[jimbob]

HEARD PRODRIVE DID A SERIOUS TARMAC TEST IN CAVAN ON MONDAY WITH A WRC DRIVER IN AN IRISH COMPETITORS SILVER CAR AS THEIR OWN TEST CAR WAS NOT AVAILABLE. DO THEY SEE A FUTURE IN RALLY IRELAND?

 

[Tropsrotom]

Not many nice sliver cars out there?

But I reckon there is one that looks nice enough to win the circuit Real and true.

 

[solberg2004]

Thats why it was spotted by a forum member earlier this week on a trailer.

 

[fraggle]

we can guess the car, but who was the driver. Atkinson?

 

[jonb]

I doubt Atkinson as I am sure he wold have been in Spain. Maybe Pasi Hagstrom as he has conducted tests here on an S11 not long ago.
Altough it is a long time since Pasi qualified as WRC Driver.

 

[Red_Scooby]

Petter??? Spain ain't that far away you know!

 

[andnor]

where in cavan would they test the car?

 

[kkknaskar]

on the wee road above reillys cross i d say

REAL AND TRUE!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[abe1234]

would it not be the french man STÉPHANE SARRAZIN there
tarmac expert?? sure he's the man doing all the tarmac testing with pirelli to try and bridge the gap to michelin:dunno:

 

[Tommy Hayes]

Probably not sarrazin. He was in Sebring at the weekend doing his roundy roundy thing!!

 

[Damien Fullen]

juha kankunnen - hes an upcoming young driver - star of the future i reckon it was him.

 

[Tropsrotom]

It was Chris Atkinson and he was testing new ultra secret Pirelli's. He was only there for a very short while and then he left by helicopter to catch flights for Spain.

I know a farmer up that country and he is my source- he knows fuck all about rallying but he knows enough that he could tell me it was Subarus Australian driver "Chris" it is some special tyre they have developed to work on the new non active cars so they were doing all the testing in an active car to make the tyres work even harder to prove endurance, at least thats what the farmer was told by some fella in a yellow jacket?

Isnt it cool that Prodrive would choose Ireland and Cavan to do this test?

 

[Kit Car]

I heard they wer just doin a test in order to try and get sales, inviting potential customers etc, Chris was there to take people runs and instruction etc, they do this alot in ireland was at one about two years ago in Donegal.

 

[fidgy]

BIG TEST NOT SO LONG AGO WITH MANY TOP IRC DRIVERS IN THE COOLEY MOUNTAINS, OICS APPEARED ON THE FORUM. TIM MCNULTY WAS THE ONLY ONE TO BUY

 

[Spooks]

There was no WRC driver there. But there was a WRC co-driver present.

 

[Mark Lowe]

Originally posted by Tropsrotom

I know a farmer up that country and he is my source- he knows fuck all about rallying but he knows enough that he could tell me it was Subarus Australian driver "Chris" it is some special tyre they have developed to work on the new non active cars so they were doing all the testing in an active car to make the tyres work even harder to prove endurance, at least thats what the farmer was told by some fella in a yellow jacket?

Isnt it cool that Prodrive would choose Ireland and Cavan to do this test?

Bloody clued up farmer if he can tell active from non active cars.

Guess his Zetor is active

 

[jimbob]

PIRELLI WHERE THERE OK TALKING TO SOMEBODY WHO SAW LORRY ON BOAT MON NIGHT

 

[Rallyhead]

Well thats no suprize, since pirelli is based in Cavan

 

[jimbob]

PIRELLI IS BASED IN CARLISLE THEIR IRISH AGENT FOR MOTORSPORT HAS A DEPOT IN CAVAN

 

[Tropsrotom]

Atkinson was there, and the person I know on the tractor was talking to some of the crew there.

And its a New Holland tractor not a Zetor- No EEC grant so fuck you