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18th February 2018, 21:01 #1391
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C`mon, it was just 1 point, Ogier was clearly faster than Evans and fought hard for that place. PS scheme also means that its tighter at the front, again, good for the sport. We saw that several drivers had to fight too hard for place at the end of Top10, all capable of winning it. If something, then it was that 6 km of unploghed snow and the question, whether WRC priority cars should contest together with historic class, as they are too different and create a big mess. Big effort from drivers, mechanics...teams in general, lots of money spent, stupid fans across the world calling them worthless, car brand worthless etc. Now that`s not honest.
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18th February 2018, 21:03 #1392
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Who said they are not friends and don't respect each other? Competition is one thing, friendship and respect another. I can give You plenty of examples from other sports - for instance in cycling a rider is "hiding" behind someone else in his air stream to save energy for later, in circuit racing we have similar situation with chasing driver use air stream from the front driver to overtake him, this is completely normal and no one had ever complained about it, it is just how the way it is, You find Your best position for You at this moment.
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"With that car, your brain can actually never keep up"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4IRMYuE1hI
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18th February 2018, 21:05 #1393
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No. There was just 1point on the table and I never thought Msport makes such a decision so early in season. I know that Evans is 100% second driver, but come on let him also collect some points. Ok this 1 point could be important for Ogier in the end of season MAYBE. But Ogier starting later to powerstage and now this 1 point from Evans, looks funny and shows that Ogier is very scared allready now not to take the 6th title? Interesting 2018 season ahead!
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18th February 2018, 21:10 #1394
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I think the situation depends greatly on whether the whole thing was orchestrated or of Ogier helped himself without telling the team. In the first case it's only fair for Evans to receive another penalty to give Ogier his place back, but if Ogier acted alone it's not right to push Evans back again.
On a related note, might the Fiesta be the slowest car this year? The Yaris has the speed to tussle with the i20's and the C3, while difficult to drive, has been doing well. The Fiesta hasn't set the world on fire with it's speed so far.
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18th February 2018, 21:18 #1395
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"With that car, your brain can actually never keep up"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4IRMYuE1hI
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18th February 2018, 21:19 #1396
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18th February 2018, 21:20 #1397
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18th February 2018, 21:23 #1398
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I love that some of you guys live in a bubble where rally is a "novel sport". Maybe you are too young to remember in the 90s drivers delibarately dropping time in the final stage of each day so as to not be cleaning the road the next morning. Flexing the rules was and will always be part of the sport (or any sport).
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18th February 2018, 21:29 #1399
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18th February 2018, 21:34 #1400
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May be too early to judge that (it seems new evolution is coming in next rallies or so), last year was a similar situation, Hyundai was faster right from the start at Monte and continued to do so in Sweden, where we also saw the Toyota potential, Ogier IIRC was struggling quite a lot in Sweden last year. For sure it was the most reliable car throughout the year. If they can bring the consistency with better performance, nothing to worry about.
"With that car, your brain can actually never keep up"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4IRMYuE1hI
£1000 fine and £500 costs, how many bags of sugar is that?
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