Seb.Loeb is still master for all of them except maybe Petter..
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Seb.Loeb is still master for all of them except maybe Petter..
Loeb making mistakes (2 today) and posting crazy times/splits in between, while Solberg is keeping steady pace. Some change of roles.
Seems Loeb tried to do the same attack like last year but this time he went straight on a junction+stalled in SS9 and spun in the last stage. Lost a handful of seconds but still leading...
So either Loeb have to slow down a bit or he will join Ogier on the Hotel !
Solberg Psyops is starting to come back. He was a specialist in theat game in 02-03 !! ;)
It will be Solberg who'll be in hotel earlier if we look statistics..
there is lie, ****ing lie and then statistics :p :Quote:
Originally Posted by Barreis
ketomaa fights back...30 seconds, if he continues with this times he´ll be up on mikkelsen soon.
And statistics prove that 99% of statistics are unreliable.Quote:
Originally Posted by kolvas
:D
at least hes trying,colin mcrae done a bit of crashing in his time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barreis
everyone crashes when trying to win...
the only driver who was hell fast and didn't crash was Loeb thats why we are a bit spoiled with the upcoming drivers and want them to be perfect like Loeb...and thats the reason Loeb is the best rally driver in the WHOLE history of this sport.
when Loeb retires things are going to be back to normal with the fast champions crashing like makinen, mcrae, burns, gronholm ects...
and it´s going to be more fun and more interesting to followQuote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
N.O.T. when is realistic, he is amusing to read. Not when writing bull****.Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
In your dreams! That was a bad time from Mikkelsen, compared to the slower WRC`s and what he has done earlier in this rally. A spin perhaps. I am quite sure that Ketomaa won`t beat Mikkelsen on pace alone in this rally, but then again, you have to keep the car in one piece and stay on the road. Neither Mikkelsen nor Ketomaa can collect the win after 60% of the distance.Quote:
Originally Posted by darkstar
something i would not normally say but i agree with N.O.T.Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
Did you guys see the press conference from thursday?
http://www.wrc.com/video/features/gb...-one/?vid=1861
Funny stuff from Petter, playing mental games with Ogier, and look what happened!
Very true, So you can be any age to be a champion or winner!Quote:
Originally Posted by rp
Grønholm was a special case. Ketomaa is not in his league. But of course, Malcolm Wilson just managed to lose Mikkelsen (like he lost another norwegian in 2000...). Maybe Wilson goes for a ten year older finn, who knows?Quote:
Originally Posted by GigiGalliNo1
wilson doesn't GO...ususally the nobodys get to him and give him money to salvage their pathetic careers....ketomaa is a good candidate and its a pity because i thought he might actually have something to show at top level...
Would be awesome if Petter could win the rally and take 2nd in the championship. I hope he pulls it off.
peter had a small off....good time by him...very nice battle.
after split 2 ketomaa is 5 seconds faster again...Quote:
Originally Posted by Iskald
and after 3rd 8 seconds...lets see...
9.6 quicker, only 20 seconds know...oh man, ketomaa is sooo bad... :rolleyes:
Maybe Ketomaa has paid Mikkelsen to let him pass. :p : :p :p :
being 20 seconds behind the public joke of the IRC series doesn't exactly make him good.Quote:
Originally Posted by darkstar
Great time by Ketoomaa, let's see if he can keep this pace up. Also let's see if Mikkelsen has the potential to react to improved pace by Ketoomaa. Interesting battle ahead. ;)
Can not know yet. Ketomaa´s career is so far very similar to Grönholm. Manager Jouhki has not supported him and he has driven too many years in the Finnish series, but it has been his only chance to continue his rallying career.Quote:
Originally Posted by Iskald
The resources behind Mikkelsen has been totally different. He was driving World Rally Car, when he was 17 years old and his dad was paying his driving. But then they realized that money is not the only thing to the top and took some steps back. During the last couple of years Mikkelsen has collected experience from the lower classes and it has been totally right decision. Now the top of the rallying world is possible for him, but it is still long way to go...
That´s true. Malcolm may have lost one talent, but he is not able to do anything, because Ford´s strategy to take part to the WRC is only commercial basis and without M-Sport´s effort Ford could have stopped rallying already in the late 1990´s. It has been Wilson´s business, but Ford´s role to support it is so weak that no wonder that Citroen´s real works team is all the time ahead...
Do not worry! Ketomaa has not that kind of money behind him and he has to show his skills by driving. I still believe him, but it is not easy nowadays when they are only one real works team...Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
then its game over for him....his driving is ok for IRC but not for WRC.Quote:
Originally Posted by rp
WRC drivers have better skills than IRC Drivers? Or what do you want to tell us?Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
Let's not start that same discussion again. Ketooma was never in IRC that i know off and now we are in Wales, so let's just see who will be the faster one in Rally Great Britain, shall we?
Great fight between the two world champs!
Fingers crossed for Petter!
And Meeke is too good for IRC? :D :D
Yes, right. It does not matter in which series a driver is driving. In the same event the faster will be in front ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by wwbroe
I think Loeb has some bad blood for peter in this event....he has memories of 2004 when his team ordered him to slow down...so he is trying so hard for some payback.
Also i am sure the official citroen team would like a win for the final event of this era with an official prepared car and not a private one...
But that's no reason to give team orders to a driver IN A DIFFRENT TEAM, when the championship has already been decided. :mad:Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
i wasn't implying that...Quote:
Originally Posted by Langdale Forest
i was saying that the team is also motivating sebastien to win this...
SS14 is up, Petter lost a lot on the last pass, hoping for a better result on this one..
seems that the trend continues....