[WRC] News & Rumours (part V) 2017

[Andre Oliveira]

Yes

[er88]

Yes

Why don't you just spit it out if you know something. Instead of teasing everyone in the news and rumours section

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[Andre Oliveira]

Because a secret is a secret. Only tell KKS that he is thinking good.

[KKS]

Now we can make crystal ball 2 competition: who can a build a 2017 spec car for 7 month

[skarderud]

Now we can make crystal ball 2 competition: who can a build a 2017 spec car for 7 month

Skoda/seat/Audi?

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[BigWorm]

Ehh, Tempestini is Romanian? What's going on there

[Jewy46]

Nasser and Andreas in a kind of Citroen "B" team......just a guess?
Or am I way off Andre?

[stefanvv]

Now we can make crystal ball 2 competition: who can a build a 2017 spec car for 7 month

My guess is it is already built by a private team, but I like skarderud's suggestion.

[Andre Oliveira]

Ehh, Tempestini is Romanian? What's going on there

Yes. He got Romanian nationality and asked us (eWRC-results) to change flag. In MC he allready had it, look pics

[Simmi]

I'm wondering whether Mikkelsen will jump back into a 2016 Polo. Surely has to be better than beating the WRC2 crop. He can probably take time out of Lefebvre on the stages in the 2016 car. He got asked at a stage end - when will you be back in a '17 car? And they way he responded (repeating: "In a 2017 car?") just implied maybe he had something else up his sleeve. Might be me reading too much into it.

That said - with Portugal being a mandatory WRC2 round then there's a bit of a decision to make there along with Skoda team bosses. I know they have Tidemand doing really well too - but still. If Mikkelsen (or any WRC2 driver) was to miss Portugal - I assume they can still score points in WRC2 for the rest of the year - just not then eligible for championship? Do they disappear from the championship table for instance?