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14 Jun 2002, 23:11 (Ref:314044) | #1 | ||
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Markko Märtin's car colors
Why is Markko racing in Ford RS (Duval's car) car in Acropolis, instead of typical Ford/Martini/Telefonica colors?
Keep it up, Markko - whole Estonia is with you! |
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17 Jun 2002, 08:30 (Ref:315220) | #2 | |
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The only reason I can guess re; colours is a marketing one; pushing the RS brand.
Well done to Markko, inspite of his problems; it was a great drive & like Solberg, his first win will come soon |
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17 Jun 2002, 11:13 (Ref:315346) | #3 | ||
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Martini/Telefonica probably only paid for two cars.
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17 Jun 2002, 12:23 (Ref:315396) | #4 | ||
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I like the plain RS Blue/White Focus better than the Racing Martini one
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18 Jun 2002, 20:05 (Ref:316430) | #5 | ||
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From the Ford website:
Markko Märtin and Michael Park will drive a third Ford Rallye Sport Focus RS in the Acropolis Rally, eager to capitalise on fourth place in Argentina - their best world rally result. Am I reading this article completely wrong? I thought Markko had the 3rd standard RS all season long already, like Colin and Carlos, with François taking a 4th every now and then. |
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19 Jun 2002, 10:48 (Ref:316827) | #6 | ||
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Yes and no. He has been driving a third Focus at each event, but this is just media-speak. A bit like Ron-speak (Ron Dennis from McLaren that is) but slightly less intelligent.
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19 Jun 2002, 14:12 (Ref:316962) | #7 | |
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Having read the full press release it seems to make sense.
The release talks about Colin McRae, then Carlos Sainz, then Markko. So I think it's just a sequence thing rather than it being news that Martin is in a third car (like it would have been with Toshi Arai at Subaru) Last edited by SJ Spode; 19 Jun 2002 at 14:14. |
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22 Jun 2002, 19:33 (Ref:319141) | #8 | ||
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Last year Francois Delacour drove a RS-liveried car. His was largely white with a blue ford marking, a 'negative' of Martins so to speak.
Martin hasn't driven an RS car all year. Martins overalls are Martini/Telefonica, though |
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