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13th April 2010, 06:53 #21
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Originally Posted by AndyRAC
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2nd October 2011, 15:03 #22
Surley the actions of the last 2 WRC rallies in Australia and France have taken the sport into disrepute?
Latvala should have won in Australia but Malcolm Wilson made Hirvonen win, a move which took him a step closer to being a 'paper champion' after takeing a 'paper win'.
Then today Malcolm Wilson made JML take out a 2 minuete penaly for being early, penanlties are for people who break the rules, and Malcolm Wilson effectively 'forced' JML to break the rules.
All of this is giving Mikko Hirvonen a better advantage of the championship win, the point of the championship is that the fastest driver wins, so if a driver with the more points in a team is slower than the 2nd driver, it should stay that way.
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2nd October 2011, 15:10 #23
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Team orders are still legal, so while what happened wasn't perfect, it was perfectly acceptable.
All teams have used them down the years; Lancia, Citroen, Subaru, Mitsubishi, etc
While I like Mikko, who is a good driver, but not a No1 - I hope either of the Sebs win the WRC....they've actually gone out to win events.
Is there a better sound than that of Porsche engined Flat-6 ???
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2nd October 2011, 22:43 #24
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Originally Posted by Langdale ForestColins Crest = Möldri Mätas
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2nd October 2011, 22:48 #25
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Originally Posted by AndyRAC
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3rd October 2011, 00:21 #26Originally Posted by BDunnellKris Meeke got fired -PSG so terrified they quit!
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3rd October 2011, 00:24 #27
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Originally Posted by Mintexmemory
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3rd October 2011, 00:25 #28
True, but it would act against unworthy wins
Kris Meeke got fired -PSG so terrified they quit!
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3rd October 2011, 08:05 #29
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Oportunity to win without taking first place in every stage (or maybe in any stage at all, remember Gronholm victory in Cyprus 2002) is a part of the sport. Trying to minimize effect of team orders in that way would take out one of the key factors of rallying - importance of surviving.
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3rd October 2011, 08:21 #30
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Stage wins
Loeb 55
Latvala 51
Ogier 49
Hirvonen 32 (13 of those around 10kms from his house)
paper champ is an understatement.
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