2009 Rally Argentina - official thread

[ste898]

Hirvonen shouldn't feel bad, it's ok to lose from an alien (Loeb).

I like that.........

As for the winning streak it will always be remembered for being the poorest years in WRC history when Loeb won tally after rally with no competition!!!!

[xspeedy]

What is the record for consecutive WRC wins? Loeb must own it now.

[mjh]

Privateer Citroëns in WRC are always bad and has a lot of mechanical problems. Ask this to Manfred Stohl or Daniel Carlsson too.

Yeah. Conrad's car has a lot of mechanical problems too. Usually as a result of him crashing it
Of course it would be good if he could refind last years form. Preferably the form he showed in Jordan

[jonkka]

If my stats serve me right, for some odd reasons no one ever won more than the first two rallies of the championship : Vatanen (85), Mäkinen (96, 99), Grönholm (06) and Loeb (04).

The main reason being the fact that in most seasons, the two first rallies of the year have been Monte Carlo and Sweden. Those are two very different types of rallies and there are not many drivers that would have been able to conquer both, even in theory.

[jonkka]

What is the record for consecutive WRC wins? Loeb must own it now.

Six - now twice.
http://www.juwra.com/stats_longest_d...n_streaks.html

[Psycho!]

In GP Week it says that Ford knew that the engine was faulty!!However, I don't understand why...Can anyone help with the translation??

[xspeedy]

Six - now twice.
http://www.juwra.com/stats_longest_d...n_streaks.html

Thanks. Very impressive. By the looks of it, I'm sure he'll smash his own record once again.

[Hartusvuori]

In GP Week it says that Ford knew that the engine was faulty!!However, I don't understand why...Can anyone help with the translation??

That was the situation three years ago. Hirvonen retired then due to engine failure, though I don't remember that case any closely.

[serial jeff]

What a dismal rally. There are three drivers in the WRC who I really want to do well, and they all got knocked out due to technical problems.

Although, I was impressed with Dani's performance on Friday.

[Back-N-Black]

I like that.........

As for the winning streak it will always be remembered for being the poorest years in WRC history when Loeb won tally after rally with no competition!!!!

It is sad, you can say that there is no competition for a number of reasons, we won't get into that again.

It is very disappointing every rally to tune in knowing that you are just looking to see who is going to get second place as first place will probably not change.

Although Mikko, Jari Matte and the other young guys will have many rallies left in their careers it is however unlucky for those guys to be remembered how hard it was for them to beat Loeb.