[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzayPOXFsDg]Monte Carlo 2014 Test - Fiesta WRC - Elfyn Evans - Asphalt and Ice - YouTube[/ame]
Robert Kubica has confirmed that fellow Pole Maciej Szczepaniak will act as his co-driver for his first full season in the World Rally Championship. The new pair worked together for the first time at last weekend’s Jannerally in Austria, and got off to a good start, winning the event by 19.9 seconds. Szczepaniak, 40, is Poland’s most experienced WRC co-driver and began his career in 1999 with a four-year stint alongside Tomasz Kuchar. Since 2007 his WRC outings have been with Michael Kosciuszko. The pair will test their Lotos-supported M-Sport Ford Fiesta RS WRC car this week in France before making their WRC debut together at Rallye Monte-Carlo. Kubica’s former co-driver Maciek Baran retired late last year, after the pair won the WRC 2 championship. Michele Ferrara was drafted in for Wales Rally GB, but after a crash prone performance Kubica admitted the change to Italian pace notes didn’t work out.
Holy crap! I'd love to drive one of these cars for fun on a closed road but this is the kind of commitment to pace notes and co-driver I would NEVER be able to pull off. (night time on-board with Kubica from last weekend) [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ePy2zfTVwc#t=62"]ERC Jännerrallye / Janner Rally 2014 - Kubica SS18 onboard - YouTube[/ame]
Apparently the Monte rally organizers are already predicting wintry road conditions. The rally is next week (!!!) so they're not going too far out on a limb trying to guess the weather. Looks like the Citroen team agree; here's Kris Meeke, still prepping for the typical Monte...practice makes perfect, right? [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn2bUTQesq0]Test Rallye Monte Carlo 2014 - Chris Meeke (DS3 WRC) (HD) - YouTube[/ame]