ADAC Rallye Deutschland 2013

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Originally Posted by Hartusvuori

Indeed it does. I put Neuville on the podium in my pickems, looking at this video, it must be possible if nothing unexpected happens. Let's hope it's a clean run and tight fight for Neuville, Latvala, Sordo and Östberg.

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Well.. by looking these videos.. Neuville is going to win in Germany by one minute...

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Originally Posted by bluuford

Well.. by looking these videos.. Neuville is going to win in Germany by one minute...

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If Ogier picks up a puncture, one minute lead for Neuville is possible... After a week we'll know more.

My guess is that Sordo Ogier and Nueville will be on podium. Who will be first, second and third is very difficult to predict. I hope for Sordo to win. It will be good for him, for citroen for the championship. He definately has the speed and the car to win. We have to see if Polo is up to speed in tarmac. Ogier is the favourite in the papers, but it will be it's first Tarmac rally with the polo... Nuevville is one of the fastest Tarmac drivers available and expecting a lot of him if the setup of his fiesta suits him. He is able to win

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Originally Posted by GINE

Ogier is the favourite in the papers, but it will be it's first Tarmac rally with the polo...

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Even if Monte Carlo is a special event, I'd consider it a tarmac rally.

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Originally Posted by Hartusvuori

Even if Monte Carlo is a special event, I'd consider it a tarmac rally.

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It is a Tarmac rally. But with snow, ice, water and different tires, it is not a good benchmark to see if the polo is as fast as it is in gravel. For sure it will be fast, since they are doing a great job in vw motorsport, but we have to see if it is fast enough for the win

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Originally Posted by darkstar

the problem with talking about places like this on a forum is, that afterwards those places are not places "with not so many people" anymore ;)

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that's why you can send me this by pm :D

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Originally Posted by GINE

My guess is that Sordo Ogier and Nueville will be on podium. Who will be first, second and third is very difficult to predict. I hope for Sordo to win. It will be good for him, for citroen for the championship. He definately has the speed and the car to win. We have to see if Polo is up to speed in tarmac. Ogier is the favourite in the papers, but it will be it's first Tarmac rally with the polo... Nuevville is one of the fastest Tarmac drivers available and expecting a lot of him if the setup of his fiesta suits him. He is able to win

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TN has made a big leap forward in the last 6 months... BUT ... I think people are getting his ability as a tarmac driver out of proportion. If you look at his Citroen performances in Germany (12th), France (4th) and Spain (12th) last year they are a long way from being convincing. Who took second place to the tarmac maestro in each of those rallies - JML. Sordo will have to find something very special as he only set fastest times last year when everyone else was cruising. Ogier is JML's only competition on tarmac form (oh, and the rock!)

Hi All,
Last was my first time to visit the Adac Rally, I loved it. Does anyone know if the stages directions will be the same? I`m going to the same stages and it would be more interesting to see them on the opposite direction.

By the way, Have fun next week, everyone!

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Originally Posted by Rikterlevi

Hi All,
Last was my first time to visit the Adac Rally, I loved it. Does anyone know if the stages directions will be the same? I`m going to the same stages and it would be more interesting to see them on the opposite direction.

By the way, Have fun next week, everyone!

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Only SS Peterberg on Saturday is run in opposite direction compared to last year. Otherwise differences are small. You can find info how stages compare to 2012 edition here: http://www.adac-rallye-deutschland.d..._Itinerary.pdf

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Originally Posted by Mintexmemory

TN has made a big leap forward in the last 6 months... BUT ... I think people are getting his ability as a tarmac driver out of proportion. If you look at his Citroen performances in Germany (12th), France (4th) and Spain (12th) last year they are a long way from being convincing. Who took second place to the tarmac maestro in each of those rallies - JML. Sordo will have to find something very special as he only set fastest times last year when everyone else was cruising. Ogier is JML's only competition on tarmac form (oh, and the rock!)

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None of these rallies went perfect even France he had his mistakes and not only him remember Gilsoul at TC...

Fiesta suits him better than the DS3 it looks and like with the S2000 he's second year with the WRC is much better. Second year with S2000 he won the 2 big tarmac classics Corse and San Remo. First day can be great just hope nothing goes wrong like a crash or something.