from Colin Clarks twitter
Spoke with Johki in France, and he didn't say it outright, but heavily hinted that VW was where JML is going
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from Colin Clarks twitter
Spoke with Johki in France, and he didn't say it outright, but heavily hinted that VW was where JML is going
He had quite a few major accidents in the beginning of his career in Norway. My company supplied the footage for the (american) TV-show you are referring to. But then of course Mads started his first rally in a WRC-Subaru just days after his 18th birthday (Lausitz Rallye, Germany, oct. 2005), where he stunned everybody by leading in front of multiple german champion Matthias Kahle after the first evening.Quote:
Originally Posted by bluuford
News Sordo signed with Citroen. From Mexico 8 rounds.
No flies on you.... :)Quote:
Originally Posted by GigiGalliNo1
Nasser with Fiesta RRC in Jordan
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That is a brain fart!
Livery confusing on another car! Haha
I'm not demanding perfect execution. Only that Solberg thinks about what he does.Quote:
Originally Posted by Franky
When he went off, his pace notes would have clearly indicated that the right-hander was coming up - and they would have told him how sharp they were. And yet, he continued to power through the vineyard, somehow missed the road that he was crossing (and he is experienced enough to know that the gap in the vineyards and the sudden change in the surface corresponded roughly with the position of the upcoming road), and then powered through the vineyards again, driving too fast while he was completely blind.
It's one thing to demand absolute perfection from a driver every single time.
It is another thing entirely to demand competence from a driver. In this case, I'd only expect the latter from Solberg.
If you drive on an angle... You'd think you'd hit the road again no? The vines were in his windscreen and that is that. He couldn't see. Yes he should have stopped earlier but no one can comment on how he could or couldn't have handled it. We were NOT in his shoes,he is the only one with the experience and intelligence to make the decision on what he does. Sorry but it's true.
Again, Solberg's pace notes should have warned him that the corner was coming up. Especially since the left-hander and the right were so close together and the right was effectively a ninety-degree bend; the notes had to warn him it was there before he went off. He also should have noticed the change in surface when he reached the road, especially when he had to climb an embankment to get back up and could suddenly see again.
At the very least, he should not have accelerated when he went off the road. I get what he was trying to do, but he made an absolute mess of it. Common sense would dictate that you slow down when you go off and can't see where you're going because of all the vines - there's no excuse for that - lest you accidentally miss the road, drive through another vineyard and crash into a telegraph pole so hard that you bring it down and cut power to a nearby village.
Sometimes, I think Solberg is a lot like Kimi Raikkonen: he's got a leigon of fans who won't hear anything against him (though they're not as militant about it as Raikkonen's fans). If it were any other driver involved in this accident - Nobre, Oliveira, Novikov; anyone except maybe Loeb - you'd all be decrying the accident as a moment of monumental stupidity by the driver. But because it's Petter Solberg, it's okay.
Like the OP said, people make mistakes. If I understand you correctly, you are saying that in your opinion, Solberg should not be offered a new contract with Ford because of this one incident? Or because this fits into a pattern of behaviour? Either way, I am assuming that you wouldn't offer JML a new contract either, then?Quote:
Originally Posted by Prisoner Monkeys