[WRC] News & rumours (part III)

[GigiGalliNo1]

You can't say that Rally Australia has the history because, well the Coffs Harbour has no history. It was a new rally for the championship as a lot, and I mean nearly every organiser and marshal from Rally Australia that was held in Perth, went over to the East coast of the country to set up the rally. Korea doesn't need to have a series it self, it just has to have people who know what to do. Bring in the French or the Germans or even Australians to design a rally in South Korea... Why not. I see no harm in bringing new rallies to the series that have no history. Australia was new in 1989, most rallies had no much of a history except these well known rounds like Monte, Corsica, Safari.

[Eli]

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/ds/9257...mance-division so what DS or Citroen use as their car for 2017?? if DS is for Formula E

[Mirek]

There will be new C3 in 2016.

[Rallyper]

Yves Matton quits Citroen WRT then? Will it be any 2016?

[EightGear]

Why? There is nothing so suggest something like that.

[dimviii]

Teemu/Rallirinki.net ‏@HartusvuoriWRC
Ogier win in #RallyDeutschland means that stat for the most #WRC wins by nations goes to France now. France 175, Finland 174.

[Rallyper]

Why? There is nothing so suggest something like that.

This:
"Matton was the team principal of both Citroen’s World Rally Team and World Touring Car Championship teams, helping the teams to many of Citroen’s motorsport victories in recent years. As director of DS performance he will be looking to carry that success forward to the Formula E championship."

[janvanvurpa]

Why I said that is the way Hyundai marketing works. They are really extremely aggressive. Their campaign goes directly against Škoda here. They are laughing about Škoda in their commercials, in media interview their leadership says that Škoda is competition for Dacia not Hyundai (while in the same time half of their commercials speaks about "the jealous neighbour from Mladá Boleslav"). I personally find the way they do that as pathetic.

Ah, but dear Mirek---those adverts: are they commanded by the Korean management OR!!!

what some local advertising schmucks come up with (who maybe convince their bosses that this is the way to advertise there)??

[Mirek]

This:
"Matton was the team principal of both Citroen’s World Rally Team and World Touring Car Championship teams, helping the teams to many of Citroen’s motorsport victories in recent years. As director of DS performance he will be looking to carry that success forward to the Formula E championship."

If I understood Matton well all sport activities of PSA shall be centered in Satory under one "supreme" leadership.

Ah, but dear Mirek---those adverts: are they commanded by the Korean management OR!!!

what some local advertising schmucks come up with (who maybe convince their bosses that this is the way to advertise there)??

I think that this comes from their local Czech managers...

And by the way today they (Hyundai) lost a deal for near 500 new police cars... with Škoda .

[denkimi]

You´re absolutely right about that. But a country playing football, let´s say only on gravel instead of proper grass and having 1/10 of playing field, wouldn´t get World Soccer Cup by no chance.

in 2022 the world cup is being held in quatar, a country where no grass grows.