According to today's Autosport, Jari-Matti actually had a 'double caution' in his notes for the corner on which he went off, but the night before the rally decided to remove it. So it is not maybe overdriving, but stupid mistakes.
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According to today's Autosport, Jari-Matti actually had a 'double caution' in his notes for the corner on which he went off, but the night before the rally decided to remove it. So it is not maybe overdriving, but stupid mistakes.
its probably a combination of several things (the car might be one of the things the note a second thing ...) but it definitely seems like he needs to improve the pace note part (note writing + co-driver/note thrust..).Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
Indeed, it's the most plausible explanation.Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
On the TF1 TV footage, can't find it on their VOD page though, Daniel Elena tells Dani Sordo what happened to Latvala saying " remember the corner we were talking about at the recce and mentioning this morning before the start ? it's the one ... ". Dani Sordo is speechless of some sort and Elena says something like "yes it is".
Now, I wonder if Elena and Sordos morning chat was an official one, a final inter-team briefing just to mention any last minute concerns, "iffy" corners whatever. I know it's something I've done in the past, I sat down with teamate, and his codriver sat with my driver for a quick "you've noticed that junction isn't as map" or "you spotted the mistake on the arrival time right" [nudges MW ;) ]
Maybe it's something that Ford need to look at, perhaps get Lehtinen to have a quick word with Jari-Matti and ask him if he's made any last minute changes to his notes *g*
No. The problem is that he's an idiot. It's really that simple.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ghostwalker
*Rallying has blind corners, preventing him from seeing the braking points.
*He had a double caution
*He's admitted to not wanting to brake before he can see the braking distance even when his pacenotes states differently
*He knows he normally crashes because he doesn't care about his own notes.
Knowing there's a blind corner over a crest, into another corner that he can't see, with a double caution in his pacenotes, and he still goes in flat? AGAIN?
He's got talent, sure, but he's just too stuborn and stupid. He'll never get anywhere unless he finally comprehends the meaning of the words "blind corner", or "blind crest". If he doesn't want to trust his pacenotes, and doesn't want to brake before he can see the corner, he shouldn't be rallying. Instead he should be in rallycross or track racing.
No wait.. Au Rouge is a blind corner. It even killed Stephan Bellhof.
In the end, my respect goes to Miikka Anttila, possibly the bravest codriver in history. Even knowing Latvala doesn't listen to him, he gets in the car with him. I don't know if he doesn't care, or if he hopes to somehow get control over Latvala one day, but he's got to reach the end of the line one day. The big question is; Will he leave, or will Latvala get him killed first?
It said in Autosport yesterday that Latvala had the corner noted down as a double caution in the reece, but later that evening he changed the note.Quote:
Originally Posted by Karukera
So as a result he comes in a couple of gears too fast and nearly kills himself and his co-driver. If I was his co-driver I would be seriously pissed off in the way we saw Prevot get with Duval.
When other drivers have it marked out for caution and Latvala just blindly dives in there you have to ask fundamental questions.
The other thing I dont get about Latvala are his dodgy explanations of his incidents. There was Germany last year, and then this rally where he tries to make out he came in too hot and tried to slow himself down with the arm-co. But clearly he hits the rock face first pitching him straight over the barrier.
I just dont rate him.
Yeah right, that much simple is not. He has to push over the limit to be on par with C4, and that's what he did. Yes, he knows what's in front of him, and still does it because he has no other choice.Quote:
Originally Posted by Englandsfahrer
Don't blame the car. There is no excuse for pushing too hard every rally because it ends with crashes, as he has repeatedly shown throughout his career. For one thing, it isn't even his job to beat Seb, Mikko is supposed to do that. JML is supposed to consistently finish with good points to keep Ford in the manufacturer's championship.Quote:
Originally Posted by jparker
I just calculated it and had JML finished in the spot behind Mikko in the rallies so far, Ford would be a lot closer to the manufacturer's championship with 53 points to Citroen's 62.
Sorry, but I don't think JML will do anything without Malcolm's approval, so don't blame the driver.Quote:
Originally Posted by serial jeff
I don't get it, do you mean Malcolm is telling JML to drive dangerously fast?