WRC 2015 : All Chat Here

[davecoupe]

Both crews walked away.

It was 2 separate accidents.

 

[DC.]

Better pictures of the mint with a hole:

 

[Cess]

 

[svensktoppen]

I think that VW looks better than last year, with more of that blue.

Not sure about that Citroen though.

 

[DC.]

Can't wait to see them all slipping & sliding in Monte-Carlo (if only in person)

I think Ogier will have added confidence this year after his 2nd championship, hopefully he doesn't run away with it early doors.

Hope Hyundai & Citroen can keep pace with the VW's, not sure about M-Sport this year again - neither car or driver line-up is the best.

Roll on Monte-Carlo!

 

[Sam.]

JML will have more confidence after last season, he really seems to be getting it together. I'd love him to win the championship this year.

Is the Polo the only 100% 2015 spec WR car? Hyundai are changing to the new i20 (I think) and Citroen have their upgrade plan. Not sure about M-Sport either @coops! - their 2015 car isn't ready until ~Portugal.

 

[Cess]

All cars have the new hydraulic shift beside the steering wheel

DS3 has new engine and new suspension, with new aero and suspension upgrades later in the year.

Fiesta gets a new engine by Portugal.

Volkswagen say 75% of the car has changed. Only substantial differences appear to be gear shift, which applies to everybody and the new wing.

 

[Sam.]

Volkswagen say 75% of the car has changed. Only substantial differences appear to be gear shift, which applies to everybody and the new wing.

Complete new gearbag in the Polo too it seems - http://www.crash.net/wrc/news/212971/1/ogier-new-gearbox-is-real-progress.html

JML happy as well

“The new car feels really good, and we are ready for the new season – at last. We will be using the shift paddle on the steering wheel to change gear this year, and I really like it. On the whole, the new Polo is faster and even better than the 2014 car. I am not the only one to feel that way – Sébastien and Andreas agree with me. There is no question about it, we are looking forward to the 2015 season.”

 

[Cess]

Trust me, all teams have new gearboxes. Its not new tech, either. They changed the homologation rules to allow them to replace the sequential clunker with the paddle/joystick thingamajig.

Its similar to the system Robert Krashbica has been using and in this article it makes reference to a hydraulical activated system in the DS3 RRC http://www.redbull.com/uk/en/motors...31646655363/robert-kubica-paddle-shift-system

VW are just playing up their car.

 

[weeloaney]

Kubica Flat Out at Test Rallye Monte Carlo 2015:


My bets are he did his usual stunt at the end, went quiet haha

 

[Sam.]

Finally, WRC+ will be available in the UK without using a proxy/VPN (From Monte on)

 

[svensktoppen]

I take it ITV4 will still show the round-up after each event? Their coverage has always been perfect for me. Free too

 

[Sam.]

I take it ITV4 will still show the round-up after each event? Their coverage has always been perfect for me. Free too

Yep, Tues 27th Jan at 10pm for Monte round-up
MotorsTV are doing the daily review too.

WRC+ is handy for the live stages if (like me) you don't already have BTSport.

 

[DC.]

Is WRC+ worth the money?

 

[svensktoppen]

Maybe if you wanted to see every stage live.

Otherwise ITV4 probably does the job (or Motors TV, BT Sport, etc., if you have pay TV).

 

[Graham]

BT sport is great and free as I am on bt broadband

 

[DC.]

meh, I'll stick with the TV.

Anyway here's Delecour testing the Tuthill Porsche:

 

[svensktoppen]

BT sport is great and free as I am on bt broadband

Only "free" if you pay for crap BT "broadband"

 

[Dave..]

Its free in Virgin as well.

 

[Graham]

Not many virgins left in NI though LoL

And Nick bt is good but just not their home hubs

 

[Sam.]

WRC+ is worth it for me (£30 for the year until the end of this month with discount code WRC2015). Cheaper than BTSport. Having the GPS tracking and in-car videos is nice too but I wouldn't pay for them on their own.

 

[Sam.]

Kubica Loeb on recce...

 

[KevM]

Recce car stuffed!

 

[svensktoppen]

Quite impressive actually

Nice car too

 

[svensktoppen]

TIL - that WRC drivers are allowed to drive the stages before the event. But national rally drivers are not, they only get official pace notes and a couple of videos of somebody else driving the stages.