[WRC] News & rumours (part IV) 2016

[Simmi]

Its says 2 DS3s so probably R5 cars.

I'd guess more likely the old spec WRC cars. But we still need to wait for the FIA/WRC Promoter to decide what they are doing.

I'd be in favour of this move to be honest. Having guys like Lefebvre, Breen, Tidemand maybe all battling in older cars, gaining experience until the new machinery is more readily available.

[focus206]

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[focus206]

http://www.autosport.com/news/report...-tyres-in-2017, I thought you were jokin' yesterday but wow nope they are serious...

They say there are "pros and cons", what would be the "pros" of control tyres?

[Simmi]

They say there are "pros and cons", what would be the "pros" of control tyres?

Like the article says, some tyre maker ploughing significant money into the series/promotion etc. But honestly with Dmack we've already got the equivalent of the Pirelli Star Driver programme with a better ladder to the top. And Dmack don't even want a control tyre. To force them out of the sport would be insane.

[AMSS]

They say there are "pros and cons", what would be the "pros" of control tyres?

More money to the FIA...

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Citroen targetting Neuville for 2017 then... so a seat could be available at Hyundai for Abbring possibly ?

http://www.motorsport.com/wrc/news/c...uville-796283/

[dimviii]

Two young Japanese drivers supported by Toyota and being trained by the team of four-time World Rally Champion Tommi Mäkinen will compete on the next round of the FIA European Rally Championship.

Takamoto Katsuta (aged 23) and Hiroki Arai (22) are being nurtured under the Toyota Gazoo Racing Challenge Program with Tommi Mäkinen Racing, which will operate Toyota’s World Rally Championship team when it returns to the top level of the sport in 2017.

The pair recently made a step up in their development by moving from R4-specification Subaru Impreza WRX STIs to Ford Fiesta R5s in the Finnish championship, and for their second starts in the cars they will make ERC debuts on auto24 Rally Estonia on 15-17 July.

The high-speed gravel rally will be seen as ideal preparation for the famous Rally Finland, which follows two weeks later.

When the decision was made earlier this year to promote the pair to the R5 category, Mäkinen said: “I’m happy to report that Katsuta and Arai have progressed markedly compared to when they started the program. They still need more experience as rally drivers, but in coaching them over the last ten months, I’m convinced that they have the potential for further growth. The instructor team is going to be doing everything it can to maximize their abilities and skills.”

Arai has rallying in the blood, as his father is former Subaru WRC and ERC ace Toshi Arai. Katsuta on the other hand started out in karting and single-seater racing, finishing second in the Japanese Formula 3 Championship with Toyota in 2013 before landing a place on the marque’s rally scheme. The pair are co-driven by experienced navigators Glenn MacNeall and Daniel Barritt.

[janvanvurpa]

Like the article says, some tyre maker ploughing significant money into the series/promotion etc. But honestly with Dmack we've already got the equivalent of the Pirelli Star Driver programme with a better ladder to the top. And Dmack don't even want a control tyre. To force them out of the sport would be insane.

Right, agreed.

So where is the announcement naming whoever as THE WRC sole supplier?

[rallyfiend]

Right, agreed.

So where is the announcement naming whoever as THE WRC sole supplier?

The article itself it a little stupid. He needs to decide better what his problem is.

in one paragraph he notes how the last single tyre supplier provided us with Ott and Hayden, and then in another he says it would be a stupid idea.

Make up your mind, sir.

[janvanvurpa]

because i do not like journalists.

i am always trolling. Its what a dear leader must do in order to preserve balance in the universe.

And the balance is there: You do not like journalists, journalists don't like you.

What else is new?

And with all the trolling you do, you'd think you'd eventually get better at it... but, alas, no.