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    Quote Originally Posted by Jarek Z View Post
    I think that Ogier or Loeb are exceptionally quick on tarmac. As far as I know Kubica hasn't even won any important rally on tarmac in his whole career.

    Anyway, here is some spectacular action from shakedown. It seems it was a great rally with very interesting stages.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zq_668y1BIg
    Kubica seems to have the skill to hold the car on the limit, but where he seems to falter is doing that consistently? Ie he can get himself up into a good position and post excellent times, but lacks the consistency of a Loeb or Ogier? And eventually makes a mistake. So perhaps a rally like this one with only 7 stages, is much more of a sprint and therefore suited to his skills?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Munkvy View Post
    Kubica seems to have the skill to hold the car on the limit, but where he seems to falter is doing that consistently? Ie he can get himself up into a good position and post excellent times, but lacks the consistency of a Loeb or Ogier? And eventually makes a mistake. So perhaps a rally like this one with only 7 stages, is much more of a sprint and therefore suited to his skills?
    I have never thought about it this way, but you may be right. Maybe Kubica is good only in short rallies?
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    Don´t forget Jänner Rallye 2014. But it was more than lucky that he finished there.

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    Everyone must remember one thing before making any conclusion. This is the guy second season ever raling on regular basic. It is like Ogier did karting few times in his life, then one season in some gp3 or other minor series, and next season he would end up in F1 being jugded by F1 funs by comparing him with alonso every time he makes mistake. Not very fair, is it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jarek Z View Post
    I think that Ogier or Loeb are exceptionally quick on tarmac. As far as I know Kubica hasn't even won any important rally on tarmac in his whole career.
    I guess you first have to participate in major tarmac rally to win it (that's assuming only WRC rally is a major rally).

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    Quote Originally Posted by thuGG View Post
    I guess you first have to participate in major tarmac rally to win it (that's assuming only WRC rally is a major rally).
    Ehm... ask Gronholm or Kankkunen about Ypres rally There are very difficult asphalt events outside WRC where WRC regulars often failed in the past.
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    Quote Originally Posted by thuGG View Post
    I guess you first have to participate in major tarmac rally to win it.
    Exactly. That's what I'm talking about. First you have to win a rally so that later people can call you fast.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mirek View Post
    Ehm... ask Gronholm or Kankkunen about Ypres rally There are very difficult asphalt events outside WRC where WRC regulars often failed in the past.
    Ok, but I think the rule "you have to participate in order to win it" still applies ;P

    Quote Originally Posted by Jarek Z View Post
    Exactly. That's what I'm talking about. First you have to win a rally so that later people can say that you are fast.
    Not necessarily, you can show that you are fast but erratic (not consistent). He showed that many times, last was Monte Carlo, when he won some stages, and on the long stage he was on pace with Ogier, but ended in a ditch. Fast and erratic.


    Not making it completely OT, here are some Kubica onboards from Rally del Casentino:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJQfo6kUiPM
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFd46cJp89c

    Also: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TaSS8EhG94
    Last edited by thuGG; 14th July 2014 at 12:37.

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    Quote Originally Posted by thuGG View Post
    Ok, but I think the rule "you have to participate in order to win it" still applies ;P


    Not necessarily, you can show that you are fast but erratic (not consistent). He showed that many times, last was Monte Carlo, when he won some stages, and on the long stage he was on pace with Ogier, but ended in a ditch. Fast and erratic.


    Not making it completely OT, here are some Kubica onboards from Rally del Casentino:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJQfo6kUiPM
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFd46cJp89c

    Also: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TaSS8EhG94
    awesome the last video with best of!
    I'm not a fan of bonnet view in the other ones

    Imho Kubica on the tarmac is very close to the VW-guys

    I found an article of last year about personal setup by Kubica, directly from his f1 experience for tarmac rally
    http://www.ewrc.cz/ewrc/show.php?id=...ms-v-roce-2014

    should be interesting to know the differences with common setup adopted

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kuba Raddatz View Post
    Maybe that's because he didnt participate in any? Wait till germany, france and spain. He will win at least one of them. Mark my words. Last year in spain on some stages he was under 0,6 sek/sek slower then best wrc car on rrc ds3.
    I mark your words but i think its difficult to win.i believe he will be on podium and he will win some ss.
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