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Originally Posted by 1975DCS

I watched him in France 2005 and several times in Holland and Belgium and you can really see the progress, both driver but especially the Astra. The Astra was quick in the hands of Schanche but allways suffered from something, just like he had with the RS200 and later with the Escort "RS2000". Than after France I've red some good things, winning the championship and good results (1st and 2nd) in the GP, so I was really hoping to see the Astra in full chat time, but I understand they had to replace the engine with an older one, which was (slightly) down on power... Damn! Otherwise: good to see those other problems don't occur that often anymore!

as far as i am aware this will be the astra's last season in ERC rallycross. Christopher mentioned about having to build a new car in holland last year as this would be the astras last season in homologation. is this correct??