Figured I would start a thread for it since they start the shakedown tomorrow!!

Recce : From Monday 20 January
To Wednesday 22 January
Shakedown : Thursday 23 January
Leg 1 : Friday 24 January : 6 special stages (196,30 km)
Leg 2 : Saturday 25 January : 4 special stages (114,52 km)
Leg 3 : Sunday 26 January : 4 special stages (104,20 km)

Makinen needs a good finish and lets hope Solberg is up there too!!
Only time will tell...dang I wish we could see it the same day!

Here are the winners from 2002:
1 Tommi Makinen
2 Sébastien Loeb
3 Carlos Sainz

Have you seen the new wing on the Monty Impreza ? It looks rediculous, but if it helps win rallys I will start loving it and put one on my car

Yep I saw that in another post somewhere...it isn't pretty to say the least. I just hope the car is more reliable this year!! ;)

yeah, definetly a funky design. but it must have some obvious benefits to the car. and yeah, lets hope the new car doesn't have any bugs to be worked out during the season. start out strong, and finish strong. its Petters year!!


-PJ

http://rally.racing-live.com/en/

Check out the pictures from Recces....snow baby!!!

The latest rally Impreza looks like a Honda with a piece of farm equipment on the trunk. Last years headlights were better too. I hope the car is really fast because it will be hard for me to route for something this funky looking.

As usual the car looks like no other car out there. which is something i feel Subaru's are known for. i don't really understand the honda light reference. but o well. i think the car is pretty sweet, just b/c it is different. i think it will look pretty darn good sitting in the winners circle this year!!



-PJ

Results from www.rally-live.com so far after 2 stages

1.Gronholm...Peugeot
2.McRae...Citreon
3.Solberg...Subaru
4.Loeb...Citreon
5.Makinen...Subaru
6.Burns...Peugeot
7.Sainz...Citreon
8.Martin ...Focus

All very close in times so far....

Andy

geez, that wing!
Look at the mirrors too, it's a lot edgier and smaller.

Makinen and Solberg both out!!! makinen goes off the road in ss5 and can't get back on, while solberg damages his radiator after going off. and whats with gronholm leading.... the guy says how much he hates the course, and it's not a test of driving skill. and now he leads by 37 sec. this is going to be an interesting race.



-PJ

So...after stage 5
Gronholm
Loeb
Mcrae
Burns
Sainz

Well at least there is only one pug in the top 3...;)

Dang...our poor Subaru..nice start to the year....

Peugeot & Citroen = same company.

PSA dominates all top 5!
and 6 out of top 7.

So go, go, go..I have to ask..what does you title mean??

Ok..just checked things out for leg 2

Here is how they stand:
Loeb
Mcrae
Sainz
Martin
Burns
Robert
Kresta
Duval

So it looks like they are done for today..so more tomorrow!!

Dang it, Citroen has the Top 3, a Ford, and theres still three other Pugs in the points. How come they have so many cars??? Even without Granholm and Panizzi, they still make some significant points.

They can only have three drivers that are eligible for points...they could be a privateer..so I don't know how that will work in the points set up??

10.30am GMT:

Monte-Carlo Rally
Live now : SS12
01. LOEB...citroen
02. McRAE...citroen
03. MARTIN...focus
04. SAINZ...citroen
05. BURNS...peugeot
06. ROBERT...peugeot


Andy....

:D



Congrats to Loeb/McRae and Sainz :D

Citroen 1st/2nd and 3rd !!! :D

http://www.wrc.com/en_GB/Results/Overview/Stages/Stages.htm?RallyStage=64&RallyName=2003_MC&ChampType=O

http://www.wrc.com/en_GB/News/2003/001/2003_R_MC_SS14.htm

Andy...
Swedish Rally is next 6th-9th of Feb....

That is great!!

Sainz proved that he still has it....after all that doubt of him not getting a ride until the last minute!!!

Nice to see no Pugs in the top 3 ;)

El Matador will score points in almost every rally. I wish I had seen him when he was in his prime with Toyota

OMG! :o Citroen owns the WRC. They might have the best team in the WRC. If they had a better car, they might win every race.

-JOE

PS. With Tommy retiring in a year, we should steal Sebastian Loeb.

Citroen always does well on tarmac, I want to see if they have improoved on all the other terrain.

Well like I said, they have all the talent in the world, just not the car. Think of that lineup in a Scooby.

Rally XS on today 7pmEST....1/2hr
Tomorrow is the two hour coverage at 7pmEST on Speed....

The wait is over...too bad our boys went out on SS5..:(

Originally posted by Rallychic
Rally XS on today 7pmEST....1/2hr
Tomorrow is the two hour coverage at 7pmEST on Speed....

The wait is over...too bad our boys went out on SS5..:(

Must we rub it in lets not forget that there are people out there who are Speed vision challenged. I'm going to go weep now...woe is me

Originally posted by WRXSTIle
Must we rub it in lets not forget that there are people out there who are Speed vision challenged. I'm going to go weep now...woe is me

I'm sorry...I know that not everyone has it, but I just wanted to send out a reminder.

Guess you need to find a friend who does have it!! ;)