2009 Rally Argentina - official thread

[Mr Lopez]

fantastic from JML - if he keeps this up it will do him the world of good

[Psycho!]

henning problem?
Yes,puncture...

[pettersolberg29]

What bout Petter?

[Psycho!]

They said nothing about him in WRR...

[pettersolberg29]

He lost time at an almost identical rate to Henning so they may have got a puncture at the same place?

[Psycho!]

Puncture for Petter as well and gearbox problem I think(Not sure for the latter).

[pettersolberg29]

We'll see this stage if the problem is a lasting one. Wonder if he'll be able to catch JML if he gets back in the rhythm.

[Psycho!]

They will be very close for sure.And another nice fight is between Matthew and Federico...!

[HaCo]

Wonder what the smartest move is for tomorrow: starting first or not... Sordo charging in the splits!

Edit: I must be tired... it's Mikko who's charging. :)

[Mr Lopez]

Wonder what the smartest move is for tomorrow: starting first or not... Sordo charging in the splits!

charging......?

[pettersolberg29]

I assume you meant Loeb charging!

[HaCo]

charging......?

Sorry, see edit ;)

[jonkka]

charging......?

batteries?

[pettersolberg29]

Looks like a short-term problem for Petter - faster than Sordo so far.

[Psycho!]

Seb is really fast in here!!
Dani maybe settled for third...

[HaCo]

Lol.. :) Loeb fastest on the second split...

[Mr Lopez]

loeb proving how awesome he really is

[Mr Lopez]

and there's a surprise, Wilson slowest at first split

[pettersolberg29]

Surely JML cant catch Sordo as well?

[pettersolberg29]

and there's a surprise, Wilson slowest at first split

Really? ;)

[pettersolberg29]

Sordo really in trouble. Why so slow?

[N.O.T]

Hirvonen did something wrong on 5th split los 5 secs to sordo....a spin maybe?

[pettersolberg29]

Mikko loses time at 5th split

[Psycho!]

Mistake for Mikko?? :(

[N.O.T]

Hirvonen in BIG trouble.......

[Mr Lopez]

mikko puncture

[WRC1]

?? what happening on this stage? hirvonen lost 5 sec to sordo between split 4 and 5 ??

[Psycho!]

Sordo ahead of Mikko!!!

[Mr Lopez]

mikko engine overheating

[pettersolberg29]

Rally Over - Loeb 40secs ahead

[jonkka]

awww... sucks...

[N.O.T]

HIRVONEN M. / LEHTINEN J. Engine overheating reported, unconfirmed

[Mr Lopez]

go Federico !!

[Psycho!]

Everytime the same thing...

[muscrae]

ohh my godd !!!!

[COD]

Has ISC promised Loeb somekind of bonus after Cyprus if he keeps the rallies interesting at least after day 1?

what did I say?

[pettersolberg29]

Villagra going very well

[N.O.T]

If hirvonen retires from the rally we might as well cancel the championship ... no point for the teams to spend their money for the rest of it.

[jonkka]

it was fun while it lasted... longer than usually...

[tolis]

Bye bye WRC!!!!!!!!!!!!

[rus]

If hirvonen retires from the rally we might as well cancel the championship ... no point for the teams to spend their money for the rest of it.

This was already clear before the champioship even started

[pettersolberg29]

It could still be exciting if Loeb crashes or loses a bundle of time. Shame that the WRC needs that to make some excitement tho.

[FAlonso]

I believe it´s time for Ford to start thinking about going "all in" for the rest of the championship. And still it might be to late. Having J-M finishing behind both Citroens won´t do them any good either way. They need to let both drivers off the leash and hope for the best.

[muscrae]

I hope to see Petter in podium at the end of this rally, it may be!!!
If Mikko's problem is that serious, than he will go further down the leaderboard, maybe retire... Then, Malcolm may tell JML to slow down, and not take any risks in order to save some manufacturer points. If all the things goes like this, we may see three Citroens in the podium...

[WRC1]

hirvonen has to do the next 2 stages without service....this might be the end for his engine

[Psycho!]

It could still be exciting if Loeb crashes or loses a bundle of time.
It won't happen!!!We will have to wait for the new cars...They will be a facelift for WRC...Till then Loeb will be reigning.... :mad:

[pettersolberg29]

hirvonen has to do the next 2 stages without service....this might be the end for his engine

In my professional opinion he should be able to crawl through the next two so he could at least get top 4 or 5.

On the other hand, my professional opinion is about as useful as a chocolate teapot.

[cyr]

live vidéo

http://fr.justin.tv/leclub

[Psycho!]

Mikko not on the splits...

[jonkka]

No... :(

[Psycho!]

He retired!!!!!

[Forde-fotos]

Mikko Out

[tolis]

Thanks cyr!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jonkka]

Is that confirmed?

[pettersolberg29]

Cheers for the video - El Condor looking like the place to be this saturday night.

[Psycho!]

20 points in front for Loeb....36 for Citroen...Indeed the shortest championship ever.....

[jonas_mcrae]

I think it is confirmed they are saying that in the live video stream

[Psycho!]

Becs had a word with Malcolm Wilson...His voice was broken.I thought he would cry.....

[rus]

Becs had a word with Malcolm Wilson...His voice was broken.I thought he would cry.....

Maybe he should...

[pettersolberg29]

Petter back on the gas!

[pettersolberg29]

Sordo 18 secs down on previous best run through

[Psycho!]

Latvala speeds up....For his own shake he must stay on the road!!!

[N.O.T]

HIRVONEN M. / LEHTINEN J. Engine overheating, 140 degr. C, retired after previous stage

[pettersolberg29]

Ogier in trouble within the first 1 and a half minutes.

[jonkka]

Latvala speeds up....For his own shake he must stay on the road!!!

Shake, rattle and roll.

[Psycho!]

Problems for Ogier...

[muscrae]

JML losing time...

edit: No, I'm confused:S:S :)

[pettersolberg29]

Sordo must have had a problem - even Federico is quicker!

[rus]

Shake, rattle and roll.

Nice one! :laugh:

[jonkka]

I listened my share of Bill Haley decades ago... :)

[pettersolberg29]

Ogier really in trouble - that must be some bad damage he's got.

[Psycho!]

Ogier really in trouble - that must be some bad damage he's got.
It must have been another C4......Damn it!! :p :

[muscrae]

Citroen boss may now think to change Ogier with Atkinson...
I'm not saying that Ogier is a bad driver but I'm insisting on the idea that he should get some more experience before going on WRC stages with a WRC...

[Psycho!]

Any information about Ogier??

[xspeedy]

How live is wrc.com live radio? Says Ogier in 9th. No mention of any off or problem that I heard.

[SchUMine]

Mikko out and I am going to bed!..

[Psycho!]

Petter loses much time on the first split!!

[pettersolberg29]

Whats up with Petter? :o

[WRC1]

Oh nooo! Petter in trouble??

[pettersolberg29]

Loses very little time after it. Maybe a stall or small spin.

[Psycho!]

OK the second one is normal...

[WRC1]

Loses very little time after it. Maybe a stall or small spin.

hopefully!!
but also if it is not a serious problem, podium is far away now with only 50km of stages tomorrow...

[Psycho!]

When was the last time that Focus retired due to a technical problem?Argentina 2006??

[Larry_Japan]

Loses very little time after it. Maybe a stall or small spin.

according to the Dave bloke on twitter, it was a fast spin in SS17... http://www.twitter.com/neilcole gives updates from the events, some more interesting than others...

[xspeedy]

So no return for Mikko

[Psycho!]

And Sordo passes in front of him in the general standings for a point!!!

[muscrae]

On Thursday, in an interview, Sebastien said it's not a big gap, only a retirement for me and a victory for Mikko will make the case equal. Now, it's just the opposite and the case is more obvious now in terms of standings.
Game over for Ford and Mikko

[Woodeye]

Game over for Ford and Mikko

Indeed. Just booked ticket to London at the same time with NORF. No reason to go there this year. WRC is just a joke now. Luckily we have for example MotoGP.

[harriswrc]

6 competitors (no 67, 69, 70, 76, 143, 154) excluded from the rally because the front wings and the front bonnet fitted on their cars was made of fibre glass instead of aluminium.
All the competitors said that they didn't knew the rules!!!

[Tom206wrc]

So much things happened yesterday :s

[pettersolberg29]

Prediction for top 4 by the end of the day anyone?

I'd say Loeb, Sordo, Petter, Henning

[Rally Hokkaido]

6 competitors (no 67, 69, 70, 76, 143, 154) excluded from the rally because the front wings and the front bonnet fitted on their cars was made of fibre glass instead of aluminium.
All the competitors said that they didn't knew the rules!!!

Didn't know the most basic rule of Gp N?! Mmmm.
#154 Madero in Evo IX was actually close to the lead in PCWRC on Day 1.
Certainly cheaper to run fibreglass, but probably heavier than the original aluminium parts.

[Sulland]

Hening has been driving a lot of the rally with a wrong gearbox, set up for winterrallies - it amazes me that Stobart does not carry the right amount of spares - for the prize these guys are paying them to drive.

Not sure how much time he has lost, but quite a bit according to Henning, since the box is not optimal for Argentina.

Pity really !!

[JFL]

pity and shame.. The optimal gearbox went to pieces after Shakedown, so he has driven the whole rally with the "spare". I guess they forgot to take it out of the trailer after Rally Norway.. I dont know how the rules are, but I guess Mikko has the right spares... Maybe a swap??

[Barreis]

Maybe it's better to own Your own car like P.Solberg and the rest of (especially) Ford private drivers (private Subaru's are rarely in top 8 except Ostberg's last race after so many rallies) then to pay millions for rent and zero chances to enter into works team..

[JFL]

Maybe it's better to own Your own car like P.Solberg and the rest of (especially) Ford private drivers (private Subaru's are rarely in top 8 except Ostberg's last race after so many rallies) then to pay millions for rent and zero chances to enter into works team..

I think thats they main reason why Petter is on his own. If my memory is correct, this sort of thing has happened before to Henning, on several accations.. Wrong diff..(cant remember what rally), wrong setup after a good test(Rally Norway) And a car that basically falled apart...

[muscrae]

Good Morning everyone, 5 minutes to go for the final day !!!

[ProRally]

LOT of less interest even here on the forum.... we are at the start of the final day and ONLY page 18....
Used to be LOT LOT more, even us hardcore followers seem not to care that much anymore.
WRC has become really boring

[muscrae]

Latvala stopped...

[jonkka]

That kills Ford's record-breaking points scoring streak...

[muscrae]

JML is on the move now.

[jonkka]

Awfully long time to change if that was puncture...

[muscrae]

I think oil pressure... not sure...

edit: I'm sure...

[paddocknews]

"On long straight after one jump we lost fuel pressure. We tried lot of things until it restarted."

[jonkka]

Anyhow, it'll be Citroen's second best result ever - the better one being all works triple win in 2003 Monte Carlo.

[Rallyper]

Well, there´s nothing wrong with Loeb. He´s a nice guy in a nice team. But unfortenatly he and his mates will kill the WRC for this season. Same thing every rally.
It´s a pity, really!! And Ford hasn´t got the material nor drivers to match him. I´m sure there are a couple of driver without a wheel going at home dreaming of competing the WRC, and surely would make thing more exciting.

What would WRC be today if we at least had Atko, Duval, Bosse, PG and Markko Märtin competing in good cars??? :(

[jonkka]

Anyhow, it'll be Citroen's second best result ever - the better one being all works triple win in 2003 Monte Carlo.

Well, I take my words back... It was about to be Citroen's second best results ever...

[Tom206wrc]

Petter Solberg on SS20 ???? :confused:

[jonkka]

Villagra up to 4th in his home-event...

[muscrae]

Petter Solberg on SS20 ???? :confused:

???? :(

[eppel]

Fuelpump...!?

[paddocknews]

Stopped on stage, fuel pressure problem reported

[muscrae]

Big disappointment for Petter, he was so eager and fast this weekend, and was about to have a podium finish !!!! I'm really disappointed...

[dimviii]

6 competitors (no 67, 69, 70, 76, 143, 154) excluded from the rally because the front wings and the front bonnet fitted on their cars was made of fibre glass instead of aluminium.
All the competitors said that they didn't knew the rules!!!

almost all cars from Tango Rally Team :rolleyes:

any photos from Ligatos evo X?

[Rallyper]

21 minutes difference between first and 8th!!! :rolleyes:
Maybe I would have scored points with my Astra 1,6 1996 model?? :D

This says it all my friends. :p :

[Hartusvuori]

21 minutes difference between first and 8th!!! :rolleyes:

It was 29 minutes at the end last year - so perhaps there is light at the end of the tunnel ;-)

It was really a shame what happened to Latvala. There seems to be no way he could get rid of that dark cloud above him... And the race is still on.

[cyr]

live http://fr.justin.tv/leclub

[muscrae]

Sebastien completes the last proper stage. Five wins out of five, five Argentina victories out of five, and it really seems like six titles at the end of the season...

[Psycho!]

What a rally!!!We cannot relax even in the last day!!Veeery bad for Ford and Petter....

[OldF]

21 minutes difference between first and 8th!!! :rolleyes:
Maybe I would have scored points with my Astra 1,6 1996 model?? :D

This says it all my friends. :p :


And me too with my 1997 Scenic.

There are big difference between works teams and the others. JML was 47 s behind Petter after first day and at the end of the second JML was 1 min ahead of Petter.

[Psycho!]

Is there any possibility that Malcolm promotes JM to third again??There are 3 Fords in front of him...

[ZequeArgentina]

No way Villagra would let his 4th position, and by the way; there is no logical possibility that JML gets a chance to fight for championship points

[jiipee64]

>>And me too with my 1997 Scenic.

how about me
a finn with a 2007 GRAND Scenic 2.0T
Podium ????

Sad to say but even the arounddriving competition in Bahrain was almost more interesting (and that is really bad....)

[AndyRAC]

>>And me too with my 1997 Scenic.

how about me
a finn with a 2007 GRAND Scenic 2.0T
Podium ????

Sad to say but even the arounddriving competition in Bahrain was almost more interesting (and that is really bad....)

I'd have to say it was, as was the MotoGP race.......

..we just have to accept that this year is a year to get through, rather than enjoy!!

[ste898]

Sebastien completes the last proper stage. Five wins out of five, five Argentina victories out of five, and it really seems like six titles at the end of the season...


No suprise really as there is no competition in this pathetic champioship!!!!

[GigiGalliNo1]

I was expecting a different winner... but not surprized by this win!

[N.O.T]

very nice win.....this might wake up the people at ford and order maximum attack from now on since everything is lost.....

[ProRally]

almost all cars from Tango Rally Team :rolleyes:



Tango Rally Team ran PWRC several years ago, so they knew/know the rules

[pettersolberg29]

Petter's retirement has ruined an otherwise good rally for me. He deserved a podium, or at least 4th. Oh well....only a month to wait until the next one.

[Hartusvuori]

very nice win.....this might wake up the people at ford and order maximum attack from now on since everything is lost.....

That maximum attack is what I'm looking for as well. It'd be interesting to see Hirvonen's pace on next rounds. Driving for the second place would've worked as long as Seb would've provide a few mistakes like he did last year, but this year - you know it. Now that everything is virtually lost both championships wise, Hirvonen should show is maximum speed - and hopefully we haven't seen that just yet (although - when was the last time he gained something by attacking or evenattacked?).

Btw - what happened to Ogier? Dropped to 9th...

[tolis]

Juan Marchetto 8th!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! :eek: :eek: :eek:

[ProRally]

Nasser has a PWRC victory again in Argentina, even Mr Pavlides got 4th position !!
Good result for AutoTek team :)

[dimviii]

Tango Rally Team ran PWRC several years ago, so they knew/know the rules

thats the reason i mention it Pro Rally :D

[J4MIE]

Congratulations Seb once again! :up:

[pettersolberg29]

Was Ogier disqualified? 3mins penalty is what they give on SSS if its not completed, but there is no Superrally on the last day. Let's see the explanation later...

[Brother John]

Well, there´s nothing wrong with Loeb. He´s a nice guy in a nice team. But unfortenatly he and his mates will kill the WRC for this season. Same thing every rally.
It´s a pity, really!! And Ford hasn´t got the material nor drivers to match him. I´m sure there are a couple of driver without a wheel going at home dreaming of competing the WRC, and surely would make thing more exciting.

What would WRC be today if we at least had Atko, Duval, Bosse, PG and Markko Märtin competing in good cars??? :(

I agree 100% with your post here.
There is no competition for Loeb and Citroën, to becomes this way champion of wrc 2009 is absolutely no honour.

[Lalo]

What a great display of talent from Villagra and the Munchi's WRT!

Buena, Coyote!!!! :D :D :D :D

[ste898]

very nice win.....this might wake up the people at ford and order maximum attack from now on since everything is lost.....


Sorry to disappoint you.....but we have already seen the maxium attack from Ford so nothing else will come from them apartf rom maybe withdrawl from WRC?

[harriswrc]

Was Ogier disqualified? 3mins penalty is what they give on SSS if its not completed, but there is no Superrally on the last day. Let's see the explanation later...Ogier 7th on final classification. So no drama there. And no points for Marchetto.

[Psycho!]

With one car per event??Now Malcolm must allow the drivers to do what they want,even JM...It's everything or nothing!Citroen has almost double points,Sordo has passed Mikko and JM is equal with Villagra!!!!It's a very difficult situation that must be turned around -at least- morally...

[Sulland]

5 out of 5 for Loeb is impressive of both him and Citroen.

But in my mind this should speak for that the current WRC cars are killed off after this season, if some excitement is to come in 2010 !

[pettersolberg29]

Don't know if you heard but Ken Rees' suitcase was tolen in service - containing Petter and the team's passports, plans, documents, laptop and money. I hope he can recover it otherwise it may be hard for his team to get going again with all the plans and documents gone.

[urabus-denoS2000]

pettersolberg29,just read your signature,not the best weekend for you...

Solberg retired,Heidfeld finished last....

More luck next time ;)

[urabus-denoS2000]

I think it's a very sad weekend for the WRC

Villagra and Wilson 4th and 5th,last place occupied by N4 cars,3 cars in JWRC,6 in PWRC...

I admit I did not follow this rally

[pettersolberg29]

pettersolberg29,just read your signature,not the best weekend for you...

Solberg retired,Heidfeld finished last....

More luck next time ;)

Worst. Day. Ever.

Ina sporting sense, but sure has it ruined my week.. :(

[tmx]

I didn't follow the rally much either, just checked the stages time. This reminds me of Argentine 2008 when Conrad got 4th place by being 20minutes behind. Loeb leads and other drivers try catching and in the process get into problems and retired. Then slower drivers gets higher place because of other retirements. At this rate, Loeb will win every single rally, even if Hirvonen didn't retired I'm not sure he can catch Loeb. Every single rally Loeb start off caution on the first day and then day three he pulls away from the rest and no one can catch up, I don't get it. FIA should make WRC a two days event, there will be more fighting incentive in two days than three.

[Psycho!]

Worst. Day. Ever.

Ina sporting sense, but sure has it ruined my week.. :(
Same sentiments mate!!Ford lost everything... :( At least Kimi won three points :dozey:

[muscrae]

Don't know if you heard but Ken Rees' suitcase was tolen in service - containing Petter and the team's passports, plans, documents, laptop and money. I hope he can recover it otherwise it may be hard for his team to get going again with all the plans and documents gone.

Any news about that???

[urabus-denoS2000]

Worst. Day. Ever.

Ina sporting sense, but sure has it ruined my week.. :(


Ah,bad luck....

You know what they say,more luck next time :cool:

[bluuford]

Well.. very nice start for the rally and much closer caps than normal in Argentina. last year Conrad was 20 minutes behind and fourth this year Villagra lost less than 6 minutes and was still 4th.
I am most dissapointed to Citroen team. two of their cars seem to be 100% but their Junior team has had nightmare start of the season due to driver faults and tech. errors. look at the standings. Villagra alone in Munchis team (12 points) has almost passed Citroen junior team (13 points) in overall standings. And Munchis has done only three rallies while Citroen has done 5!
Very bad..
Looking forward to next European rally!

[bluuford]

Worst. Day. Ever.

Ina sporting sense, but sure has it ruined my week.. :(

Once up on a time time there lived a very powerful king. He had also group of people called "inventors". Once he asked from them to invent something that helps in every occasion. Inventors worked two months (days and nights) very hard and then came to give their invention to the king. It was simple medallion with two sides. And they told: "It is something very powerful, but you can use it only then when you feel that your situation is completely hopeless or as good as it can be only in dream World". The king was little bit disappointed that it was so small thing put kept the invention.

2 years later his luck turned, his army turned against him and he was forced to escape. He went to the desert together with a few companions and then they were hit by sandstorm. Then he lost his companions and he fell from the horse, and got stuck under it. He was very weak due to hunger and thirst.. And then he saw his enemy army coming on his way. It was as worse situation as you can imagine. He broke the medallion and saw the words "everything passes"..

And it passed, army didn't notice him, and his companions found him. He recovered and got back his country and army. Everything went uphill again and he found very nice girl and they got married. So, a few years later he felt that he is as lucky as possible in the material World and he decided to break another side of the medallion.. and there was written... "everything passes"..

..
don't worry guys, everything passes sooner or later and someone else is going to win again!

[Psycho!]

I'm afraid life is not a fairy tale...Nevertheless,we have to wait and see Ford's maximum attack with both drivers....Let's hope...

[cosmicpanda]

I have to say, I liked this year's route better than those used in the past few years. The repeated El Condor stages were good, as was the return of El Mirador.

[Karukera]

Impressive streak of 5 wins !

Congrats to Citroën, Loeb and Sordo for a solid performance with a reliable car, something the Fordies couldn't match. They now lie in the -39th floor. Very Bad.

Disapointed for P.Solberg, he did great until ol' mama decided otherwise.

But glad Villagra finished ahead of the lil' son, Ar-Gen-Tina ! ²

Quoting a bit Kozmik, the new route was very challenging with the addition of more different terrains, a good choice.

As always, wonderful scennery and rally.

Encantado ! :)

[Fischer]

Hirvonen shouldn't feel bad, it's ok to lose from an alien (Loeb).

[Wim_Impreza]

I saw I have missed nothing this weekend in WRC: again a Citroën 1-2 and again the Ford guys were to slow.

I can't follow next round too and I must say that I am not feeling bad about that.

[Wim_Impreza]

I am most dissapointed to Citroen team. two of their cars seem to be 100% but their Junior team has had nightmare start of the season due to driver faults and tech. errors. look at the standings. Villagra alone in Munchis team (12 points) has almost passed Citroen junior team (13 points) in overall standings. And Munchis has done only three rallies while Citroen has done 5!
Very bad..
Looking forward to next European rally!

Privateer Citroëns in WRC are always bad and has a lot of mechanical problems. Ask this to Manfred Stohl or Daniel Carlsson too.

[jonkka]

Impressive streak of 5 wins !

Six - Loeb's winning streak began in 2008 Rally GB.

[Karukera]

Six - Loeb's winning streak began in 2008 Rally GB.

Sure but i was having in mind the begining of the championship.

If my stats serve me right, for some odd reasons no one ever won more than the first two rallies of the championship : Vatanen (85), Mäkinen (96, 99), Grönholm (06) and Loeb (04).
The new record was broken in Cyprus this year, then 4, 5 now in Argentina, and counting...

[Helstar]

I am most dissapointed to Citroen team. two of their cars seem to be 100% but their Junior team has had nightmare start of the season due to driver faults and tech. errors. look at the standings. Villagra alone in Munchis team (12 points) has almost passed Citroen junior team (13 points) in overall standings. And Munchis has done only three rallies while Citroen has done 5!
Very bad..

Not only Ogier and Novikov are missing quite some experience (and speed I guess), but also good material is given only to works drivers... and you know it ;)

[ste898]

Hirvonen shouldn't feel bad, it's ok to lose from an alien (Loeb).

I like that.........

As for the winning streak it will always be remembered for being the poorest years in WRC history when Loeb won tally after rally with no competition!!!!

[xspeedy]

What is the record for consecutive WRC wins? Loeb must own it now.

[mjh]

Privateer Citroëns in WRC are always bad and has a lot of mechanical problems. Ask this to Manfred Stohl or Daniel Carlsson too.

Yeah. Conrad's car has a lot of mechanical problems too. Usually as a result of him crashing it :laugh:
Of course it would be good if he could refind last years form. Preferably the form he showed in Jordan ;)

[jonkka]

If my stats serve me right, for some odd reasons no one ever won more than the first two rallies of the championship : Vatanen (85), Mäkinen (96, 99), Grönholm (06) and Loeb (04).

The main reason being the fact that in most seasons, the two first rallies of the year have been Monte Carlo and Sweden. Those are two very different types of rallies and there are not many drivers that would have been able to conquer both, even in theory.

[jonkka]

What is the record for consecutive WRC wins? Loeb must own it now.

Six - now twice.
http://www.juwra.com/stats_longest_driver_win_streaks.html

[Psycho!]

In GP Week it says that Ford knew that the engine was faulty!!However, I don't understand why...Can anyone help with the translation??

[xspeedy]

Six - now twice.
http://www.juwra.com/stats_longest_driver_win_streaks.html

Thanks. Very impressive. By the looks of it, I'm sure he'll smash his own record once again.

[Hartusvuori]

In GP Week it says that Ford knew that the engine was faulty!!However, I don't understand why...Can anyone help with the translation??

That was the situation three years ago. Hirvonen retired then due to engine failure, though I don't remember that case any closely.

[serial jeff]

What a dismal rally. There are three drivers in the WRC who I really want to do well, and they all got knocked out due to technical problems. :rolleyes:

Although, I was impressed with Dani's performance on Friday.

[Back-N-Black]

I like that.........

As for the winning streak it will always be remembered for being the poorest years in WRC history when Loeb won tally after rally with no competition!!!!

It is sad, you can say that there is no competition for a number of reasons, we won't get into that again.

It is very disappointing every rally to tune in knowing that you are just looking to see who is going to get second place as first place will probably not change.

Although Mikko, Jari Matte and the other young guys will have many rallies left in their careers it is however unlucky for those guys to be remembered how hard it was for them to beat Loeb.