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Old 15 Nov 2013, 17:30 (Ref:3331821)   #26
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In the 2014 French Championship the second race in Essay is replaced by Loheac. This could indicate that Essay will join the World Championship?
Would it not make more sense Loheac will be the WRX round and Essay the ERX round? Although IMO a country should only have one round.

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In other news, they are building a new track in Belgium. On or near the Mettet racetrack a new Rallycross circuit is being build that will immediately join the World Championship next summer.
Who is paying for this?
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Old 16 Nov 2013, 22:33 (Ref:3332335)   #27
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Mettet as been in the pipeline for donkeys years, and I will believe it when I see it!
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Old 17 Nov 2013, 11:15 (Ref:3332515)   #28
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Mettet as been in the pipeline for donkeys years, and I will believe it when I see it!
They had a Belgian Rallycross Championship round at the old track in November 2007. But since 2010 there is a complete new circuit at Mettet.
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Old 19 Nov 2013, 12:39 (Ref:3333604)   #29
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On one side it's good to have such a race in Belgium.
On the other hand people seem to forget it's not that easy to create a proper rallycross track. Look at GRC who are just able to build bad tracks.

More over it's a pitty that the regular track in Belgium (Devils hill) is one of the best rallycross tracks we have in Europe and cannot be used.
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Old 20 Nov 2013, 13:31 (Ref:3334252)   #30
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Tommy Rustad will race next year in the European RX and as many world RX races as possible. He will drive the Volvo C30 he used in Sweden and Norway
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Old 20 Nov 2013, 17:54 (Ref:3334396)   #31
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Tommy Rustad will race next year in the European RX and as many world RX races as possible. He will drive the Volvo C30 he used in Sweden and Norway
That's the Ludvig Hunsbedt C30.
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Surprised nobody else has picked up on this but Autosport have an article suggesting that one of the rounds outside Europe will be in Canada at the Trois Rivieres Grand Prix. Link below -

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/111569
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Old 25 Nov 2013, 17:52 (Ref:3336608)   #33
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They were first and Autosport actually quite late: http://tvasports.ca/courses/la-fia-c...-gp3r-23112013

http://erc24.com/archives/15762

http://www.purerallycross.com/index....-la-corde.html

http://www.auto123.com/fr/course-aut...e?artid=162209
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Old 28 Nov 2013, 10:53 (Ref:3337708)   #34
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Press release from LD Motorsports...



...looking to become a three car team in 2014.
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Old 29 Nov 2013, 14:16 (Ref:3338135)   #35
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Forgive the double post, but it seems that the FIA World Rallycross Championship will be in Canada, and the track will (according to Rallycross360), look like this:



("Saut" is French for jump in case you are wondering!)
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Old 29 Nov 2013, 14:37 (Ref:3338149)   #36
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Hmmm, not sure about that - assuming 'Depart' is 'start' that's a very short run to the first corner pile up. Also those chicanes don't seem like a good idea, from the look of them on that map they're basically a stack of tyres (so a typical single venue rally chicane) - fine for one car at a time but a pack? That's got damage written all over it. If you're designing a circuit from scratch you shouldn't need to put mickey mouse chicanes in surely? I guess we'll have to wait and see what it looks like in the flesh but first impressions aren't good.
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Old 29 Nov 2013, 17:14 (Ref:3338209)   #37
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Three jumps.

I assume the oval part has dirt.
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Old 29 Nov 2013, 20:40 (Ref:3338311)   #38
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The whole Oval has dirt surface.
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Old 29 Nov 2013, 23:57 (Ref:3338382)   #39
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Puits? as in well? or puddles or something?
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Old 30 Nov 2013, 00:02 (Ref:3338384)   #40
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I wonder what FIA think’s about jumps these days? Given that they forced Höljes to lowering their famous jump a few years ago?

While we're on the topic. What do you think about jumps in Rallycross. Do they raises the entertainment value or is it just an X-Games stunt that does not contribute to anything?
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Old 30 Nov 2013, 08:30 (Ref:3338489)   #41
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Hmmm, not sure about that - assuming 'Depart' is 'start' that's a very short run to the first corner pile up. Also those chicanes don't seem like a good idea, from the look of them on that map they're basically a stack of tyres (so a typical single venue rally chicane) - fine for one car at a time but a pack? That's got damage written all over it. If you're designing a circuit from scratch you shouldn't need to put mickey mouse chicanes in surely? I guess we'll have to wait and see what it looks like in the flesh but first impressions aren't good.
You don't see the scale on this map. But everything outside the hippodrome is part of the regular racetrack. It would definately be wide enough for 5 cars.

A quick estimate I would guess the track is about 1500 metres, about the size of Lydden Hill.
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Old 30 Nov 2013, 10:52 (Ref:3338529)   #42
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So what is the point of the chicanes? At first sight it seems solely to cause damage and give the Canadian casual viewer (not sure how many rallycross fans there are in Canada) what they probably want to see.
My guess is they will disappear pretty quickly if the drivers don't like them. 3 jumps seems to me to be a little overkill and also seems to be a very long joker section.

I assume their will be some kind of trial event first so that they don't end up with some of the situations we have seen in the GRC and X-Games where tracks have been either poorly prepared, dangerous or totally unsuitable for rallycross.
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Old 30 Nov 2013, 19:09 (Ref:3338716)   #43
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I find the Holjes jumps are brilliant now. There isn't much 'airtime' but what is good about them is that they are technical challenging to the drivers. Right after the landing they have to break and steer. Every little bit of a error costs time, the bigger the error, the more time it costs.
And that without being (very) dangerous.
Should every track have jumps? I don't think so. Like the jokerlap implementation gone 'wrong' in some tracks, the same will be the case when track owners will be forced to build jumps.
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Old 30 Nov 2013, 19:38 (Ref:3338726)   #44
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I prefer low but high speed jumps over the big slow jumps like in GRC.
And I rather see jumps that are a natural part of the track.
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USA is set to be announced as a host next year with a race before Canada

Also Hansen may be racing with Peugeot cars instead of Citroen ..
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Also Hansen may be racing with Peugeot cars instead of Citroen ..
Really? Why the change?

Would be nice to the Championship regulars in more of a mix of cars: there were a lot of DS3's in the finals this year!
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Really? Why the change?
There were rumors that Citroen might pull out of the WRC and shut the whole project down, which would mean they wouldn't get support from Citroen. So Citroen being a part of PSA and Peugeot, Peugeot was the plan B. One car for TT and one for Timmy Hansen. Hvaal pulled out and might race along with Solberg. Though now when Citroen is still to compete in the WRC, I don't know how the plans will unfold
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Hvaal could be the number 2 with Solberg? Interesting, though I guess he would need deep pockets for that, and he has already stated he is struggling to find the budget for next year, isn't he?

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There were rumors that Citroen might pull out of the WRC and shut the whole project down, which would mean they wouldn't get support from Citroen.
Out of interest, how much support do Citroen provide for Hansen (or any team running Citroens for that matter)?

Is it purely the shells they provide, or is it technical input and other components as well?
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Really? Why the change?
Because PSA wants to promote the Pug 208?
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Hvaal could be the number 2 with Solberg? Interesting, though I guess he would need deep pockets for that, and he has already stated he is struggling to find the budget for next year, isn't he?
I think you need also deep pockets for a Hansen car.

Alexander Hvaal is not related to Tom Hvaal? He (or his company) is putting a lot of money in rallycross.
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