Tänak and cows this morning
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Tänak and cows this morning
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If car will still understeer that much for Ogier then it may affect his tyre saving capabilities...
The whining ain't funny anymore. He should really do something, try to be a bit more professional and approach things a bit differently. He has all the tools in the world, but rarely seems to be able to produce a championship-level performance. What the hell happened to that Lappi who occasionally terrorized the scene in 2017?Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
I dont know the original source but one Estonian news site quotes Evans:
"I dont know any reasons why i should be worried about Ott. I have to drive in a way that he has to push hard. I know that as long as things work out, i can be faster than him".
Is it me or is there a drop of premature arrogance :D
Premature arrogance, or long overdue confidence?Quote:
Originally Posted by Indreq
That's called self-confidence.Quote:
Originally Posted by Indreq
I quess we will see tomorrow, is it over-confidence or self-confidence :PQuote:
Originally Posted by Allez Andruet
If his car is working well, there is no reason not being confident. For sure he didn't say he is better driver, did he?Quote:
Originally Posted by Indreq
You did notice he finished 2nd in Sweden?Quote:
Originally Posted by Allez Andruet
Yes. I also noticed the trend in 2018 and what he did in Monte and Mexico this year.Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
In the first 3 rallies this year he has better performance than last year.Quote:
Originally Posted by Allez Andruet
Monte was good speed on Thursday (4th), 2 stages on wrong tires due to the stage cancellation and small mistake, then technical on saturday which was not his fault.
Sweden was clearly better.
Mexico was also clearly faster that year before, small crash with retirement from 5th, year before he jumped off the road from 9th.
In 2018 he was clearly faster than Latvala in first half of season, second half seemed a bit affected by getting kicked from the team.
I agree that the whining is a bit too much lately, but the pace (especially comparing 2019 vs 2018) is actually an improvement so far.
Ott said that he expects good fight and he has to push hard to beat Evans. IMHO this shows respect toward Evans and is more in line with todays performances. Evans self confidence would be justified if he had 45 seconds lead instead of 4,5. Or if there had been any real reasons to believe that he is that much more faster than Ott that he shouldnt be worried and could beat him easily. Today neither of them were probably at their limit, Evans didnt have any complaints as much as i remember, Ott had some minor issues with cows, pacenotes, rhytm and damper. Overall - i dont know who will be faster tomorrow but based on todays performances, i wouldnt say neither of them has any reason to dismiss other as threat.Quote:
Originally Posted by stefanvv
He didn't get kicked from the team, quite the opposite actually. He had an offer from Toyota (publicly confirmed by both Mäkinen and Veiby) and Tommi wanted to wait for his decision before making any moves (eventually leading to hiring Meeke).Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
In a nutshell, even though you can make cases for and against by comparing this and that result, the guy who won the power stage in his second ever outing in a WRC car, has been missing in action lately. I think there's no denying that.
Loeb error at ss 1
https://www.facebook.com/franck.pasq...67433106721567
Self confidence is always justified. Why would somebody give up before trying?Quote:
Originally Posted by Indreq
And had great fun all along! Who else cracks a joke in the car when it goes 170 km/h?Quote:
Originally Posted by Allez Andruet
True, but before that he was made very uncomfortable in the team.Quote:
Originally Posted by Allez Andruet
Yeah it'll be great fight for sure. Unlike some gravel events though now Evans has been in the worse starting position (he didn't complain though), especially in the morning loop. I don't think he wants to be arrogant, even if smashes everyone to pieces in a single rally, he knows there is still lot to do, doesn't seem like that type of character, making a joke or two is fine, but not humiliating anyone.Quote:
Originally Posted by Indreq
I'll enjoy the show tomorrow and hopefully we'll see them both in the first 2 places.
That's equally true, but it might have been unintentional. Might have. Atleast from the team principal himself.Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
I do.Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
I have this kind of rule that whenever there is a long straight where we will hit the limiter, the copilot has to tell a joke.
But preferably a short one. :p
We have one in Finland that you could easily use in that kind of situations.Quote:
Originally Posted by denkimi
- mitä Kimmo Kinnunen näki saunassa?
- isänsä Jorman.
It's short and can be counted as joke.
Ok, sorry for that but it's been a long day. Let's have a good day of rallying tomorrow. Good night.
Stupid question: Why didn't Evans honked to acknowledge Meeke that he was behind? Would it be impossible to hear? WRC cars do have horns right? Or maybe flashing headlights would draw his attention in the mirrors?
I thought the Rally Safe technology now used in WRC alerted the crew whenever another car was in close proximity. It is certainly capable of doing that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Berke
Good morning guys! Michelin doesnt want to give the tyre info for us!
Hell of a day ahead for the drivers!
Longest day of the year!
here itis
#tyre info - Day 2 morning
All Michelin @OfficialWRC drivers with 5 MICHELIN Pilot Sport H5
Isn't this same/similar stage as the one where Lefevbre and Latvala crashed in last year? (from looking at the map)
yep, the same
good morning guys!
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don't post it all the time, they might report it and take it down. Once is enough then you can pm people if they want it.Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
Loeb with a very good pace so far, he won this stage last year
Yeah from the onboard Loeb really looks to be on it.
Great onboards with pacenotes totally ruined by the verbal diarrhea wrc+ team again...keep it for the breaks between the stages please..
Poor time from Jari
Oh look..., another strong time from a Hyundai!
Citroens still struggling
Tanak flying!
Looks good so far, but there are quite a few cars to go trough. It also was good stage for both Loeb and Hyundai last year:Quote:
Originally Posted by er88
https://www.ewrc-results.com/results...2018/?s=160652
What's going on with Teemu?