Exactly my friend :)
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Exactly my friend :)
To be in WRC, you need only two things - money and good friends in FIA. Quality of the event is not important (as we can see from the history)...
Come on Pluto, WRC needs to get worldwide and the Chinese join up is a consensual one. And we've seen well funded events being sacked (Jordan, Japan, Turkey) or refused (Brasil, South Africa) from WRC.
Btw, the best examples of a "sold out" calendar still are last IRC's years...
Yes he was in wrc3, you're right. But was first on his class (rc4) and I think that it showed speed or at least had a very good performance considering his little experience in international level.
If a few else noticed it is not on my interest. Being italian I had a bit more attention on what he did, and I hope he will have more chances to improve and see where he can go.
You didnt understand my point. I am not talking about China or other events. I am only noticing, that if some organisers like Valais wants to go into WRC, primary they must find enough money and then they must be good with politics at FIA. Nothing else...
But this is thread about ERC (where the situation is very similar).
To be first in class RC4 on most of events (especially where Dmack Fiesta Cup was not starting) is nothing... Of course I was trying to follow results of Fabio and Andrea as I know them both very well, but it was very difficult to find anything about them (except stage times)...
Estonian young talent Karl Martin Volver with Peugeot 208 VTi R2 will take part in four rallies next season (Rally Liepaja), (Ypres Rally), Rally Estonial and (Barum Rally). Will be watching him closely.
He has a great name for a driver. I think that in Spanish it means something like "to turn" :)
Yes, same word here at Portugal, volver is turn back
For sure his nickname in the future will be Revolver
It is correct.i dont know about that, maybe he got some special deal?
I don't know if that's possible. I do know Pieter Jan Michiel Cracco went to Estonia to drive rally before his 18° birthday... http://www.ewrc-results.com/profile.php?p=33306 I also see he drove a rally in Belgium before his 18° birthday (rallye de hannut). Maybe he could fix something with the organisation. But Ypres isn't rallye de hannut offcourse...
If he is doing Junior ERC he is falling under FIA and I think they allow it because Kruuda did some ERC or WRC events under 18?
So most probably it is (technically) possible to receive exception from FIA but it costs a lot of money. (I see that as only possible reason why only Kruuda had it during last 10 years)
I don't think there is some kind of universal FIA exception. In my opinion it must be negotiated on national level in every country. I think it was like that with Kruuda on Barum rally but I'm not sure.
Like Mirek told, regarding this issue it is nothing about FIA, but about local rules in every country.
PJM Cracco participated in WRC Rally de Portugal in 2013, he was 17 years old at that time. It depends on the local law indeed. I think in most countries you are allowed to drive if you have a valid drivers license (from any country), no matter what age. With PJM Cracco they did only one event because it was a difficult situation, being actually Belgian, and in Belgium you shouldn't drive before the age of 18... He had an Estonian nationality/drivers license/competition license just for rallying.
In Portugal we can't driver until 18. Maybe the codriver drove on laison?
Kajto to defend ERC title ??
http://www.fiaerc.com/king-kajto-cou...is-erc-throne/
Kajto is leading Rally Barborka after SS4. Still 3 stages to go.
Live results:
http://rajdy.autoklub.pl/results/live/id/3971?ss=4&rr=0
The last stage, on the famous Karowa street in the centre of Warsaw, will be broadcasted live on TVP Sport on Saturday at 18:15 CET:
http://sport.tvp.pl/na-antenie
If you have satellite tv, try it! It's a nice show on slippery cobblestones :)
https://scontent.fwaw3-1.fna.fbcdn.n...da&oe=57199A17
What car is he using?
WRC spec or that proto with Evo X engine?
And... just another rally won by Kajto this year! :)
Final results - 53. RAJD BARBÓRKA
1. Kajetan Kajetanowicz/Jarek Baran - Ford Fiesta R5+ 16.15,16
2. Rafał Grzesiński/Mateusz Tutaj - Ford Fiesta VS +8,01
3. Michał Ratajczyk/Jędrzej Szcześniak - Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX +8,29
4. Wojciech Chuchała/Sebastian Rozwadowski - Subaru Impreza WRC S5 +11,04
5. Maciej Oleksowicz/Michał Kuśnierz - Ford Fiesta R5+ +12,97
6. Marcin Gagacki/Marcin Bilski - Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX +15,66
7. Tomasz Kuchar/Daniel Dymurski - Ford Fiesta R5 +21,26
8. Grzegorz Grzyb/Robert Hundla - Ford Fiesta R5 +28,63
9. Jarosław Szeja/Marcin Szeja - Subaru Impreza WRX STI +32,42
10. Bryan Bouffier/Thibault de la Haye - Ford Fiesta Proto +34,93
http://www.autoklub.pl/news/foto/201...212_65105h.jpg
One of the stages was held in front of the Polish National Stadium in Warsaw:
https://scontent.fwaw3-1.fna.fbcdn.n...ca&oe=56D6D6AD
Bodykit was from R5+, but I think he also had 2,0l engine, and not "customer" version of it, but with for sure different mapping and maybe also bigger restrictor.
But of course that is not the reason why he won - he won as he is best driver there.
A word of explanation for our friends outside of Poland. Barborka Rally is our end-of-the-season rallysprint, where you can drive any car you want. A rally car, a racing car, a hillclimbing car, a rallycross car, a prototype, so it is quite common to see machines stronger than 300-400 HP. But this power will not give you much, because stages are very short and full of corners. It's a great event.
http://kajto.pl/news/b_699_0.jpg
Consani full season with ds3 r5
http://www.rallye054.be/erc-nouvelle...-pour-consani/
If someone is interested, here is a 4-minute video showing Kajto in action on the Barborka Rally:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NinYzQ5-WzA
Bit of Rally Rzeszów info....
The newest round of the FIA European Rally Championship, Rally Rzeszów, will celebrate its 25th year next season.
Based in southeast Poland and scheduled to run from 5-7 August 2016, the event has been a mainstay of the Polish and Slovakian national championships for a number of years. Next year it will form round eight of the ERC making it the second largest motorsport event in Poland behind the country’s world championship counter.
The rally runs on narrow and winding roads in the Carpathian Foothills, and the route is characterised by steep ascents and acute descents. Two stages are planned through the centre of Rzeszów, which lies close to Slovakian and Ukrainian borders.
Fans attending the event next year will get the opportunity to watch young Polish drivers aiming to follow in the wheel tracks of ERC champion and national hero Kajetan Kajetanowicz.
Full details about the special stages will be revealed in the New Year.
If You are interested how the stages look like here You have a lot of onboards from the promoter of Slovak championship. I'm not sure if it works to You. I'm currently in Italy and it seems not working here due to localization.
2014: http://www.mediaracing.sk/videa-arch...&nazov=rzeszow
2012: http://www.mediaracing.sk/videa-arch...&nazov=rzeszow
rzeszowski will be held from thursday to saturday
RĝhneSelmer (RS) Motorsport with Frank Tore Larsen will do 3 rounds in 16 and full season in 17.
Maybe Selmer will try some round as well?.
https://translate.google.com/transla...spx&edit-text=
RĝhneSelmer is Norways largest Ford dealerships.