[WRC] News & Rumours (part V) 2017

[danon]

..... YET!

The Skoda wasn't Ogier's lethal weapon either but come Sardinia he was setting a fastest stage time in a S2000. I think by Sardinia Seb O will have discovered the limit of the Fiesta so that he can challenge for 1st without breaking it, something he does better than anyone competing currently. As for Ott, I think he will step up to a new level seeing how the best approaches the job at close quarters.

YET...

they all have UPs & DOWNs...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADPRs_AswDQ

... and PEAKs

[Mintexmemory]

YET...

they all have UPs & DOWNs...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADPRs_AswDQ

... and PEAKs

Then how did the rest of 2012 go? Remember Mikkelsen had a full 2011 of Skoda familiarisation under his belt - was he able to match Ogier?

Fast forward to 2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OHZHxde8RE

He makes mistakes from time to time but fewer than the competition over the course of a season and he is a challenger on every surface. He has beaten Latvala and Mikkelsen for 4 years without having to invoke the Loeb gambit! He is just better and like a maestro can make an old fiddle sound like a Strad!!

[danon]

Then how did the rest of 2012 go? Remember Mikkelsen had a full 2011 of Skoda familiarisation under his belt - was he able to match Ogier?

Fast forward to 2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OHZHxde8RE

He makes mistakes from time to time but fewer than the competition over the course of a season and he is a challenger on every surface. He has beaten Latvala and Mikkelsen for 4 years without having to invoke the Loeb gambit! He is just better and like a maestro can make an old fiddle sound like a Strad!!

10 in a row will make Ogier the better master.

Only six to go... but you never know...

[GravelBen]

More consistently quicker?

I'd probably say quick more consistently.

From what I've seen over the years I think Latvala at his best is faster than Ogier at his best. But Ogier is very good at being close to his best nearly all the time, and Latvala hasn't been close enough to his best as often.

[steve.mandzij]

Latvala is, in my extremely biased opinion, the fastest driver currently in the WRC. There's no doubt at all that confident Latvala can win an event. Since the second half of 2014 his mental state deteriorated faaaast. Now he's found a new cozy home, and I dare say he's at his best ever.

In the podcast he said he'd focus on consistency this year too. Might he be mixing in the final ingredient for his title formula?

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[N.O.T]

Latvala is, in my extremely biased opinion, the fastest driver currently in the WRC. There's no doubt at all that confident Latvala can win an event. Since the second half of 2014 his mental state deteriorated faaaast. Now he's found a new cozy home, and I dare say he's at his best ever.

In the podcast he said he'd focus on consistency this year too. Might he be mixing in the final ingredient for his title formula?

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if things went wrong in mid2014 why didn't he win a title before 2014 ?

[EstWRC]

Rally drivers remember their first cars https://www.redbull.com/gb-en/wrc-dr...rst-rally-cars

[jbmarcus21]

Andreas Mikkelsen enters to Wrc Tour de Corse with Skoda Fabia R5 ➡ http://bit.ly/2lxH6QF

[Mirek]

Better than nothing and again a benchmark for WRC2 drivers.

[liposh]

YET...

they all have UPs & DOWNs...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADPRs_AswDQ

... and PEAKs

I know this is just crash but honestly I remember this moment because the way Ogier was driving before this crash. In my opinion this is at the end remarkable moment in a good way.