Welcome to the newest column at Openpaddock.net! As the rally season takes its short break they call an off season, the Sunday Service Park will be my time to give some opinion on the week’s news and address rumors within the WRC and Rally America blogs. This week has seen the driver market get kicked up a notch and Petter Solberg is trapped in the middle. Petter Solberg Last week during the podcast I had made the argument that Petter would be a reasonable fit at the Prodrive MINI operation.…
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RoC – Audi Group B Demo…Fail
The 2010 Race of Champions is going on this weekend in Germany and the Nation’s Cup was today’s attraction. While the competition was good on track, the demonstration of the awesome Audi S1 Quattro Group B car ended in a moment that brought a tear to my eye. Schumi’s reaction was priceless! #EPICFAIL
Read MoreEpisode 65 – Openpaddock.net Podcast
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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadJoin us this week as we have no race results to speak of! We do get into the track layout issue in F1 and Mike shows signs of hope for the USGP. We talk more IndyCar silly season and discuss the rules package that is nearly complete. Rally is a little segment this evening where we give props to a new triple crown winner in North America and look ahead to Dakar! Sit back and enjoy the Thanksgiving edition of the Openpaddock.net Podcast!
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Episode 64 – Openpaddock.net Podcast
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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadJoin the paddock boys for a World Championship edition of the podcast. We talk about Sebastian Vettel’s title drive and why we think he is deserving. We also go over Rally Wales and some of the WRC silly season rumors as we say good bye to the Focus and C4. The final part of the show will bring about the IndyCar talk for the week as we look at Chevrolet and some of the engine specs for 2012. Sit back for with your favorite…
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Rally – Solberg’s Future TBD in 2011
The last man to win the World Rally Championship that was not Sebastien Loeb is questioning his future in the sport for 2011. The 2003 champion has revealed that he does not have the budget to continue his privateer efforts when the new S2000T cars come on line next season. Solberg has been piloting a Citroen C4 the last couple seasons after offered a really good deal. This budget issue however may make Solberg a key player in the driver market if sponsorship cannot be found. Petter said he has…
Read MoreRally – Ostberg to Compete in Fiesta for 2011
News broke today on Autosport that has Mads Ostberg collaborating with M-Sport for the 2011 campaign in the new Fiesta RS WRC. Big news for Ford as Ostberg will bring his Adapta Motorsport rally team into the M-Sport fold. The Norweigian driver has competed in select rounds of the championship this year in a Subaru WRC car and has put together great performances for the technology. A move to a better drive was in order and must be considered a welcome addition to the team. One thing that we need…
Read MoreF1 – Ferrari Succeeded in 2010
As headlines ring around the world hailing Red Bull Racing’s Sebastian Vettel on his world championship, there have been some very vicious headlines as well regarding Ferrari and their strategy that lost the title for Fernando Alonso. While I have distanced myself from Ferrari and latched on to Mercedes (Schumacher), I still think these attacks are ridiculous after you compare 2009 and 2010. For that very reason alone, Ferrari should be praised and their season should be viewed as successful. look back at 2009 for just a second. Felipe Massa…
Read MoreRally – Pastrana/Subaru Part ways
Travis Pastrana will no longer be a part of the Subaru USA team that participates in the Rally America Championship. An announcement was made today that stated the two would part ways effective immediately. There had been some rumor that this was going to come about with extreme speculation indicating his Red Bull money may take him to the Citroen Junior squad. Take that bit for what it is as there is absolutely no facts at the moment to support that. We talked to Travis this summer at the 100…
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