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Thread: Atkos Best Drive?
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5th August 2008, 06:49 #21
You know its funny, there seemed to be a period about 12 months ago where Chris was labeled by the public as a crasher and possibly not deserving of a WRC drive. I too thought that perhaps I was biased towards him (being Australian and all). But I'm glad that he has managed to turn it around.
Given his current form and a competitive car I'm sure he would be able to mix it with the likes of the Group A and early WRCar stars in their hay day (Makinen, McRae, Burns, Gronholm, Kaukkanen etc.). Perhaps he wouldnt have been a stand out, but hed definatly be a chance for victory.
I also agree with Pino's comment on Chris being a better driver than Petter atm. Overall, I'd say Petter is faster on his day but I think the ruomurs of the Petter/SWRT unrest has to have some truth to it and that is adversly affecting his speed. Chris seems to be able to ignore it and concentrate on his driving giving him results.
In any case, GO ATKO!!!
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5th August 2008, 07:03 #22
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Originally Posted by Finni
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5th August 2008, 07:29 #23
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nah i dont think chris can simply replace latvala, latvala speed is something else, even loeb said so. chris has been more consistent lately is why he gets podium, even though yes he is quick sometimes. must be atleast something about stephen prevot influences on him too. i remembered someone here said stephen prevot is the patron saint of bad luck. (will you people stop calling him dudu, gezz.) this is why i don't want to make any conclusion about any driver too early, dani sordo speed blew me away in jordan.
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5th August 2008, 08:27 #24Originally Posted by jonkka
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5th August 2008, 08:34 #25
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Chris Biewer's comment on the same issue:
"Only a couple of years ago I defended Petter tooth and nail as being the best driver there is alongside Loeb. I seriously rated him higher than Grönholm. Petter's performances went down as the Subaru increasingly lost competitiveness agains Citroen and Ford. At the same time Chris is getting better and better. I find it hard to believe Petter lost his talent. Leaves the question: How bad is that Subaru really and how good is Chris really?"I am a big fan of Andy Aigner
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5th August 2008, 08:41 #26
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Originally Posted by tmxRule 1 of the forum, always accuse anyone who disagrees with you of bias.I would say that though.
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5th August 2008, 08:47 #27
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I think Petter needs some defending here
After New car arrival Impreza wrc 2008
Teammates Petter-Atko 2-1
Driver points taken: Petter 14, Atko 6 , same for manu points.
Chris has upper hand in Germany, Petter has never done well there.
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5th August 2008, 08:50 #28
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Originally Posted by FinniAja kovaa Pena.
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5th August 2008, 09:11 #29
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Originally Posted by Tomi
So i cannot fully agree with you!
But Chris is doing really fine and i'm hoping to see even better performance from him as the season goes on.
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5th August 2008, 09:33 #30
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Originally Posted by Viking
Fast and consistently that is what he need instead of pretending and show the people that he still is the super star from WRC, and this after a fast time on the super Special stage on Friday, still before the rally really must start.
Back to Chris, he improved a lot and must replace nobody in a another team such as you can read here on the forum.
We will see, however, to what the future brings for him.:cool: You Can´t Loose What Your Never Had.
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