I mean it in the terms of TV coverage and results excitement ... In WRC just just know who is going to win , however things could get very interesting in the WRC this year ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Juha_Koo
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I mean it in the terms of TV coverage and results excitement ... In WRC just just know who is going to win , however things could get very interesting in the WRC this year ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Juha_Koo
Imagine Loeb, Sordo, Ogier, Solbergs, Mikko, JML, Hanninen, Mikkelsen, Loix, Wilks, Meeke, Kopecky, Ostberg and specialists like Andreucci and Pech all competing in the same machinery....Quote:
Originally Posted by urabus-denoS2000
Sorry - just a little daydream!
Yes, it is! Piquet is a genius!Quote:
Originally Posted by GigiGalliNo1
- long brake since last rally + lots of people trying to prove something on first SSQuote:
Originally Posted by FabiaFan
The mistake wasn't that huge, Kopecky on intermedias + 2 slicks, Hanninen on intermedias + 2 winter tires, Loix 4 winter + 2 studs?, dunno what Vuilloz had but this seems like trying to spread the risk. Hanninen's choice to change winter tires already on the car for Solberg's choice is his own fault.Quote:
How can such a professional team like Skoda be so mistaken?!?
He'll do anything and everything to get even a single extra point, remember Poland 2 years ago? Shame is a word he doesn't know.Quote:
Does Quesnel believe those small points will really help Wilks? Was the shame worth it?
- new car(latest 207)/ almost no testing.Quote:
Why there was such a difference in Baso´s performance day 1/day 3?
- stage characters, day 3 afternoon was like italian tarmac (hairpins)
- nothing to loose on friday and everything to proove
- old car, long time since he drove last time, technical issues and tony is not so fast as beforeQuote:
Why was the performance of Gardemeister so poor for the whole rally?
He was better than Solberg on Monte (Solbergs worst rally all the time) in a Fabia vs Peugeot with Solberg never driving it on dry tarmac or snow before. Not sure if that's a big achievement.Quote:
Can we conclude that Hanninen is already better than (or at least even with) P.Solberg?
His statistics on monte are appalling, nothing to ruin there. On the other hand can't see mr.Q giving away points to Kopecky(who will run whole IRC) and Vuilloz for free.Quote:
Solberg - did he retire because of the alternator or not to spoil his "biography", his statistics?? Why was he so "empty"??
Solberg was "empty" only on friday afternoon (even friday morning he was fast), think it was mostly lack of testing and motivation. Seemed to struggle a lot in the hairpins on the onboards.
Without tire lottery (so results up to ss6) Mikkelsen would probably be somewhere between Solberg and Hanninen. H. Solberg around 4th-5th place.Quote:
What would be the outcome of this rally if H.Solberg and Mikkelsen finished?
He is the clear favorite.Quote:
Will Mikkelsen win the IRC?
Well, the mountains weather is really hard to predict :-) Next time I will ask Delecour.-P
Just looking the stats.
There were
15 207 S2000 cars at the start. 8 of them retired
7 Fabia S2000 cars at the start. only one retired (crash)
2 Protons, 2 retired
2 Fords 1 retired (crash).
Looks like Skoda was the most reliable car. There were almost no problems with the Skoda.
What was the reason for Ogier to retire in 2010? The same?
What can we expect from the season?
There is only one Peugeot confirmed (Wilks) and probability of one more (Bouffier).Magalhaes didnt had TMN logo anymore, so, his season seems to be not very secure.
There are many good Skodas (Loix, Mikkelsen, Kopecky) for the long season and many others who are doing some rounds (Hänninen, maybe Kruuda, etc.) Looks more like Skoda season ahead again.
That forced time penalty on Sarrazin really makes you dislike Quesnel even more.
Live coverage is amazing, especially for an unpredictable rally like Monte Carlo. I did got the impression that the commentators were playing a game of who can say the most in one minute. I mean, they were rambling on and on. They did however know what they were talking about, as opposed to my native commentators, who on there part were a bit more quiet at least. Those interviews in between were ridiculous, I wouldn't call that journalism. I think I've seen Marc van Dalen more than any other person this rally!
But overall very enjoyable, again.
I feel the same! So stupid, so disbalanced from Eurosport. Was there only Kronos?!? What about Hrabanek and others???Quote:
Originally Posted by Josti
Hrabanek doesn't normally speak, it is usually Pavel Hortek who is the public face.Quote:
Originally Posted by FabiaFan
I think that's optimistic on both counts. Andreas is a good driver for sure but he had never done Monte before. Henning I think would have been more likely to be fighting with Gardemeister. It's a shame he crashed so early as we never got to find out.Quote:
Originally Posted by ridder
So where was he? Bad job of him or Eurosport??Quote:
Originally Posted by RS