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Thread: Rally2 (ex-R5) News
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20th January 2019, 19:32 #5491
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21st January 2019, 19:29 #5492
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Autosport:
M-Sport had originally hoped to get its latest R5 version of the Fiesta ready for the start of the season, but it will now be unavailable until the middle of 2019.
"The FIA's homologation procedure takes longer and, being honest, we're committing more technical resource than ever to this new car," Wilson explained.
"I want this car to follow our own trend of cars coming out of the box ready to win.
"We wanted to look at the competition first, we wanted to see what the Volkswagen was looking like, we're putting a huge emphasis on this car within the company."
I understand they want the Fiesta to be a winner, but have they left it too late and can it be better than the VW-MS Polo ?
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21st January 2019, 20:22 #5493
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We don't know if Polo is the benchmark, do we? It looks strong, no doubt about that, but nevertheless I'd say it's too early to call it the best when it actually haven't won anything important yet.
Stupid is as stupid does. Forrest Gump
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21st January 2019, 20:27 #5494
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Also... Look at it from the following logic...
Everytime you bring something on the market there MUST be something best on the market already. It means there is always this challenge in front of you (except if you are the first on the market and enjoy a monopoly like M-Sport did with the R5 at the beginning). Škoda came late both into S2000 and R5 market and won. VW also came late into the business yet it seems it was able to bring a great product. M-Sport sure can do that too. We'll see.Stupid is as stupid does. Forrest Gump
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21st January 2019, 20:45 #5495
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Pfff, has any sense to comment it? I have read only first sentence and that is enough for me. M-Sport originally hoped to get latest R5 ready for start of the season, but this plan was broken almost one year ago. Since middle of last year it was sure that homologation will be in the middle 2019 or later. Car is not ready yet...
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23rd January 2019, 16:47 #5496
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Don`t know how it has been interpreted in the magazine, but Toyota PR cordinator said in an interview that TGR WRT Finland operations is already constructing a R5.
Last edited by Tarmop; 23rd January 2019 at 17:00.
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30th January 2019, 18:15 #5497
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30th January 2019, 18:27 #5498
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30th January 2019, 19:30 #5499
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First wintertest for C3R5 today, Mattias Adielsson are the driver.
https://www.facebook.com/Adielssonmo...9812360206435/R.I.P Colin Mcrae - The hero for me... Twitter: @MickeLindh
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4th February 2019, 14:22 #5500
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How do yo call Östberg testing and competing last week(end) then?
Solberg to Toyota would surprise me a lot, what would happen to Pajari in that case?
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