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18th December 2011, 10:32 #1561
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I just love those parts where the car is going through heavy braking and the rear would like to come off but JM keeps it in a tidy little slide.
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18th December 2011, 10:46 #1562
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Photos de Mikko Hirvonen au Col du Galibier Photos Essais Monte-Carlo 2011
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18th December 2011, 17:39 #1563
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looks like they were driving without studs, doesnt it? test day Mikko Hirvonen.mp4 - YouTube
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18th December 2011, 17:59 #1564
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Poor camera. Latvala was quite fortunate:
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18th December 2011, 18:01 #1565
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18th December 2011, 18:27 #1566
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Originally Posted by darkstar"Die with memories, not with dreams" Scott McIsaac
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18th December 2011, 18:56 #1567
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They would surely test both studs and no-studs to have usefull data for partly covered stages.
Apparently 5 Michelin tyres available for Monte Carlo. The "Alpin" studded/non-studded as Mikko testing being the snow tyres. Then hard/soft/super-soft of the "Pilot Sport".
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18th December 2011, 19:28 #1568
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PG told me last year that the wide winter D10 Michelin tyre without studs is pretty useless on snow because it is too hard. He used those in Prague 2010 for natural Karlík stage but was slower even than Tlusťák on same car but with stock Nokian tyres with additional cuts. That stage was full packed snow/ice on asphalt.
Further it's a bit off-topic but I think interesting enough to mention That year also Valoušek used the Nokians, Pech, Semerád and Štajf used old Matador narrow competition snow tyres which were made for use without studs so they were soft. Bujáček used even crazier tyres - Vraník remould tyres which cost 30 Euro. They had very old tread Barum OR32 which was used to be competition tyre many years a go.Stupid is as stupid does. Forrest Gump
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18th December 2011, 19:33 #1569
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Didn't know that nokian has competetion tyres.
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18th December 2011, 19:43 #1570
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How did Bujáček get on with the €30 tyres?
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