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21st November 2015, 20:21 #281
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For sure they aren't stupid, but it can't be seen as stupid to use motorsport and Pirelli know-how to promote a new (chinese) make.
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21st November 2015, 20:34 #282
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Well, that's exactly the DMack story Afaik Dick Cormack and his "gang" are former Pirelli managers who started new Chinese brand and promoted it through the WRC campaign using their Pirelli know-how.
Stupid is as stupid does. Forrest Gump
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21st November 2015, 21:11 #283
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Not quite the same, as DMack is a niche tyre company focused in motorsport and the Pirelli chinese owners will probably fight for the global market, using Pirelli motorsport and premium ranges as a lever.
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21st November 2015, 21:20 #284
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I thought the main market of DMack was utility and heavy duty tyres on Chinese market and that the motorsport is just a marketing tool for them.
Stupid is as stupid does. Forrest Gump
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21st November 2015, 21:48 #285
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21st November 2015, 21:49 #286
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you cant compare pirellis with Kubica-Prokop and fiestas,against Ogier with polo and michelins and have a safe conclusion.
somebody else can say that Kubica with private fiesta was plenty of times faster than works fiestas with michelins.
Pirelli at some terrains/surfaces are better.And these are measured with same car/driver.These tests were at asphalt and gravel.Its not something new,its something that happens for years.Some years depenting from tyre evolutions,michelins were overall better,some years were pirelli overall better.
Except these tests there are also real world examples from gravel and asphalt worldwide.
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21st November 2015, 23:24 #287
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How come RK can´t listen to teamboss? He must have done it in F1, right? So adapting and being tactic is next step for him.
"Reis vas pät pat kaar vas kut"
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22nd November 2015, 00:26 #288
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He must have listened but being a perfectionist he can be difficult to work with
Like Willy Rampf told in latest interview about Robert - he needs to have precisely defined task.
I think in 2016 he will work in close cooperation with M-SportLast edited by paba; 22nd November 2015 at 00:29.
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22nd November 2015, 15:24 #289
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Tomorrow there will be an article with Wilson in one of the leading Estonian newspaper but there's something revealed already today and he says that Tänak and Evans definitely won't share a car. He says that he hasn't said anything like that at all and it's made up. He also says that he can't comment the Bertelli thing. Tomorrow I will see the full article.
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22nd November 2015, 16:27 #290
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Yes, he has received 3 points.
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