[WRC] News & rumours (part IV) 2016

[N.O.T]

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

and according to the races that took place this past week its dunlop...but feel free to argue

[Mirek]

Thanks for correction, I haven't noticed that. Sorry

[N.O.T]

you are forgiven.

[Jack4688`]

Ian Hutchinson broke the record (from a standing start!) at the superbike race, the first race of this year's event then a few seconds later Michael Dunlop broke it again, doing the first sub 17 minute lap and I believe in the senior TT on friday (superbike race 2, but under a different name) did the first 134mph average lap. Ian Hutchinson also did a lap on the superstock bike that beat John McGuiness' old outright lap record.

[N.O.T]

Ian Hutchinson broke the record (from a standing start!) at the superbike race, the first race of this year's event then a few seconds later Michael Dunlop broke it again, doing the first sub 17 minute lap and I believe in the senior TT on friday (superbike race 2, but under a different name) did the first 134mph average lap. Ian Hutchinson also did a lap on the superstock bike that beat John McGuiness' old outright lap record.

Dunlops record is 133.964mph not 134 !!! In the first superbike race Dunlop broke the outright record of Mcguinness from a standing start with 133.369 and then again on lap 2 with 133.393... Hutchinsons record was 132.892 on his standing start lap.

[N.O.T]

For your eyes only infidels...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nlzxR6lN7Q

[KiwiWRCfan]

in a few minutes time Becs Williams interview with PJ Johnson the Chairman of Rally NZ will be replayed on WRC live radio
Tune in now to hear how about how the NZ bid is progressing and what the Kiwis have planned for a 2018 WRC return to NZ http://www.wrc.com/live-ticker/live_popup_radio.html

[Jack4688`]

Dunlops record is 133.964mph not 134 !!! In the first superbike race Dunlop broke the outright record of Mcguinness from a standing start with 133.369 and then again on lap 2 with 133.393... Hutchinsons record was 132.892 on his standing start lap.

My mistake, here's a good article on the technical details of the car http://www.pistonheads.com/features/...cord-car/34282

600hp version of a prodrive WRC engine...

[Jack4688`]

http://www.crash.net/wrc/race-report...yRFbjEbuBKW.99

Martin Prokop ended up 11th, but after being given a 5-minute penalty at the start remained deeply unhappy: “This is my favourite rally of the year but from the beginning we struggled with the penalty decision. This is a nice rally but I will leave the championship now. I do not like the atmosphere and I am not happy with this situation.

No real loss...

[N.O.T]

http://www.crash.net/wrc/race-report...yRFbjEbuBKW.99

good riddance...