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Thread: Rally Wrc Monte Carlo 2017
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23rd January 2017, 13:25 #2941
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This driver can also be satisfied with his Monte:
http://www.ewrc-results.com/driver_i...nte-Carlo-2017
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23rd January 2017, 13:29 #2942
Astier - WRC test in heavy rain https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwB8opgkXZQ
His own channel in YT https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvF...Wgh6jYQ/videos
biography http://ewrc-results.com/profile.php?...Raphael-Astier preferrably RWD which is probably the right choice to grow up
The yellow-pink old Clio was 100% committed EVERYWHERE, can't believe he's only 20.
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23rd January 2017, 14:06 #2943
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Hmmm...
Might have to disagree with some of that.
Given timezones I was always playing catchup to the comments on here but after reading them all I have to agree with one post I think from GravelBen where he said "a lot of stupid being posted on here".
I guess as N.O.T says some of you are "kids" and susceptible to premature ejaculation but the first full day of rallying at Monte Carlo is a bit premature to start bagging people or blowing others out of all proportion.
Patience grasshoppers.
Also, there was a large number of posters who couldn't make up their minds and in the words of Russell Brands ex wife "changed their minds like a girl changes clothes". One minute Evans didn't deserve a car and he was a waste of skin with only compromising photos of Malcolm Wilson being waved around by Gwyndaff Evans that got him a seat (I embellished that bit). Then he sets fastest times. One minute people can't believe he is so slow, next minute they can't believe the tyres are that bad then they can't believe how good the tyres are in the right conditions.
Then Hannenen is amazing and on-fire and so surprisingly good but crashes at the same time Lefevbre and Meeke do but they are useless dogs. They have no excuse and Matton is such an idiot for not giving some guy from Norway a seat whose name escapes me but I think rhymes with Tickelsen. He is awesome as he is smashing the awesome R5 drivers with a long pedigree in factory R5's and are all champions. We all know he is a good driver but please, we don't need to hear it every 15 minutes...
Neuville went from being stunning and so precise to being a mystery who can't handle the pressure of being 1 minute in the lead of a rally.
i could go on but my hair hurts thinking about some of it.
Personally the only things people actually seemed to get right were;
Sordo was slow
Breen was great
Tanak was unlucky
Ogier was very lucky
Paddon will feel terrible
Toyota/Latvala were lucky
It was an entertaining rally, but for some reason this rally brought out some very silly flippy floppy comments.Last edited by Grundo Farb; 23rd January 2017 at 14:08.
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23rd January 2017, 14:08 #2944
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I don't think we've seen anything close to the potential of these new cars yet. Breen and the WRC2 crews didn't seem much further back than I would have expected if the field was made up of 2016 WRCs.
Overall Monte was a little disappointing for me. Great to see MSport win again (shows what a difference the driver makes in rallying) but there were no close battles particularly and the live tv was missing something maybe because of this.
WRC2 as often with big gaps and drivers cruising after one day.
I wouldn't want to draw much conclusion about the cars yet other than the Ford and Hyundai are clearly decent. I still think Citroën hasn't shown it's cards yet.. terrible rally for them (Meeke's accident didn't make a lot of difference in the end when he was taken out again twice afterwards)
A special word for Ogier though, moving teams and still delivering the goods straight away. But also his sympathy for Neuville and Tanak, he was quite compassionate. I still don't get why some people here hate him so much.
Looking forward to Sweden where hopefully we'll start to get a clearer picture of how the cars stack up.
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23rd January 2017, 14:21 #2945
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23rd January 2017, 14:56 #2946
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23rd January 2017, 15:07 #2947
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23rd January 2017, 15:17 #2948
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no he doesn't. 20 years ago spectacular and fast driving could be combined, but nowadays not anymore.
scandinavian flicking and sliding all over the place may be appealing to the crowds, its neither a fast nor a safe way to drive.
unless, pleasing the crowd was his goal off course.
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23rd January 2017, 15:17 #2949
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I like lots of fan videos, but for me personally I have a special place in my heart for this dude who can't hold back his emotional responses... good driving gets a OUUU JOLIE or MAGNIFIQUE, spins and offs get SANGLIER. Like, he knows he's making videos to compete with the serious (and seriously talented) types on youtube, but he can't shut up because he's too excited. I like that.
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23rd January 2017, 15:58 #2950
As I said, we've got plenty enough silent videos whose uploaders you forget after 2 minutes. Ouhla lui is a nice exception of the herd.
Same here, of course it's not the fastest way, nobody said that. We've got enough scared guys in FWD, but this Tibo is not only brave but he directs the car very skillfully, it's not only useless flicks to get attention.
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Not sure if posted here before, Evan's test prior to Croatia with footage of the Rally1 Yaris in 2025-spec... https://youtu.be/ALLO7rds-yI?si=FRdZ5LDkRZcxMPOV
WRC main class in 2025