Posts Tagged ‘s2000’
Saturday, January 23rd, 2010
Hirvonen’s IRC appearance in Rally Monte Carlo ended up with a win – just as one would expect if the new Ford Fiesta Super2000 delivered without problems. It obviously did, so Hirvonen showed by leading the rally from the first to the last stage that it is a difference – no matter how small or big it might be – between WRC and IRC. Also it was really a flying start for the Fiesta – and it will certainly be interesting to see if the difference Hirvonen managed to held is just because of his skills or also because of the car. A new hint will be given in Rally Sweden in a few weeks, where Andreas Mikkelsen, Martin Prokop, Bernardo Sousa and Janne Tuohino will drive the car.
Sebastien Ogier was 2nd placed going into the last loop, but on his way to the penultimate special stage his car broke down and he had to retire. This gave Juho Hänninen the 2nd place after a solid but not stunning drive throughout the weekend, where many people removed themselves from the chance of winning by making mistakes, including Meeke, Sarrazin, and others.
The standings after SS15 – and most probably the final results – are:
1. Hirvonen / Lehtinen, 4h32min 58.5s
2. Hänninen / Markula, +1min 51.4s
3. Vouilloz / Veillas, +3min 19.1s
4. Sarrazin / Renucci, +7min 25.5s
5. Kopecky / Stary, +8min 48.7s
6. Wilks / Pugh, +9min 24.5s
7. Magalhaes / Magalhaes, +9min 45.4s
8. Vigion / Prevot, +13min 33.5s
Follow the links to read more:
Results
Eurosport videos from Monte Carlo
Rally Monte Carlo 2010 on YouTube
Tags: 2010, andreas mikkelsen, bernardo sousa, bruno magalhaes, ford fiesta super2000, guy wilks, jan kopecky, janne tuohino, juho hänninen, martin prokop, mikko hirvonen, nicolas vouilloz, rally monte carlo, results, s2000, stephane sarrazin, Video, vigion, win, youtube
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Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
Malcolm Wilson’s problem solving capabilities payed off: the decision is to let the Ford Fiesta S2000 start in Rally Monte Carlo, which means that Mikko Hirvonen and Julien Maurin can start the rally. What the exact problems were is still unknown, but it will be interesting to hear M-Sport’s approach to avoid the same problems later on in Rally Sweden and other rallies. It’s obviously very embarassing that such a thing can happen at all.
Now, let’s look forward to a bright Rally Monte Carlo with hopefully difficult conditions of tarmac, melting snow and ice – and hope that this doesn’t mean discussions and speculations if a Fiesta wins the rally.
Tags: 2010, ford fiesta super2000, julien maurin, m-sport, malcolm wilson, mikko hirvonen, rally monte carlo, s2000
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Sunday, January 17th, 2010
After a disastrous season in 2009, the Norweigan Adapta World Rally Team looks set to leave the Subaru brand behind. Mads Östberg has said that he has never liked the Subaru Impreza WRC S14 – and for Rally Sweden it looks like he’ll be back in the team’s older Impreza S12B. However, after that – Adapta may have done their last rally with Subaru.
The new target for 2010 is likely to be S-WRC and the Super2000 class. The team reckons that they won’t be able to get a Ford or Citroen car, and I guess they consider S2000 a good warm-up for the 2011 WRC1.6T regulations. The team hopes to have a Super2000 alternative ready for Rally Jordan in the beginning of April.
I wouldn’t be surprised if we got another Fiesta in the S-WRC from Rally Jordan on…
Tags: 1.6t, 2010, 2011, adapta world rally team, ford fiesta super2000, mads östberg, ostberg, rally jordan, s-wrc, s12b, s14, s2000, subaru impreza wrc, super2000, wrc1.6t
Posted in S-WRC / WRC Cup, Silly season, WRC | 2 Comments »
Thursday, January 14th, 2010
Mikko Hirvonen has carried out testing for Rally Monte Carlo during the 12th-14th of January. Here is a video of the tests with quite varying conditions, from light snow to heavy snow, snowfall and darkness.
Thanks to Zagatio for the video.
Tags: darkness, ford fiesta super2000, mikko hirvonen, rally monte carlo, s2000, snow, test, testing, Video
Posted in IRC, Rally testing, S-WRC / WRC Cup, WRC | 2 Comments »
Thursday, January 14th, 2010
PG did the right thing and changed his mind: He goes for the Skoda Fabia Super 2000 in Rally Sweden. Already when the entries for the rally closed, PG told that he was still talking to Skoda via e-mail – but he still insisted that he was almost certain to drive the Mitsubishi in his home round. However, now he has changed his mind and comes to start in a brand new Skoda Fabia Super2000 – and then becomes an immediate favourite to win the Super2000 race and the N4 class.
PG himself, who makes his debut in the class, says:
- It will really be fun to test this class – and especially on my home soil.
Now, we have an even more interesting fight to look forward to in group N with Andersson, Sandell, Brynhildsen, Mikkelsen, Prokop among others. My guess is that this will be the closest and most intense fight in the rally, with a lot of young guys wanting to win like nobody else.
PG Andersson’s group N wildcard has been given to Jocke Nyman – and PG will get a new wildcard from the organisers for the S-WRC instead. His car will be managed by Czech company JM Racing.
Tags: jm racing, pg andersson, rally sweden, s-wrc, s2000, skoda fabia super2000, swrc
Posted in S-WRC / WRC Cup, Silly season, WRC | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
Even Andrew Jereb has been testing for the upcoming Rally Monte Carlo. Here he is on quite much snow in his Peugeot 207 Super2000 car.
Thanks to GrP2 and CechStyler for the videos.
Tags: andrew jereb, peugeot 207 super2000, rally, rally monte carlo, s2000, snow, test
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Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
Mikko Hirvonen has been on the run again testing for the upcoming Rally Monte Carlo in Ardeche, France. Here is a video from the test that took place today:
Thanks to Stephdu07 for the video.
Tags: ardeche, ford fiesta super2000, france, mikko hirvonen, rally, rally monte carlo, s2000, test, Video
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Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
The Rally Sweden organisers have updated the entry list on their website, and now it’s starting to look like something. Henning Solberg seems to get his pieces together and is entered in a Ford Focus WRC08, Jocke Nyman completes a three man (PG Andersson, Patrik Flodin and Jocke Nyman) strong Swedish lineup that will hopefully conquer the group N class of the rally and Al-Qassimi, Kuipers x2, van Merksteijn x2, Grönholm and Therman, Jouni Arolainen, Mads Östberg, Kimi Räikkönen, Matthew Wilson among others making the WRC class a real nest will hopefully assure that the rally comes down to history as one of the best snow rallies in a long time.
Also S2000 will be interesting to follow, where home ace Patrik Sandell will be hunted by skilled drivers as Mikkelsen, Brynhildsen, Prokop and Tuohino. Also Solowow, Sousa and Hunt and heavily experienced home ace Per-Arne Sääv, running on the organizers wild card, are entered in S2000 cars.
My current most interesting list (to be updated, for sure!):
- Loeb vs. Hirvonen + Latvala
- Petter vs. Henning
- How fast can Grönholm and Räikkönen be?
- What happens to the Swede superfight in group N: Andersson + Flodin + Nyman?
- The Super2000 superfight: Sandell vs. Mikkelsen + Brynhildsen + Prokop + Tuohino
Every single one of the points above will probably be world class entertainment – and of course I’ll get back with more comments, interviews etc. related to the entries. This is just the start…!
Read the full entrylist here
Tags: andreas mikkelsen, entrylist, eyvind brynhildsen, group n, henning solberg, janne tuohino, jari-matti latvala, jocke nyman, kimi räikkönen, marcus grönholm, martin prokop, mikko hirvonen, patrik flodin, petter solberg, pg andersson, rally sweden, s2000, sebastien loeb, super2000
Posted in S-WRC / WRC Cup, Silly season, Swedish Rallying, WRC | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
PG Andersson, who should have decided on what car to drive in the upcoming Rally Sweden yesterday, still haven’t decided what car to drive in his home round of the WRC. However, it’s very much looking like PG will drive a Mitsubishi in group N. It may be his own Mitsubishi – but it may also be a newer Mitsu from England. Besides the group N plans, local paper VF claims that Peugeot Sweden has offered PG a drive in their Peugeot 207 Super2000 – the one that Sandell drove two years ago. PG is currently thinking about that bid.
Tags: mitsubishi, peugeot 207 super2000, peugeot sweden, pg andersson, s2000
Posted in S-WRC / WRC Cup, Silly season, Swedish Rallying, WRC | 2 Comments »
Monday, January 11th, 2010
Sebastien Ogier has tested the Peugeot 207 S2000 on snow for the upcoming Monte Carlo. Here are the video:
Thanks to poypoy38 at Dailymotion for the video.
Tags: 2010, peugeot 207 super2000, rally, rally monte carlo, s2000, sebastien ogier, snow, test, testing
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