Rally Sweden 2013

[awake27]

I think JML was under orders to bring it home in one piece this rally, he did that. The car is looking good so far and when he has more experience the Ogier/Latvala combination will be awesome for VW.

I don't think Latvala was holding that much back. Maybe in the last leg but on the first 2 days he was never on the pace of Ogier. The fact also that a bad Latvala battled with Loeb for a half rally though shows that VW has the best car at the moment.

[WUff1]

+ Ogier, Loeb, Ostberg, Neuville, Tidemand (what a pity his engine broke), Al Rahji and Grondal
- Latvala (no where near his teammate), Sordo, Hirvonen, Novikov (went off when he didn't need to push)

+ Solowow
- Hänninen, Ketomaa

[alleskids]

Couple of things to say in summary, I am so glad for Seb Ogier, I have been a big supporter since I saw him in JWRC in Mexico 2008 and he really is a great guy as well. Second point Seb Loeb is fantasic competitor and these twoFrench guys have really shown the rest of the field how far ahead they are.
Now comes the downside - I firmly believe Seb Loeb entered the first two rallies to see how a) fast, b) unreliable or c) how slow VW is? Now that Seb Ogier with a second in monte and first in Sweden has proven how good they are I wonder if Citroen board will hasten the move to WTCC soon?
I cant see Citroen stay around to see Seb Ogier and VW dominate :-(

I think Citroen +Loeb want to jump ship as soon as possible and let Peugeot take over WRC under the Abu Dhabi banner.
Citroen + Loeb in WTCC in 2014?

[tolis]

Congratulations to Al-Rajhi! Great performance in snow!

[Bartek]

That's for Dim: Loeb when looking at Ogier!

Loeb is thinking how to tell his wife that is going to Mexico?

[awake27]

Loeb is thinking how to tell his wife that is going to Mexico?

Loeb created a team last year (Sébastien Loeb Racing) and he will go circuit racing. European GT with McLaren MP4-12C, European Le Mans with Oreca 03 LM P2 prototype, possible qualification for Le Mans 24hours and testing for WTCC either this year or next year.

[ProRally]

Congratulations to Al-Rajhi! Great performance in snow!

The son of the dessert rules on snow... and he is still learning !!! VERY VERY IMPRESSIVE

[tolis]

[tolis]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IklvOyD2bmo

[RS]

+ Solowow
- Hänninen, Ketomaa

I don't agree that Hanninen was disappointing here. I am waiting (and expecting) to see more from him for sure when he gets as comfortable with the Fiesta as he was with the Fabia but he did a better job in Sweden with far less exeperience of the car or the rally than people like Hirvonen or Sordo.