He does, I thought he was very impressive. Sure, not quite the pace of the top boys but he needs more time to adapt to the WRC cars.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kielder
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He does, I thought he was very impressive. Sure, not quite the pace of the top boys but he needs more time to adapt to the WRC cars.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kielder
Juho might have been able to use that line had it not been for the fact that young Pontus was so blisteringly quick with far less adaptation time than Juho had! If we see JH on NORF then he has to a) run in the top 6 and b) set some top 3 stage timesQuote:
Originally Posted by GritPics
There are all kind's of factors coming into play here. Pontus did have a good run in Sweden, however he cannot forget that he is pretty used to the Fiesta S2000 which I think resembles the WRC unit more than we care to admit, plus Juho did not have a good run in Monte Carlo which may have put some extra pressure on him. Pontus could easily push massively in home turf because well, he is young and it's the first time for him in a WRC car, he knew that it was all or nothing. I dont think Juho really drove 100% because his main priority was to finish.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mintexmemory
Still I think we may see Juho in Portugal.
True. Fiesta S2000 is much closer to Fiesta WRC than Fabia S2000 to Fiesta WRC. Also Juho didn't run a proper snow event since 2008. Pontus did many of them. I don't want to judge anyone, just to add that things are usually not so simple as they look like.
Twice IRC champion had to drive to finish? A Finn driving in Sweden? We aren't talking a WRC Academy graduate here. Juho is a vastly experienced rally driverQuote:
Originally Posted by Francis44
There are only so many excuses, given the lack of slack that many have cut Tanak isn't Juho's pair of rallies very similar to Ott's 2012 performances?
I wonder if the change of co-driver has had a big effect on Juho's confidence
So You say that not driving on a particular surface for five year and having just one test day doesn't affect a performance, right?
No Mirek, that is not what I am saying. But for a top driver, who despite a 5 year absence from snow rallies still probably has more white stuff experience than the event winner, the ability to quickly adapt to whatever challenge is one of the definining traits. You are closer than me to the guy's career, but I admire his achievements, did you think he actually showed improvement throughout the duration of SwedenQuote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
In my opinion he did progress during first two days but after the stupid mistake on spectator stage there was nothing to fight for. Malcolm clearly said to both Juho and Neuville to cruise to finish so they did it.
I think he was much more useful on R5 test (his technicla knowledge etc.). To send him to Sweden without any testing, with notes in new language would not have been very good.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kielder
His help on R5 test as a technician is a good point. I didn't realise about Bernacchini reading notes in English when I posted. However, it's clear that Tanak is much more useful than Matthew at all rallying levels. To Tanak, at this moment a one-off would have been for Tanak a good step back to step forward.Quote:
Originally Posted by bluuford