Tour de Corse 2014 (Giru di Corsica)

[br21]

yes, I can agree with 208T16 beeing not reliable. they made upgrade of front diff housing, and it was looking it's better, but now it's question mark if that was the problem in car of Breen? now in Kevins car it looks like power steering or alternator belt?

in case of Fiesta I don't agree with all your complains. Look how many those cars are running around the world. Most technical issues with that car happen because of preparation/servicing mistake (I'm not telling it's like that in case of M-Sport Poland and their car) or simply bad luck. That car - Fiesta, has one known problem - steering rack, but it lets you finish the stage and not forcing to retire. Same with recent wastegate problems. And it's not happening so often, trust me. Broken driveshaft is more like bad luck, as it happens very, very rarely in that car. Same like fire in engine bay - only once I heard about it in Fiesta. Stuck throttle from Janner was more like silly mistake, not a problem of the car.
I'm not trying to save Malcolm or something, just trying to be objective. I agree with Mirek that in general R5 class rules affect cars performance and reliability, but it's not that bad as some of you think. I know about few cars which done over 2,5k ss kms each and had no big problems, only one was terminal.
You have also to remember about one more thing - some of Fiestas are becoming older (in terms of ss kms), some done two years of rallying, some one full season. And at the beginning, when car is new, it is really reliable. And then it's how the car is prepared... and luck also of course...

[mousti]

Chris Ingram said the price for winning JERC was 'only' 2 rallys in a 208 R5. Still a nice price of course.

Winning 208 cup in France is getting u more rallies than winning a European Championship . Although level is also very high!

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[HarriK]

[EightGear]

Kevin reached parc fermé in time.

[stefanvv]

yes, I can agree with 208T16 beeing not reliable. they made upgrade of front diff housing, and it was looking it's better, but now it's question mark if that was the problem in car of Breen? now in Kevins car it looks like power steering or alternator belt?

in case of Fiesta I don't agree with all your complains. Look how many those cars are running around the world. Most technical issues with that car happen because of preparation/servicing mistake (I'm not telling it's like that in case of M-Sport Poland and their car) or simply bad luck. That car - Fiesta, has one known problem - steering rack, but it lets you finish the stage and not forcing to retire. Same with recent wastegate problems. And it's not happening so often, trust me. Broken driveshaft is more like bad luck, as it happens very, very rarely in that car. Same like fire in engine bay - only once I heard about it in Fiesta. Stuck throttle from Janner was more like silly mistake, not a problem of the car.
I'm not trying to save Malcolm or something, just trying to be objective. I agree with Mirek that in general R5 class rules affect cars performance and reliability, but it's not that bad as some of you think. I know about few cars which done over 2,5k ss kms each and had no big problems, only one was terminal.
You have also to remember about one more thing - some of Fiestas are becoming older (in terms of ss kms), some done two years of rallying, some one full season. And at the beginning, when car is new, it is really reliable. And then it's how the car is prepared... and luck also of course...

My overall impression for Fiesta R5 is the same. It seems reliable enough for R5 specification.

[RS]

Sad end to Lappi and Skoda's season.

Anyone have any insight as to whether Skoda will start 2015 with the Fabia S2000 before moving to the R5?

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Consani rolled out... another sad end...

[WUff1]

Consani with really bad luck in the second half of the season.

And Lappi: With 3 silly crashes his ERC-title is aligned with some bad points. Wonder how championship would have ended if 208 T16 would have been more reliable or Bouffier doing more rallies ...

[Rallyper]

What are you on about?

Honestly Rallyper, you sometimes seem deluded. It seems even Mikko disagreed with you about his own career.

About Mikko - his own decision. Still his abilities can´t be questioned.

About questioning - ask Mirek.

[Wim_Impreza]

Sad end to Lappi and Skoda's season.

Anyone have any insight as to whether Skoda will start 2015 with the Fabia S2000 before moving to the R5?

Loix will start his Belgian season next year in the Rally van Haspengouw with the Fabia S2000 of this year and when the R5 is ready, he will drive that car in competition. I think the factory team will do the same in the ERC 2015.