Urmo Aava will drive Lancer WRC!

[Jaanus]

Today Urmo Aava finalized his plans to drive a WRC car and he chose Mitsubishi Lancer WRC. He will take part with his car in Acropolis, Finland, New-Zealand and Wales. Just before Neste Rally he will also take part from rally Otepää in Estonia.

http://etvsport.ee/index.php?0552041

http://sport.etv.ee/failid/7209.jpg

[Tomi]

about time he get's something clever done, good luck :)

[Patwrc]

Hopefully he can be able to emulate the success of Markko Martin in the future. He really has a lot of potentials.

[MJW]

More proof that if you want to step up to a WRC you must prove it - driving endless years in JWRC eventually gets you nowhere - it only helps to learn the stages a little.

[Timole]

And as i´ve heard if wvwrything goes well and Urmo will do good job this year he´ll do 12 events next year with Mitsu.

[jparker]

And as i´ve heard if wvwrything goes well and Urmo will do good job this year he´ll do 12 events next year with Mitsu.

Hope he does, this way WRC may become little more interesting.
Is that brand new machinery from Mitsu?
Good luck to him and all his team

[COD]

Good luck to them, it will not be easy. But after Markko, Estonians deserve a new top driver so hope he can deliver now so taht he gets more opportunities next year

[koko0703]

Good news or........!? Is he not in line for Suzuki WRC??? Or he'll switch car in Corsica???

[Timole]

Hope he does, this way WRC may become little more interesting.
Is that brand new machinery from Mitsu?
Good luck to him and all his team

It´s 07 specification Mitsu wrc. This year they will try to score some points and show decent speed, cause next year they wont be doing jrc anymore and the aim is to do 10-12 wrc rounds.

[jonas_mcrae]

good for him, more and more mitsus comming out of the shadows, is mitsu giving some kinda economic support? because they the publicity anyway..

[Josti]

Good luck to him, love to see a new Mitsubishi in the field :up:

[MikeD]

Excellent news. Great to see another Mitsu. I am a big fan of the front of that car. Also good to see an Estonian back in WRC.

[JAM]

But will Mitsubishi have a new car?

[N.O.T]

Good to see him in a WRC...was about time....

[Maui J.]

Awesome! Another privateer for Rally NZ.

[DonJippo]

But will Mitsubishi have a new car?

No.

[GigiGalliNo1]

So is it a 07' spec? :o kinda confused and great to see a Mitsu when I head out to NZ :D

[User]

They will upgrade it. I wonder how many Lancer's there were build?

[GigiGalliNo1]

ahhhhhh

kool sounds great! any other drivers planned to drive a MMSP WRCar? if they make/upgrade more!?

[A.F.F.]

Excellent news. It'll be interesting to see how far up on result board Aava will be :)

[GigiGalliNo1]

I hope he does well :)

[pino]

Great news, I am happy for him and for all our estonian forumers, good luck ! :up:

[Jaanus]

They will upgrade it. I wonder how many Lancer's there were build?

14 cars have been built during 2004 and 2005.

KR05 ZKL
Rovaperä – Germany, Korsica, Catalunya 05
Galli - Sweden 06
Välimäki – Sardinia, Acropolis, Finland 06

KP54 GXY
Panizzi – Monte, Mexico, Cyprus 05
Galli – Argentina, Wales, Australia 05
Carlsson – Sweden 06
Araujo – Portugal 07

KR05 ZKJ
Galli – Germany, Catalunya 05
Panizzi – Corsica 05

KX05 AUR
Rovanperä – Sardinia, Acropolis, Japan 05
Galli – Monte 06

KN04 WMC
Galli - NZ, Turkey, Finland, Corsica 05
Pons – Monte, Sweden, Norway 07

KN04 WMD
Rovanperä – Monte, Mexico, Cyprus, Argentina, Wales, Australia 05
Gardemeister – Monte, Sweden, Norway, Portugal 07

KN04 WLZ
Panizzi – Argentina 04
Galli – Catalunya 04
Rovanperä – Sweden, NZ, Turkey, Finland 05
Galli – Japan 05

KN04 WMA
Panizzi – Germany 05

KR53 YPO
Panizzi – Cyprus, Turkey, Finland, Catalunya 04
Galli – Sweden, Sardinia, Acropolis 05
Panizzi – Japan 05

KR53 YPP
Panizzi – NZ, Acroplis 04
Sohlberg – Argentina 04
Sola Catalunya 04
Hänninen – Finland 06

KX53 BKO
Sohlberg – Sweden, NZ 04
Sola – Acropolis 04

KX53 BKU
Panizzi – Sweden 04
Sola – Germany 04

KX53 BKV
Galli – Monte, Mexico 04

KX53 BKY
Panizzi – Monte, Mexico 04
Sohlberg – Cyprus, Finland 04
Galli - Turkey 04

[User]

Thanks for the info ;)

Looks like only a few are used by MMSP.

[pantealex]

Hänninen Norway -07 ? Was it same car that he use in Finland -06
Is one of those Aava`s car ?

[Jaanus]

Yes Hänninen drove the same car in Norway that he used last year in Finland KR53 YPP.
Urmo will get one of these 14 cars, but it is not yet clear which one.

[Davide78]

Very happy for Aava!

I like his driving style and I think he could become a good official driver in the next future.

[MikeD]

Yes Hänninen drove the same car in Norway that he used last year in Finland KR53 YPP.
Urmo will get one of these 14 cars, but it is not yet clear which one.

Correct me if I am wrong, but isn't Hänninen also the only Mitsu that is semi-prepared by Ralliart? From what i have read it's mostly prepared by RRE-sports.

[Tom206wrc]

I think he should have sticked with either the whale, the Xsara or the Focus he did test at the start of the year 2007... :rolleyes:

[L5->R5/CR]

I think he should have sticked with either the whale, the Xsara or the Focus he did test at the start of the year 2007... :rolleyes:



What if the Mitsu is cheaper and that lets him run more events?

Which is more important? Showing some promise in a slower car and getting more experience? OR being a little bit faster (maybe) and being judged more hasrhly while getting less total experience?

[Eki]

That makes me want to sing:

Aavan meren tuolla puolen jossakin on maa...

[Harde]

Really great news! Hope he does well

[DonJippo]

What if the Mitsu is cheaper

What I've heard this is the case.

[Mr Fudd]

Correct me if I am wrong, but isn't Hänninen also the only Mitsu that is semi-prepared by Ralliart? From what i have read it's mostly prepared by RRE-sports.


Its an MMSP car. They all are.

[Tom206wrc]

If it's just a matter of money, the Skoda Fabia should be even cheaper than the Mitsu :laugh:

[Erki]

Apparently even the Mitsu's boss was with him at presentation. I don't see Škoda's boss doing that. :\ Here's hoping this is a sign of Mitsu's return to WRC. ;)

[Jaanus]

1 Fabia is not cheaper to rent, it is still very expencive.
2 One of Urmo sponsors is Silberauto, the Mitsubishi importer in Estonia.