Danasnji pobednik, jedanaesti put ove sezone i novi-stari sampion je oui Sebastien Loeb.
Svaka cast!
Edited by Uzice, 07 December 2008 - 15:21.
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Posted 07 December 2008 - 15:16
Gotova je i sezona u WRC-u.
Danasnji pobednik, jedanaesti put ove sezone i novi-stari sampion je oui Sebastien Loeb.
Svaka cast!
Danasnji pobednik, jedanaesti put ove sezone i novi-stari sampion je oui Sebastien Loeb.
Svaka cast!
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Posted 07 December 2008 - 17:20
Citroen overio titulu.
Loeb snatches GB win from Latvala
By Matt Beer Sunday, December 7th 2008, 12:34 GMT
Sebastien Loeb snatched victory from Jari-Matti Latvala in the final stage of the Wales Rally GB, overcoming a late penalty to win by 2.7 seconds.
The result is Loeb's 11th win of the 2008 season - a new record - and gives his Citroen team the manufacturers' championship for the first time since 2005.
The victory also means that Loeb has now won all of the World Rally Championship's regular events at least once in his incredible career.
The thrilling finish was an appropriate end to an event made extremely challenging by icy conditions. With the drivers required to use standard gravel tyres on the very treacherous surface, most of Friday's stages were either truncated or cancelled on safety grounds, and the stages remained tough all weekend.
As the usual front-runners started cautiously, Junior champion Sebastien Ogier took a remarkable early lead in his first event in a World Rally Car, with privateer Subaru driver Mads Ostberg challenging him for first place and Suzuki's Per-Gunnar Andersson also running in the top three at times on Friday.
The underdog stars had benefited from more favourable road positions, but that didn't detract from their extremely impressive performances.
But as the conditions improved slightly, the regular contenders moved back to the front and the young drivers faded. Ogier had gearbox problems late on Friday and then rolled into retirement in Saturday's first stage, with Ostberg also crashing out before the end of day two. Andersson managed to stay on the road, but the Suzuki's pace declined and he dropped out of podium contention.
Latvala and Loeb then dominated the rest of the weekend. The Ford driver took the lead before the end of day one, but saw his advantage slashed early on Saturday as he struggled while running first on the icy roads. A clutch problem in the Cardiff superspecial also cost him time, and meant he started day three just seven seconds in front.
Loeb then reduced that gap to 1.4 seconds in this morning's first, very treacherous loop, before leaping ahead with a spectacular time in the second running of Rheola - only to discover he had incurred a jump start penalty at the start of the stage, putting him 2.2 seconds behind Latvala again.
Both drivers pushed to the absolute maximum in the final stage, with Loeb inching closer to Latvala with every split.
"It doesn't look good," Latvala admitted as he waited for Loeb to cross the line. "I tried the best I could. I can't drive better. If I lose, the better (driver) will win."
In the closing kilometres Loeb finally edged ahead to clinch one of the most thrilling victories of his career.
"This one was really incredible," said Loeb. "I didn't like it, it was very tricky with the ice and no gravel crew, so I was not happy all weekend, but today it was very exciting to fight with Jari-Matti. I tried everything I could in the last one."
Dani Sordo briefly challenged Latvala for the lead on Saturday morning, before settling for third to ensure that Citroen wrapped up the manufacturers' championship.
Subaru's Petter Solberg stayed in touch with the leaders until the final day, when the Impreza's lack of pace on the frosty gravel saw him fall away in fourth place. His teammate Chris Atkinson crashed heavily in Walters Arena on Friday evening, but escaped serious injury.
Andersson equalled his career-best result by taking a second consecutive fifth place, helped by the chasing Henning Solberg's retirement with broken suspension in the penultimate stage.
Solberg's Stobart Ford teammate Francois Duval therefore moved up to sixth, after a cautious drive on his return following the vicious Rally Japan accident that injured his co-driver Patrick Pivato.
Toni Gardemeister held on to seventh in the second Suzuki, despite Mikko Hirvonen closing to within 13 seconds of him this morning. Hirvonen's roll on Friday effectively ended Ford's manufacturers' title hopes, and came while trying to make up for an over-cautious start to the rally. The accident dropped him right back to 47th, but he was at least able to salvage a point.
Leading home drivers Matthew Wilson and Barry Clark completed the top ten for Stobart Ford, with their temporary teammate Valentino Rossi pleased to make the finish in 12th place.
The MotoGP legend started conservatively in Friday's icy conditions, then built up speed and made quietly impressive progress from his initial 45th position, staying out of trouble in weather that caught out many WRC regulars.
"I'm happy because we approached the race in the right way - we started slowly and tried to understand (the conditions)," said Rossi. "We didn't make any important mistakes, and we arrived at the end.
"Especially this morning we were fast, we fought with the faster guys, so we are so happy. We finished the rally and the car is in one piece. We enjoyed it a lot."
Leading finishers:
Pos Driver Car Time
1. Sebastien Loeb Citroen 2h43:19.6
2. Jari-Matti Latvala Ford + 2.7
3. Dani Sordo Citroen + 1:10.6
4. Petter Solberg Subaru + 1:49.6
5. Per-Gunnar Andersson Suzuki + 3:54.1
6. Francois Duval Ford + 4:57.8
7. Toni Gardemeister Suzuki + 5:15.0
8. Mikko Hirvonen Ford + 5:28.8
9. Matthew Wilson Ford + 8:03.9
10. Barry Clark Ford + 9:43.1
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i za dragu koleginicu memento-12. Valentino ROSSI +13:20.4
Loeb snatches GB win from Latvala
By Matt Beer Sunday, December 7th 2008, 12:34 GMT
Sebastien Loeb snatched victory from Jari-Matti Latvala in the final stage of the Wales Rally GB, overcoming a late penalty to win by 2.7 seconds.
The result is Loeb's 11th win of the 2008 season - a new record - and gives his Citroen team the manufacturers' championship for the first time since 2005.
The victory also means that Loeb has now won all of the World Rally Championship's regular events at least once in his incredible career.
The thrilling finish was an appropriate end to an event made extremely challenging by icy conditions. With the drivers required to use standard gravel tyres on the very treacherous surface, most of Friday's stages were either truncated or cancelled on safety grounds, and the stages remained tough all weekend.
As the usual front-runners started cautiously, Junior champion Sebastien Ogier took a remarkable early lead in his first event in a World Rally Car, with privateer Subaru driver Mads Ostberg challenging him for first place and Suzuki's Per-Gunnar Andersson also running in the top three at times on Friday.
The underdog stars had benefited from more favourable road positions, but that didn't detract from their extremely impressive performances.
But as the conditions improved slightly, the regular contenders moved back to the front and the young drivers faded. Ogier had gearbox problems late on Friday and then rolled into retirement in Saturday's first stage, with Ostberg also crashing out before the end of day two. Andersson managed to stay on the road, but the Suzuki's pace declined and he dropped out of podium contention.
Latvala and Loeb then dominated the rest of the weekend. The Ford driver took the lead before the end of day one, but saw his advantage slashed early on Saturday as he struggled while running first on the icy roads. A clutch problem in the Cardiff superspecial also cost him time, and meant he started day three just seven seconds in front.
Loeb then reduced that gap to 1.4 seconds in this morning's first, very treacherous loop, before leaping ahead with a spectacular time in the second running of Rheola - only to discover he had incurred a jump start penalty at the start of the stage, putting him 2.2 seconds behind Latvala again.
Both drivers pushed to the absolute maximum in the final stage, with Loeb inching closer to Latvala with every split.
"It doesn't look good," Latvala admitted as he waited for Loeb to cross the line. "I tried the best I could. I can't drive better. If I lose, the better (driver) will win."
In the closing kilometres Loeb finally edged ahead to clinch one of the most thrilling victories of his career.
"This one was really incredible," said Loeb. "I didn't like it, it was very tricky with the ice and no gravel crew, so I was not happy all weekend, but today it was very exciting to fight with Jari-Matti. I tried everything I could in the last one."
Dani Sordo briefly challenged Latvala for the lead on Saturday morning, before settling for third to ensure that Citroen wrapped up the manufacturers' championship.
Subaru's Petter Solberg stayed in touch with the leaders until the final day, when the Impreza's lack of pace on the frosty gravel saw him fall away in fourth place. His teammate Chris Atkinson crashed heavily in Walters Arena on Friday evening, but escaped serious injury.
Andersson equalled his career-best result by taking a second consecutive fifth place, helped by the chasing Henning Solberg's retirement with broken suspension in the penultimate stage.
Solberg's Stobart Ford teammate Francois Duval therefore moved up to sixth, after a cautious drive on his return following the vicious Rally Japan accident that injured his co-driver Patrick Pivato.
Toni Gardemeister held on to seventh in the second Suzuki, despite Mikko Hirvonen closing to within 13 seconds of him this morning. Hirvonen's roll on Friday effectively ended Ford's manufacturers' title hopes, and came while trying to make up for an over-cautious start to the rally. The accident dropped him right back to 47th, but he was at least able to salvage a point.
Leading home drivers Matthew Wilson and Barry Clark completed the top ten for Stobart Ford, with their temporary teammate Valentino Rossi pleased to make the finish in 12th place.
The MotoGP legend started conservatively in Friday's icy conditions, then built up speed and made quietly impressive progress from his initial 45th position, staying out of trouble in weather that caught out many WRC regulars.
"I'm happy because we approached the race in the right way - we started slowly and tried to understand (the conditions)," said Rossi. "We didn't make any important mistakes, and we arrived at the end.
"Especially this morning we were fast, we fought with the faster guys, so we are so happy. We finished the rally and the car is in one piece. We enjoyed it a lot."
Leading finishers:
Pos Driver Car Time
1. Sebastien Loeb Citroen 2h43:19.6
2. Jari-Matti Latvala Ford + 2.7
3. Dani Sordo Citroen + 1:10.6
4. Petter Solberg Subaru + 1:49.6
5. Per-Gunnar Andersson Suzuki + 3:54.1
6. Francois Duval Ford + 4:57.8
7. Toni Gardemeister Suzuki + 5:15.0
8. Mikko Hirvonen Ford + 5:28.8
9. Matthew Wilson Ford + 8:03.9
10. Barry Clark Ford + 9:43.1
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i za dragu koleginicu memento-12. Valentino ROSSI +13:20.4
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i za dragu koleginicu memento-12. Valentino ROSSI +13:20.4
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Posted 15 December 2008 - 08:59
Suzuki napušta reli šampionat.
Nema se para, nema se s čim.
Nema se para, nema se s čim.
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Posted 15 December 2008 - 09:54
FIA confirms Super 2000 future
By Steven English Friday, December 12th 2008, 13:05 GMT
Today's World Motor Sport Council meeting confirmed that the World Rally Championship will become a Super 2000-based series from 2010, as predicted by autosport.com yesterday.
A proposal to base the WRC on both Super 2000 and Group N cars was rejected following the World Rally Championship Commission's concerns over the cost implications of trying to level the playing field between the two cars.
The decision means that every manufacturer will be forced to introduce a new car for 2010, including Subaru who only entered their new Impreza part-way through the 2008 season.
A statement from the World Motor Sport Council said: "The 2010 World Rally Car will be S2000 based. However, the removable kit, already adopted by the WMSC, will be redefined with no electronic benefits, or similar upgrades, to ensure cost reductions.
"The new S2000-based World Rally Car will only be permitted for use on World Rally Championship events."
The FIA also confirmed that Group N cars, including the existing S2000, will be retained in the Production Car World Rally Championship, and that - as predicted by autosport.com - it is in negotiations with Ralliart Italy to supply and service Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution cars for the Pirelli Star Drive winners to contest their designated WRC events in during 2009 and 2010.
By Steven English Friday, December 12th 2008, 13:05 GMT
Today's World Motor Sport Council meeting confirmed that the World Rally Championship will become a Super 2000-based series from 2010, as predicted by autosport.com yesterday.
A proposal to base the WRC on both Super 2000 and Group N cars was rejected following the World Rally Championship Commission's concerns over the cost implications of trying to level the playing field between the two cars.
The decision means that every manufacturer will be forced to introduce a new car for 2010, including Subaru who only entered their new Impreza part-way through the 2008 season.
A statement from the World Motor Sport Council said: "The 2010 World Rally Car will be S2000 based. However, the removable kit, already adopted by the WMSC, will be redefined with no electronic benefits, or similar upgrades, to ensure cost reductions.
"The new S2000-based World Rally Car will only be permitted for use on World Rally Championship events."
The FIA also confirmed that Group N cars, including the existing S2000, will be retained in the Production Car World Rally Championship, and that - as predicted by autosport.com - it is in negotiations with Ralliart Italy to supply and service Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution cars for the Pirelli Star Drive winners to contest their designated WRC events in during 2009 and 2010.
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Posted 16 December 2008 - 21:43
Subaru pulls out of the WRC
Subaru has announced its decision to withdraw from the 2009 World Rally Championship.
Prodrive, the company which runs the team on behalf of Subaru, broke the news at 0900hrs this morning. It said the decision was sudden and had been made in response to the economic downturn currently affecting the automotive industry.
Yesterday Suzuki confirmed it would not be back in 2009 for similar reasons.
The Subaru World Rally Team was established in 1989, when the Japanese manufacturer teamed up with British based motor sport specialists Prodrive. Since then the team has won six World Rally Championship titles - most recently the drivers’ title with Petter Solberg in 2003. In recent years, however, the team has struggled to find its previous rally winning form. It last won a rally on the stages in Mexico 2005.
“This is not only sad news for Subaru and the team, but also for millions of rallying fans around the world,” said Prodrive chairman David Richards.
“Subaru’s departure from the World Rally Championship is a great loss as it is one of the sport’s icons. The Subaru World Rally Team has created true champions such as Colin McRae and Richard Burns and its absence will be felt by many the world over. Although this decision closes a significant chapter in Prodrive’s history, our focus now turns to the future.”
While the Subaru World Rally Team historically represented a significant part of Prodrive’s business, today it accounts for no more than 20 per cent of turnover. Prodrive says it will look to redeploy as many of the rally team as possible in other areas of its business operations.
There is no news yet from Subaru about how the decision will affect Subaru’s driver Petter Solberg/Phil Mills and Chris Atkinson/Stephane Prevot, or whether the company plans to return to the sport in the future.
Prodrive, however, is already lining up its own rally return saying “2010 will see the introduction of new World Rally Championship technical regulations, which provide Prodrive with an opportunity to prepare for re-entering the championship with a new team and build on its 24 years of World Rally Championship experience and success.”
Prodrive also pledged to support its own customer rally teams for 2009 and beyond. Over the past 15 years, Prodrive has sold close to 500 rally cars to more than 400 private competitors and independent rally teams in 47 countries.
Subaru has announced its decision to withdraw from the 2009 World Rally Championship.
Prodrive, the company which runs the team on behalf of Subaru, broke the news at 0900hrs this morning. It said the decision was sudden and had been made in response to the economic downturn currently affecting the automotive industry.
Yesterday Suzuki confirmed it would not be back in 2009 for similar reasons.
The Subaru World Rally Team was established in 1989, when the Japanese manufacturer teamed up with British based motor sport specialists Prodrive. Since then the team has won six World Rally Championship titles - most recently the drivers’ title with Petter Solberg in 2003. In recent years, however, the team has struggled to find its previous rally winning form. It last won a rally on the stages in Mexico 2005.
“This is not only sad news for Subaru and the team, but also for millions of rallying fans around the world,” said Prodrive chairman David Richards.
“Subaru’s departure from the World Rally Championship is a great loss as it is one of the sport’s icons. The Subaru World Rally Team has created true champions such as Colin McRae and Richard Burns and its absence will be felt by many the world over. Although this decision closes a significant chapter in Prodrive’s history, our focus now turns to the future.”
While the Subaru World Rally Team historically represented a significant part of Prodrive’s business, today it accounts for no more than 20 per cent of turnover. Prodrive says it will look to redeploy as many of the rally team as possible in other areas of its business operations.
There is no news yet from Subaru about how the decision will affect Subaru’s driver Petter Solberg/Phil Mills and Chris Atkinson/Stephane Prevot, or whether the company plans to return to the sport in the future.
Prodrive, however, is already lining up its own rally return saying “2010 will see the introduction of new World Rally Championship technical regulations, which provide Prodrive with an opportunity to prepare for re-entering the championship with a new team and build on its 24 years of World Rally Championship experience and success.”
Prodrive also pledged to support its own customer rally teams for 2009 and beyond. Over the past 15 years, Prodrive has sold close to 500 rally cars to more than 400 private competitors and independent rally teams in 47 countries.
