deserves his chance with all the effort he has put in and obstacles he's had to overcome.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

[dupanton]

Not starting in San Remo is not a good start, I hope it's not budget troubles...

[AnttiL]

I hope Ingram gets to start, I want to see his pace against WRC3 regulars.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Not starting in San Remo is not a good start, I hope it's not budget troubles...

He's testing next week... probably more valuable after being out of an R5 car for 18 months.

[dupanton]

Yes correct, 2 days in France. Not a bad choice indeed

[mknight]

Teemu Suninen Racing

Happy to announce that I get to drive some extra rallies in 2021. We'll be in action again at the Rally Croatia piloting Ford Fiesta Rally2 in the WRC2. �� It’s an event that wasn’t on my calendar at the start of the year, but the more time we get behind the wheel the better! I’ve not driven one of those cars for a long time, but it will be a good experience. Looking forward to the challenge on April 22-25th

https://www.facebook.com/motorsports...03400687812124

The last two starts (one in 2020 and one in 2019) with Rally2/R5 were terrible... on top of that he will drive on tarmac where he doesn't have good results.

Might be tough to get "a good experience".

[RS]

Great livery and also an intelligent one if you are the main sponsor - you can actually read their name clearly on the bonnet, side and rear of the car!

[Lancia Stratos]

New host town for Sweden;
https://twitter.com/OfficialWRC/stat...28312681435143

[BleAivano]

New host town for Sweden;
https://twitter.com/OfficialWRC/stat...28312681435143

Umeå is good choice IMO, relatively big city with good transportation connections (train, airplane and by road as well as a ferry to Vasa in Finland) and should be able to offer
a fairly good amount of hotel rooms. The area around Vännäs west of Umeå have hosted many successful rounds in the Swedish rally championship.
The disadvantage is the distance from South East Norway with the Oslo-Hamar region.

https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/va...ttas-till-umea
https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/jus...k-gar-i-graven

Two stages with Ekström from last year's SM-round in Umeå. Some of them will surely be used in next year's WRC round.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHmYBlAA8Ms
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UPVtG00rrQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qBR1BDIlm8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXqLiInMWBI