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    Also, Breen got the Spain drive he wasn’t planned on doing

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    Quote Originally Posted by Watson View Post
    Breen probably Paddon, I'm not sure. It's quite amazing that we have so many bipolar drivers in Paddon, Mikkelsen, Ostberg, Latvala and Evans at the moment. One moment they look proper quick, the next you're really disappointed.
    To be fair, we have quite short memories. It wasn't long ago that we thought Neuville was finished.

    The only consistent force is Ogier. No matter what you put him in, he will reach maximum potential.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Watson View Post
    Breen probably Paddon, I'm not sure. It's quite amazing that we have so many bipolar drivers in Paddon, Mikkelsen, Ostberg, Latvala and Evans at the moment. One moment they look proper quick, the next you're really disappointed.
    The fact is that we are talking about a sport where you drive a car on the limit for 3 days and 300 kms in real roads with obstacles, dangers and quick decisions to be made all the time.
    At WRC level it take a huge amount of effort to gain one second in a km and nothing to lose everything.
    You are continuously on the edge of the edge between success and failure.
    Unless you reach the level of a legend like Loeb or Ogier, it only takes a little variable to change everything and turn you from a potential WDC to help Desbourough to comment the Power Stage...

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    Quote Originally Posted by AL14 View Post
    The fact is that we are talking about a sport where you drive a car on the limit for 3 days and 300 kms in real roads with obstacles, dangers and quick decisions to be made all the time.
    At WRC level it take a huge amount of effort to gain one second in a km and nothing to lose everything.
    You are continuously on the edge of the edge between success and failure.
    Unless you reach the level of a legend like Loeb or Ogier, it only takes a little variable to change everything and turn you from a potential WDC to help Desbourough to comment the Power Stage...
    : 'D

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    Now that both Ogier and Lukyanuk have been hit by FIAs idiocy, I must ask, what's the point?

    They have done nothing to gain performance and they have done nothing that impedes safety, so why the incredibly harsh punishments?

    Do they seriously believe that this is some form of deterrent from breaking the rules? Any well established rules system should have some leverage for things like these. The FIA seem determined to ruin the sport at their own economic gain.

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    I don't agree that they received incredibly harsh punishment. If it happened to anyone of not such big name he would be immediately excluded.

    In fact many many crews were excluded for much more trivial things than this before.
    Stupid is as stupid does. Forrest Gump

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    Quote Originally Posted by itix View Post
    Now that both Ogier and Lukyanuk have been hit by FIAs idiocy, I must ask, what's the point?

    They have done nothing to gain performance and they have done nothing that impedes safety, so why the incredibly harsh punishments?

    Do they seriously believe that this is some form of deterrent from breaking the rules? Any well established rules system should have some leverage for things like these. The FIA seem determined to ruin the sport at their own economic gain.
    How is the punishment incredibly harsh? If I understood correctly, they'll lose the points only if they'll repeat the same infringment over the course of the season, which is extremely unlikely to happen. The fine means close to nothing for Ogier, maybe a bit more for Lukyanuk. In Ogier's case, he went close to being forcibly excluded, and I'm sure he's very glad the penalty consists only in this.

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    New agreement has signed today in Paris between Kenya & #WRC promoter : Safari Rally becomes official candidate for 2020 season ► http://bit.ly/2McI01I

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    Autosport runs the story too: https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/1...r-safari-rally

    Open road stages to be replaced with closed SS. But I'll take that, happy if an African rally returns to the calendar.

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    Quote Originally Posted by EstWRC View Post
    what the hell did i just read?

    And to Colin Clrak, Wilson has always invested in young upcoming drivers and he already said that he isnt interested in Meeke.
    Sorry to say and I said it already earlier but Colin Clark has lost it and quite long time ago. He has been presented as some kind of rallying specialist but for me he is just talking utter nonsense, jibberish.

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