Breen has top 5 finishes, and a top 6 will be impressive for Mikkelsen?Quote:
Originally Posted by BigWorm
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Breen has top 5 finishes, and a top 6 will be impressive for Mikkelsen?Quote:
Originally Posted by BigWorm
I think Andreas will be fighting for victory to be honest.
Very high expectations around here! TBH I just hope the car has no issues and he can drive it flat out. Fingers crossed!
Doubt he'll beat Meeke's times but it wouldn't surprise me if he finishes ahead of Meeke (due to Kris hitting trouble).Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
I also sense that there's an ever growing lynch mob developing on here, and they are all waiting to slaughter Meeke if that happens ;)
I see only disappointments from his fans.Quote:
Originally Posted by er88
Hitting trouble! LoLQuote:
Originally Posted by er88
From nowhere Mikkelsen get the super fans boost. Ogier and Latvala was better than him, and guess what.... continues like that. Mikkelsen is very good, but at same level of Tänak, Paddon, Meeke, etc etcQuote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
Keep the feet on ground
Learn your English and keep your feet on the ground.
You totally misunderstood me, read again my post
Yes? He hasn't driven the current cars competitive yet. Expecting him to win against drivers who are in the groove and knows their cars is a tough task.Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
Andreas is a wise boy who does not think he's among the 3 on the podium so fast. He will, of course, need some time before trying something like that (and that was just one try?). I would be very happy if he takes it to the end and maybe 5 or 6 this time.
I said last year that I thought that if Mads had been in the Polo he would have appeared just as good as Andreas. This is going to be a wonderful Rally d'Italia to see how things work out.
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Originally Posted by EstWRC
Ok, my bad. Sorry.
Just a bit tired of histerism about Mikkelsen
https://media.tenor.co/images/a7017c...2e2d/tenor.gifQuote:
Originally Posted by Mintexmemory
you expected better from a british person ? LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
small island even smaller gene pool... its normal.
At least our genepool doesn't include goat!Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
Hahaha, fantastic!:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mintexmemory
I think Andreas could do a good rally, if we take a look at last rallies, several drivers has been in the top before something happened so they dropped time.
If Andreas just drive "in the middle of the road" he can actually do a decent result because others don't finish without truble.
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I dont think anyone is disputing Mikkelsen can get a good finishing position, as that depends as much on the others making mistakes or having car issues. he could well 'do a Breen' and bring in some good points.
But those saying he can challenge on pure speed in his first drive of a new, and new spec (2017) car, I dont think so ...
Amen.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Thank God the Italian round is just around the corner. All this "what Mikkelsen would do in a 2017-spec car" must have been one of the most ridiculous things seen in a long long time in WRC. I'd like to remind some forum members that it's Andreas Mikkelsen we're talking about. Not Sebastien Loeb. ANDREAS MIKKELSEN. And yes, I totally agree that had Östberg been given a Polo WRC for almost four full seasons, he would've outdo Mikkelsen, no doubt. And now when AM gets a C3 WRC (with a one day PET), some people are expecting him to challenge for victory... Ouch.
Mikkelsen is good and deserves a seat in WRC, don't get me wrong, but he's had quite many seasons to prove he's capable of winning events and how many times he did so in a car he knew really well?
Based on how amazing the Polo was in terms of suspension and how twitchy the C3 is, a reasonably possible scenario: He will be frustrated about not being able to comfortably challenge for top times, try to push it harder until the car bites back and finish the event in rally 2.
I think the chances of Mikkelsen taking it safe and driving Breen pace are quite low.
People are still waiting for the driver to dethrone Ogier, and this will be just the next disappointment.Quote:
Originally Posted by Allez Andruet
Like Loeb, Ogier is unique in today's championship. I think Mikkelsen can challenge Ogier if he can handle the beast in any race and that Citroen next year could be a better candidate for the title.
But there is still the possibility that Ogier will run for Citroen next year and also Mikkelsen ;-)
you have not been to wales then...Quote:
Originally Posted by Mintexmemory
The ancient Greek God, Pan: :D
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...v27709_n01.jpg
Not abnormal that Norwegians treated people / animals so. But at that time, the north of Europe ruled (Viking Age). It's been a few centuries ago.
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Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
At least he looks considerate enough to give the goat a kiss... Can't imagine N.O.T. being that thoughtful.
http://www.ksml.fi/urheilu/mm-ralli/...b6cbad424d6d03
In this Finnish interview about Neuville testing in Finland, he already mentions Mikkelsen on Citroen as one of his challengers :D
EDIT: there's also a video which is in English.
I don't think I will be wasting a pickem on Mikkelsen. There is a lot of hype about him but I don't think the car is up to it.
I don't think you are right here. I think Andreas is different caliber driver compared to Mads.Quote:
Originally Posted by Allez Andruet
Totally agree. Ostberg will never outdo Mikkelsen. I dont think we will see Ostberg on top of the podium again. Mikkelsen on the other hand, im sure he will fight for the championship along with Neuville and Ogier next season.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marcco
Sure he will. He's been so close snatching that title in previous years.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eric
But not as close as Ostberg... You know, the guy that is just as good as Mikkelsen :D c'monQuote:
Originally Posted by Allez Andruet
The same guy, yes. Too bad he didn't have a Polo.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eric
But he had a Citroën which was more than capable of taking podiums.Quote:
Originally Posted by Allez Andruet
A Citroen in which he finished 4th in the WDC 2015, highest placed non-VW driver.Quote:
Originally Posted by TWRC
Mikkelsen a free-agent after Rally Germany:
Mikkelsen is making his second consecutive gravel outing with Citroen in Poland this weekend, but he confirmed that the French firm had taken up an option for the German round of the series in August.
He will skip Rally Finland, where Kris Meeke returns alongside Craig Breen and Khalid Al-Qassimi, and will line up in a fourth C3 WRC alongside Meeke, Breen and Stephane Lefebvre in Germany.
“I’m really happy,” Mikkelsen told Motorsport.com. “We saw the speed this Citroen has on the asphalt stages in Corsica earlier this year and to have the chance to drive it in Germany is fantastic for me.
"We will have a good test in Germany before the rally, so it’s all good.”
That news has sparked further debate on a full-time Citroen deal for Mikkelsen, but the Norwegian’s manager Erik Veiby says no such agreement is in place and his driver would be free to drive for other teams after Germany.
Norway is a lucky country, although we are a small country. We have nature, oil, the best skiers and few immigrants. We have real Norwegians such as Petter Solberg (and soon Oliver), Andreas Mikkelsen, Mads Østbeg and now Ole Christian Veiby. A small country can mark up well so long as they originate from vikiningene and have the courage ;-)