2016 News and Results

[rp]

Seeing those three above makes me wonder - does anybody have any chance against them in JERC?

Definitely Chris has to get now results!

ADAM R2 is the best car in it´s class, but I think that Joonas Tokee driving 208 R2 will be very good! At least on gravel...

[PLuto]

On loose surface I think Gryazin should be fast. Big rivals for them will be also Rokland and Tempestini. We will see from Ireland, who from fast tarmac drivers will join the championship. I hope at least for Zawada, who can be really fast on tarmac.

[sindroms]

Karl Martin Volver will do all ERC tarmac rounds + Estonia round on Peugeot R2. It's all ok with his skills on gravel so they decided to gain experience on tarmac for 2017 season (full season in plans).

[Jarek Z]

On loose surface I think Gryazin should be fast. Big rivals for them will be also Rokland and Tempestini.

Tempestini?! But the driver has to be fast to beat the Opel crews. Having Italian name is not enough

[noel157]

Is Ingram any good? I see on his website he calls himself "currently the number 1 English rally driver". He didn't seem to do much in the Volant series and the ERC (apart from Azores) although I think his 208 had some reliability issues.

[dodge33cymru]

He's quick but maybe not the quickest, consistent but not the most consistent. In my personal opinion, he's unlikely to be a star, but I can't argue with his claim either, there aren't many professional rally English drivers at the moment, he might just be the only one!

It's a good chance he has now with Opel, real competition and there's no-one else to blame if anything does go wrong for him. Arguably his last chance to prove he has what it takes, but it wouldn't surprise me too much if he's able to at this level.

[Munkvy]

He's quick but maybe not the quickest, consistent but not the most consistent. In my personal opinion, he's unlikely to be a star, but I can't argue with his claim either, there aren't many professional rally English drivers at the moment, he might just be the only one!

It's a good chance he has now with Opel, real competition and there's no-one else to blame if anything does go wrong for him. Arguably his last chance to prove he has what it takes, but it wouldn't surprise me too much if he's able to at this level.

You might have heard of the Higgins brothers? Both professional rally drivers, both have won a couple of things before... One of them shows the American's how to drive each year? Yes they may not necessarily be the fastest drivers from England, but they certainly are professional rally drivers.

But of course, you can argue they are not English.

[dodge33cymru]

Exactly, the Higgins' are from IoM I believe, Evans is Welsh, Meeke is Northern Irish.

I mean you can also discount the likes of Bogie, Thorburn, McCormack, Cave and Pryce for the same reason, so there's not much competition! There's a reason it's worded as 'English'!

[liposh]

Tempestini?! But the driver has to be fast to beat the Opel crews. Having Italian name is not enough

Tempestini is definitelly not slow. He is driving plenty of rallies per year and his progress is bigger and bigger each month.

[Simmi]

Exactly, the Higgins' are from IoM I believe, Evans is Welsh, Meeke is Northern Irish.

I mean you can also discount the likes of Bogie, Thorburn, McCormack, Cave and Pryce for the same reason, so there's not much competition! There's a reason it's worded as 'English'!

Nice bit of PR. Like you Rodger I can't think of another better candidate. It's crazy really that there aren't more English guys. That said at no point when cheering on McRae, Meeke, Evans etc did I think 'I wish they were English'.