[WRC] News & Rumours 2021

[AnttiL]

https://twitter.com/msportltd/status...984539139?s=21

Chris Patterson will co-drive for Greensmith from now on

[T16]

https://twitter.com/msportltd/status...984539139?s=21

Chris Patterson will co-drive for Greensmith from now on

They'll probably do better if Chris drives the car.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

4th permanent co-driver change of the season already must be a record.

Hope this one works out by combining youth with huge experience.

https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/green...ver-patterson/

[EstWRC]

so rumours floating around in twitter that Tänak and Neuville will do San Remo to prepare for Croatia and Breen, Solberg Loubet also but with R5 machines.

[Gregor-y]

brand new last gen Fiesta (chassis #14) for Barry McKenna, starting the ARA series in the US.
Due to regulations, it has 2.0l engine and older gen? no paddle-shift gearbox.

https://dirtfish.com/rally/ara/mcken...ta-wrc-to-ara/


Anybody knows more about the mods? What engine..?

No idea about the engine but a puncture kept the car from winning and someone filed a complaint over the aerodynamics.
https://www.wrcwings.tech/2021/03/23...PIzW3Ls5_g03Bw
I've been going to this rally since 2006 but it's really not good to be traveling, yet.

[AnttiL]

4th permanent co-driver change of the season already must be a record.

Hope this one works out by combining youth with huge experience.

https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/green...ver-patterson/

I would say Greensmith getting Patterson is a "normal" co-driver change to get more experience in the car, whereas Neuville, Sordo, Loeb splitting with their experienced co-drivers seems more awkward. As for Lehtinen, he just got a new job at TGR which suited his life better.

[wyler]

so rumours floating around in twitter that Tänak and Neuville will do San Remo to prepare for Croatia and Breen, Solberg Loubet also but with R5 machines.

Confirmed in a special wrc class. (also rumoured some 2c wrc -maybe loubet not in r5-)
also possible the addition of french drivers testing for Croatia due to the postponing of toquet rally.

[pantealex]

I would say Greensmith getting Patterson is a "normal" co-driver change to get more experience in the car, whereas Neuville, Sordo, Loeb splitting with their experienced co-drivers seems more awkward. As for Lehtinen, he just got a new job at TGR which suited his life better.

True!

I´m not counting Loeb as WRC driver anymore, he is more like Petter Solberg who does what he wants and nobody is saying that Petter changed co-driver. (in fact Petter is younger than Loeb)

Suninen is not full time WRC driver and Lehtinen needed full time job.

[TypeR]

Good news! M-Sport will use new engine in Croatia:
https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/m-spo...ne-in-croatia/

[AnttiL]

https://www.wrc.com/en/news/2021/wrc...2021-calendar/

Acropolis replaces Chile this year already!