I don't know but so far he is the most exciting rally driver of the season.
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I don't know but so far he is the most exciting rally driver of the season.
For a privateer to get the best ECU, never.Quote:
Originally Posted by JFL
More than that..... I he would have had a better tool after 2003 we would have had a lot of fun with Marcus, Petter and Loeb. Sadly he decided for a ton of money instead a better car. Hopefully the rest of this year we will continue enjoying this "Lone Ranger" with the hope to see him in a powerfull manufact team on 2010 otherwise "Sebastian Boredom Loeb" will continue boring all of wrc fans with his good driving skills but absolutly NONE charism.Quote:
Originally Posted by Donney
so they got the upgrades for the Xsara didnt they?
could this be enough to challenge for the podium? of course w/o many crashes...
Hopefully. After all, he got the podium in Cyprus by beating Dani Sordo fair n square, and that was with the old car... granted, Cyprus was slower and muddier so Dani's faster car wouldn't have helped him as much as it does in other rallies.
We'll see!
So far in Sardinia I don't see any improvement in Petter's pace. I wonder how he lost his Cyprus pace. In Cyprus Petter was second fastest driver in the rally (Loeb was the fastest if road-position is considered). But after Cyprus Petter has not been even near to Hirvonen and Sordo. Is there so big difference between Cyprus and other events that makes the difference or has Citroen downgraded the vehicle after that?
Muddiness was not the deciding factor. Petter's best pace in Cyprus happened in dry roads.Quote:
Originally Posted by serial jeff
A norwegian radiochannel (P4) reported today that Ford had been all over Petter this sunday. They didn't go into specifics but gave the impression that they wanted to see Petter in a Focus soon. Anyone else heard anything about that?
I think that makes sense. Ford as well as all others know that Citroen has a delicate dilemma - that Petter with an updated Xsara can steal points from their works drivers (look at what happened this weekend). On the other side, if Petter doesn't get updates to his car, a good engine mapping, etc. - he wont stay with them. I'm sure the Citroen management thinks one times and two times on how to handle Petter in the future, and I'm sure that if Ford gets close in the manu championship, Petter will have to step back. He knows that himself, and I guess Ford has a little more liberate view on those things if he drive with them. They're underdogs and I get a feeling they can use Petter a little bit more, strategically. So... I think Petter is close to a move, because he doesn't want the uncertainty of being in the Xsara. Wrote a longer post on this on my blog yesterday (hi haters!), URL in my signature :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Alpha
yes, If they use Solberg in Stobbart and it is able to beat Sordo, then Ford manufacturer hopes are not that bad.
If Latvala can beat Loeb and Hirvonen +Solberg can beat Sordo, then that means 24 points in 6 rallies. And if Aava manages to secure money for some events (like Finland) then they can use him as a Munchis second car and in a good day he is able to be better than Sordo (Finland for example). Nothing is impossible :-)