WRC 2013 & ERC 2013- News & Chat

liam7831

Next years line up so far..............

Citroën

Sébastien Loeb - part timer - RMC, Sweden, Argentina and France
Mikko Hirvonen - full season
Dani Sordo - at least 11 rounds, likely to increase
Khalid Al Qassimi - 7 maybe 8 rounds (in addition to MERC)

Volkswagen

Sébastien Ogier - full season
Jari-Matti Latvala - full season
Andreas Mikkelsen - from Rally Portugal onwards

Qatar M-Sport

Mads Østberg - full season
Evgeny Novikov - full season
Thierry Neuville - full season
Nasser Al Attiyah - 7 events

Juho Hänninen - RMC and Sweden, hoping to secure budget for more

Private- Prokop (Fiesta) all European WRC rounds

Prodrive Mini

Hopes & Dreams

kartincolin

A very depleted looking line up for next year, hopefully some people like Kubica and (god forbid) Ken Block do a few rounds next year to fill up spaces on the entry list.

Robbo

You can have Loeb at 22/1 for the championship. Seb Jnr seems worthy of a punt at 5/1

liam7831

Robbo wrote: »

You can have Loeb at 22/1 for the championship. Seb Jnr seems worthy of a punt at 5/1

He is only doing four rallys this year so he aint worth a bet at any odds

wobbles

liam7831 wrote: »

He is only doing four rallys this year so he aint worth a bet at any odds

Dont know about that. I think its a very good bet actually.

If Loeb does 4, has a big battle against the VWs, i can see him doing many more than 4. Loeb loves a challenge and VW are are his biggest challenge since Gronholm left

Robbo

liam7831 wrote: »

He is only doing four rallys this year so he aint worth a bet at any odds

His calendar includes 3 of the first 5 rounds of the championship. Add in that he's basically guaranteed the win in France, and will definitely be in the hunt on the Monte, he could be sitting pretty in May. Who knows what decision might be reached then?

BUBBLE WRAP

When and what channel is the WRC on telly?

h3000

wobbles wrote: »

Dont know about that. I think its a very good bet actually.

If Loeb does 4, has a big battle against the VWs, i can see him doing many more than 4. Loeb loves a challenge and VW are are his biggest challenge since Gronholm left

Robbo wrote: »

His calendar includes 3 of the first 5 rounds of the championship. Add in that he's basically guaranteed the win in France, and will definitely be in the hunt on the Monte, he could be sitting pretty in May. Who knows what decision might be reached then?

I really cannot see Loeb doing anymore than the four rounds. He has other projects he is concentrating on now and really has nothing left to prove in WRC.

h3000

BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »

When and what channel is the WRC on telly?

Ralio+ on Welsh channel S4C have got the rights (it's on Sky)

MotorsTV should have it too but I haven't seen confirmation just yet.

Monte is starting on the 16th, I'd imagine there should be shows most evenings on MotorsTV, I think Ralio+ show it on the following Monday or Tuesday but will have to check the 2013 schedule.

recyclebin

Looks like we will have at least one mini for the whole season:

From wrc.com: "Polish driver Michal Kosciuszko will keep the MINI name in top flight WRC competition this year, after announcing a full 13-round programme in a MINI John Cooper Works Countryman"

I can't say much about the driver as I've never really followed the PWRC. How would you guys rate his chances of getting regular points?

recyclebin

First fround starts next week in Monte Carlo. 13 WRC cars have been entered.

Itineray, Maps and Entry list can be found here:
http://www.acm.mc/page-tab.php?id_menu=4&id_sousmenu=23
http://www.acm.mc/documents/4/LISTE_DES_ENGAGES_2013.pdf

Robbo

h3000 wrote: »

I really cannot see Loeb doing anymore than the four rounds. He has other projects he is concentrating on now and really has nothing left to prove in WRC.

I can see with no clear frontrunner amongst the rest, the points getting more evenly distributed than in most previous years and 10 Championships is a nice round number...

liam7831

Robbo wrote: »

His calendar includes 3 of the first 5 rounds of the championship. Add in that he's basically guaranteed the win in France, and will definitely be in the hunt on the Monte, he could be sitting pretty in May. Who knows what decision might be reached then?

He is doing Monte, France, Finland & Argentina.
The rest of the time he is doing the GT World Series in a Mclaren

recyclebin

No sign of WRC on MotorsTV schedule up to the 25th of January.
http://www.motorstv.com/tv-guide-uk?d=2013-01-17&h=4

No mention of it on S4C up to 18th either.
http://www.s4c.co.uk/e_listings.shtml?dt=2013-01-18&service=s4cd

I wonder will they show it all?

h3000

recyclebin wrote: »

No sign of WRC on MotorsTV schedule up to the 25th of January.
http://www.motorstv.com/tv-guide-uk?d=2013-01-17&h=4

No mention of it on S4C up to 18th either.
http://www.s4c.co.uk/e_listings.shtml?dt=2013-01-18&service=s4cd

I wonder will they show it all?

One of the presenters from S4C confirmed they had the coverage a week or so back, but they were yet to confirm the schedules.

afatbollix

Red bull media have a working relationship with UK TV aka Dave and word on the street was that it will be on Dave again. But who knows the owner of UKTV is none other than BBC world wide. Lets just keep our fingers crossed.

kartincolin

afatbollix wrote: »

Red bull media have a working relationship with UK TV aka Dave and word on the street was that it will be on Dave again. But who knows the owner of UKTV is none other than BBC world wide. Lets just keep our fingers crossed.

I would get on my knees and pray for the coverage to return to Dave. Proper coverage with a brilliant presenter (Neil Cole), a great commentator (Paul King), and proper High Definition coverage!

Tea 1000

kartincolin wrote: »

I would get on my knees and pray for the coverage to return to Dave. Proper coverage with a brilliant presenter (Neil Cole), a great commentator (Paul King), and proper High Definition coverage!

I agree, Dave coverage was excellent.

h3000

Well MotorsTV are defiantly not showing it and won't say why. They are saying you can pick it up on S4C. Colin Clark was saying on Twitter that there should be an announcement today or tomorrow, a deal is nearly complete.

recyclebin

h3000 wrote: »

Well MotorsTV are defiantly not showing it and won't say why. They are saying you can pick it up on S4C. Colin Clark was saying on Twitter that there should be an announcement today or tomorrow, a deal is nearly complete.

Someone should tell WRC to update the website so. The website should be the first thing that the promoters should look at redesigning and updating.

http://www.wrc.com/fanzone/wrc-tv-guide/

I don't think Eurosport or Motors TV will be showing it on any of their UK or European versions of their channels.

h3000

recyclebin wrote: »

Someone should tell WRC to update the website so. The website should be the first thing that the promoters should look at redesigning and updating.

http://www.wrc.com/fanzone/wrc-tv-guide/

I don't think Eurosport or Motors TV will be showing it on any of their UK or European versions of their channels.

That page just like have the site has not been updated in years. I really hope Red Bull turn it around.

recyclebin

Just has a look at the autosport website at an article from 9 December 2012. The last line is a bit worrying:

"Sources in the FIA have confirmed the agreement between the sport's governing body and Red Bull Media House and Sportsman Media has still not been signed."

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/104770

I haven't seen confirmation of any agreement since this article.

afatbollix

I think it was handed to Red bull a couple of weeks ago. The FIA said in a PR after Christmas about Red bull being in charge and that was the first time that the FIA said that red bull had signed. These contracts could take years to be finalised but Red bull are at the Monte running the show.

They have hired a few of the old north one production staff.

afatbollix

Id like to add I dont think Monte will be on TV in the UK or Ireland unless a very last minute deal is done. Eurosport don't even have it to record as a news feature which they all ways did for there news programs. Same with the EBU who had the rights last year, They have no details on there system.

h3000

According to iRally, S4C will not start their coverage until May. I'm beginning to get really pissed off.

Lets hope the rumoured Red Bull TV deal is with Dave.

Robbo

Ogier quickest on SS1, up on the first 2 splits of SS2.

Usual caveats aside that the Monte is special and not a real test of the cars pace per se but ****ing hell that Polo's going to take some beating if it's reliable.

afatbollix

Loab back in the lead. Even with no studs on his tires.


The master is back in charge.

JAMES VTI S

i cant find coverage on motors tv where can i watch it on tv

h3000

JAMES VTI S wrote: »

i cant find coverage on motors tv where can i watch it on tv

You can't unfortunately, there is no TV deal for Ireland or the UK
They say it will be sorted soon but not for Monte.

There are a few good videos here
http://www.youtube.com/user/bestofrallylive

Here is some coverage of day 1 but in French

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuUuDjs3rIA

recyclebin

JAMES VTI S wrote: »

i cant find coverage on motors tv where can i watch it on tv

The is no one showing it in Ireland or UK. You will need a dish that receives european channels to watch it. There is a 90 second video summary of Day 1 on the WRC website.

It looks like there were major problems with the timing on Day 1 but Loeb is still showing the rest how it's done.

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/wrc-teams-furious-over-timing-190405864.html