News & rumours

[MikeD]

WRR says that Subaru will bring a 3rd car for Catalunya. Xevi Pons or Marko Märtin will get the drive....most likely Pons.

[MikeD]

@c4,

Are you running the rallybuzz site? It's really good.

[c4]

@c4,

Are you running the rallybuzz site? It's really good.


Yeah MikeD, I run RallyBuzz and thanks for the compliment,

Much appreciated :)

[traxx]

WRR says that Subaru will bring a 3rd car for Catalunya. Xevi Pons or Marko Märtin will get the drive....most likely Pons.

And the driver will be .... Brice Tirabassi !!
http://wrc.is.free.fr/posts/2008/08/19/755-brice-tirabassi-avec-une-subaru-s14

[Daniel]

WRR says that Subaru will bring a 3rd car for Catalunya. Xevi Pons or Marko Märtin will get the drive....most likely Pons.
Typical WRR. Don't know anything.....

[StevieWonder]

And the driver will be .... Brice Tirabassi !!
http://wrc.is.free.fr/posts/2008/08/19/755-brice-tirabassi-avec-une-subaru-s14


http://66.163.168.225/babelfish/translate_url_content?.intl=at&lp=fr_en&trurl=http%3a%2f%2frallybuzz.stagetimes.com%2fbric e-tirabassi-confirmed-third-subaru-seat-catalunya-corsica%2f

good news to see a new face in WRC:
but just one question: is tirabassi more spcialist for tarmac or gravel ?

[jure dvorsek]

Interesting decision-more likely strange decision-made by Prodrive to choose Brice for the third car.
He is more tarmac specialist, no question about that, but I do not remember, if he drove any kind of WRC !
S1600, N4, S2000....he was doing rally's in those cars, but WRC ???
Anyway, I wish him all the best !!

[jparker]

I would love to see driver from IRC in WRC :)

[jacko]

http://www.bricetirabassi.com/en/ that's what i called a promtional website, well done.
About Brice Tirabassi: he did drive some rounds with the Subaru WRC back in 2004 in the French championship and he lost a works-seat battle in the Subaru team to Sarrazin at the end of that season.
It's interesting to see him compare with Solberg and Atkinson and it's always good to have a quality extra WRC rally car on the road.

[Gard]

I would love to see driver from IRC in WRC :)

why? IRC consist of drivers that never was good enough for wrc ;)

[Woodeye]

Kristian Sohlberg states will be back in WRC 2009
http://rallybuzz.stagetimes.com/kristian-sohlberg-wrc-2009-world-rally-car/

I think that Krisse won't ever make it back to factory team. It's good to see that he get's funding at least for some drives. The main problem for him has been to stay on the road with WRC car so far.

[Viking]

why? IRC consist of drivers that never was good enough for wrc ;)

And this guy has even given up his IRC campaign :D

[Mirek]

AFAIK, his campaign was ended by BSA.

[Buzz Lightyear]

While it maybe good to see Tiribassi in WRC, believe him, he will be so far off the pace it will not be funny.

[AndyRAC]

While it maybe good to see Tiribassi in WRC, believe him, he will be so far off the pace it will not be funny.

That's never stopped others from being in the WRC.

[Tomi]

I think that Krisse won't ever make it back to factory team. It's good to see that he get's funding at least for some drives. The main problem for him has been to stay on the road with WRC car so far.

He will get maybe come with much noise again, but leave quietly after a few events, I wonder who will give him a car, that many bridges he has burnt by now.

[PuddleJumper]

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