The FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championship (APRC) will move to New Zealand this weekend (15-17 July) where the International Rally of Whangarei will take place in the middle of a Kiwi winter.
We’re into the second half of the six-race calendar now, and after rallies in Malaysia, Australia and New Caledonia, Proton is sitting pretty in the Manufacturers’ standings tied with Mitsubishi in the lead with 93 points, while Chris Atkinson is leading the Drivers’ standings with 70 points. Teammate Alister McRae is third with 60 points.
Proton finished second in this event last year and will be aiming for no less than the top step of the podium this year. The Whangarei event consists of 16 gravel stages with some heavy cambers.
While the surface is smooth and relatively kinder to the cars than in some other events on the APRC calendar, two runs through the 40 km Bull stage and more than 300 competitive kilometres across two days means that it isn’t a walk in the park. The cold temperatures (typically between 5 and 15 degrees) and the possibility of sudden rain are also challenges.
“We have made a number of changes to the car from the start of the year and all of them are taking us in the right direction. You only have to look at the times the car is doing in the IRC against the cream of the Super 2000 factory cars to see how close we’re getting. We’re down to fine-tuning with the Satria now; it’s very exciting to see where the car is now and where it’s going to be in the very near future. We have a huge amount of potential,” said team principal Chris Mellors.
They’re in yellow and they’re joining a rally, but there’s nothing illegal about our Satria Neo S2000s! Good luck boys!
testing comment testing comment….izzit working testing 1 2 3…
glad paul didnt continue using the new comment box:)
Yeap this is much better. Kinda addicted to the old styled argument….
Dominate!!!
They’re in yellow and they’re joining a rally, but there’s nothing illegal about our Satria Neo S2000s! Good luck boys! – Good one.
Cool Danny, but maybe a little too early don’t you think?
yellow + bersih rally is illegal. but this one is yellow + “kotor” rally, that’s why it’s legal
This rally is damn dirty but legal….
erm mane vios? mana beroktua?
Just curious, are they using campro engine or just the body is proton? Other parts are oem?
body proton + engine waja 1.8 (renault) modified 2.0 + high permance racing gear box gearbox from X-trac + sso many again…
Now thats a rally with yellow shirts !! :D
dirty yellow shirt.
Instead of BERSIH, this will be KOTOR…
i have a feeling there will be a police checkpoint in the middle of the rally….!
i know we should keep the topic to cars only bt wat happened on saturday was a big awakening to so many…it was too big not to talk abt it …!
and here is not the right place to talk about politics
yah…not the rite place…still the event last saturday was a big joke…..other country who did like ‘clean’ did able to topple the gov or at least stay on doing it for days and days or until the police shoot them with real bullet not water cannon…the funny part is that it start 2pm and finish 6pm…and the next day like nothing happen only sampah they left…do they serious or just publicity…what a joke
because their leaders kenyang already after makan buffet maa.. then go back home and sleep la :)
the followers plak kenyang makan nasik tomato :-)
nope.. the followers menangis sebab leader dapat makan but they kena tear gas.. padan muka :)
Seriously dude……last Saturday was nothing…you heard of reformasi back in 99 and 00? That was big….
i bet they will change their color next season..gov quite hate yellow ;-)
gov hate yellow with bersih logo….D** sawarak is good example instead bersih logo they put burung kenyalang…not many or none D** people get caught only P** n P** people(follow blindly) most chinese not that stupid(except chinese in P**)
The dirt you see on the car is actually chemical substance… and the splash is actually tear gas… :O)
kudos for chris and his crews
for a team who spend hundreds of thousands
preparing those machines arranging logistics etc
getting to the top spot has always the goal
and i am proud they are now at it
it always the same thing in any sport whatsoever
but what caught my attention is a certain mr singh
with 10 points to his name
although it seems he missed the first two races
i dont know what his driving right now
and how much is the budget
but i doubt it more than those above him
yet he is raking points
i wish him all the best
he is very synonym with rally to the point i only know him as our only rally driver
well, partly because he is very popular in those days
and for a reason that i dont really follow rallying be it national level or international level
but yeah.
that singh is a king
Mr Singh is driving Satria Neo, tuned by Cusco of Japan. he missed the Malaysia rally maybe because he couldn’t get sponsorship in time. he joined in later using money from family and friends.
so that cusco tuned Neo
he must be sponsored by Cusco, then?
or he used his own money
to buy the Neo?
because i heard very hard for him to get sponsors and all
and then i heard something else about him running the cars
all by himself and awaiting some grants from ministry etc etc
Singh is King!
its pay for drive thing..
The front facia of that Neo S2000 really like screaming
“Yeahhhh, bring it on!”
stop wasting rakyat money, proton!
who the hell says it’s your money?
Maybank sponsoring golf tournament is wasting taxpayer money?
Petronas joining F1 also wasting taxpayer money?
Telekom sponsoring Le Tour Langkawi also wasting taxpayer money?
Maybe you prefer they quietly use the money for their own purpose.
Proton doing great and u with ur same old… same old…
komen thread Satria Neo S2000 pun wat kaitan ngan Bersih 2.0. bodoh ke ape..
so?
1. Utusex online : Tempahan kereta Perodua susut..
2. Bersih is stupid idea… lu tak suka, lu jangan undi dia during election. as simple as that!
3. Full stop
“”2. Bersih is stupid idea… lu tak suka, lu jangan undi dia during election. as simple as that!””
lu pnh amek tau ape yg Bersih nak??
– gua pengundi ‘atas pagar’
“lu pnh amek tau ape yg Bersih nak??”
apa lu dapat kalo bersih dapat apa yang dia nak?lu pun pengundi atas pagar je :-))
“lu pun pengundi atas pagar je ”
JE? think again..
Paul,
Sorry to go out of topic.. I found this blog about a guy living in KL who drove his standard Proton Wira all the way up to Vietnamese Border, and then back down to KL.. I think this is a thing we should be proud of and deserves to have an article in this website, Here is the link to it by the way….
http://blog.siampedia.org/?p=4207
Hi guys, me thought we are talking about yellow rally car here….so how come yellow rally without a car also can become a main topic.