Ostberg has many technical issues early this season.
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Ostberg has many technical issues early this season.
@rallyper
Of course i know nothing about the sport i admit it.Thats why im here to give me some insight.Since mads is not a mediocre driver can you tell me some mediocre drivers? prokop?al attiya?novikov?ok then ,if these drivers are for you mediocre then mads is not mediocre.you put my friend the bar of comparison too low thats why you say he is not mediocre.lets assume that ogier wasnt running in the wrc this moment,how would you label mads?as a top driver?if mads with that results is not a mediocre driver what results would you like to see to label him mediocre driver?please dont forget that he is an experienced pilot and not a rookie.imagine mads running 2002 or 2003 can imagine the results?he wouldnt be able to drive even as third driver for a top team.the fact that at this era there are not a lot of top drivers does not make him something better than a mediocre driver.I believe the problem is that we have rate the drivers by a different way and of course the fact that im irrelevant(please dont remind me that im irrelevant im doing serious efforts to be relevant).
By being more nuanced in your quotes you might not be misunderstood anymore. The word mediocre is not a propriate word when comparing Mads to other drivers in WRC.
Mads doesn't have the "thing" in the head (or the heart) needed to be a winner. So many years he was slowly cruising, "improving the pacenotes for next year" (or the year two years after next year) that now when he has to win he doesnt know what to do and bins it (Portugal is the first example that comes to mind). So mediocre is an appropriate word.
Disagree. ( Like Iskald I say I wouldnīt even response to your quote, but Iīll do)Quote:
Originally Posted by SlowSon
Mads is not an mediocre driver in WRC. Being on podium and top three on stages isnīt what an mediocre driver is able to do. However I agree that Mads hasnīt taken the step forward this year as he did last year.
But mediocre - no.
But what classification do you propose then?Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
Well Ostberg is not a top driver, so mediocre is appropriate depending on how you see the likes of Prokop, Nasser etc. If you think these are mediocre drivers and not gentlemen that like to spend millions in their hobby, then yes Mads is a top driver. But sorry he is not in the class of JML, Thierry, and Mikko (with a bit of question mark for him). Clearly Seb 1+2 are in a class of their own.Quote:
Originally Posted by Franky
Well, Mads, meeke and jml is sameish, both fast and crash. Jml is in a better car tought. Seb 1&2 is in another league, neuville somewhere in between. But its lots of things that happens behind the curtains we will never know.
It's a bit of a bold statement to say that the VW is a better car. When Loeb was winning, people said the Citroën was the best, now with Ogier people go the same with VW.
In this case, Jari Matti has clearly lost some of his talent considering how much better he was performing on a supposedly inferior car...
I belive that Wilson has a great opportunity to get new contract with Ford for the next years. He has rapidly growing talent in his team, he has good and bold sponsor (Qatar), pretty good car and growing sales in R5 market. It would be great to have Ford support back and continious fight in WRC