WRC - World Rally Championship 2017

[Albe89]

2 ore fa, Aymaro dice:

onore a Seb V 

un grosso Buuuuh alla ford che non ci crede

 

Concordo, e onore a M-Sport che è riuscita ad ottenere campionato costruttori e piloti nello stesso anno. Cosa che non è mai accaduta neppure ai tempi dell'appoggio di Ford.

E' un vero peccato che l'hanno prossimo dovranno ridimensionarsi di nuovo e, salvo sorprese dell'ultimo minuto, ripartire con due piloti nuovi.

Oggi se non erro oltre alla prima vittoria nel WRC di Evans anche D-Mack ha vinto la sua prima gara iridata

[Aymaro]

21 ore fa, ISO-8707 dice:

 

Ford ha abbandonato il mondiale RX, potrebbe* significare qualcosa... 

 

 

 

http://www.formulapassion.it/2017/10/wrc-ogier-scommessa-vinta-ho-limpressione-che-ford-voglia-tornare/ 

[AleMcGir]

Cita

Volkswagen gives sneak preview of new Polo GTI R5.
 

The GTI for rallying: With the Polo GTI R5, Volkswagen returns to rallying under a new guise. In the second half of 2018, Volkswagen will make the 270 hp rally version of the Polo available to professional teams and aspiring drivers to enable them to compete in championships across the globe – including the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC). A sketch of the car, which is based on the new Polo of the sixth generation, gives a foretaste of what’s to come.

 

“With the Polo GTI R5 we are hoping to transfer our expertise from four WRC titles to customer racing successfully, and offer a first-class racing machine for countless rally championships from national series to the WRC,” said Volkswagen Motorsport Director Sven Smeets. “Before the first race outing next year, we will subject the Polo GTI R5 to rigorous testing to make sure it is prepared for the extremely varied track conditions around the world.”

 

The development of the Polo GTI R5 has been in full swing since the start of the year, with initial test drives planned for this year. The experience gained from the successful WRC era is being incorporated directly: Volkswagen Motorsport Technical Director François-Xavier “FX” Demaison, father of the record winning Polo R WRC, is responsible for the development of the Polo GTI R5. And Gerard-Jan de Jongh also brings all his expertise as the senior project engineer. The Dutchman was previously Sébastien Ogier’s race engineer; Ogier won the drivers’ title with Volkswagen four times in a row.

 

Like the production model – which is due to be launched at the end of this year – the Polo GTI R5 has a powerful four-cylinder turbo engine with direct fuel injection. Other features include four-wheel drive, a sequential five-speed racing transmission and a comprehensive safety package, which are the most important features of the R5 category brought into being by the international automobile association, the FIA, in 2012. This gives privateers, teams and importers the opportunity to contest national, regional and international championships with cost-effective, powerful rally cars. 

 

For Volkswagen Motorsport, the Polo GTI R5 represents another important milestone in their strategic realignment: After the successful introduction of the Golf GTI TCR, which has brought home wins and titles in numerous championships on the circuit since 2016, Volkswagen Motorsport is expanding its involvement in customer racing to rallying.

http://www.volkswagen-motorsport.com/index.php?id=2316&L=1#c84314

 

Uscita dalla porta principale, la Volkswagen rientra nel mondiale WRC dalla finestra, con la Polo GTI in versione R5.

 

[Albe89]

Ma la porteranno avanti parallelamente alla Fabia R5, o quest'ultima verrà abbandonata?

[Aymaro]

On 29/10/2017 at 15:28, ISO-8707 dice:

 

Ford ha abbandonato il mondiale RX, potrebbe* significare qualcosa... 

 

 

la partenza di Tanak mi aveva insospettito...

nessuna ufficialità, ma Ogier ha scartato la Citroen, a questo punto o aspetta l'ufficialità di ford per dire che rimarrà con M-Sport, oppure ritiro 

https://it.motorsport.com/wrc/news/ogier-rifiuta-citroen-se-nel-2018-correra-nel-wrc-lo-fara-con-m-sport-978962/

[LucioFire]

e la moglie Andrea Kaiser, che già lo scorso anno fece di tutto per convincerlo a rimanere a casa e a lasciare il Mondiale dopo 4 titoli

 

 

 

mmmm...se una cosi ti vuol fare stare a casa...è un casino potrebbe essere molto convincente

 

 

[Delta Force]

On 15/11/2017 at 16:43, LucioFire dice:

e la moglie Andrea Kaiser, che già lo scorso anno fece di tutto per convincerlo a rimanere a casa e a lasciare il Mondiale dopo 4 titoli

 

 

 

mmmm...se una cosi ti vuol fare stare a casa...è un casino potrebbe essere molto convincente

 

 

Beh...non si può certo dire che abbia una moglie del Kaiser...!!!  ...

[ISO-8707]

Cita

Tanak farewelled from M-Sport with 'wet balls' prank

Ott Tanak was left with what he described as a "nicely wet" crotch during Rally Australia, after falling victim to a farewell prank from the M-Sport crew.

The Toyota-bound driver spent his final rally with the M-Sport crew copping a water spray into his seat every time he selected third gear during a transport stage.

It was all part of an elaborate prank orchestrated by the title-winning team, in which a series of pipes divert water usually bound for the windscreen squirted into the seat every time the Estonian selected third gear.

 

A similar prank was apparently pulled when Mikko Hirvonen left the team.

 

"My balls are nicely wet now," joked Tanak in the media conference after finishing second in Coffs Harbour.

 

 

"Let’s put it this way; as M-Sport won the championship this means they must have some quite good engineering… so they made some special system so every time I switch to third gear on the road section, some pipes were wetting my balls."

 

That wasn't the only prank Tanak had to contend with from the M-Sport crew. He posted a short video on Instagram showing his hotel room decked out Toyota merchandise when he arrived back after a day of stages.

https://www.motorsport.com/wrc/news/tanak-farewelled-from-m-sport-with-wet-balls-prank-980383/?s=1

 

 

[Aymaro]

la strappona bionda non ah vinto, Ogier sarà al via della stagione 2018

 

https://it.motorsport.com/wrc/news/ufficiale-ogier-ha-rinnovato-con-m-sport-sara-al-via-del-wrc-2018-984004/

[Delta Force]

27 minuti fa, Aymaro dice:

la strappona bionda non ah vinto, Ogier sarà al via della stagione 2018

 

https://it.motorsport.com/wrc/news/ufficiale-ogier-ha-rinnovato-con-m-sport-sara-al-via-del-wrc-2018-984004/

...l'inconsolabile "teuTONICA" se ne farà una ragione...e pure noi, che assisteremo probabilmente all'incoronazione di Re Rogiero VI ...Villanova, Tanaka e Latavola permettendo... 

Modificato 28 Novembre 2017 da Delta Force