[WRC] News & rumours (part IV) 2016

[AL14]

First you bash the team for not making a deal public and then you bash journalist for making the deal public. I can't follow your thought.

When I bashed a journalist for making the deal public?

[macebig]

If Citroen is that french to not allow him to test their car and therefore gifting the best driver to an opponent just because they don't want to appear so desperate to take him, then yes, the chances for M-Sport are higher.

(French friends. I'm joking. Please don't feel offended)

Citroen even managed to drive Loeb away,so I am not surprised by anything they do..

[Franky]

Citroen even managed to drive Loeb away,so I am not surprised by anything they do..

Yes, the PSA managed to drive him to Peugeot.

[Rally Power]

Ogier in M-Sport is likely 99% now

Taking Ogier’s quotes on Autosport as reliable, how can you be 99% sure he will sign for MSport before trying the other cars? Btw, Matton was reluctant to talk with Ogier, now he’s reluctant to allow him to test…I hope someone has already started cooking him a hat; maybe @EstWRC won’t be the only one taking a hat diet!

Still on the RB (unlikely) track, a Smeets talk to L’Équipe come out on a French forum: http://forum-rallye.com/index.php?/t...rci-vw/page-29
Smeets confirms ’16 cars renting program (!) and says there’s very little chance to see ’17 Polos rallying, but he doesn’t rule it out completely...

[Andre Oliveira]

Cause my comment is not about Autosport article

Btw, in Finland people don't have smartphones? If today test was in Portugal we would see a tons of photos

[dimviii]

Rally double world champion Marcus Grönholm is building a new future in motorsport top drivers, or rather the top considering entering.

Grönholm GRX Management Team Ltd has organized an open share issue, the purpose of which is to collect the pot in which young drivers start to move towards professionalism.

- Let's just say that the issue is gone semihyvin. In terms of volume is accompanied by a lot of people, about 250. There are approximately EUR 300 000 together now. The share issue will continue until the end of the year. The result is then what it is. After all, in a lot of money, but not for many years no one ajateta said Grönholm.

Offering a variety of packages are available. An individual, the preferred shares will pay EUR 197.

- There are 20 "godfather", who each put EUR 12,000. Just all I have not got yet the heap, but make sure you can, mulled Grönholm.

Marcus Grönholm, led driver built in the competition and long-term plan, which aims to professionalism.
- Next thing is a rally driver selection, and it is the most important thing. However, if the shareholders are supposed to get back some money sometimes, so we need a good rally driver. It has been since the beginning of this idea. The rally driver is a phase 1, Grönholm says.

Who is the driver, and in what series and how fleet driver comes to drive?

- It's a little secret yet. Yes go to the world, and it is being thought by the driver, is already done bit. That is all I can reveal.

GRX's camp have already been Joni Wiman (US Global Rally Cross) and Niclas Grönholm (Rally Cross).

- They've been a mess from the beginning, and they continue to team members. I must then consider what with them being invested. It is still a question mark.

upcoming election rally driver will be announced in the near future. The stakes are high, as the share issue prospectus according to the driver's objectives in the period 2018-2019 are already EUR 400 000 wage and salary income.

Grönholm operation is completed. He turned at the beginning of his own career with many stones and collection of compiling budgets. The final stage of all was no longer dependent on a single card. And the risk paid off, and he got a well-paid factory job as a driver. In addition, he helped mm. Kosti Katajamäki World Rally Championship.

- Yes, this was a great damn work with him. Yeah, pretty pins, but I did not remember at all that this is so laborious, Grönholm smirk.


http://urheiluuutiset.com/marcus-gro...etisti-duunia/

[dimviii]

Mundial de Rallys ‏@MundialdeRallys · 9m9 minutes ago
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Hoy Ogier ha estado probando el Toyota Yaris WRC 2017
Today Ogier has been testing the Toyota Yaris WRC 2017

[dimviii]

Miika Wuorela ‏@MiikaWuorela · 2m2 minutes ago  Tampere, Suomi

Seb Ogier had his Toyota test today. MSport soon to follow. Champion looking for a best option for 2017.

[dimviii]

Teemu / Rallirinki ‏@HartusvuoriWRC · 2m2 minutes ago

Sebastien Ogier's Toyota #YarisWRC test took place today in Spain. Propably no pictures will surface. These kind of tests are top secret.

[EstWRC]

Sébastien Ogier tests the Toyota Yaris in Catalonia
http://www.revistascratch.com/wrc/no...cataluna-35448

Barely without rest after the Rally of Australia, last race of the world-wide championship of rallies 2016, the present champion of the world has put to work facing the next season, in which until the moment has not yet decided in which equipment to pilot , Although it currently has several offers on the table. Thus, Ogier had the opportunity to try the Yaris today.

In a small test carried out in Catalonia, more specifically in the area of ​​Tarragona, the former Volkswagen driver has had the opportunity to complete several kilometers of testing on both an asphalt stretch and another on land. The logistics of the team led by Makinen moved to Poblet in the morning, where they rolled on asphalt, while in the afternoon they moved to Bellprat, where they rolled over land.

His sensations just after getting out of the car were not quite good, since he confessed that the car still lacked a hard work of suspensions, although also has taken advantage to ensure that the potential of the vehicle created by Toyota Gazoo Racing is good. According to this medium, the Toyota brand would have put on the table a good offer that would be around ten million euros.

In the same week, the man to beat within the WRC is also expected to test the Ford Fiesta RS WRC of 2017 with the MSport team. The British team has been the most played during these weeks, although everything seems to indicate that Ogier will make a decision after testing all the vehicles, without ruling out that he can even get on the Citroën C3 WRC.