Official Young Guns (updated)

[Fly]

British news:
- Good season start for Nikara and Pajunen.
- Cronin untouchable and Fisher fast before retiring (mechanical).
- Breen slower than Cronin before retiring as well.

Belgian news:
- Boon defeated Snijers by 15 sec on a tough rallye des Ardennes.

[COD]

A nice document on Finnish TV about Jarkko Nikara. In Finnish of course. Can be viewed a week in:

http://areena.yle.fi/video/878362

[Tomi]

A nice document on Finnish TV about Jarkko Nikara. In Finnish of course. Can be viewed a week in:

http://areena.yle.fi/video/878362

I did watch it from tv, it was quite realistic story about rally today, I know his manager, he did drive him self long time ago, he is a little like Välimäki, can not drive but good to find money, thats why I think he might take Nikara a long way.

[Wasted Talent]

So who is going to succeed in JWRC this year?

Burkart has a lot more experience than the rest - what does everyone think of the rest?

Kevin Abbring - second best experience but not the fastest?
Loic Mattei - France has backed winners in JWRC in the past
Todor Slavov?
Alessandro Broccoli - been around a while in Italy - best on tarmac?
Harry Hunt - well I'm British and don't really know anything about him....not had any PR big-guns reporting on him
Thierry Neuville - been competng in Belgium for a while, seems to have stepped up with the JWRC and some IRC drives this year - accident prone?
Karl Kruuda - not much experience?

WT

[Mirek]

On tarmac Neuville is fastest. On gravel it might be Abbring. Slavov is quite good on tarmac but has almost no experience on gravel. Broccoli is experienced driver and knows gravel also. We shouldn't forget Burkart again too. My favorite is Neuville.

[alterdaxter]

For Neuville: results

for 2009 + 2010 - 14 rally's with C2R2 Max:
* 8x 1st place R2
* 3x 2nd place R2
* 1x 4th place R2
* 1x out (mechanic)
* 1x out (accident)

hopefully gravel will suit him well (did already one in france and won his class last year), real talent for the next years if you ask me

[Sso]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyyWnUAgMQ4

Kalle Rovanperä, son of Harri.
Not really a challenger yet, but it sure looks promising...

[teufel]

]On tarmac Neuville is fastest. On gravel it might be Abbring. Slavov is quite good on tarmac but has almost no experience on gravel. Broccoli is experienced driver and knows gravel also. We shouldn't forget Burkart again too. My favorite is Neuville.

My bet in on Neuville as well. Somehow i don't like Burkart's attitude, i don't see him being fast...

[Wasted Talent]

Found out that Harry Hunt has done two Fiesta rounds in UK - big step up to JWRC.

Thanks for the info on Neuville - he has done more rallies and had more finishes than I thought

Keep the info coming....

[RICARDO75]

]On tarmac Neuville is fastest. On gravel it might be Abbring. Slavov is quite good on tarmac but has almost no experience on gravel. Broccoli is experienced driver and knows gravel also. We shouldn't forget Burkart again too. My favorite is Neuville.

On gravel rallys, Yerai Lemes could be very fast.