Argentina added to Teemu Suninen’s season
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Argentina added to Teemu Suninen’s season
Veiby Škoda Fabia R5
Østberg was planning on doing this with his own car. And Al-Attiyah could start his season here?
Should be Greensmith, Bulacia and Rovanperä for WRC2
Veiby is driving Weivers car, not factory one.
Don´t know about Kalle.
@rallyargentina
@TGR_WRC confirmado para #RallyArgentina2018 con @JariMattiWRC @OttTanak y @EsapekkaLappi. Tambien
@SKODAMotorsport estará con @PontusTidemand y @KalleRovanpera Además por el WRC2
@CodasurFIA el paraguayo Diego Dominguez. @marcosligato afuera http://bit.ly/2IIO7dq
So it's Pontus and Kalle with factory Skodas
https://rallysportmag.com/injury-for...l-rally220318/
Ligato was supposed to do the event in a Fiesta WRC but has to cancel due to an injury. Just makes me wonder if the rumors of him being in the third M-Sport Fiesta were true...all of a sudden Suninen gets the seat and then we hear that Ligato has to cancel :D
The opening Super Special has been moved from city of Cordoba where held in recent year to the town of Villa Carlo Paz. The SSS remains at 1,9km in length so no change to total competitive distances. https://twitter.com/rallyargentina/s...25809037119489 Crews will have significantly less touring to and from Service Park with this new SSS location, approx. 45 minutes less touring each way.
It appears this might just be a one year change as a result of work happening in area of the Cordoba SSS this year.
That map doesn't have a scale displayed but does it really take 45 minutes to get to the center of Cordoba from service? Okay, full screen shows the scale and it's farther than I thought but traffic must still be a nightmare.
It looks like a twenty minute walk from service to the super special now, which is nothing to complain about considering this rally's previous attempt at SSS spectacle
Distance from Villa Carlos Paz to Cordoba is not that great. Approx. 2/3 distance is good highways at open road speeds. Last part of trip from edge to centre of Cordoba city involves many intersections and lots of traffic lights, this was the part that requires most time. Yes it would be possible to walk from Service Park to the new SSS.
Yes it was true.
Ligato had announced retirement after getting last year national championship, and he used first rallies of National champ fr triaining for the Fiesta WRC. He also entry to last round of Southamerican Championship renting a Fiesta R5. He did the friday short superspecial, but was unable to start due to high pain and retired before starting on Saturday.
He had trained a lot, and his sponsors had sorted up the M-Sprt rent but his "dream" retirement was not feasible
Google Earth Map WRC Rally Argentina 2018 is online ► http://bit.ly/2C7KJpA
interesting posting on Rally Argentina website in Spanish lists WRC manufacturer drivers then talks about Ole Christian Veiby as a private entry prior to mentioning WRC2 manufacturer drivers.
Could OCV be driving the MSport car previously intended for Marcus Ligato ?
http://www.rallyargentina.com/cerro-...lly-argentina#
You are correct Essaj. Found this on Wevers Sports facebook page https://www.facebook.com/WeversSport...21924857860192
Entry list is out:
http://www.rallyargentina.com/wp-con...ved-3-4-18.pdf
No Al-Attiyah but a decent amount of R5s.
Seems like a dry year for private WRC entries.
I'm talking about guys like Østberg and Henning Solberg, maybe even Bertelli and Kremer, and also we must count Suninen into this category from 2017.
And since you're counting in 2016 WRC's, you must remember we had WRC Trophy last year with at least one car in almost every rally. Last year Corsica had two private hobbyist WRC's.
My route preview: https://itgetsfasternow.wordpress.co...na-2018-route/
@DMack_Tyres
Great to see Dan back in action next week. Rally Argentina was a special event for us last year and we wish the lads @ElfynEvans and @danielbarritt all the best of luck next week. https://t.co/Eo2XU7no6W
Making use of one of its homologation jokers, the team will release an upgrade to the car's rear axle that engineers at the team's Satory headquarters say will improve performance across a wider range of conditions.
"The team works tirelessly every day to improve and refine our C3 WRC a little bit more," Citroën Racing boss Pierre Budar explained.
"The new rear axle geometry introduced for this rally aims to provide even more consistent handling, regardless of changes in the road surface and therefore generate greater confidence for the drivers."
http://www.wrc.com/en/wrc/news/apri-...5--12-12-.html
It might be that while Citroen is making the car more allround (ref. Breen in Sweden) Ford and Toyota are beating it in terms of pure speed (ref. Meeke in Corsica). I don't mention Hyundai as their performance so far this year is very inconsistent.
From PlaneteMarcus:
Evo engine on the i20WRC from Rally Argentina
Just like Citroën Racing with the chassis of the C3WRC, Hyundai Motorsport will burn a joker from the WRC Argentina rally with the approval of an engine evolution (distribution system) of its i20WRC.
Thierry Neuville, suffering from engine problems at the very end of the Tour de Corse rally, will take advantage of this improvement to try to counter the dominance of the M-Sport / Ogier package at the start of the season, which has three wins in four rallies. Andreas Mikkelsen and Dani Sordo will also be eligible for these new performances, but it will be until next month for Hayden Paddon (absent from Sweden) to find the tub of the i20WRC where the Korean team will line up four cars on this rally.
https://twitter.com/Krisse_Sohlberg/...39568199966721
Quote:
I have heard that the roads are already before recce in very rough condition as here has rained a lot in the winter period. Forecast shows lots of rain for Wednesday so Seb might not loose anything if this rain moves forward.. #wrc
Winter is yet about to begin in the southern hemisphere....Quote:
I have heard that the roads are already before recce in very rough condition as here has rained a lot in the winter period. Forecast shows lots of rain for Wednesday so Seb might not loose anything if this rain moves forward.. #wrc
Veiby testing at Argentina
https://twitter.com/RafaMSport/statu...66116484829186
video of Q&A from Citroen media session in Buenos Aires ahead of Rally Argentina
Some very interesting comments from Kris Meeke about speed/safety/aerodynamics from about 6 minutes
Session is in English with Spanish translations
https://www.facebook.com/daniel.caam...5979585787354/
wrc 2 test
https://youtu.be/nkqGfwTrflg
so, Ogier hasnt had a win here and the last time Ford won this event was in 2002 with Sainz.
it will be very interesting to watch Evans performance with Michelins compared to last year, his starting position is basically the same (last year 9th on the road now 10th)
Lappi and Latvala have excellent starting positions to make a very good result but Toyotas reliability is a big question mark. Sordo and Breen have also a good starting pos. Remember Sordo had a very good performance in Mexico.
Good points EstWRC. It should be an interesting one. The question will be how much of a disadvantage Ogier, Neuville and Tanak will have after the first day. We might see a crazy result with an all second and third driver podium like Lappi, Breen, Evans. You'd expect Sordo and Mikkelsen to be strong but they have often put themselves into good positions just to mess it up later on. Meeke will either be pretty average or fight at the top and then lose it again. Latvala has something to prove. If there are a lot of casualties maybe Suninen can have a strong points finish.
I can't wait.
Will be a good event. Few storms early in the week. Might get some rain during the week, but we will know more as we get closer. Storms moving in and out