[WRC] News & Rumours (part V) 2017

[markpcym]

Goodnight Guys, new to Forum. I'm from Barbados if you know where that is.. lol On the Rally Topic, do any of you believe that Seb was handed the win in Monte due to the fact that Neuville had problems?

Ogier wasn't handed the win at all, at the end of the day he was the one who had the quickest time card over all of the rally and he won, you got to be there at the end to win,neuville wasn't...

[pantealex]

I think her old ST Trophy Fiesta is out of homologation.What car is she trying to race?

She had Fiesta R2 at Neste Rally Finland 2016 and is in Rally Sweden entry list with R2.

[seb_sh]

Goodnight Guys, new to Forum. I'm from Barbados if you know where that is.. lol On the Rally Topic, do any of you believe that Seb was handed the win in Monte due to the fact that Neuville had problems?

Hi and welcome to the forum. It depends what you mean by "handed". Yes he was 2nd when Neuville crashed but Neuville crashed by his own fault. On of the challenges of rallying is getting to the end; so I wouldn't say Ogier was handed anything. He simply had the best pace and finished the rally in the shortest time.

[AL14]

IMO on the Monte the analysis of every stage and every driver, every team and every car, every tyre choice and every little incident was getting just too much.

This is just a sport. Its meant to be fun and exciting. I enjoy watching rally cars being driven fast... the noise they make and admiring the skill of the drivers. This is why I got into rallying... not to analyse it to death.

I think instead that the analysis is not a problem. On the contrary I really love to analyse everything that I'm interested in.
The problem is how it's done. Overanalysis is bad (I think you're referring to this maybe), as is bad to give conclusion without analysing enough. Imo.

Let's hope Sweden will be less schizophrenic.

[AL14]

Goodnight Guys, new to Forum. I'm from Barbados if you know where that is.. lol On the Rally Topic, do any of you believe that Seb was handed the win in Monte due to the fact that Neuville had problems?

Of course we know where is Barbados! Or at least me
BTW, I don't believe the victory was handed. Neuville made a mistake, Ogier don't. Maybe Ogier has been a bit lucky to escape some little mistake he made but that's rally and it doesn't mean his victory was handed.

[GravelBen]

Ogier wasn't handed the win at all, at the end of the day he was the one who had the quickest time card over all of the rally and he won, you got to be there at the end to win,neuville wasn't...

I do remember a few people on this forum saying Mikkelsen was handed his first win by Ogier crashing out, if they're consistent they would say the same about this one.

I agree with you though, they'd be wrong on both counts. A win is a win and as someone once said - to finish first, first you have to finish.

[GravelBen]

Neuville made a mistake, Ogier don't. Maybe Ogier has been a bit lucky to escape some little mistake he made but that's rally and it doesn't mean his victory was handed.

I think Ogier was lucky to get away so light with his few mistakes (Neuville's damaging mistake was smaller than Ogier's but with much worse consequence), but luck is part of rallying too and you have to accept it.

I think the only driver I didn't see* any mistakes from was Tanak, and his car had a 'mistake' instead!

*He might have made mistakes too that I didn't see...

[SlyFox]

what problems Neuville had ?

Didn't he not damage his suspension and as a result have a flat tire?

[N.O.T]

Didn't he not damage his suspension and as a result have a flat tire?

what problem did he have and damaged his suspension ?

[Franky]

Guys, I think you're in the wrong thread with all the Monte Carlo talk.