Rally Sweden 2014

Whatever about Kubica he has speed and lots of it and for me that makes him a great addition to the championship.

100 times better than the last F1 guy to go rallying.

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Originally Posted by gzandar

Yeah but still his experience is much less than anybody else in WRC car. I think this year he will be out the road many many times and it will be nothing strange. If it won't better next year it will be a problem.

He come with no experience and win WRC2 title, and was able to win rallies with Evans isn't that impresive ? Wet gravel and changing conditions is most problem for Kubica and he must learn how to evaluate conditions. He say that only way for that to ride with good speed. First and second day, until crash, speed wasn't so bad, but still too fast for his experience.

He also wins Yanner this year in ERC also big achievement for driver with so little experience.

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His easy winning in WRC2 last year shows quality of that championship. He was also trying ERC events and he has crashed almost on each event (mechanics saved him on Corse before crash). This year winning on Janner was really very lucky, he was going in very high rhythm over the risk. Without really big luck he cannot reach the finish on Janner...

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Yeah, but You can say the same about Ogiers Monte :) in Kubica's Janner context.

I just say that he should be evaluated in the middle of the season, after some rally with he compete already.

I also think that he should be faster in Sweden, but he wasn't. Some crashes were predictable. Other side before first off, he was faster than Evans slower than Meeke it was resonable pace.

He couldn't be fast on surface he never tried

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Originally Posted by GigiGalliNo1

Besides Loeb and Ogier, has anyone else had a good recovery and come back into the top 8 or even top 3?

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when a top driver loses 4 or 5 mins early in an event it is normal that they will make up many placings afterwards, he lost time but he and his car are well, what else do people expect?

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Originally Posted by gzandar

Yeah, but You can say the same about Ogiers Monte :) in Kubica's Janner context.

I just say that he should be evaluated in the middle of the season, after some rally with he compete already.

I also think that he should be faster in Sweden, but he wasn't. Some crashes were predictable.

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It is not completely the same. Ogier was lucky in some moments, that VW is so strong car. Robest was on Janner close to crash almost on every second corner. This is the biggest difference between both drivers - Ogier knows what he is doing and has the car mostly under control. Kubica is going on the limit and is making lot of mistakes.

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Originally Posted by noel157

Whatever about Kubica he has speed and lots of it and for me that makes him a great addition to the championship. 100 times better than the last F1 guy to go rallying.

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In all fairness, that F1 guy scored 25pts in his 1st year (2010), then 34 in his 2nd year (2011) with much less rally experience than Kubica.

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Originally Posted by Karukera

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Originally Posted by noel157

Whatever about Kubica he has speed and lots of it and for me that makes him a great addition to the championship. 100 times better than the last F1 guy to go rallying.

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In all fairness, that F1 guy scored 25pts in his 1st year (2010), then 34 in his 2nd year (2011) with much less rally experience than Kubica.

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Matt Wilson scored 74 and 63 points in those years.................

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Originally Posted by noel157

Whatever about Kubica he has speed and lots of it and for me that makes him a great addition to the championship. 100 times better than the last F1 guy to go rallying.

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In all fairness, that F1 guy scored 25pts in his 1st year (2010), then 34 in his 2nd year (2011) with much less rally experience than Kubica.

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Kubica scored 18 in WRC2 car in first year. 2014 started not finish.

Anyway i just say he need time for learning. Monte and Sweden were disappointing but it's too early to say that he is next Novikov who is also slower.