2013. április 2., kedd

KR02 DLZ

KR02 DLZ is one of the most (if not the most) used chassis among the Evo WRCs, therefore she is a bit worn now... but later on that.
She started her career on the 2002 Rally Finland, as a brand new Step2 car, with Alister McRae. Unfortunately, the rally was cut short for the crew, because just like team-mate Delecour, a jump was too heavy for the suspension to handle (obviously something wasn't designed properly), and they had to retire.
On the first day, wearing the signs of a little bit too big jump... (motorsport.com)
She returned to acton on Rallye New Zealand, now ith Jani Paasonen. They got along pretty well, as Paasonen was a strong contender for the podium, even recording the car's first (and only) stagewin in the WRC. Unfortunately, on the second day he rolled the car, damaging the radiator, so they had to retire. That is a shame, because this was basically the only time the car could show its real potential...
The finnish-like stages favoured Paasonen, but he was still impressive (motorsport.com)
Whereabouts
She remained a works car, and in 2003, she contested the 2003 Arctic Rally and Rally Sweden with Kristian Sohlberg. On the Arctic Ralli, they were forced to retire with a clutch failure, and in Sweden they failed to live up to the expectations, and finished only 12th.
Arctic Ralli 2003 (kristiansohlberg.com)

Jumping through the now so-called Colin's Crest, 2003 Sweden
After this, she was sold to a private team in England. Her first start in parivate hands was the 2004 Killarney Stages with Irish rallying legend Eammon Boland, and a 3rd place was the prize for the efforts. (Note: she was converted to right-hand drive for Boland, but later was converted back). On the next two events they had to retire do to mechanical problems, and she quickly left Ireland afterwards.
Montage of the Killarney Stages 2004 (crspics.com)
On the Jim Clark Memorial 2004 (Ian Hardy)
She was purchased by MSR Motorsport (alongside KR02 DLY), and she is still with them, although after her last appearance to date, the 2011 Border Counties Rally, was put up for sale. Mostly Ian Campbell drove her since 2007. On some occasions, she carried the reg plate E10 WUL, which she shared with KR02 DLY.
Sunseeker Rally, 2007
Yes, she was even dressed up as a bee... (Ian Hardy)

Track record
Starts: 18
Wins: 0
Podiums: 1 (Killarney Stages 2004 - 3rd)
Retirements: 11

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