Cerost
Oct 04, 2006, 4:39 AM
Hey all, here's a little WRC update for everyone.
As some of u may know, Seb Loeb has broken his arm in a mountain bike accident and will miss the upcoming Rally Turkey (13th-15th Oct). Seb's team Kronos WRT needs a replacement to help defend its position at the top of e Manufacturer's table, and hola! The last driver I expected them to ask has been confirmed to take the seat of the Xsara!
http://www.wrc.com/page/News/BreakingNewsDetail/0,,10111~906753,00.html (http://www.wrc.com/page/News/BreakingNewsDetail/0,,10111%7E906753,00.html)
Colin Mcrae! Awesome news...
His last WRC event was in Rally Australia 2005, where he ran as high as 2nd place in the works Skoda Fabia WRC, before being excluded from the event due to problems at service (bummer). Mind you, no driver in WRC history has managed to get the, somewhat problematic Skoda up to a podium position in a WRC event, so that's a pretty decent achievement from the '95 world champ.
Still, I'm not placing my expectations too high for Mcrae in Turkey. The Xsara was never his favourite drive; he didn't win an event, or even come close to winning whilst he was a works Citroen driver back in 2003. He has only done Rally Turkey once before in 2003, that's a major disadvantage to the likes of Gronholm and Solberg who will be at their 3rd attempt this year.
But what the heck, what's a hero without his supporters? :D If McRae could get the Fabia up to 2nd place on the leaderboard, who knows what he might be able to do with the Xsara with passive diffs? Here's wishing the flying Scot all e best for e upcoming Rally Turkey!
As some of u may know, Seb Loeb has broken his arm in a mountain bike accident and will miss the upcoming Rally Turkey (13th-15th Oct). Seb's team Kronos WRT needs a replacement to help defend its position at the top of e Manufacturer's table, and hola! The last driver I expected them to ask has been confirmed to take the seat of the Xsara!
http://www.wrc.com/page/News/BreakingNewsDetail/0,,10111~906753,00.html (http://www.wrc.com/page/News/BreakingNewsDetail/0,,10111%7E906753,00.html)
Colin Mcrae! Awesome news...
His last WRC event was in Rally Australia 2005, where he ran as high as 2nd place in the works Skoda Fabia WRC, before being excluded from the event due to problems at service (bummer). Mind you, no driver in WRC history has managed to get the, somewhat problematic Skoda up to a podium position in a WRC event, so that's a pretty decent achievement from the '95 world champ.
Still, I'm not placing my expectations too high for Mcrae in Turkey. The Xsara was never his favourite drive; he didn't win an event, or even come close to winning whilst he was a works Citroen driver back in 2003. He has only done Rally Turkey once before in 2003, that's a major disadvantage to the likes of Gronholm and Solberg who will be at their 3rd attempt this year.
But what the heck, what's a hero without his supporters? :D If McRae could get the Fabia up to 2nd place on the leaderboard, who knows what he might be able to do with the Xsara with passive diffs? Here's wishing the flying Scot all e best for e upcoming Rally Turkey!