2003 WRC Pics

[Ekliptix]

http://a324.g.akamai.net/f/324/3595/1d/www.rally-live.com/photos/2003/montecarlo/diapoa_012.jpg
http://a324.g.akamai.net/f/324/3595/1d/www.rally-live.com/photos/2003/montecarlo/diapo_011.jpg
http://a324.g.akamai.net/f/324/3595/1d/www.rally-live.com/photos/2003/montecarlo/diapo_009.jpg
http://a324.g.akamai.net/f/324/3595/1d/www.rally-live.com/photos/2003/montecarlo/diapo_015.jpg
http://a324.g.akamai.net/f/324/3595/1d/www.rally-live.com/photos/2003/montecarlo/diapo_121.jpg
http://a324.g.akamai.net/f/324/3595/1d/www.rally-live.com/photos/2003/montecarlo/diapo_114.jpg
http://a324.g.akamai.net/f/324/3595/1d/www.rally-live.com/photos/2003/montecarlo/diapo_111.jpg
http://a324.g.akamai.net/f/324/3595/1d/www.rally-live.com/photos/2003/montecarlo/diapo_102.jpg
http://a324.g.akamai.net/f/324/3595/1d/www.rally-live.com/photos/2003/montecarlo/diapoa_013.jpg
WRX:drool:

[Toms-Celica]

So hot...

[red RX-7]

nice pics

[three.eighteen.]

i cant wait till they start making replicas of that STi spoiler for every car...

[GTS Jeff]

none big enuff for wallpaper

[Superesc]

SWEET SUBARU!!!

[Zephyr]

oh man the quality is so cleaaaaaan!

[lammer]

http://a324.g.akamai.net/f/324/3595/1d/www.rally-live.com/photos/2003/montecarlo/diapo_114.jpg
gotta love that shot!!

[Fuji]

Subaru is cool, but the spoiler is kinda gay... too busy. If there was only one piece in the middel like the Lancer would be cool.

[joe2002lexus]

very nice pics

[Mikko]

Wonder what the purpose of that new spoiler is. To stabilize high speed lateral movement I suspect.

I saw Leg 1 on Eurosport. Such aaaaawesome footage. It just keeps getting better and better! All the little and big mistakes, crazy stuff! Ice mixed with tarmac.. yum.

[Superesc]

I heard the 2 subaru's retired on Day1 of the 03 ralley (monte)? Can anyone confirm??????

[Mikko]

Yes I can. Petter Solberg first messed up his intercooler a bit on one stage, then on SS5 he crashed the front into something (I missed what it was) again, and he was forced to retire (he looked pissed).

Mäkinen hit something and went off the road to the right, in a downhill part covered with snow. I guess he couldn't make it back. Same stage, too, SS5.

[Superesc]

what a way to start the new year..... hope they do better on the next one.

[frenchdriver]

that's cars look AMAZING!!!! the subaru and the peogeot look even better this year!

i even like the hyundai is looking pretty sweet.... :)

[m@+CH]

i'll admit it
i like the hyundai
is that an elantra!!!!??
sweeeet
peugeot nice too
new sti !!:thumbsup:

[frenchdriver]

Originally posted by m@+CH
i'll admit it
i like the hyundai
is that an elantra!!!!??
sweeeet
peugeot nice too
new sti !!:thumbsup:

the hyundai looks sweet but why would they take an elantra? aren't they FWD? :dunno:

[Mikko]

Hyundai Accent :) And these cars don't share much except the look and some other things with the road cars. And that is mostly to sell more of their road cars anyway.

For example, Peugeot sells no AWD version of the 206. It's a cheap econobox, FWD.

[GTS Jeff]

Originally posted by Mikko
Wonder what the purpose of that new spoiler is. To stabilize high speed lateral movement I suspect.

I saw Leg 1 on Eurosport. Such aaaaawesome footage. It just keeps getting better and better! All the little and big mistakes, crazy stuff! Ice mixed with tarmac.. yum. nah i tihnk its just there for rice factor.

[Mikko]

Woah, 3 citroëns in the lead now..

[4wheeldrift]

Originally posted by frenchdriver


the hyundai looks sweet but why would they take an elantra? aren't they FWD? :dunno: WRC class cars don't have to use the same driveline as the street going version (as was metioned, there is no model of the 206 that is all wheel drive, yet the WRC car is). And for the record, its an Accent, not an elantra. Call it the rollerskate from hell :D

[gpomp]

Originally posted by Mikko
Woah, 3 citroëns in the lead now..

Geez, they spend so much money...

[Mikko]

hmm, I suppose.

Didier Auriol (champ in 1994 I think) was on 7th place in his first rally in the Octavia (Skoda) - not bad at all. Then during the summer the Octavia is going to be replaced with the Fabia WRC car instead, which is smaller and more agile.

I think this might just be the most exciting season in ages.

[gpomp]

Why isn't SpeedTV airing the rally this weekend??

[Superesc]

Originally posted by gpomp
Why isn't SpeedTV airing the rally this weekend??

that's what I am wondering too!!!

[4wheeldrift]

Originally posted by Superesc


that's what I am wondering too!!! Had better gimme my WRC cover, or there's gonna be trouble! Fought hard to get the expanded coverage, I don't want to see it disappear.

[ramminghard]

Is this the intercooler mounted up higher or the rad?

P.S. I am not good with paint!

[4wheeldrift]

The WRC car is a front mount, but what you are seeing is the top of the radiator.

[ramminghard]

Sweet thanks. I couldn't tell and i thought that they might have it up there to prevvent damage on rocky roads.

[4wheeldrift]

They don't generally take too much front end damage from rocks and that unless they hit it directly. The car is fitted with a heavy duty skidplate to keep anything they might land on on the road from damaging anything, although a really big rock will cut through it like a hot knife through butter (a rock that big would probably take off a wheel or something else putting you out of the rally anyways). With a minute between cars (2 minutes on some rallies or stages, depending on conditions) there is generally very little passing, so debris from other vehicles is rarely a concern.

[Mikko]

:rofl: you should have seen this - Marcus Grönholm having a slight crash and then going slow throughout the stage, and crowds were throwing snowballs at him when he passed them by.

[SilverRex]

Originally posted by Fuji
Subaru is cool, but the spoiler is kinda gay... too busy. If there was only one piece in the middel like the Lancer would be cool.

sound the alarm, I think we have a trader in the subaru ranks.. he's from mitsubishi.. soldiers.. seek and destroy at once.. :guns:

[SilverRex]

Originally posted by Mikko
:rofl: you should have seen this - Marcus Grönholm having a slight crash and then going slow throughout the stage, and crowds were throwing snowballs at him when he passed them by.

yes the downfall of Marcus begins.. rise of solberg and makinen they will :clap:

[KoolBlue]

:drool:

[SilverRex]

:drool: x2

[milesmcewing]

The spectators on the Monte, throw snowballs at everyone they can, they also haul loads of snow onto dry stretches of road for entertainment, (usually right at the apex). Colin Macrae has crashed several times in France from spectator-induced 'fun'

In Canada I have seen spectators roll large rocks onto the road to provide viewing 'fun'. While comparing Frank Sprongls in-car with Barry Latrielle we found a 300 pound rock that moved into the road during the one minute gap.

Stupid. It only gets expensive and will kill someone eventually.

[m@+CH]

Originally posted by frenchdriver


the hyundai looks sweet but why would they take an elantra? aren't they FWD? :dunno:

they might have converted 2 awd
i'm not really sure
but haha if its in WRC it has to been done up pretty amazing

[l/l/rX]

Originally posted by milesmcewing
The spectators on the Monte, throw snowballs at everyone they can, they also haul loads of snow onto dry stretches of road for entertainment, (usually right at the apex). Colin Macrae has crashed several times in France from spectator-induced 'fun'

In Canada I have seen spectators roll large rocks onto the road to provide viewing 'fun'. While comparing Frank Sprongls in-car with Barry Latrielle we found a 300 pound rock that moved into the road during the one minute gap.

Stupid. It only gets expensive and will kill someone eventually.

ahaha that is so funni...i can just picture that in my mind, going through this one part with crowd on both sides....then getting plowwed by snowballs! soo funni, but at the same time, making the roads more dangerous or putting that 300 pound rock on the road is jest stupid! :thumbsdow