Azores Airlines Rally Teaser
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-41ZzqTddQ
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Azores Airlines Rally Teaser
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-41ZzqTddQ
Azores Airlines Rally in internet
Website: http://www.azoresrallye.com/
Facebok: https://www.facebook.com/azoresrallye
Twiter: https://www.facebook.com/azoresrallye
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEU...4er3osm-nd9ULw
The program and regulations are already in hand
http://www.azoresrallye.com/document...r-competitors/
Team of Jaromír Tarabus decided not to come. They had to change plans because with only one car it would be logistically very difficult for them to do both Acores and Ypres.
But Kasperczyk (Ford Fiesta R5), Pieniazek (Opel Adam) and Sirmacis (Skoda Fabia R5) should be present on Acores:
https://www.fiaerc.com/simins-erc-ri...seriously-now/
Kajto has just confirmed his appearance on Acores.
https://scontent-cdg2-1.xx.fbcdn.net...71474496_o.jpg
According to local radio, Lukyanuk confirmed, Bruno Magalhães out. Luis Rego Jr. will start with his brand new Fiesta R5
Yes, I can confirm start of both main rivals for ERC title this year - Kajto and Lukyanuk. And also winner from Acropolis Sirmacis will be there. Bruno is out of money :(
Steve Røkland in M-sport fiesta R2 at azores. They called him after ireland, his Peugeot is soon rebuild and for rent:)
Ricardo Teodosio confirmed as well. The car - Ford Fiesta R5 from RMC Motorsport.
http://www.ralisonline.net/pt/index....erc&Itemid=129
http://www.ralisonline.net/pt/images...siacores16.jpg
Torstein Eriksen also I think? Was testing today
Frank Tore Larsen, driver and Torstein Eriksen, co-driver, is also ready for azores, yess:)
Ford fiesta R5 is their car.
Entry list is going to be published on May 17:
https://www.fiaerc.com/erc-azores-ra...sented-online/
Shame Magalhaes can't make his home rally but I get the feeling he is not the driver he used to be anymore.
Magalhães should be fit enough to fight for the podium or even the victory. Local knowlege matters a lot. He has already won the rally in between long breaks. His latest results in the azores are a combination of some unfortunate crashes and the usual mechanical problems in PSA cars.
Campos has returned to Portuguese national series (CNR) after some years with very little competition and he’s speed has been surprisingly good, wining ss’s and getting podium places. Like others Portuguese top drivers he’ll hardly risk too much on Açores, to avoid losing championship points. Probably, the only national guy that’ll be focused on overall victory is local hero and former CNR champ Ricardo Moura, as he’s without budget to run this year CNR’s full season. Btw, you can count around 12 national R5 crews in Açores.
Didn't Campos told at the end of CB Rally that he was not doing Azores because his sponsors wanted him to race in WRC Portugal? Anyway, Campos was and still is one of the greats in terms of Portugal's rally drivers. The speed still there, but the level of competition it's not so great as well...
Yep, heard that too but I’m still hopeful he can get a way to do both. Anyway I respect your opinion but I completely disagree with your remark about CNR competitive level (at least on the 4wd field). Last year CNR was decided on the last rally after some highly competitive events, and this year Fontes won at Fafe just 13s ahead of Meireles and Barros won at Castelo Branco only 6s ahead of Fontes. Campos and Moura were also on the fight (at least in Fafe) and honestly I don’t see any reason to doubt that talented guys like Fontes or Moura would be able to fight for ERC title, if they got the will and the budget to do so.
Take a look on Ewrc data about Miguel Campos. 2003 in particular. He ended ERC with the same points that the series winner (Bruno Thiry) but was one victory short. His previous international experience (beside Portuguese WRC and ERC events) was almost zero. http://www.ewrc-results.com/profile....=Miguel-Campos
Ok, the championship layout was different than today but still closer to current ERC than what it was IRC a few years ago. In IRC days private drivers didn’t get a chance (like the also talented Magalhães experienced), only manus drivers were able to fight for the title. Now it's different.
Btw, according to Ewrc, it seems Kajto also didn’t had considerable international experience before get to ERC.
But you were talking about Moura and Fontes. This drivers are for me different level than was Miguel Campos 13 years ago. Of course I remember his campaign in ERC. It was his first season abroad and on some events he was able to be on same speed like Thiry, on some events he was way out. But it was mainly learning season. Pity that this was his only one international season, I think that he had quite big potential in that time...
Kajto is quite different driver. He is thinking about all things and he is very precise. He was doing all his steps very carefully (and was lucky to find correct sponsors). Mainly he was not afraid to go abroad...
Wow! Quite a bold statement. I personally don't see any reason to believe that Fontes would be able to fight for the ERC title. He's been competing in Portuguese ERC events (both Acores and Madeira) for 10 years and the number of wins is still the same - zero. Do you really think he has any potential for the European Champion? If a driver wants to be the champion, he needs to win rallies. Campos was a winning driver, I'm afraid Fontes is not.
In last year's Rallye Acores Fontes wasn't even able to win one single stage and lost 6 minutes to the winner.Check out the results, please :)
http://ewrc-results.com/final.php?e=...ye-Acores-2015
It’s not bold Jarek, believe me. Many national rally series in Europe have been recovering after the economic recession. We can see again competitive champs in UK, Italy, Portugal and some other countries, with a bunch of guys fighting hard for the win in any of them, but that’s not the case currently in ERC, with only one guy clearly favorite.
I’ve mentioned Portuguese series top contenders as an example, but in other national series main competitors surely also have enough ability (more than enough in some cases) to became ERC title fighters in its current situation, if they got the chance and a proper program.
Btw, sometimes Ewrc data aren’t enough to get the whole picture. Fontes is one of those hyper talented guys able to win a gravel rally one weekend and be first on a GT or Prototype race the next one. He won every national circuit racing categories before moving to rally and it’s now at the peak of his rally career. Unfortunately, like so many other great Portuguese rally champs, he often has to choose a more tactical approach in home soil international events, sacrificing overall win chances to assure national championship points or get the “best Portuguese in the event" title, overvalued by sponsors and general press.
Main Entry List (Tabarus maybe out ? Consani ?)
- Fernando Peres (Ford Fiesta R5)
- Luís Miguel Rego (Ford Fiesta R5)
- Ricardo Moura (Ford Fiesta R5)
-Tomasz Kasperczyk (Ford Fiesta R5)
- Frank Tore Larsen (Ford Fiesta R5)
- Kajetan Kajetanowicz (Ford Fiesta R5)
- Alexey Lukyanuk (Ford Fiesta R5)
- Joaquim Alves (Ford Fiesta R5)
- Ricardo Teodósio (Ford Fiesta R5)
- João Barros (Ford Fiesta R5)
- Elias Barros (Ford Fiesta R5)
- Jaroslav Orsak (Ford Fiesta R5)
- Jaroslaw koltun (Ford Fiesta R5)
- Lars Stugemo (Ford Fiesta R5)
- Miguel Barbosa (Skoda Fabia R5)
- Diogo Salvi (Skoda Fabia R5)
- Pedro Meireles (Skoda Fabia R5)
- Manuel Castro (Skoda Fabia S2000)
- Ralfs Sirmacis (Skoda Fabia R5)
- Raul Jeets (Skoda Fabia R5)
- Nikolay Gryazin (Skoda Fabia R5)
- Jaromír TARABUS (Skoda Fabia R5)
- Antonín TLUSťáK (Skoda Fabia R5)
- Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari (Skoda Fabia R5)
- Zé Pedro Fontes (Citroen Ds3 R5)
- Carlos Vieira (Citroen Ds3 R5)
- Carlos Martins (Citroen Ds3 R5)
- Dávid Botka (Citroen Ds3 R5)
- Robert Consani (Citroen Ds3 R5)
- Costenaro (R5)
Orsak with Ford Fiesta R5?
29 R5 cars? Is it somebody's dream or reality?
Until they published the list is true they announced 28 pilots and had 29 but there are names that I have some doubts, Tarabus and Koltun and found strange the absence of Frederic della Casa.
Tarabus won't start. I posted that already once on page 1. Also Orsák? Maybe but I would be very surprised.
Interesting to see where Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari will fit within the ERC crews. As we are used to see him on WRC2 and MERC.
I suppose his presence as something to do with last year's invitation of Nasser Al-Attiyah.(it was recorded on video) At the time, he said he would do the Azores rally next year.(this year)
Kajto about Acores - I have an affection for many rallies, I like a lot of rallies very much, but I miss driving in the Azores not just after coming back to Poland, but already when we cross the ceremonial finish ramp at the end of this event. If you want to see this sport in a nutshell and learn as much as possible during a single rally, you should visit or compete in the Azores. On this small but picturesque island of São Miguel we face changeable grip levels on volcanic gravel, we check the precision of driving on narrow roads, we experience the capricious weather and test the accuracy of our pace notes, required when we drive at high speed into thick fog. This is when long hours of training and litres of sweat in the gym pay off – I need such preparation, so that my body could work fast and hard, and my brain could maintain focus on the highest revs. Fierce competition in these conditions is a very tasty feast for the fans. It is great that thanks to the efforts of partners and members of the LOTOS Rally Team I can fight for victory in the amazing scenery of the Azores. Together with other competitors we create a spectacular advertisement of the sport which I love so much.
More in Kajto's press release:
http://kajto.pl/en?i=1&t=news&n=720&...atlantic_ocean
You forget one very important fact...Miguel Campos at that time was in a oficial team Peugeot Portugal and with quite a big budget, Fontes and Moura now Don t have that...Miguel is still fast as it was,but not faster then the guys that are figthing for the first positions in National rallys, sometimes he is faster sometimes slower.
I agree with you in one thing, no portuguese driver has the conditions to fight for ERC at these days, first because Don t have budget and because they are not used to do rallys out of their country...
Like I wrote, it is difficult to be fast at home field. But it is much more difficult to go abroad and be fast there also. There is lot of very fast drivers in national championship, but not so fast on international events. And there is also lot of drivers who are fast at home and are afraid to go abroad because they should be beaten... And story about budget is the easiest way how to excuse... I know lot of national drivers from the last decade who were really fast at home and they should have no problems with budget to go abroad. But they preferred to stay at home and be king there easily...
Is this list confirmed?
http://www.ralisonline.net/pt/index....erc&Itemid=129
Don't expect too much. Al-Kuwari was competing in ERC in 2012 and his results were miserable.
http://www.ewrc.cz/ewrc/image_browse.php?id=88463
Come on Pluto, neither the inexperience nor the fear (strange word for guys that beat it on every SS) unable top national drives to fight for ERC. Some simply aren’t interested, others can’t get a proper budget and many know they’re no longer at the suitable age to start an international career.
Anyway, I’m hoping for same proper competition from our national bests in Açores. They just need to throw away calculators and show their finest speed at the wheel!
Isn't it great that Ford supports young drivers in this way?
https://www.fiaerc.com/why-m-sport-w...unior-rokland/