WRC 2017 : All Chat Here

[svensktoppen]

Hope Elfyn gets the drive too, he has come a long way

 

[Graham]

Official announcement from Dearborn is expected in the morning.

Seems withdrawing from Global RX was a headache and more costly than expected.

Hang on, so that's how Ken Block managed to to find an RS200 (with delivery miles)

Just checked and there is nothing sitting embargoed from ford ref it, will keep an eye out

 

[Gaza_r]

Francois Delecour was also competing in last weekends Rally du Var in an Aston V8 Vantage.

Actually looks pretty quick.

 

[weeloaney]

Francois Delecour was also competing in last weekends Rally du Var in an Aston V8 Vantage.

Actually looks pretty quick.

Thought an Aston would have been a bit heavy for that kinda thing, speed least interesting to me than the noise

 

[svensktoppen]

The noise

That's a jacked up GT race car, is it not? They do well on the GT circuit.

 

[Graham]

I remember a db9 rallying in barbados in 2009 it had come over from the uk. The following year a local bought a gt3, it was much nicer to hear and see tbh

 

[Sam.]

In more non-WRC news, Kajto is doing Rally Barbórka in a 2017 Fiesta WRC. Great livery.

 

[DC.]

Some more from Ogier about what to expect from next years Fiesta WRC. Sounds promising.

Increased Ford backing key to keeping Ogier at M-Sport

 

[GlennM]

Hearing rumours of a "high level WRC management departure" ... A LOT of people speculating that its Yves Matton from Citroen... nothing confirmed yet though!

 

[DC.]

M-Sport gets Ford support from America

 

[DC.]

Tanak in the Toyota

 

[svensktoppen]

M-Sport gets Ford support from America

Good news for Evans too, glad to see that

With Ford America involved, and the Rally-X programme canned, does this mean we will see Block back in the WRC in some shape or form?

 

[Gaza_r]

Good news for Evans too, glad to see that

With Ford America involved, and the Rally-X programme canned, does this mean we will see Block back in the WRC in some shape or form?

He's the official driver for the Ford Performance 'Historical Fleet' so will no doubt make an appearance.

 

[DC.]

Hopefully not.

 

[Gaza_r]

Apparently Block will pick up PR duties Ogier can't fulfill in the US and Asia (He has a huge fan base in China)

Block has turned into the worst type of Ford rally geek. Quoting number plates of cars he'd like to drive.

 

[svensktoppen]

I like Block, lol, he's the luckiest guy on the planet and gets to do all this cool stuff just for fun. Don't care if he's "not the best" or "not as good as XYZ". Good on him, we all would if we could

 

[Gaza_r]

I like Block, lol, he's the luckiest guy on the planet and gets to do all this cool stuff just for fun. Don't care if he's "not the best" or "not as good as XYZ". Good on him, we all would if we could

I know what you mean and I have slagged him off.

But I have started to respect him since he joined Rallycross, he's actually pretty good at it and it suits his sideways driving style.

But, if he bins the McRae Safari winning Focus at Goodwood next year he'll have an army of Ford rally geeks (in Ford bobble hats) chasing him to Heathrow with pitch forks.

 

[DC.]

Always makes me laugh when I think a lot of Americans used to think Block was the best rally driver on Earth & that Colin McRae was a fictional character like Lara Croft: Tomb Raider!!

 

[DC.]

Then he turned up & this happened lol

 

[svensktoppen]

That's such a classic, never gets old

 

[DC.]

I used to know it word for word lol

 

[svensktoppen]

It was pretty typical there was a crash involved though

Hiding under the desk writing that