The Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) Rally of Scotland has been won by Skoda’s Andreas Mikkelsen, who has waited very long for his first win in the series. Juho Hänninen came in second, also for Skoda, sealing the manufacturers’ title for the Czech brand. Frenchman Bryan Bouffier was the best placed Peugeot in third.
Mikkelsen’s win in Scotland sets up a six-way fight for the IRC drivers’ title in the next and final rally in Cyprus. The others in contention are Bouffier, Hänninen, Jan Kopecký (Skoda, Czech), Freddy Loix (Skoda, Belgium), and Thierry Neuville (Peugeot, Belgium). Of them, Kopecky leads the pack with 131 points, six ahead of teammate Hanninen. Neuville is third with 115 points.
It was another frustrating IRC outing for Proton, who had home boy Alister McRae driving in place of regular man Basso. McRae, who is leading the FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championship (APRC), retired due to a damaged oil sump.
The Satria Neo S2000 ran as high as fourth overall in the three day rally and came within 1.2 seconds of claiming its first ever stage win in IRC courtesy of former JWRC champ PG Andersson.
The Swede then met with an electrical problem, which was repaired but incurred a time penalty. PG then fought back from 12th to within the top 10 but retired with only a few more stages left. The culprit was a broken driveshaft that damaged the crank sensor, stopping the engine.
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exciting, but the team need more time ….. and better parts i guess
Dont know how many times i write this… “In the end, is still a Proton.. ” :P
Anyway i believe P1 will put the blame on the Renault engine… Since P1 have the 1.6L Campro Turbo engine in their hands, why not use it?!? I tot the race can choose either 2.0L NA or 1.6L turbo engine right?!? Com’ on Proton, use ur own engine laa.. Why use others?!?
do u mind showing us the regulation for this series?
sheeessshhh..
why renault? why?
Do your homework laa.. P1 hardcore supporter.. :P
http://argent.fia.com/web/fia-public.nsf/ADEB1630DA024E28C12578A70035BD82/$FILE/255A%20_11-12_-03.06.2011.pdf
Article 255A (2011) Specific Regulations for Super 2000 – Rallies / WRC – published on 06.06.32011
http://www.fia.com/sport/Regulations/rallyregs.html
ARTICLE 5:
5.1 Engine
The nominal cylinder capacity of the car equipped with the kit
(Super 2000 Rally Kit Variant) is limited to a maximum of 1600 cm
3 (turbocharged engine).
Super 2000…
2.0 liter na engine…if use 1.6 l turbo engine thats no longer a s2000 car.
..its already a wrc car. s2000 chasis with 1.6 turbo engine…and also the bumper front and and spoiler Is different.
thank u mr googleman…
hmmm…
kalau menang, korang cakap “eleh, chassis je yang proton. enjin, gearbox, etc semua orang lain punye.”
kalau kalah, korang cakap “it’s still a proton…”
bijak!
yess true.. frensss.. as if other teams use standard kluar kotak car…
pre-colonial mindset..
i wonder why this car always having problem when race in the IRC series..huhu..it works fine in APRC..good pace but unreliable, anyway keep it up guy =)
it seems like this year, the neo has been plague with electrical problem..most of the retirement was due to electrical and electronics parts failing or broken..
it is quite sad for this blinding fast car..else it might gave skoda and peugeot run for its money (and maybe more satellite team perhaps)
hopefully next year this problem will not be PITA for the team..
I’m really excited by the news, and hope sooner the better. Of course the price must not be too high. The cost of battery too must be quite reasonable with recharging rate cut down to less than one hr. or less. With the improvement of R & D, surely that should not be of the major problem and impossible to fessible.
Hope for the best and government to support and encourage by reducing the duties and taxation.
what u talking about?
1st of all, I think you posted at wrong news.
I guess these 2 Neo S2000 wanted to honor the Proton’s “crowny supplier give bad parts” motto….
Hope it does better next round, and also hope that the new design and quality on future P1’s product will be better.
as usual basher has nothing to post mix up everything with politic
no wonder head going bald fast
hate basher arghh moron u basher perkara biasa lah masalah dalam rally ape lah ingat kereta rally lain tak der masalah ke ha lol.. basher jeles love satria arghhh
i rase MALU nak tengok KERETA NASIONAL kita selalu DNF…
finish tak menang pon xpe
dalam APRC selalu menang ok la tu…
IRC ni event yang tough….even WRC skrg pun tak tough macam IRC…..sbb loed tapau sume……hahaha….
IRC ni boleh kata race yang perlukan fine tuning….salah pilih tayar or salah setting suspension sikit pun boleh jadi penentu jadi top5 or bottom5 (win or DNF)
jadi as usual driver akan push to the limit…..maximum all the time…2jer…kalau bukan driver mistake then its the car mistake..(xciden or rosak)
itu bab race/rally….tapi memang aku rasa team MEM patut carik supplier yg lebih bagus…(kos lagi tinggi)..team-team besar macam skoda dgn peugeot tu mmg pakai brg terbaik sbb duit modal bukan masalah bagi diorang….
macam team proton ni pulak terpaksa ikut budget yg approved by proton…ingat Mellors Eliot Motorsport tu buat keje amal ke???proton bayar diorang tau guna chasis neo……
kasi sikit time lagi kalau diorang planning menjadi tahun depan proton mmg top10 fighter dalam IRC lah…
i feel PROUD… at least somebody try… rather than just Talk.
no prob. no luck today try again tomorrow ….
who knows..
bashers is just mere bashers… coz they dun know anything else xcept keep mumbling about p1 flaw…