Dani Sordo to drive Mini Super Production in Corsica. Pierre Campana was expected to get the drive as it's his home rally. Car is run by SMG Motorsport, owned by Drive-Pro who ran Campana last year in WRC, and will receive technical support from Prodrive.
The Spaniard will start the French round of the IRC on a Mini John Cooper Works S2000.
The fourth round of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge, Corsica on 11 and 12 May, will host a major driver in the world ... one of Dani Sordo. On this occasion, the Spanish will for the first time behind the wheel of a Mini John Cooper Works Super Production Car (SPC). The SPC is a mount almost identical to that driver in the WRC except several technical details. This version has an air inlet flange smaller than a WRC (30mm to 33mm in the WRC), a smaller rear wing, front brakes and a smaller bumper and side windows different. The Corsica is not uncharted territory for the Spanish. The latter is already taken part several times and has included two third places to his name in 2006 and 2007. Paved roads and winding of the island of beauty unlike any other and Sordo remains on three excellent results on this surface (a podium in Monte Carlo, France and Germany). Nobody doubts the fact that former teammate Sebastien Loeb does not come to Corsica to make up the numbers. "The Tour de Corse is a legendary event is such a shame he is no longer in WRC calendar , said the driver of the Mini. I really like it because it is a very technical rally and should always be precise in our paths. Although the engine and the aerodynamics are different version of WRC, the SPC Mini has the same chassis so it should not be a big adjustment problem. "
With the torque advantage of the SPC over the S2000 cars and with Sordo driving I can't see anyone beating the MINI. It will be very interesting to see how much quicker he is than the traditional cars.
I've heard roumers that the 1.6t s2000 cars with their 30mm restricter are way down on power to their 2l n/a counterparts. Surely if the 1.6ts are better everyone would be using the fiesta rrc wouldn't they? Or is this mini somthing different? Didn't tsjoen use one in ypres last year and come nowhere?
Giandominico Basso has just won a round of the European Rally Championship in a RRC Fiesta and beat Hanninen in that rally, though it was noted that local knowledge played a part!
Yep. Don't think the Mille Miglia was too conclusive. Basso in a Punto would be hard to beat on Italian asphalt. Should be an interesting event next weekend and good news about Marty and David in the PSE car.
Spoke to marty yesterday as the news was breaking and he is very excited. IT will be a learning curve thats for sure but heres hoping he gets a good strong drive.
I dont know much about this drive he has got but the one thing i do know is there is no such thing as a free lunch ... so no doubt there would have to be something brought to the table
I think the high octane fuel is the main problem as it's sitting at the Toulouse docks ready to go if the unions would let it out. Hopefully something can be sorted in time.
1.Sordo DanielMini John Cooper Works S2000 2:38.8 2.Mikkelsen Andreas Škoda Fabia S2000 2:38.9
Kopecký Jan Škoda Fabia S2000 2:38.9 4.Basso Giandomenico Ford Fiesta S0002:39.1 5.Bouffier Bryan Peugeot 207 S20002:39.9 6.Gassner Hermann Škoda Fabia S20002:41.3 7.Campana Pierre Peugeot 207 S2000 2:43.0 8.Wiegand Sepp Škoda Fabia S2000 2:44.0
Maurin Julien Ford Fiesta S2000 2:44.0 10.Manzagol Jean-Marc Peugeot 207 S2000 2:45.4 11.Aigner Andreas Subaru Impreza STi R4 2:47.4 12.Arai Toshi hiro Subaru Impreza STi R4 2:47.8 13.Saliuk Alexander Ford Fiesta S2000 2:48.6 14.Tamrazov Oleksii Ford Fiesta S2000 2:48.7 15.Nikara Jarkko Subaru Impreza STi R4 2:48.9 16.McCormack Marty Ford Fiesta S 2000 2:49.7 17.Delecour Francois Renault Megane RS 2:50.3 18.Al-Ketbi Rashid Škoda Fabia S2000 2:52.2 19.Marchi Jean-Francois Peugeot 207 S2000 2:52.9
Says on another site that the Sainteloc racing Team (ie Breen etc) tested else where ? ... Anyone know why ?
It looked alot better when i was coping an pasting it !! lol hah ... it looks a right mess now !! ha ah lol
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