The WRC 2012 Thread
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Christ!
Speaking of rallying near misses, it reminded me of this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWgi4hhWZRA
Speaking of rallying near misses, it reminded me of this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWgi4hhWZRA
Volkswagwn have confirmed Jari-Matti Latvala will be joining them next year:
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/103488
No surprise after the Ford news.
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/103488
No surprise after the Ford news.
It probably pre-empted the Ford news.
Wow, never saw that one coming.....
Won’t be easy for JML - Ogier is already No1 - he’s been there for almost a year, and will have had everything done ‘his way’. JML will be going into Ogier’s team.
So 2 Factory teams and a Finn in each one – Joukhi strikes again....
Wow, never saw that one coming.....
Won’t be easy for JML - Ogier is already No1 - he’s been there for almost a year, and will have had everything done ‘his way’. JML will be going into Ogier’s team.
So 2 Factory teams and a Finn in each one – Joukhi strikes again....
I’ve seen something were both Solberg & Ostberg have said they are no longer paying for a drive. However, since Ford pulled out what will happen now? Do M-Sport run rich Privateers, or ‘proper’ drivers – if they can get some kind of sponsorship – and Qatar have been mentioned. Solberg, Ostberg & Al Attiyah..???
ArnageWRC said:
I’ve seen something were both Solberg & Ostberg have said they are no longer paying for a drive. However, since Ford pulled out what will happen now? Do M-Sport run rich Privateers, or ‘proper’ drivers – if they can get some kind of sponsorship – and Qatar have been mentioned. Solberg, Ostberg & Al Attiyah..???
I heard that M-Sport are linked with Qatar as well. If Ostberg was given the same car as Solberg and JML this year I think he would have been right on the pace Ostberg has been superb this year, he was certainly driving the balls off the car at Rally GB!
As for Latvala's move to VW its going to be a facsinating battle between him and Ogier! I wonder how he will cope without the support he had at Ford when/if things start to go a bit wrong as he is still very mentally fragile, and has looked like a man on the edge at times this year!
As for Latvala's move to VW its going to be a facsinating battle between him and Ogier! I wonder how he will cope without the support he had at Ford when/if things start to go a bit wrong as he is still very mentally fragile, and has looked like a man on the edge at times this year!
ArnageWRC said:
It probably pre-empted the Ford news.
Wow, never saw that one coming.....
Won’t be easy for JML - Ogier is already No1 - he’s been there for almost a year, and will have had everything done ‘his way’. JML will be going into Ogier’s team.
So 2 Factory teams and a Finn in each one – Joukhi strikes again....
Ogier has been appearing in the top 10 this year, despite having an S2000 car and he was right on Loebs pace at times in the Citroen. Therefore I think JML will have a hard time even if they are treated equally.Wow, never saw that one coming.....
Won’t be easy for JML - Ogier is already No1 - he’s been there for almost a year, and will have had everything done ‘his way’. JML will be going into Ogier’s team.
So 2 Factory teams and a Finn in each one – Joukhi strikes again....
Are we about to replace one dominant Frenchman with another?
PSBuckshot said:
Crikey thats bloody amazing.
Crazy crazy day in Spain!
Loeb getting his braking wrong after a dud pace note.
Neuville retiring after burning his fingers writing his car.
Latvala pushing too hard after his puncture yesterday.
And Solberg crashing out too!
Not goin too well for the Ford factory team again!!
Ogier stuns with a fasted stage time after many wrc cars struggle with tyre wear in the stages.
Eithe Tanak or Novikov ran part of one stage in road mode to save losing his tyres completely.
Mads Ostberg tweeted a pic of the wear on one set, can't copy and paste it as I'm on mobile, and it was basically no rubber left on one tyre and down to the woven material that makes up the tyre!
He thought he had mechanical issues but turned out it was just the tyres, well before he lost his rear diff on the next stage!
Loeb getting his braking wrong after a dud pace note.
Neuville retiring after burning his fingers writing his car.
Latvala pushing too hard after his puncture yesterday.
And Solberg crashing out too!
Not goin too well for the Ford factory team again!!
Ogier stuns with a fasted stage time after many wrc cars struggle with tyre wear in the stages.
Eithe Tanak or Novikov ran part of one stage in road mode to save losing his tyres completely.
Mads Ostberg tweeted a pic of the wear on one set, can't copy and paste it as I'm on mobile, and it was basically no rubber left on one tyre and down to the woven material that makes up the tyre!
He thought he had mechanical issues but turned out it was just the tyres, well before he lost his rear diff on the next stage!
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