Coates Hire Rally Australia 2015

[danon]

Bravo!

Ogier just put another WRC title under his belt.

Congrats!

[N.O.T]

very nice win and a 3rd world world title for mr Kaiser... once more none came even close.

[EstWRC]

thank god we have the rule that they have to start in the championship order in firs two days otherwise Ogier would have won the title already couple of rallies ago. It is just depressing how much better they are when the conditions are equal, we saw it today and like Meeke said thats the reality. Yeah, they have the best driver, Ogier but im not sure if they have the best three drivers, the car seems to be unbelievable. In my eyes Meeke, Paddon and Tänak are fast as Mikkelsen and Latvala or even faster but they just dont have the car and experience yet. Thats purely my opinion.

[EstWRC]

[dimviii]

congrats to Ogier Ingrassia for the well deserved 3rd title.

[dimviii]

https://youtu.be/u_UoI60TbV8

[dimviii]

very nice win and a 3rd world world title for mr Kaiser... once more none came even close.

[janvanvurpa]

"To be in the lead tonight is an amazing performance and I'm sure that everyone who follows motorsport closely will have noticed it and I'm sure my rivals would have seen what we have done for two days."

Yeah yeah 3rd title whoopie

but for a injection of reality a glance at the gap in the results shows:

			Time Penalty	Diff. Diff. pr.	km/h s/km
1.	1	Ogier Sébastien - Ingrassia Julien Volkswagen Polo R WRC	M RC1	2:59:16.4		104.2
2.	2	Latvala Jari-Matti - Anttila Miikka Volkswagen Polo R WRC	M RC1	2:59:28.7	+12.3 +12.3	104.1 0.04
3.	3	Meeke Kris - Nagle Paul Citroën DS3 WRC	M RC1	2:59:49.0	+32.6 +20.3	103.9 0.10
4.	9	Mikkelsen Andreas - Floene Ola Volkswagen Polo R WRC	M RC1	2:59:54.9 0:10	+38.5 +5.9	103.9 0.12

So if what he has done is "an amazing performance" then the performance of those
coming 0.04 seconds after per km after must also be an amazing performance.

Even 0.1 sec/km after is undetectable to anybody viewing and only way to see any difference is with a good, accurate stop-watch. Latvala was .9988% as fast and 0.0012% means effectively no unbelievable difference.

[AL14]

Yeah yeah 3rd title whoopie

but for a injection of reality a glance at the gap in the results shows:

			Time Penalty	Diff. Diff. pr.	km/h s/km
1.	1	Ogier Sébastien - Ingrassia Julien Volkswagen Polo R WRC	M RC1	2:59:16.4		104.2
2.	2	Latvala Jari-Matti - Anttila Miikka Volkswagen Polo R WRC	M RC1	2:59:28.7	+12.3 +12.3	104.1 0.04
3.	3	Meeke Kris - Nagle Paul Citroën DS3 WRC	M RC1	2:59:49.0	+32.6 +20.3	103.9 0.10
4.	9	Mikkelsen Andreas - Floene Ola Volkswagen Polo R WRC	M RC1	2:59:54.9 0:10	+38.5 +5.9	103.9 0.12

So if what he has done is "an amazing performance" then the performance of those
coming 0.04 seconds after per km after must also me an amazing performance

Even 0.1 sec/km after is undetectable to anybody viewing and only way to see any difference is with a good, accurate stop-watch. Latvala was .9988% as fast and 0.0012% means effectively no unbelievable difference.

I'm a Latvala's fan but I think they're right to say Ogier's was an amazing performance. Try to do your counts for sunday's stages in equal condition and not for the whole rally.
And by the way, in 3 hours event one tenth of a second per km is not a little gap.
Ogier is the way he is but as a driver he is near perfect. He didn't make a mistake in an entire year, he's good on every surface, he's mentally strong, he has a better pace note system and make always the best decisions choosing setup and tires. He has no weak points. This makes his performance amazing, others can be very good, or very strong but he is amazing.

[6789]

My event video - managed to see some decent spots given the time constraints. http://youtu.be/v0pONMb1Vh4