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Old 01-20-2009, 05:24 PM   #176
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well here's the thing. subaru and suzuki clearly had the MOST problems last season. Even with the 06-07 car, problems were all over the place.


so solberg won in 03, with the new GD chassis. second in 04. second again in 05 i believe, and then 06-07 came the problems. WTF!? 6th in 06 and 5th in 07. he did great between the year he won through the 05 season. How could they have dropped off so drastically?


If they had less than half the problems they've had since 06, well frankly i don't know who to blame.


you're right about BOS though, i thought they ahd already been running Ohlins. But aren't Ohlins also an off the shelf product? Don't they sell them in Sears and stores like that in Europe?
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Old 01-20-2009, 05:53 PM   #177
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Rules changed for 06: No active diffs, no water injection. These hurt the Impreza the most, apparently.

Ohlins are quality units that, sure, could be bought off the shelf if you wanted. I believe, after looking at that article again, that Prodrive worked out a deal so that Ohlins would make the pieces to Prodrive's specs, but Prodrive would do the assembly. Easier for them to figure out where the oops was, with that arrangement.

Suzuki's teething problems are to be expected. Given the speech the team boss gave at the beginning of the '08 season (during the TV coverage of Monte Carlo), it's possible they're taking a year off to develop a car for the 2010 specs. Alternately, it could be the economy problem, and they've shelved it for awhile.

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Old 01-25-2009, 11:31 PM   #178
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Default Petter Solberg in a Citroen?

A direct quote from his website.

"I can now confirm that we will start Rally Norway in an Citroen Xsara 2006 model.
A lot has to organized before we come to Hamar. Information regarding the team, who will run the car and sponsors will be announced at a press conferance before Rally Norway."

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Old 01-25-2009, 11:32 PM   #179
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wow, the rumor was true huh? a Citroen. he's gonna run an xsara? not a C4?
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Old 01-26-2009, 02:09 AM   #180
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A direct quote from his website.

"I can now confirm that we will start Rally Norway in an Citroen Xsara 2006 model.
A lot has to organized before we come to Hamar. Information regarding the team, who will run the car and sponsors will be announced at a press conferance before Rally Norway."

Petter Solberg
Wow... now we'll REALLY see if it was driver or car.
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Old 01-26-2009, 11:40 AM   #181
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^^yes, but not if he's running the xsara.


i want to see him in the C4
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Old 01-28-2009, 08:29 PM   #182
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Default Anders Grondal joins Adapta Subaru team for Rally Norway

I just saw this. Don't know if it's already been posted. Pretty sweet!

http://www.wrc.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk...Rally%20Norway
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Old 01-28-2009, 08:47 PM   #183
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Driving a subaru and possibly cute co-driver(Maria)... found who I am going for this year
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Old 01-28-2009, 09:03 PM   #184
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I just saw this. Don't know if it's already been posted. Pretty sweet!

http://www.wrc.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk...Rally%20Norway

Hooray! A Subie team to root for!

But I still hope Catko does well.
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Old 01-28-2009, 09:17 PM   #185
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Yeah it will be interesting to see how he does in a new car...
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Old 01-28-2009, 10:23 PM   #186
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^have you guys not known about mads ostberg? he's awesome, and has been rallying for years. he too is on Adapta, and he's running Petter's exact car from last season
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