plus Juan.. vinna eller försvinna -----win or disappear.Quote:
Originally Posted by sollitt
One thing for sure, Latvala knows he can go faster... belief in yourself is critical. Knowing is better.
It ain't over till November.
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plus Juan.. vinna eller försvinna -----win or disappear.Quote:
Originally Posted by sollitt
One thing for sure, Latvala knows he can go faster... belief in yourself is critical. Knowing is better.
It ain't over till November.
I just noticed that Tänak missed his first ever powerstage point by around 0.06 seconds :-) And without that 10 second penalty that he took to let Solberg and Latvala pass him on Day 1 he would have been 1.1 seconds behind Ostberg (both had one puncture). I am looking forward to further fights between these two in 2012 :-)
Nothing? What about competing? On the 1983 1000 Lakes, Vatanen and Toivonen knew they couldn't really win in Manta 400s against the Quattros and 037s, yet they put on one of the most spectacular, exciting displays you could ever imagine. Both cars broke. By your reasoning, they should have just cruised round for a finish. Motorsport — sport in general — would be little without people giving it their all for, in the end, no reward.Quote:
Originally Posted by userwave
Calm down a little. He can fight with Neuville but Novikov is far away for now.Quote:
Originally Posted by bluuford
then why not just fill the sport with "show people" like Ken Block who please crowds by selling logo's to kids and putting on drift and jump shows then?Quote:
Originally Posted by BDunnell
I don't think you understand what I'm saying at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by userwave
To say the title is out of reach for JML, this early on, is a bit premature. I too am curious about what the on board will show regarding the car avoidance. With that, however, it's an up hill battle from here.
It's hard for me to believe that he was given the go to push, and it's hard for me to believe that's what JML would do considering the lessons he's learned over the years. It's silly considering the circumstances and points at stake. Sacrifice a guaranteed chunk of drivers points and manufacturers points, behind over a minute from second, chasing a very consistant mikko? Come on. Doesn't make sense. Get the points, get out of there, get a kiss from your lady and fight again in Portugal while you're still only a few jabs away from contention.
You're comparing Latvala and Block? That's like comparing a F1 car with a bicycle, both have wheels.Quote:
Originally Posted by userwave
WRC needs drivers who are ready to push and risk binning it, not do a solid drive and end up on a second place.
Now imagine this. The same 54km stage broadcasted live on TV. One version is what we saw today (everyone playing it safe), but remove the risky drive from Latvala - it would make it too interesting. The second version is where there are at least three drivers going flat out on such a long stage, second-in-second race. Now tell me, which is more attractive to the audience. If you say the first, then we might as well flush WRC as a sport down the toilet.
Worse than that, he was actually comparing Vatanen and Toivonen with Block.Quote:
Originally Posted by Franky
For the ones who don't have twitter, a tweet of Hirvonen: "Really happy with 2nd, wasn't able to challenge Seb but getting hang of car on gravel, going to be a good year, i can feel it... tequila!" It's a funny guy. And I think he's right. That Citroën is so much better than the Ford (only not on ice).