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    Quote Originally Posted by tommeke_B View Post
    Can you name another driver who you think can do what Lappi does? There aren't so many around... I think he surprised everyone with the pace and consistency he already has in his 2nd event with a WRC.
    No I can't unfortunately, they are in a pickle....perhaps they need to make sure Kalle Rovanpera reaches them before anyone else.
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    Speaking of which, have Kalle and Oliver Solberg ever competed together?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Eli View Post
    No I can't unfortunately, they are in a pickle....perhaps they need to make sure Kalle Rovanpera reaches them before anyone else.
    Get lost, he is a 16 year old kid. Him entering the WRC is still ages away.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Watson View Post
    Get lost, he is a 16 year old kid. Him entering the WRC is still ages away.
    Will be 17 this October, and I believe (correct me if I'm wrong) once he's 18 he'll be able to compete in the WRC no?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Eli View Post
    Will be 17 this October, and I believe (correct me if I'm wrong) once he's 18 he'll be able to compete in the WRC no?
    Yes, but look at the average age of WRC drivers. It is so much based on experience. It's not like F1 where kids like Verstappen can walk in and do a job straight away. Lappi is 26 and is considered very young. Suninen will make his WRC debut in Poland at the age of 23 and he only gets two drives this year. He'll spend the next few years predominantly in WRC2 too unless he comes in and does a surprise monster job.

    Look at Paddon (30), Tanak (29) and Evans (27) still maturing.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Eli View Post
    Will be 17 this October, and I believe (correct me if I'm wrong) once he's 18 he'll be able to compete in the WRC no?
    Would be very extreme. Risky to give a young kid so much pressure. Thinking of Max Verstappen, but for circuit racing the tracks remain the same for each place, in the WRC every km is unique and Kalle still needs a lot of time.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Watson View Post
    Yes, but look at the average age of WRC drivers. It is so much based on experience. It's not like F1 where kids like Verstappen can walk in and do a job straight away. Lappi is 26 and is considered very young. Suninen will make his WRC debut in Poland at the age of 23 and he only gets two drives this year. He'll spend the next few years predominantly in WRC too unless he comes in and does a surprise monster job.

    Look at Paddon (30), Tanak (29) and Evans (27) still maturing.
    All these conventional arguments don't really apply to a guy who is winning rallies in an R5 car at 16! Age is just a number - the reason all these guys you list are getting results around 30 is because that's how long it took them to gain the experience and speed to get there. It's not a case where team managers were waiting until drivers hit 25 before hiring them.

    Anyway this is OT - I'm not saying Citroen should start reaching out to team Kalle just yet.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Watson View Post
    Get lost, he is a 16 year old kid. Him entering the WRC is still ages away.
    Just under 5 months to be exact, are there any other country than Wales where you can drive at 17 in the calendar btw?
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    I think that at the age of 17, if he has a legal driving license, he can compete everywhere. Kruuda competed in several events at the age of 17 (for example Ypres). Also Pieterjanmichiel Cracco (Belgian, but got an Estonian driving license) did WRC Portugal at the age of 17. But we're going off-topic...

    I went to Sardinia, but returned this morning already, so saw shakedown, show stage, friday and saturday. Very nice event, as always. Didn't take much pictures, but I'll try to link a small album tomorrow, together with some brief review.


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