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Post by JJ on Jul 9, 2006 20:58:09 GMT
Well then I stand corrected I tend to be a bit pessimistic with drivers who "have it easier" *cough*Antony Warmbold*cough* . Hopefully he will enter a WRC round soon Yes, thats quite understandable! He's planning to get these signitures before September so he can compete in the Cyprus Rally and Rally GB
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Post by rallynick on Jul 9, 2006 22:02:01 GMT
he was behind me at scrutineering and signing on..
he got other people to do it all which i thort was a bit diva of him. but hey if u can afford to pay moneys to do it..
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Post by FordTeamRS on Jul 12, 2006 8:49:47 GMT
Seems wrc.com have jumped on the bandwagon too
There are plenty of up and coming drivers around and plenty of names to watch out for in the future. But Andreas Mikkelsen could be one of the ones you're more likely to notice.
Andreas is from Norway and like countrymen Petter and Henning Solberg, knows what to do when he gets a steering wheel in his hands. Andreas was 17 on 22 June this year. However, that doesn't mean he can drive in Norway yet - he has to be 18 to do that. So, to get behind the wheel of a rally car as soon as possible, he followed Jari-Matti Latvala's example and headed for the UK. He'd already got the bug co-driving in Norway.
So he was 17 on 22 June. On Thursday 6 July, he passed his driving test in the UK and gained his license. Then, two days later, he won the Quinton Stages Rally in Wales, a round of the British BTRDA Clubman's Championship, at the wheel of a Ford Focus WRC02. Not only did he win it, he won it in style; fastest on each of the seven stages, with an overall margin of 59 seconds.
Most 17 year olds would have been content to celebrate but Andreas immediately set off for Scotland, where he took part in the Jim Clark Reivers Rally the next day. This was the Clubman's version of the tarmac event which formed the second round of the British Rally Championship the day before.
He switched to a 2005 specification Focus WRC and was second after two stages, before he had a mechanical problem which cost him time in road, and subsequently service, penalties. He stuck with it and posted top three times on each of the stages he did contest, before retiring after receiving what would have been deemed outside assistance.
A fairly impressive first weekend of motorsport for someone who had only been eligible for a UK Provisional, let alone a Full, driving license for 16 days before his first rally win. WRC.com will be catching up with Andreas when he next visits the UK for the Swansea Bay rally later this month, to find out more about him and his rallying hopes.
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Post by JJ on Jul 12, 2006 11:29:49 GMT
What do you mean 'jumped on the bandwagon too'?
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Post by FordTeamRS on Jul 12, 2006 11:36:55 GMT
I meant that wrc.com noticed Andreas' debut and are keeping an eye on him
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Post by JJ on Jul 12, 2006 11:38:56 GMT
ahh now i get you
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Post by mattwrc on Jul 12, 2006 17:56:52 GMT
James will be up against him at Swansea Bay
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Post by JJ on Jul 12, 2006 18:58:31 GMT
I didnt realise that by winning the Quinton Andreas became the youngest person to win a UK rally!
Nice report on the rally in this weeks MN but as always i look forward to reading the report in Pacenotes ;D
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Post by rallynick on Jul 12, 2006 23:48:41 GMT
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