[WRC] News & Rumours (part V) 2017

[mknight]

https://www.lequipe.fr/Rallye/Actual...ouergue/809926

Interesting, looks like another Tarmac rally for practice for Paddon. The team is giving him great support, which you don't do if you are thinking of getting rid of someone.

Østberg drove 2 tarmac rallies in R5 with M-Sport last year. Not like they kept him. Malcolm had a deal with Mikkelsen in case Ogier didn't join.

[tommeke_B]

Østberg drove 2 tarmac rallies in R5 with M-Sport last year. Not like they kept him. Malcolm had a deal with Mikkelsen in case Ogier didn't join.

I think you cannot really compare that. That was with Adapta, most likely Mads his own initiatives.

[AnttiL]

Østberg has also driven some Norwegian events this year in an R5 Fiesta.

[AnttiL]

https://www.motorsport-news.co.uk/ne...ally-gb-debut/

Rovanpera’s manager Timo Jouhki said: “Kalle will be in Wales. For the moment, we don’t know what car he will be using, but we know that he will be coming and he will do Rally GB.”
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“What this means is that he can come to Rally GB and he can go to events like Argentina, probably Mexico, Finland, GB, Australia and Spain – Spain he can do anyway because he will be 18 by then.”
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“He doesn’t need to be in a World Rally Car yet,” said Jouhki. “I know how good he is. He could do very well in a World Rally Car, but it’s unnecessary. While he can’t do a full season of WRC2, we will probably bring him to this championship because it helps for him to run in the right place [among the priority two drivers on the road] and it’s helping with the profile.”

[AnttiL]

More Rovanperä news, in Finnish: https://yle.fi/urheilu/3-9671916?origin=rss

In here his manager says that the intention is to drive Wales in R5 class with either Skoda or Ford.

[Mk2 RS2000]

https://www.lequipe.fr/Rallye/Actual...ouergue/809926

Interesting, looks like another Tarmac rally for practice for Paddon. The team is giving him great support, which you don't do if you are thinking of getting rid of someone.

Asian Manufacturers are loyal to drivers who are loyal to them. Currently Hayden is back in NZ for a very short stay just to assist and promote Hyundai at the National Field days.

[dimviii]

M-sport sells the 2 storey motorhome for 600.000 GBR + vat

[Rallyper]

M-sport sells the 2 storey motorhome for 600.000 GBR + vat

That is the building they had in service park a few years ago?

[EstWRC]

Yes, back In the ford days

[dimviii]

That is the building they had in service park a few years ago?

yeap this one,i saw it at twitter but lost the link Per.