[WRC] News & Rumours (part V) 2017

[GigiGalliNo1]

Ogier doesn't have a winning car either so he certainly won't be World Champion

[AL14]

Ogier doesn't have a winning car either so he certainly won't be World Champion

[A FONDO]

Ogier doesn't have a winning car either so he certainly won't be World Champion

You usually say the truth... about 1% of the time

but funnier is that jparker immediately liked this post

[itix]

You usually say the truth... about 1% of the time

but funnier is that jparker immediately liked this post

He certainly has a massive hatred for Ford... Must have been run over by one as a kid or something.

[RAS007]

Ogier doesn't have a winning car either so he certainly won't be World Champion

Are you jparker in disguise?

[A FONDO]

He certainly has a massive hatred for Ford... Must have been run over by one as a kid or something.

Or, or a parade of a local Ford owners club ran over his dog or something

[janvanvurpa]

so do the general rally public in USA also hate on Hayden for kicking that Block tryhard's bottom in a 2wd escort ???
or was that kept hush-hush

I have to say the "the general rally public" seems to escape analysis. Like most of the American public it believes fiercely and passionately in the appearance of things and what it is told repeatedly...Therefore the role of corporate generated "media" (press releases, tweet, face-book, paid "fan" blogs or whatever else for news that costs them no effort) is where they learn things they know.

Appearance is EVERYTHING in America, and of course it is the same in rally here..
So since was a little noise by an extreme minority, including me, saying or more asking "wow what does this say about of sport here, and more pointedly, about our obsession with "the need for" either 2,0 or 2,5 liter turbo Subies being "vital" to making top placements OA?", the results were mainly only luke warmly reported and quickly buried under the next "amazing" victory of "our rally super-stars"..

Personally since I have been waging an almost 25 year campaign to promote "affordable, sensible, sustainable" cars---which, like most countries means 2wd normal aspirated and probably RWD cars, I have used those results and also Paddon's Overall Win at NZRC Otago in the 1600 BDA powered Escort agian and again to say "In a mere 1.6 n.a. motor in an old 2wd car it was good enough for these finishes...and beating every single turbo 4wd car in the whole country bar (in Reeves case) 2 Open big engined awd hand build specials with twice the HP, 3 x the torque, 40% more suspension and twice the drive wheels..

That is PROOF that ALL those other guys have made serious errors in their choice of car and their huge spending on those 4wd turbo things....and might go a ways toward explaining why so many in North America come in, make a lot of noise (Professional! Serious! NEW! say the press/tweet/Facebook posts) , do a few events, maybe a couple of 4 event seasons, then drop out."
Rinse and repeat..
The 'merikans always counter "things are different "there".... Where ever there is..

Yep gravity is different, gravel is gravellier, left and right are different, centrifugal force is different...That expalins Reeves and the Ozzi Will Orders before him, Paddon really good showing..

Enough to make a normal man take to drink.

[GravelBen]

That is PROOF that ALL those other guys have made serious errors in their choice of car and their huge spending on those 4wd turbo things...

If they're slow in a 4wd turbo thing they would probably be even slower in a 2wd NA thing.

Understand the point about running costs etc though.

[spyros]

There are rummors about Mikkelsen and toyota,anyone?

[Simmi]

There are rummors about Mikkelsen and toyota,anyone?

Only on this forum.