Petter Solberg WRT

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Originally Posted by Tomi

Thats only because he is too busy teaching norwegians how to drive and set up cars.

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let's hope he will be successful at it :)

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Originally Posted by Alpha

If Petter is so old, and standing in the way for money getting to younger drivers then surely that must be even worse for Grönholm which is 42. Or the same for Loeb, which is Petters age.
I just find the entire argument silly. If they're fast in a rallycar, let them drive! Age shouldn't play a role at all.

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whose career gronholm blocks by participating in 3 events over 2 years time?

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Originally Posted by N.O.T

whose career gronholm blocks by participating in 3 events over 2 years time?

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I don't think he does, that was Tomi's line of reasoning. That the money put into his entry at Rally Sweden could be used to give an up and coming young finnish driver a chance?

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Originally Posted by Tomi

Sure in short term they get more value from petter, but in the long run not. Can be that with a bunch of crying brittons we soon have a bunch of crying norwegians joining the choir aswell, wondering why this or this other driver is not choosen for a factory car.
What i mean is very simple, i think its more important so see that there is someone ready to take over when petters carreer ends, thats not so far away, instead of trying to extend something that will happen very soon anyway.

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Well, it's a nice idea from a driver development point of view but it still doesn't make commercial sense.

And anyhow I thought that you did not really rate the upcoming Norwegian talent, or is it just that you like winding up the Norwegians on this forum?

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Originally Posted by RS

Well, it's a nice idea from a driver development point of view but it still doesn't make commercial sense.

And anyhow I thought that you did not really rate the upcoming Norwegian talent, or is it just that you like winding up the Norwegians on this forum?

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Dont think too much you can get headache, i rate them the same i rate the other youngsters, the reality only is that from all those youngsters only a very few ends up as works drivers, thats why its important that they are present where the happening is much as possible, that rises their possibilities.

P.S. I dont hate anybody, but what i hate is the hype about someone who actually has done nothing.

Works drivers should come ONLY from JWRC..

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Originally Posted by Alpha

That the money put into his entry at Rally Sweden could be used to give an up and coming young finnish driver a chance?

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No reason to worry about that, everyone who deserves will get their chance.

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Originally Posted by Barreis

Works drivers should come ONLY from JWRC..

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But that rule would be stupid because people like Malcolm Wilson would still put his son in a WRC car.

BTW, Petter Solberg did not come from the JWRC.

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Originally Posted by Tomi

but what i hate is the hype about someone who actually has done nothing.

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So who is this then? And when have you done "something"?

I think the presence of ex-champions in the WRC is not a problem. Newcomers should earn their way into the WRC by proven speed. Petter, Seb, Burns, etc all made their way into the WRC by dominating local/smaller championships.

Maybe it's the attitude of giving WRC cars to young unproven drivers that's given us Wilson, Rautenbach and Novikov. I wouldn't mind if it was a rule that a driver can compete in the WRC only if he has won another FIA sanctioned rally championship, be it JWRC, PWRC, SWRC, IRC, or any remotely competitive national championship.

But I think having more competing cars is the most important step. Hopefully next year with the new specification there will be more manufacturers, more cars, and more competition.