Kubica injured in rally crash - Now rallying again...

[avens]

c'mon it is my e-glory time after going against the whole forum lol. Predicting 1+ years to the future since december2011/january2012, solely based on news, f1 knowledge (know how to read f1 news) and without insider info.

I remember this happened at planet-f1 too, same situation.

 

[Pupik]

c'mon it is my e-glory time after going against the whole forum lol. Predicting 1+ years to the future since december2011/january2012, solely based on news, f1 knowledge (know how to read f1 news) and without insider info.

I remember this happened at planet-f1 too, same situation.

Alright, go find it, re-post it with the link, and you win an e-cookie. And we'll never say you're wrong about this matter again.

 

[Dennisch]

Alright, go find it, re-post it with the link, and you win an e-cookie. And we'll never say you're wrong about this matter again.

Would be funny if a mod had removed said post.

 

[obi_one]

Robert will do a season in WRC2 with Citroen DS3
http://www.wrc.com/news/portugal-the-hardest-rally-says-kubica/?fid=18386

 

[prisonermonkeys]

And here is his car:

He'll be carrying the number 74 in Portugal.

 

[GOTMAXPOWER]

And here is his car:

Except it isn't his car, that's a mock up of the livery on the the WRC game based on a DS3 WRC instead of a DS3 RRC

 

[prisonermonkeys]

I picked it up from a Polish fan forum. I'm told that it's a skin that was made for the within hours of the announcement.

 

[obi_one]

Thats how will his car look like. Its not from the game.

 

[GOTMAXPOWER]

Thats how will his car look like. Its not from the game.

But he is driving a RRC spec car, not WRC spec...

 

[prisonermonkeys]

He means that it will be a RRC-spec DS3 with that livery on it. Because the DS3 RRC doesn't appear in the game the livery was created in, the article had to use the DS3 WRC as the next-best alternative.

 

[prisonermonkeys]

The Lotos DS3 RRC in the flesh:

 

[obi_one]

And he will race in WRC2. Isn't WRC2 same specs as RRC or almost same?

 

[prisonermonkeys]

WRC-2 isn't a specification of car. It's simply the second-tier championship - like GP2 is to Formula 1. It's open to cars complying with Group R (R4 and R5), Super 2000, Group N and RRC regulations. I believe RRC was a manufacturer initiative that was originally intended to be the replacement category for Super 2000, but the FIA introduced Group R instead so as to keep costs down and allow more freedom in what cars could be entered.

 

[obi_one]

Robert was fastest today during a shakedown http://www.fiaerc.com/news/detail/id/366

 

[GOTMAXPOWER]

After 2 stages Kubica leads Kopecky by 37 seconds.

 

[obi_one]

1:06 lead over Kopecky after day 1.

 

[mr_geez]

„To finish first, you must first finish”.

 

[obi_one]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZ9RsNmG638&feature=player_embedded

on board

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puylhx7bU_M&feature=player_embedded

 

[prisonermonkeys]

As Yogi Berra once said, it's deja-vu all over again - this isn't the first time Kubica has insisted that he only wants to finish the rally, only to build up a phenomenal lead and then crash out.

 

[JosVerstappen]

If in doubt, crash out.

 

[obi_one]

Mccrash style of Colin

 

[prisonermonkeys]

Kubica was fifth on the Fafe Rally Sprint - the Rally Portugal prologue - behind Dani Sordo, Mads Ostberg, Martin Prokop and Andreas Mikkelsen. He was the highest-placed non-WRC driver, less than a second off Mikkelsen's time andtwo seconds ahead of a group of local drivers in a variety of Super 2000 and Group N cars.



However, the truly big names - Sebastien Loeb, Sebastien Ogier, Jari-Matti Latvala and Mikko Hirvonen - weren't present at this year's event, so I wouldn't get too carried away.

 

[Lizard]

http://www1.skysports.com/formula-1...F1-return-with-test-run-in-Mercedes-simulator

 

[Lizard]

Sorry to double post but it seems that Kubica has a chance of getting back. Mercedes want to try him in a real F1 car after his time on the simulator.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/22395082

 

[Stevisiov]

Sorry to double post but it seems that Kubica has a chance of getting back. Mercedes want to try him in a real F1 car after his time on the simulator.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/22395082

Mercedes is a strange one, it's not like they are short of good drivers. I can't see Kubica wanting to spend too much time as a test driver either.

 

[Furinkazen]

Acropolis Rally WRC2 win. Nice.

 

[obi_one]

If he's not back in F1 next year then it should be WRC.

 

[obi_one]

So one day left in Spain. 4min ahead in first place and if he makes it to the end in top 2 he will be the WRC2 champion in his first year. Plus he gets to drive WRC car in next rally.

 

[GOTMAXPOWER]

So one day left in Spain. 4min ahead in first place and if he makes it to the end in top 2 he will be the WRC2 champion in his first year. Plus he gets to drive WRC car in next rally.

Plus he is being considered for a full time Citroen WRT drive for 2014, rumour is he has already signed for M-Sport though.

 

[ShiftingGears]

If he's not back in F1 next year then it should be WRC.

His F1 days are well and truly over.