I repeat myself but I don’t think either that Kalle is ready for WRC next year. He should and could do at least two good years of WRC2 first and still be ahead of anyone else at his age
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I repeat myself but I don’t think either that Kalle is ready for WRC next year. He should and could do at least two good years of WRC2 first and still be ahead of anyone else at his age
So you are forum king who decides who can post in which forum sections? Please get a grip man. And calling someone stupid just because he has a different point of view. Quite lame and you're not the first finn recently who has "lost their heads" in the arguement. You're not in a position to demand here anything, quite clearly are you mistaken about your role here.
I’m personally a bit amazed that they hired Nordgren so quickly, to me he hasn’t really shown anything or been quick on even national level, whereas Kalle blew all the Finnish champions out of the water right away.
Well, the Sumava Klatovy result was good for his little tarmac experience.
For example:
https://www.ewrc-results.com/final/2...hampions-2016/
https://www.ewrc-results.com/final/3...ti-ralli-2017/ +40 sec. for considerably shortening a stage.
https://www.ewrc-results.com/final/2...-kurzeme-2016/ A bit old and can`t exactly remember, if it was an issue-free rally or not.
Then there are other youngsters, a bit higher level than hobby-drivers, who have beaten him or been more or less equal.
Like said, from the age of seven he has had the best available equipment, even quit school for rallying. Logical, but yet to show if he is not just young and "stupid", not afraid of crashes and he can develop into a title contender. And people already want him to be replace Latvala in a team with a goal to get the manu. title.
To me it looks like Kalle was always fastest in his class. WRC, Proto and custom built cars can’t compare against R5 and S2000
Talsi-ralli 2016 - Kalle lead the event before the final stage, but lost 16s there for a reason I can't remember. Plus Samsonas' strong BMW suits well for those roads.
Louna-Eesti ralli 2017 - Kalle finished 3rd, 15 seconds behind a WRC driver, + Kalle had 40s worth of time penalties.
Kurzeme 2016 - Kalle drove part of the rally with only front wheel drive.
He was 15 and 16 years old at the time.
You can get annoyed by the hype and you can look at some of the results critically, but to downtalk his current talent is something I won't buy. No matter that he is brought up to be a rallying professional one day, he still is one of the most potential drivers out there. Same with OC Veiby, he has the backing but he sure as ever has the talent as well.
For sure Kalle is not WRC-ready yet, but he's well on the path.