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    [WRC] News & Rumours (part V) 2017

    As the new season's approaching, I thought it's time for a new thread for the new year. May we have a great year (& without VW & new regulations) even more interesting than the last.
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    2016 we had 6 different event winners, if number stays same I´m happy.

    It´s possible that we could see over 10 different WRC cars in same rally.
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    Quote Originally Posted by pantealex View Post
    2016 we had 6 different event winners, if number stays same I´m happy.

    It´s possible that we could see over 10 different WRC cars in same rally.
    If the cars are all at the same level, there are 4 or 5 drivers capable of winning i think (whitout a big portion of luck) At Hyundai that's Paddon and Neuville, Citroen has Meeke, M-sport Ogier and Possible Tanak.
    Mikkelsen would also be in that list, but for now thats it i think. I hope Latvalla has a boost and the Yaris goes better than expected.

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    Part V: M-Sport Strikes Back.
    Part VI: Return of the Ford.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Arnold Triyudho Wardono View Post
    Part V: M-Sport Strikes Back.
    Part VI: Return of the Ford.

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    More like Revenge of the Sith-troen depending on how the C3 comes together.
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    I agree that if there are 5-6 different winners then it would be a good season. Dont know what to expect because everything is new but i expect Ogier not to be so dominant in the beginning of the season. He has had very little time in the car and everything is new for him and i think it will take couple of rallies for him to settle in.

    I think Meeke and Neuville (if he continues like that) will give him hard time in the beginning of the season, especially in Monte, these three will fight for the win there in my eyes....In Sweden i also expect Paddon and Tänak to join for the fight.

    and Happy New Year everyone!
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    Quote Originally Posted by EstWRC View Post
    I agree that if there are 5-6 different winners then it would be a good season. Dont know what to expect because everything is new but i expect Ogier not to be so dominant in the beginning of the season. He has had very little time in the car and everything is new for him and i think it will take couple of rallies for him to settle in.

    I think Meeke and Neuville (if he continues like that) will give him hard time in the beginning of the season, especially in Monte, these three will fight for the win there in my eyes....In Sweden i also expect Paddon and Tänak to join for the fight.

    and Happy New Year everyone!
    I expect actually the opposite of you Neuville has always been very bad at Monte Carlo and Sweden, I do not see that changing this year. The other Hyundai drivers are also never that good in the opening rallies. I expect the Korean cars to cruise for points these two rallies before challenging Ogier later in the season. I expect Ogier to dominate the first rallies to give him some breathing space in the rest of the year.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lousada View Post
    I expect actually the opposite of you Neuville has always been very bad at Monte Carlo and Sweden, I do not see that changing this year. The other Hyundai drivers are also never that good in the opening rallies. I expect the Korean cars to cruise for points these two rallies before challenging Ogier later in the season. I expect Ogier to dominate the first rallies to give him some breathing space in the rest of the year.
    Not sure on your logic there. Correct me if I'm wrong but I think Paddon has finished 3rd in 2015 & 2nd in 2016 in Sweden, so to suggest the Hyundai drivers don't do well in Sweden just seems illogical to me.

    In my view the first few events of 2017 are just too hard to call. Ogier may marginally be favourite for MC solely on past form and experience but nobody has any idea on how the different new cars compare and there will no doubt be some reliability issues to begin the season with the new cars. Whichever way you look it should be the most exciting WRC campaign in years.

    As a kiwi the addition of Rally NZ in 2018 would be the icing on the cake. Us diehards at the other end of the world dream of once again seeing the world's elite competing on our fantastic roads and having a local with a realistic chance of winning our own world class event is mouth watering. We love watching the action in Europe but believe the addition of NZ would add to the championship.

    Happy new year.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Baig2507 View Post
    Not sure on your logic there. Correct me if I'm wrong but I think Paddon has finished 3rd in 2015 & 2nd in 2016 in Sweden, so to suggest the Hyundai drivers don't do well in Sweden just seems illogical to me.
    Paddon was 5th in 2015
    Neuville was 2nd that year, in a 3 drivers battle for the win untill the very last stage. For me, this is still one of his best rallies ever.

    He is right about Monte Carlo though, only Sordo had some decent results there.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dupanton View Post
    Paddon was 5th in 2015
    Neuville was 2nd that year, in a 3 drivers battle for the win untill the very last stage. For me, this is still one of his best rallies ever.

    He is right about Monte Carlo though, only Sordo had some decent results there.
    Thanks for the corrected data. I still think the first few events are too difficult to predict with all the unknowns.

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