Rallye Wrc Monte Carlo 2012

[MJW]

anyone got recce photos to post?

[Mirek]

Test PG: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLmRasKa3UE

[Sulland]

Test PG: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLmRasKa3UE

You can almost hear it is down on power compared to the best S2000 cars, pity really! Nice looking car!

[RS]

You can almost hear it is down on power compared to the best S2000 cars, pity really! Nice looking car!

It will be interesting to see what they can do, looks like there may have been some improvement in the car overall. Can anyone translate what Basso said during his test video?

At least they have top quality drivers. When your car is not the best you cannot afford to have sub standard drivers too like some others in the past. Basso was very fast on Col de Turini last year in a private 207 so I hope he makes it that far.

[Andre Oliveira]

[Motorsportfun]

Can anyone translate what Basso said during his test video?

Basso: "We're testing for Monte, trying to do a good set-up for the rally. The conditions are good, there's no snow or ice, hopefully we'll not find it during the rally. We're all happy to ran there, as is back as WRC event and we're glad Proton has chosen us to race with them. P-G is my teammate and he'll test the car tomorrow".

Nothing special, IMHO.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Any weather news for the week ahead... hope there's some snow !!

[vkangas]

You can almost hear it is down on power compared to the best S2000 cars, pity really! Nice looking car!

According to finnish (quite reliable) rumours Proton S2000 is producing little bit over 300 hp that is a very good in paper but this has caused poor middle range torgue. Peak power is impossible for anyone to judge from video but it clearly seems that the driveability of the engine is not as good as the best S2000's and the peak power comes at very small rev band.

[Mirek]

No way it could have 300 Hp even in a very short rpm range.

[bluuford]

Any weather news for the week ahead... hope there's some snow !!

Weather will be veeery variable.


In general

The first two days should be very warm up to +10 degrees is real possibility. There should be no ice or snow on those days. It gets colder on Friday afternoon and there will be some significant snowfall. But it seems that the snow comes to the place were the rally has just left. 15-20 cm is expected. From the first weather maps I can say only that there will be snow on Saturday stages. and maybe on powerstage. But remember, these are mountains and exact weatherforecast can be done maybe 24 h in advance.