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28th July 2017, 08:43 #541
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28th July 2017, 09:47 #542
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28th July 2017, 21:27 #543
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Funny, at the time the spanish press said that Sordo went to Mini because he refused to become a paying driver at Citroen and that his only financial contribution to Prodrive in 2012 was to accept a wage cutback. It reminds Camilli situation at MSport; everybody keeps saying that FFSA and his personal sponsors pay for his seat, even if Wilson has, more than once, denied it.
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28th July 2017, 21:41 #544
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28th July 2017, 22:30 #545
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Citroen WRT just had best friday since Corsica.
Breen is one position better on friday than last year with DS3.
Meeke did good in the first loop considering his testing, the car and other circumstances. Ok in the afternoon due to the steering dmg. Above all he kept it on the road and acknowledged that hitting a tree certainly does not help anything. Oh and he just barely dropped behind the winner of the last rally. (again due to the dmg).
But I see true fans are too busy identifying Meeke haters to be interested in that.
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28th July 2017, 22:31 #546
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He did, big time btw: “As for Eric, I honestly can’t remember the last time that I was this excited about a new driver (...) Eric’s WRC experience is limited, but I truly believe that he has all the makings of a future world champion”. MW, Dec. 2015
http://www.m-sport.co.uk/m-sport-new...milli-for-2016
Fair to say that Camilli was pretty impressive in WRC2 and the kms he got in the Yaris TMG WRC proto also boosted his potential, which was praised by many (me included) before the ’16 MC. Then, regrettably, the disappointment began.Rally addict since 1982
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28th July 2017, 22:49 #547
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While we're talking Camilli I'd like to see him get a couple more WRC car outings now just to see whether he's a bit more comfortable. He was fast-tracked just a bit too quickly. I think everyone acknowledges that. Suninen and Lappi obviously jumping straight in and being quick doesn't look great for guys like Camilli - but they had a bit more 4WD/R5 experience before being thrust into a works car.
We just didn't see enough flashes of speed from Eric. Which makes me think ultimately he's not on the same level.RS Motorsport Media - Follow me on Instagram: rsmotorsportmedia
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28th July 2017, 22:52 #548
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Eric had virtually no background at all going into his first season. It's a total mystery to me how Malcom thought he could be good. I disliked him all season last year for taking Evans' spot at M-Sport.
I will admit though, he seems to have improved a bit this year in WRC2. His times in some rallies were quite competitive; didn't he actually beat Tidemand in Portugal even though he wasn't entered for WRC2?
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29th July 2017, 13:30 #549
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Ok, for sure Huttunen is amazingly talented and as all Finns he looks like a fish inside the water on his home rally SS’s, but to see a work driver like Camilli being slower than a kid that’s getting his first R5 outing doesn’t help to believe the French has improved that much...
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29th July 2017, 13:44 #550
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Variety. With 4-5 tarmac rallies in calendar, it's good to have some successor to circuit-like Catalunya. Rally wasn't super interesting but wasn't that bad either, I liked saturday stages more....
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