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    Congrats to Ford. Ogier is a class act. i still think he was very lucky with broken disc. could have ended his rally. you can talk about skill.. but was pure luck. Hope first of many for Evans. Rumour is the DMack was 0.5s per km quicker than Michelin on this surface. If so Evans was cruising. I feel he will be Ogier team mate next year. Wonder if they can split the team DMack/Michelin.. or will DMack maybe think this is the best result they will get.. and disappear. There has been rumours for years now of money problems. I dont understand the business case for Dmack. The sale of rally tyres wouldnt cover motorsport budget.. and for all but 2/3 rallies, Evans felt the need to defend himself with the deficiency of the tyre.

    Toyota not the pace expected. Lappi especially disappointed. Just shows how much experience of this event counts.JML fog expert. Only a win would have saved Hanninen career, it didnt happen.

    Hyundai, Neuville was trying really hard to make something happen, but looked ragged. Wondering if Paddon will ever climb out of the hole he is in.

    Citroen, for no PET, Meeke done OK. Never been a strong event for Citroen. Only for spin and losing rear wing, could have been on podium. Sounding more comfortable on changable grip surface now. Bods well if it gives driver confidence. Breen flashes of some speed but expected more.

    WRC2, Rovenpera.. a lesson on hype. Hope he now takes his time. People push these ultra young guys too hard. He has 20 years rallying infront of him

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    https://yle.fi/urheilu/3-9907093?origin=rss

    Not sure if this is a joke but apparently Wilson sent an SMS to Latvala on saturday evening asking him to "let an old man win the championship" after Latvala had been fast on the foggy stage

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    Quote Originally Posted by doubled1978 View Post
    Sordo - Why did they enter him? Was pointless if the intention was for him to beat Ogier.
    He has made some solid results in the past, but this year he was just totally off the pace.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Franky View Post
    Depends what the British media does. Some guy named Hamilton could secure his 4th title in N.O.T's least favourite sport and all the attention might be directed there.
    They just mentioned Elfyn's win on BBC Radio 4.

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    Quote Originally Posted by doubled1978 View Post
    Sordo - Why did they enter him? Was pointless if the intention was for him to beat Ogier.
    Sordo's car has additional branding from a sponsor on his car that didn't feature on the other Hyundai cars.

    Would say that he paid for the 4th car himself to have a chance to try to perform at a critical time for driver choice for next year.
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    Quote Originally Posted by AnttiL View Post
    https://yle.fi/urheilu/3-9907093?origin=rss

    Not sure if this is a joke but apparently Wilson sent an SMS to Latvala on saturday evening asking him to "let an old man win the championship" after Latvala had been fast on the foggy stage
    Well there was a rumor that Latvala held off on that stage for a reason, but it could just be BS. But after this article I'm beginning to wonder if there was some truth behind it..

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    Quote Originally Posted by racerx1979 View Post
    BTW, it was weird seeing OTT celebrate M-Sport victories this weekend. He deserves every bit of it, but I think his signing to Toyota should have been announced after GB.
    No, nothing weird about that. He’s not a Toyota driver until 2018, plus he was a key driver for M-Sports success this. Why shouldn’t he celebrate a job well done this year?

    It would’ve been weird if he’d celebrate Toyotas result this weekend (if they were better).

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    Brynildsen: “In 09 a young winner of SWRC was excluded from Rally Wales due to too small pistons in the break caliper Now they give a fine #davidvsgoliat”


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    Quote Originally Posted by rallyfiend View Post
    Sordo's car has additional branding from a sponsor on his car that didn't feature on the other Hyundai cars.
    Would say that he paid for the 4th car himself to have a chance to try to perform at a critical time for driver choice for next year.
    Yep, Sordo has a strong pack of personal sponsors; he’s backed by Santander Bank (3rd biggest bank in Europe) and for the first time Innjoo (electronic devices company based in Dubai) was pretty visible on his car at Wales. It won’t be for financial reasons that he’ll leave.

    Btw, Hyundai sold more than 50.000 cars last year in Spain and not even 10.000 in NZ.
    Rally addict since 1982

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    Quote Originally Posted by Andre Oliveira View Post
    Brynildsen: “In 09 a young winner of SWRC was excluded from Rally Wales due to too small pistons in the break caliper Now they give a fine #davidvsgoliat”

    Same problem was in all Skoda R5 and Fiesta R5 cars this time. Judges simply couldn´t exclude 17 drivers from WRC2. Only Andolfi, Bonato and Tempestini were driving other cars.
    "quattro best 4wd rallycar ever"

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