World championship:
after 4 rounds
Teams cup: 1st
Drivers:
3rd Marcel555
14th Kimifan
17th Juan
British Championship
after 2 rounds
Teams cup: 1st
Drivers:
1st Kimi
2nd Juan
Parabolica Racing is running 3 Ford Focus WRC03s in the World WRC3 championship 2004. The teams drivers will be Kimifan, Marcel555 and Juan.
Kimifan will also be driving a Ford Fiesta S1600 in the JWRC.
Unfortunatly due to time constraints this site has had to be left alone for most of the year. We are very pleased with our drivers progress in that period, Marcel having flown up the rankings and Kimi who has brought home 2 wins and claimed a works seat. The team are embarking upon Rally GB this weekend, in which we introduce 2 rookies to the championship, Italian Gianluigi and Irishman Tim O' Glock.Pictures of the team members can be found here. Also recently Parabolicas 2005 plans were confirmed, with 2004 champion-elect Homer joining Marcel and Kimi.
^...While Marcel555 continued his championship assault
Continuing the teams good form from mexico, Kimifan took a first podium with 2nd on the fast roads on the teams home rally, in New Zealand. The result pushed Parabolica to the top of the Teams cup, and was more proof that Parabolica is becoming one of THE top WRC3 teams. Kimifan was only beaten by Citroen works driver Stuart D. Marcel555 struggled on day 1, sweeping the stages due to his high road position, but managed to climb to 8th by the finish, claiming enough points to put him at the top of the privateers cup.
Juan was present on the event, but was only spectating after shipping problems meant his car ended up in Fiji, and the spare car was damaged by Kimi in testing.
Meanwhile Kimi N took a win in PCWRC, before moving to our satellitte team, Drunken Penguin Rallying, for the rest of the season.
The next event is Cyprus, and we hope to continue the good results.
The rally of Mexico was controversial from the start. First driver Neon was disqualified for incorrect stage times, and there was a dispute over Kimi Jrs S1600 entry. For the first few days though all the teams drivers set decent times and by the end of the rally Marcel555 was 8th, Juan 7th, and Kimi 2nd. The team was ecstatic with this untill due to problems with their timecards both Kimi and Juan were given huge time penaltes that dropped them to 23rd and 32nd respectivly. Both drivers were very upset.
Marcel555, who had been promoted to 4th after a few penalties and disqulaifications, was then found to have had 1 inute added to his time. When this was taken off, He was on the podium in 2nd. The team was just celebrating this when Winner Homers Citroen was declared illegal by the scruitineers, who disqualified him. This of course promoted Marcel555 to 1st, Becoming the first privateer to win a rally, and gaining a huge amount of points for himself and the team. Team Sporting Director Willow said: "Of course we are incredibly happy to have this win, especially after such a rally, it has really brightened us all up. You should have felt the atmosphere in the team after Kimi and Juan were thrown back. It was terrible. But that is all over now and all in the team are already working towards the teams home rally in New Zealand. I have always said the teams priority for the year was the teams cup, and this has helped us so much. Well done Marcel!"
