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Thread: no reverse starting order!?
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28th January 2008, 14:33 #31
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the difference in driver skills this season is so vast so position won;t make any difference.....
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28th January 2008, 14:55 #32
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Ah, I wonder how long this happines will stay when we have watched couple of rallies where leading drivers will not push until sunday. Or we are whole the time guessing if they are pushing or not till sunday. Or when we will see cars stopping deliberately.
I will enjoy rally of Sweden very much because after it there is no many non-tarmac rallies where real competition starts from the first day. Argentina is other where the road position doesn't matter. Otherwise we will perhaps see mainly tactical battles for the first two days.I am a big fan of Andy Aigner
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28th January 2008, 15:44 #33
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by the way...tyre wear is worse when there is loose gravel on the road? or the opposite ?
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28th January 2008, 20:45 #34
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if we are talking for the same type of tyre ,yes the rough surface will wear faster the tyre
in the other way, if you put a tyre special for rough surfaces it is not going to wear more
this is just for wear, no cuts etc
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29th January 2008, 04:08 #35
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Originally Posted by J4MIE
I'm all for more competitiveness but I am not convinced that this is the way to go. I can't see that the teams won't start to adopt the tactics that they used through that period. I am very happy to be proven wrong though.
Can’t agree with you more on the split thing!
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29th January 2008, 09:39 #36
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To be fair, Rally Australia was a special case due to the extremely slippery surface, and it's now out of the calendar.
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29th January 2008, 14:57 #37
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Has the FIA introduced specific and actionable penalties for drivers who do employ gamesmanship to avoid running first on the road (i remember Carlos Sainz "stalling" once 100m from stage finish at the end of day 2)?
I am from Gran Canaria. I am absolutely convinced that there will be no problem with the rally.
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