Re: Rally News
Posted: 16 Jul 2010, 21:02
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http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/85369Mini poised to announce WRC entry
By David Evans Sunday, July 18th 2010, 19:06 GMT
Mini at ProdriveAfter months of speculation, Mini and Prodrive will announce a World Rally Championship programme this week, according to AUTOSPORT's sources.
Mini's first-ever World Rally Car, which will be based on the Countryman road car, has been in preparation for months at Prodrive's Banbury base and the BMW 1.6-litre turbocharged engine recently arrived to turn a rolling shell into a full World Rally Car. Testing of the new machine is expected to begin soon and, as technical director David Lapworth said, once it starts testing it will not stop.
"When we start testing on our rally car development programme, it will be intensive," said Lapworth. "We still have a good timescale to work towards for testing and we're happy with where we're at."
Some sources have indicated Mini will formally launch the car in Rome just ahead of the Rally d'Italia-Sardegna in May next season - the car is not expected to compete in any of the first four rounds of next year's World Rally Championship.
Prodrive has remained tight-lipped about any announcement this week, denying that it has anything planned. The British preparation firm has yet to even admit to any kind of agreement with BMW or Mini - even though AUTOSPORT broke the story of Mini's return to rallying's highest level in August last year.
Norwegian driver Mads Ostberg is being tipped to do some of the early development driving - and to take one of the factory seats in next year's WRC programme. Ostberg is a long-standing customer of Prodrive and is expected to run a Mini-based team in next year's WRC as well as driving an official car.
Ostberg has resisted the opportunity to drive any other cars in the WRC or Intercontinental Rally Challenge this season – including a Peugeot 207 S2000 after a test attended by Sebastien Loeb – out of loyalty to Prodrive.
momo wrote:Mini poised to announce WRC entry
By David Evans Sunday, July 18th 2010, 19:06 GMT
Mini at ProdriveAfter months of speculation, Mini and Prodrive will announce a World Rally Championship programme this week, according to AUTOSPORT's sources.
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Norwegian driver Mads Ostberg is being tipped to do some of the early development driving - and to take one of the factory seats in next year's WRC programme. Ostberg is a long-standing customer of Prodrive and is expected to run a Mini-based team in next year's WRC as well as driving an official car.
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momo wrote:Ogier has made a contract with Citroen factory team.
Source: MTV3 http://www.mtv3.fi/urheilu/ralli/uutise ... 07/1157521
Kool. so it would be a fire cracker of a season in 2011. Loeb vs Ogier vs HirvoJulia wrote:momo wrote:Ogier has made a contract with Citroen factory team.
Source: MTV3 http://www.mtv3.fi/urheilu/ralli/uutise ... 07/1157521
little bit more about the contract:
http://www.iltalehti.fi/ralli/2010071912063535_ri.shtml
1+2 years
...and according from the quotes from his managers it does sound more that that they used ford offer as a negotiation tactic, nothing more.
So do we assume he got what he wanted ieg the right to fight against Loeb ? i do hope so, because it makes the season so much more interesting...
good good! so Seb will finally get the title challenge from within his team that too from another Seb ... hope they dont behave like the red bull boys of f1luieluv wrote:Kool. so it would be a fire cracker of a season in 2011. Loeb vs Ogier vs HirvoJulia wrote:momo wrote:Ogier has made a contract with Citroen factory team.
Source: MTV3 http://www.mtv3.fi/urheilu/ralli/uutise ... 07/1157521
little bit more about the contract:
http://www.iltalehti.fi/ralli/2010071912063535_ri.shtml
1+2 years
...and according from the quotes from his managers it does sound more that that they used ford offer as a negotiation tactic, nothing more.
So do we assume he got what he wanted ieg the right to fight against Loeb ? i do hope so, because it makes the season so much more interesting...
All set for a superb journey with Kimi adding the much needed flamboyance and spice
Excactly the point !!! Don´t worry about Kimster, he´s a big guy. But Dani-boy, what´s it gonna be...?sleenster wrote: Is Sordo really going to be driving for them next year? The main team already has the two drivers they need.