Page 1170 of 1499 FirstFirst ... 17067010701120116011681169117011711172118012201270 ... LastLast
Results 11,691 to 11,700 of 14986
  1. #11691
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Jan 2008
    Posts
    2,529
    Like
    5
    Liked 21 Times in 13 Posts
    Excellent news, I'm very happy for Juho. I hope he will get a competitive car and show what he knows

  2. #11692
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Mar 2010
    Posts
    496
    Like
    179
    Liked 392 Times in 169 Posts
    Quote Originally Posted by vkangas
    My only fear starts with a D and ends with mack....but let's hope not .
    What`s to fear? Novikov showed that once the car is close in performance to the top the difference between the tires isn`t as big as it`s generally thought!
    Only Sweden(if they haven`t improved since last year) is a question mark for DMack. And the difference seems to be bigger on tarmac. But the gravel speed seems good?

  3. #11693
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Aug 2007
    Location
    Athens
    Posts
    25,150
    Like
    10,074
    Liked 16,130 Times in 7,004 Posts
    Quote Originally Posted by AMSS
    What`s to fear? Novikov showed that once the car is close in performance to the top the difference between the tires isn`t as big as it`s generally thought!
    Only Sweden(if they haven`t improved since last year) is a question mark for DMack. And the difference seems to be bigger on tarmac. But the gravel speed seems good?
    difference is also big at gravel(at asphalt is huge specially when hot),if we compare same compounds.Dmack at some muddy rallies had nomimated a softer compound if i remember right.

  4. #11694
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Mar 2010
    Posts
    496
    Like
    179
    Liked 392 Times in 169 Posts
    It wasn`t wet in the qualifying or was it? I actually can`t remember so don`t be offended.
    Also I have heard from several different places that when driving back to back testing the difference especially with the gravel tires is miniscule. And this includes factory drivers from Ford,Mini and Skoda!
    Even in Finland one guy with and not as good Evo9 as the competition set some very impressive times this summer on DMacks beating Juha Salo, and the over God E-P LAppi.. on some stages.
    As I see it the biggest difference compared to Michelin has been the car and the drivers..
    Note that also I believe that Michelin is the best!

  5. #11695
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Aug 2007
    Location
    Belgium
    Posts
    3,586
    Like
    1,913
    Liked 3,476 Times in 1,016 Posts
    The difference is miniscule... For the first 15km's. Same story for Hankook tyres (Gardemeister and Mikkelsen drove with them in the IRC) a few years ago.
    Michelin and Pirelli have always been the best in rallying for the last 30(?) years. How do you expect that a new-comer-tyre costing half as much will perform almost as well?

  6. #11696
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Jul 2011
    Posts
    467
    Like
    0
    Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts
    Hanaa Juho HANAA!! Just awesome! Hyvä Juho hyvä SUOMI FINLAND!!
    "Onko vielä pitkä matka jonnekkin?"

  7. #11697
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Aug 2007
    Location
    Athens
    Posts
    25,150
    Like
    10,074
    Liked 16,130 Times in 7,004 Posts
    Quote Originally Posted by AMSS
    It wasn`t wet in the qualifying or was it? I actually can`t remember so don`t be offended.
    Also I have heard from several different places that when driving back to back testing the difference especially with the gravel tires is miniscule. And this includes factory drivers from Ford,Mini and Skoda!
    Even in Finland one guy with and not as good Evo9 as the competition set some very impressive times this summer on DMacks beating Juha Salo, and the over God E-P LAppi.. on some stages.
    As I see it the biggest difference compared to Michelin has been the car and the drivers..
    Note that also I believe that Michelin is the best!
    I am almost sure that when dmacks were close was when they had nomimated a softer compound at rainy-muddy rallies.
    So not proper compare.

    ps michelin is top class as pirelli.Top technology that evolves nonstop.

  8. #11698
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Oct 2000
    Posts
    8,855
    Like
    2,111
    Liked 2,252 Times in 1,206 Posts
    Great news about Juho! At last WRC is starting to look interesting again.

    I really hope though that he gets a "proper" car and not a second hand parts bin special... Malcolm could leave the second Qatar team seat open rally-by-rally to choose the best option could he not?

    I think Juho could be better over a season than Novikov. He will be one to watch on Monte for sure, provided he gets enough practice in the car.

  9. #11699
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Jul 2009
    Posts
    2,027
    Like
    78
    Liked 216 Times in 134 Posts
    Just read on another forum that Hanninen will test next week in Portugal.

  10. #11700
    Senior Member Rallyper's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2009
    Location
    Östhammar, Sweden
    Posts
    8,306
    Like
    5,790
    Liked 2,888 Times in 1,642 Posts
    So now we have in M-sport

    Ostberg
    Juho
    Novikov
    Tanak

    Two guys in first team and three in M-sport #2 team. So one in first team is missing...

    Who would it be?
    "Reis vas pät pat kaar vas kut"
    Tommi Mäkinen, back in the years...

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •