[WRC] News & Rumours 2019

[the sniper]

I was at Autosport International today. I feel incredibly lucky to have the WRC launch only 20 minutes drive away from my house! It was a bit manic for the launch, the area around the WRC stand wasn't very big so it was pretty crowded. I managed to stand on the side of a pick up truck to get something of a view... After that though it was a much more chilled out affair. The main Autosport stage (where they did the interviews) was a Hall away from the WRC area (where they did the launch and official signing sessions), so all the drivers and team members had to walk (or jog!) between the two, making them very accessible. Most of them were around until the mid afternoon, Elfyn and Teemu were there until the end, by which point they were just walking around casually not getting bothered by too many people. I got a picture with Seb Ogier, asked Malcom Wilson a couple of questions and got a Rally GB directional arrow signed by ALL the drivers on the front, and on the rear Malcolm Wilson, Mr Budar and Tommi Makinen, so all in a productive day!

As for the cars, I think the Hyundai and Citroen, particularly the latter, look much better in person than in many of the pictures posted here.

Here's some picture I took on my phone:











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(EDIT: \/ Thanks Est, sorted now.)