[WRC] News & rumours (part III)

[Mirek]

IMO bad management from Lappi's managers. We have seen Östberg, Mikkelsen, Hirvonen and Latvala driving in wrc at the point of their career when their level were worse than what Lappi was three years ago.

This.

This should mean Lappi has already a VW seat guaranteed for 2017.

[Simmi]

Yep keeping him in the VAG group is wise. It's very doubtful that both Ogier and Latvala will still be on VWs books come 2017.

I guess the ideal scenario for EVEN is to have Mikkelsen move up into the #2 car and then Lappi move into the #9. A couple of WRC outings late 2016 with zero pressure makes sense too.

[Finne]

Yep keeping him in the VAG group is wise. It's very doubtful that both Ogier and Latvala will still be on VWs books come 2017.

I guess the ideal scenario for EVEN is to have Mikkelsen move up into the #2 car and then Lappi move into the #9. A couple of WRC outings late 2016 with zero pressure makes sense too.

If Citroen would like to excel they should close either Lappi or Paddon. If Lappi goes to Wolkswagen it seems like Wolkswagen eats almost all the talent.

[RS]

A couple of WRC outings late 2016 with zero pressure makes sense too.

Maybe that is possible if he can wrap up the WRC2 title early next year.

[Andre Oliveira]

What could be done to attract more WRC entries during the year? No news during the season, neither some driver to learn to next year. I like the idea of Prokop to WC of Privateers.

[Jack4688`]

Not sure if this has been shared here before but this photoshop should give an idea of how the 2016 Hyundai i20 WRC will look:

[liposh]

I thought the final decision was that the new I20 WRC 2016 will be 5-door version. Did something change?

[Simmi]

There's a thousand testing photos of the 2016 car testing. It's not going to look drastically different to that.


In actual news - Motorsport News are reporting that Wales Rally GB will be on the 2016 calendar. Haven't had chance to read the article yet.

EDIT: Okay press release says that they have government funding confirmed through 2018. Which I'm sure David Evans had already said on Autosport. It doesn't say anything about them having a calendar place - http://www.walesrallygb.com/news/3320.php#.VcHWVflVikp

I think it looks like a nice move to put pressure on the WRC Promoter.

[Simmi]

Good news after all for GB. Seems them being left off the provisional calendar was dependent on this funding, which has now come through - http://www.autosport.com/news/report...nd%20awareness

[tommeke_B]

Any info on when the complete calendar will be revealed? So far I think only Monte Carlo (18-24th of January) and Sweden (11-14th of February) are sure of their exact dates.