[WRC] News & rumours (part IV) 2016

[EstWRC]

Because then there were splits but anymore. Paddon's own words and i agree with him.

[JAM]

It's inevitable that someone try to level up a bit the situation. But these rules have gone too far.
Bring back 2014. Ogier didn't won every rally back then, we were all happy.

Mexico, Argentina and Portugal, if Ogier wouldn't be the first on the road, we had won all these.

So this year, we would had 5 in 5 for Ogier.

I wouldn't be happy with this.

I'm against to choose the road position, we should have a format that is fixed for all rallyes.

[AndyRAC]

Colin Clark twitter

3 car teams for 2017. My predictions. @Petter_Solberg @GronholmM will win rallies. Maybe even Marko and Tommi. Portugal will be interesting

@planetemarcus @Petter_Solberg @GronholmM they will be in demand next year

Thats utter madness. It's 2017, not 2007.....it wouldn't say much for the WRC if they all came back.

[AL14]

Mexico, Argentina and Portugal, if Ogier wouldn't be the first on the road, we had won all these.

So this year, we would had 5 in 5 for Ogier.

I wouldn't be happy with this.

I'm against to choose the road position, we should have a format that is fixed for all rallyes.

Only to precise that in 2014 positions were fixed. Me too I don't like quali format.

[Simmi]

Colin Clark twitter

3 car teams for 2017. My predictions. @Petter_Solberg @GronholmM will win rallies. Maybe even Marko and Tommi. Portugal will be interesting

@planetemarcus @Petter_Solberg @GronholmM they will be in demand next year

Driver lunacy aside - I wonder if Colin has heard that 3 car teams are confirmed?

[dimviii]

Although this weekend takes place the Rally of Sardinia 2016 and by lining up three vehicles there one would think that Volkswagen Motorsport is fully focused on this round of the World Rally Championship, the brand has been commissioned to remind us that has long decided to focus its efforts to prepare the 2017 season, leaving intuit on your Facebook page these days will test an advanced version of its new Volkswagen Polo R WRC.

According to the publication of Volkswagen Motorsport in the social network, camouflage decoration photo can be seen on Sunday in Baumholder, one of the most traditional sections of Rally Germany. It is hoped that in the logic absence of their race drivers the German mark again resort to Marcus Gronholm, who is carrying on his back a large part of vehicle development 2017.

Although it is common for brands to test their new vehicles after the dispute of a rally in order to make comparisons with stopwatches in hand, Volkswagen seems to have opted for the calendar inverse test: without going any further Autosprint published a few days ago the new Polo was rolling in Sardinia, alternating pilots from the German current World Rally Car and newly minted. The Italian weekly ventured to announce that the difference between the two is around two tenths per kilometer in Italian special as Terranova, Monte Olia and San Giacomo.

http://www.diariomotor.com/competici...fin-de-semana/

[Rally Power]

It's not Rally not even real racing, but Higgins time attack on Man TT circuit was the first time Prodrive worked for Subaru since their WRC leave (this time via Subaru USA).

Full report and videos on Mark's amazing new record (207.17km/h average speed, if I didn't mess conversion) from Autocar:
http://www.autocar.co.uk/Subaru-Isle...ampaign=buffer

[Mirek]

John McGuiness still 32 seconds faster

[N.O.T]

John McGuiness still 32 seconds faster

And Dunlop 42...

[Mirek]

According to official webpage it's McGuiness who holds the record: http://www.iomtt.com/TT-Database/TT-...p-Records.aspx