Wrc2 2016

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Translation:
Rally Sweden - step up to the big boys.
After securing a European championship for juniors in 2015, Emil Bergkvist and Joakim Sjoberg are now taking a big step up on their joint career ladder to the top. In collaboration with belgian J-Motorsport, the duo will participate in half a dozen rallies on the big WRC circus. The rallies will take place in the WRC2 class with a Citroen DS3 R5 and they will premiere in the car at their home Rally Sweden.
During the week, tests have been carried out before the start of the recce, and Emil quickly felt at home in the new car. "We tested for a day and I am very satisfied with the response we have received and the car feels fantastic to drive. We have been looking forward to this enormously and we can not thank everyone who helped make this possible enough."

The race is also the start of a new collaboration that has started to take shape in the tests. "J-Motorsport is a very professional team and our collaboration worked very well from the beginning. It's feels very good to be developing this further during the year" says Joakim Sjöberg.

"We know that we will be fighting with some of the best in the world and although we always strive to perform at maximum, the focus this week to gather experience and knowledge. Although we won't hide the fact that we look forward to compare our times against some of the best in the industry. "Emil's approach to Rally Sweden is clearly colored by the team's long-term goal, but if you believe that the duo only have the ambition to slowly roll through the event, one would think wrong, something that Emil clarifies. "It is neither my or Joakim's personality to do things half-way. We will not hold back but we probably will not be the ones who take the biggest risks, either. "

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Probably with support of Citroën Racing.

Hopefully

[Sulland]

WRC2 had a superb copetition in Sweden. Changes all the time on the leaderboard, two brands that are equal on the loose, maybe two more on asphalt.

this class has so much potential with privat and manufacturer cars being the same out of the box.
Good job by Evans pulling off the win in Sweden, with so many Nordic drivers participating!

[Fly]

I follow the RC2 closely. Exciting battles. A lot of young drivers with potential for the future.
However, many of us draw conclusions before any driver step up to RC1.
Al Attiyah, Ketomaa among others were (are) top drivers in the RC2 category but are far from the top in RC1 (And it's not only because of a lack of experience)
Yves Matton said on Belgian TV that the gap is big between the two categories. Everything is happening much faster in a RC1. You must be able to handle it.
However, the RC2 school is good to reach the top and it gives an idea of what the future in WRC1 will look like.
BTW: Suninen is my favorite. Good start from Bergkvist and Veiby.

[Mariusz]

And there is Elfyn Evans who is a great index for anybody in RC2 who would try to think that they would be fast in RC1. It seems for me that there is nobody close to it.

[Mirek]

And there is Elfyn Evans who is a great index for anybody in RC2 who would try to think that they would be fast in RC1. It seems for me that there is nobody close to it.

Tidemand did one stage with FWD only and lost one minute. Evans could of course only defend the lead after that but I think we can at least guess that Tidemand would be a tough opponent for him. Let's see in next events.

[mousti]

Protasov is withdrawing from WRC2...

Verstuurd vanaf mijn Nexus 5 met Tapatalk

[Andre Oliveira]

Why?

Nasser with Fiesta R5 at Mexico

[Aquagen]

Why?

Unfortunately he has no sponsor for this moment

[Andre Oliveira]

Bad