[WRC] News & Rumours 2019

[mknight]

Yes I heard that, based on his 2019 so far it's looking good. But remember that at end of last year most people doubted he will even get a drive for 2019 as his only good rally last year was Spain.

[steve.mandzij]

Julian Porter on a recent podcast said all of the teams have spoken to Elfyn Evans and he is quite admired. He could well be sought after in 2020 as a solid no.2 driver by the factory teams.

British journos have an extraordinary hard-on for Elfyn though.

[mknight]

British journos have an extraordinary hard-on for Elfyn though.

Any british drivers...
At end of 2017 C. Clark said that Evans will fight for title in 2018 no matter what car he drives...
Meeke is own category completely, as documentwd by the ammount of exposure he gets relative to other drivers. After Mexico Clark declared how he has now matured and can deliver 4th places on every rally while charging for wins in between. (results after that are 9-4-10).

Somehow Breen seemed to get significantly less focus that both these... must be cause he is Irish.

Anyway in that interview with Porter it basically started with the hosts criticizing Evans season so far (which is unwarranted imo) and Porter correcting them.

[Katvala]

Where are these podcasts?

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[AnttiL]

Where are these podcasts?

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Absolute Rally. A nice weekly roundup of rallying, sometimes a bit Brit-heavily though

https://totalrallystudio.podbean.com

[spiderem]

After 7 rallies (mid season), the 3 contenders are separated by only 10 points

The lowest gap so far between the 3 was after Corsica (5 points) and the biggest after Argentina (28 points). The remainder of the season will surely be epic! Let's hope tactics will not shadow the sporting results.

[dimviii]

Belgakinen
‏ @belgakinen


Renault Sport has been testing a new Clio rallycar in the south of France lately, most likely a new R2. No pictures or videos as of yet.

[dimviii]

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH KRIS MEEKE ‘’FINE MARGINS, THAT’S THE SPORT WE LIVE IN’’

http://www.kdmhire.com/news/article/46

[mknight]

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH KRIS MEEKE ‘’FINE MARGINS, THAT’S THE SPORT WE LIVE IN’’

http://www.kdmhire.com/news/article/46

The article starts with "Meeke has shown impressive level of consistency over the weekend..."

[EstWRC]

found interesting statistics from estonian forum

with half the season gone, this is how much the team leaders have contributed to manufacturer points and how much others

Hyundai - 202
Neuville - 113 - 55,9% of points

Toyota - 182
Ott - 116 - 63,7% of points

Citroen - 158
Ogier - 120 - 75,9% of points

M-Sport - 122
Evans - 62 - 50,8% of points


we must remember that Hyundai and Toyota are with 3 cars and M-sport and Citroen with 2 cars.

but oh man, Ogier carries the Citroen on his shoulders.