WRC 2017 : All Chat Here

[DC.]

I'll be streaming twitter as can't listen to 'the wireless' in work.

 

[PaulYDP]

Ogier has had a bit of drama on first stage this morning! Stopped but going again.

 

[Graham]

Ogier has had a bit of drama on first stage this morning! Stopped but going again.

Found a ditch, no major damage

 

[DC.]

Highlights will be good later.

 

[PaulYDP]

Meeke stopped on SS4 Was going well to.

 

[Reno_LV]

Meeke out, suspension damage!

 

[davecoupe]

Feck that.

 

[DC.]

Unlike.

By the sound of things it's sooo easy done.

Breen going ok though

 

[Dave..]

@DC. @Graham
Have you guys ever heard of Louise Cook (Louise Cook | World Rally Driver – Driving Change) ?
I saw an article on the BBC news site that she had lost some sponsors and wondered if she was any good?

 

[Neil Kirkpatrick]

Awlful to hear that the death has been confirmed. RIP
Let's hope this doesn't have a negative effect on rallying. I have already seen people complaing and comparing these new cars to the Group B era.

Gutted for Meeke. Let's hope he bounces back for Sweden. I have serious will and I want for him to do well

 

[Graham]

@DC. @Graham
Have you guys ever heard of Louise Cook (Louise Cook | World Rally Driver – Driving Change) ?
I saw an article on the BBC news site that she had lost some sponsors and wondered if she was any good?

Yeah, always in the media looking money, never seen many results though

 

[Graham]

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Feck that.

Is there Super Rally in Monte?

 

[PaulYDP]

Lefebrve started again today under Super Rally rules.

See Hanninen went off on SS5 and is also out. He was flying too.

 

[Cess]

@David.S She's been around for years and never really made much headway. Budget was always shoe string and she has worked very hard to get money on board.

Personally, I think she's adopted a strange programme doing sporadic and more expensive one off drives in WRC rounds instead of using the funding for a domestic programme.

The car she drives (Fiesta ST) is now in group N / production class, whereas most up and coming drivers are in the proper recognised junior category - R2. Either in BRC, ERC or Drive DMack or JWRC.

 

[Graham]

@David.S She's been around for years and never really made much headway. Budget was always shoe string and she has worked very hard to get money on board.

Personally, I think she's adopted a strange programme doing sporadic and more expensive one off drives in WRC rounds instead of using the funding for a domestic programme.

The car she drives (Fiesta ST) is now in group N / production class, whereas most up and coming drivers are in the proper recognised junior category - R2. Either in BRC, ERC or Drive DMack or JWRC.

Ah, that's a story from the pocket of an anorak

didn't think she'd still be running a car that's years out of date

 

[Cess]

Pretty sure the original ST is still homologated, but it's a 2.0 which means it's R4 2wd. There's nobody else running anything like that at all in international level. The ST Fiesta trophy is long since gone too. So the only thing you'd be rallying against is yourself.

 

[Dave..]

Pretty sure the original ST is still homologated, but it's a 2.0 which means it's R4 2wd. There's nobody else running anything like that at all in international level. The ST Fiesta trophy is long since gone too. So the only thing you'd be rallying against is yourself.

@Cess
Thanks, so not worth putting our logo on her car.

 

[DC.]

Meeke's crash and some Dan Dare camera work

 

[Cess]

@Cess
Thanks, so not worth putting our logo on her car.

Your money dude, but she's done about 2 rallies in two years. She was very active with PR to be fair to her.

 

[Dave..]

You o

Your money dude, but she's done about 2 rallies in two years. She was very active with PR to be fair to her.

I have emailed her and will wait to see if she replies, thanks for the info.

 

[Graham]

I have emailed her and will wait to see if she replies, thanks for the info.

If you need help ref understanding the costings of rallying just ask as it is not a cheap sport at all and as such any decent sponsorship comes at a cost of thousands / tens of thousands, even at a local level

 

[Dave..]

If you need help ref understanding the costings of rallying just ask as it is not a cheap sport at all and as such any decent sponsorship comes at a cost of thousands / tens of thousands, even at a local level

Thanks @Graham

 

[Neil Kirkpatrick]

@David.S She's been around for years and never really made much headway. Budget was always shoe string and she has worked very hard to get money on board.

Personally, I think she's adopted a strange programme doing sporadic and more expensive one off drives in WRC rounds instead of using the funding for a domestic programme.

The car she drives (Fiesta ST) is now in group N / production class, whereas most up and coming drivers are in the proper recognised junior category - R2. Either in BRC, ERC or Drive DMack or JWRC.

I thought she was driving a fiesta R2 the last few rounds or was that rented?

 

[Cess]

Stand corrected @Neil Kirkpatrick !

 

[Graham]

Lefebrve started again today under Super Rally rules.

See Hanninen went off on SS5 and is also out. He was flying too.

But do the team have enough spares on board to be able to repair or are they travelling light as it is the first event and maybe haven't got a full parts bin yet