2022 WRC News & Rumours

[bandit12]

Yeah, it would be quite funny, has it happened that second team beats first team?

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I might remembet incorrectly but, wasn't Tänak on DMacks constantly better than Ostberg and Camilli in main team?

[AnttiL]

I might remembet incorrectly but, wasn't Tänak on DMacks constantly better than Ostberg and Camilli in main team?

Faster but not as consistent. Sardinia, Poland and Wales were the only occasions where he finished higher than the best M-Sport car. Also scored less points than Östberg.

https://juwra.com/season_2016_points.html

[EstWRC]

yeah, the rallies where dmack allowed to be better, he was...the tires were so unstable, working or not working at all...the overheating was the main problem

quite a big contrast in stage wins though that year, Tänak got 30, Ostberg only 2 and Camilli 1

[seb_sh]

Yeah, it would be quite funny, has it happened that second team beats first team?

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It was close in 2013 with Neuville in second MSport team. Only 6 points and he was pretty much alone.

[Danny0405]

Interesting if M-Sport is able to manage 4 cars as soon as Monte Carlo; might help some drivers (Mikkelsen, Bulacia, Gryazin?) through the season and especially interesting for Huttunen if he can do a couple of drives, it might be the booster he needed.

[dimviii]

The Northern Irishman has been testing the Czech Republic firm’s next generation Fabia Rally2 car this year and Škoda Motorsport director Michal Hrabánek says he would like to convert the five-time world rally winner’s test contract into a deal to have him in the thick of the WRC2 fight for next season.

“It would be interesting to see him [competing] in a Škoda Fabia Rally2,” Hrabánek said. “We have done – and we are doing – some work with Kris already. We are very happy with him and the way things are going.”

Hrabánek pointed out that any kind of Meeke return would have to come with one of Škoda Motorsport’s customer teams, in the same way Andreas Mikkelsen competed with German-based Toksport outfit this season to win WRC2.

He continued: “We are focused on the testing and the development with the new car, we haven’t discussed any kind of competition. As you know Škoda Motorsport does not compete as a factory team, so any kind of competition would have to come through one of our customers.

https://www.wrc.com/en/news/2021/wrc...ng-meeke-back/

[Mirek]

The Northern Irishman has been testing the Czech Republic firm’s next generation Fabia Rally2 car this year and Škoda Motorsport director Michal Hrabánek says he would like to convert the five-time world rally winner’s test contract into a deal to have him in the thick of the WRC2 fight for next season.

“It would be interesting to see him [competing] in a Škoda Fabia Rally2,” Hrabánek said. “We have done – and we are doing – some work with Kris already. We are very happy with him and the way things are going.”

Hrabánek pointed out that any kind of Meeke return would have to come with one of Škoda Motorsport’s customer teams, in the same way Andreas Mikkelsen competed with German-based Toksport outfit this season to win WRC2.

He continued: “We are focused on the testing and the development with the new car, we haven’t discussed any kind of competition. As you know Škoda Motorsport does not compete as a factory team, so any kind of competition would have to come through one of our customers.

https://www.wrc.com/en/news/2021/wrc...ng-meeke-back/

AFAIK That statement is from roughly two months back. No idea why they released it now on wrc.com (unless Hrabánek didn't repeat exactly the same thing again himself).

[RS]

I could see Meeke competing in WRC2 with Skoda if Mikkelsen doesn’t continue with them, they certainly seem happy with him as a test driver as it appears he has done the bulk of the mileage on the new car so far.

[dimviii]

Ogier set a best time of 1m50.647s, admitting that he made an error on what should have made his main effort with fresh tires. That was just under two seconds away from Toyota regular Mike Conway, just over a second and a half off Buemi and one second slower than Toyota’s other rookie – 20-year-old Frenchman Charles Milesi, who had been part of Team WRT’s LMP2 title-winning line-up this year.

https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/what-...022-wrc-plans/

[mknight]

Yep the Meeke comments from Hrabanek were published by Dirtfish some 2 months ago, so strange WRC.com copied them two months later.

Meeke surely can show speed of the car and give feedback.

But he isn't exactly the obvious choice for any championship push with his stability, though dropping worst result in both WRC2 and ERC helps.