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Petter and Seb both think the mechanical differentials are faster, he's been trying to get them for weeks. I'm thinking he'll get another 4th, but 3rd or 5th are also very likely. It depends on whether his car is fast enough to let him beat Dani, and whether JML drives off the road again.
"Petter eyes third in this year's championship"
http://www.wrc.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk...20championship
That seems rather optimistic... He's certainly a better driver than Dani, but he's 9 points behind. That's a considerable deficit to make up, especially when he has such a disadvantage in power.
He'd better hope for a wet, wet season :p
He better hope for a miracle!!Quote:
Originally Posted by serial jeff
.............several miracles!!!
It looks like a miracle but it agrees with the "Never give up" motto.
Apparently it looks like rain on Friday - could his miracle happen?
And you trust a weatherman?Quote:
Originally Posted by pettersolberg29
I may rain, but if it does so it will rain like there is no tomorrow rendering the early runners the better road conditions (just our luck).
In any case Im hoping that this second new engine (is that right?) and the new diffs will close the gap that little bit more.
Fingers crossed for 2nd place :)
So what is the differences btw the 2001/3 and 06 model Xsara. Will it mean much to Petter to get a 06 version ?
Bigger intercooler, more efficient engine radiator, and improved cooling to the engine bay, also mechanical diffs. All added together it should make a difference, especially as we head for 'hot Med events' - not so obvious in the cooler rallies, as the colder / denser the air the more power can be extrated from the fuel/air mixture. Mechanical diffs, I dont know so much about but apparently they were better than active in the Xsara's, quite the opposite in the Subaru I think (SWRT/Prodrive) had good active diffs that masked a lot of the faults in S11, as S12& 12B had mech diffs the true horror of those cars became more apparent.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sulland
It says on his webpage that it will be the same car, just updated to the latest specs as described above.
The first news about a completely new car was not correct then.
Still, very exciting news, it will be very interesting to see if the speed of the "new" car is significantly changed!
So.. Does the people think that he will get absolutly the best specs available from Citroen? Latest ECU etc.? I hope so, but I have my doubts.. It will be better for sure..