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5th May 2021, 17:30 #6431
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5th May 2021, 20:38 #6432Senior Member
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And to think, a few years ago there was quite a split in opinion whether B-segment cars were too small for top-level (i.e. what we now know as Rally1 and Rally2) rally cars. This new Fabia, as well as other current rally cars are pretty perfect proportions to me.
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5th May 2021, 22:43 #6433Senior Member
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It's funy but this Fabia is only slightly shorter and much wider than Focus Mk.1. Cars keep growing...
Stupid is as stupid does. Forrest Gump
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6th May 2021, 09:06 #6436
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what was the last time a "factory team" won the erc? (I mean... is it really allowed to run a factory car in rally2/r5 in erc?) Cuz I just started to follow it and it seems to me that the winner is just a privateer in almost all the occasions.
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20th May 2021, 20:32 #6439Senior Member
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Works Skoda team won the title in 2012 (Hanninen), 2013 (Kopecky) and 2014 (Lappi).
Before them, works FIAT Abarth team won it in 2009 (Basso) and 2010 (Rossetti).
But actual works team are rather rare in ERC, national works teams like Skoda Hungary or Citroen Spain are more common.Last edited by focus206; 20th May 2021 at 20:34.
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Like others have said it's quite rare for works teams to compete in ERC, but such situations did happen several times. An interesting example was Bruno Thiry, who was competeing in ERC 2000 with works Citroen Xsara Kit Car, but... lost the championship to Henrik Lundgaard from Toyota Team Denmark!

Photo of Thiry's car:
https://www.ewrc-results.com/image/315442/http://www.rallymadness.prv.pl - rally photos and movies!
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