88. Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo 2020

I can see exactly the same kind of frustration on Ogier's face like in previous year with Citroen. Wonder if his wife is gonna tweet about "Shitoyota" anytime soon.

Veiby blocking the road:

https://twitter.com/Bartolbia84/stat...505408/photo/1

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Originally Posted by EstWRC

where did i say the car is bad?

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Originally Posted by EstWRC

im getting the feeling you both and many others here dont want to admit the Toyota actually isnt that much faster and better car like many expected.

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There

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Originally Posted by EstWRC

and one crash in 2 years now means he cant drive at all?

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Nobody said that, just that Tanak was slower on Monte this year in i20 than last year in Yaris, which is a fact.

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Originally Posted by EstWRC

Evans has had this sudden performance rises int he past too, Corsica 2019 the recent one.

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In Corsica 2019, Suninen in his first rally in WRC on Corsica almost beat Sordo and decimated Loeb and Latvala. So Fiesta totally wasn't a bad car there, proving the point here again.

Huge sudden changes in driver performances are mostly down to car (and ajusting to it). This has been proven over and over again in last 20 years, yet some people always blame the driver (or applaud him). Going from Martin's change from Ford to 307, Solbergs decline in later Subarus and then suddenly fighting in the top in C4 and very recently with the likes of Loeb forgetting how to drive on tarmac right after winning a tarmac rally.

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Originally Posted by Portimao

I can see exactly the same kind of frustration on Ogier's face like in previous year with Citroen. Wonder if his wife is gonna tweet about "Shitoyota" anytime soon.

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i wonder did Ogiers contract included a point about he's wife twitter usage

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Originally Posted by PLuto

Currently only interrupted, not cancelled yet.

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Now it is cancelled.

Lappi's "when wall come closer it's not be fun anymore"
https://www.facebook.com/ramotorspor...8674143237797/

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Originally Posted by mknight

There


Nobody said that, just that Tanak was slower on Monte this year in i20 than last year in Yaris, which is a fact.

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I believe there's a difference between "bad" and "not being dominating". Can't interpret everything as one wants to think. When it comes to Ott's speed, he already seemed faster on the first stage of Friday. Can't make many conclusions based on 3 stages. Nobody knows where he would have ended up on Sunday afternoon if it wasn't the crash. Let's wait and see at least couple of rallies and hopefully there will be 4 top drivers fighting for championship this year.

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Originally Posted by KKS

So why not switch to active car and show only interview on small screen?

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Because this broadcast is targeted to "regular" viewers who might get confused if the car switches in the middle and then cuts to someone else's interview? I dunno. We understand this sport, but it's complicated to explain for the average man down the road.

I agree that it was dull to watch, but I also try to understand why they chose to do it like this.

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Originally Posted by BurgundyRedMamba

I believe there's a difference between "bad" and "not being dominating". Can't interpret everything as one wants to think.

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you did get me and thats what i meant.


i cant believe he translated that sentence with me sayin the car is bad.

One thing that people forget that performance is not just a simple sum of driver and car performance. They much match together, it's more like a chemical reaction. One car suits one driver better and vice versa.