Kronos cars could be faster?

[ZequeArgentina]

I have said it at the beggining, some gain is for conditions, but the rest is evolution of the works teams.

Anyway I do think current Xsara is not the same as last year, but times show is not that different.

Looking at several stages and comparing with other drivers allow to make some conclussion and not just giving ideas.

Who do yu compare Stohl with? Sttobart cars are also differnet, and there are no toher "no works" cars to comapre, at least with the events so far.

[jparker]

ZequeArgentina

If you dont look at the times too much, because its very different conditions every year, but you compare the time loss against the other drivers you see Stohl has lost much.

That's true, but still if you have plenty of stages from 2006 and 2007 to compare, you can spot some trends. For example I've been playing with the numbers (mostly average speed because many same stages have different distance during 2007) and I have found the following trend. All factory teams (including Subaru) are actually gaining average speed (around 2 km/h). It's only Stohl (didn't do Stobart) that has the same average speed as 2006. So, for me it's not Manfred that is getting slower, it's the other guys that are getting quicker and his complains are making sense to me.

[ZequeArgentina]

That is what I also startedto see in my review.
Same idea, just not conclussivebecause of litle stages compared by me.

[jparker]

That is what I also startedto see in my review.
Same idea, just not conclussivebecause of litle stages compared by me.

Sorry, didn't mean to double post. I guess I just confirmed what you said is true.

[ZequeArgentina]

It is OK.
Not considering it doubel post.

I am glad that someone else is noting te same.
As my pst was toolong, the final idea could not beso clear,so I ratyfie it.
Lets see Acropolis, were I expect Manfred to do better. (Xsara is very reliable) and he knows the terrain very well

[Peugeot206WRC]

Yea.
Well, now its known that Kronos using very old parts on their Xsara since what came out when Carlsson got disqualified.
Ofcourse the including people and news/media could lie and make it look like this but I think they talking truth.