WRC2 news & rumors 2023

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Greensmith confident ahead of CER showdown...

https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/green...itle-showdown/

[Mirek]

Greensmith confident ahead of CER showdown...

https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/green...itle-showdown/

If I am not mistaken he was preparing the setup together with Roman Kresta who is an expert on Czech roads setups.

[PLuto]

If I am not mistaken he was preparing the setup together with Roman Kresta who is an expert on Czech roads setups.

In the final they were not on the same test...

[Jarek Z]

Mikkelsen stays in Skoda:
https://www.wrc.com/a/news/w26909?fb...voJNrREzjK8kkc

[Jarek Z]

Kajto's co-driver says:

"We should be proud of what we are doing, but realistically we should be focused on WRC2 Challenger."

“We are a private team running with the sponsors’ support and the package we are having is a bit different when you compare Kajto and myself to guys like Andreas Mikkelsen or Gus Greensmith. They are extremely experienced, doing 13 events a year, developing the car for the factory and running in, let’s say, a semi-works team."

“We are still up front in the overall WRC2 category, but we shouldn’t be judging ourselves against Andreas. When I was driving with Robert Kubica in 2014, Andreas was in the best team in WRC with Volkswagen. He started his WRC career in 2008, when Kajto was only doing small rallies in the Polish championship.”

Do you agree? Is it impossible to win against Mikkelsen or Greensmith while being in a private team?

source:
https://www.wrc.com/a/news/w26918_Wh...hallengertitle

[skarderud]

It's hard to beat a semi-factory team as a privateer, i don't know how easy upgrades are available to a privateer?

But, Andreas don't do 13 rallies a year, he won the championship in 6 rallies, in february he didn't even know if he going to do any rallies this season.

Gus do all rallies he can, so he probably have budgets to do the rallies he wanna do.

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[meh]

For me Kajto is a bit hobby-driver. I don't see him like raw-speed talented driver, but he is using brain to drive smart and also collect points in smart way. Maybe the smart driving is also related with resources - you just can not risk to damage your car too much and waste money and opportunity to have some other drive.

I like his attitude - he knows why he is doing it (driving rallies) and even in difficult situation he stays calm and down to the Earth.

[Rallyper]

For me Kajto is a bit hobby-driver. I don't see him like raw-speed talented driver, but he is using brain to drive smart and also collect points in smart way. Maybe the smart driving is also related with resources - you just can not risk to damage your car too much and waste money and opportunity to have some other drive.

I like his attitude - he knows why he is doing it (driving rallies) and even in difficult situation he stays calm and down to the Earth.

Agree. Smartness but not top fast.
No dilemma for him.
But remembering all Swedish youngsters in the past with even less money trying to impress teambosses with speed, didn´t succeed. Either crashing or critizised for being slow...
For Kajto nothing of that is actual.

[skarderud]

No powerstage for WRC2 in 2024?

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[Eli]

No powerstage for WRC2 in 2024?

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Yep, https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/wrc2-...axed-for-2024/