[WRC] News & rumours (part II)

Here's the source:
http://motor.as.com/motor/2013/12/13/ma ... 66307.html

Nice to read all comments about upcoming season, but I think that Ogier will be even stronger this year. He is by far experienced with his Polo, which gives him even more self-confidence than in 2013. So that winning another world-title will be a piece of cake for him ( for the sake of interest I hope I'm wrong...)
But I agree that we can expect interesting fights for second, third, fourt position......

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Originally Posted by Dug83

From Colin Clark

Rumours this morning that an objection has gone to the FIA against the proposed paddle shift modification for Kubica. Anyone know anymore?

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If this is true, i hope that team who gave in that objection will be so hated that they leave the championship... i hate them already!!!!!!!!!!! F*****g idiotic cowards!!!

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I would not jump into too quick conclusions unless You know the whole story (I don't).

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Originally Posted by Dug83

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Rumours this morning that an objection has gone to the FIA against the proposed paddle shift modification for Kubica. Anyone know anymore?

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If this is true, i hope that team who gave in that objection will be so hated that they leave the championship... i hate them already!!!!!!!!!!! F*****g idiotic cowards!!!

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I would not jump into too quick conclusions unless You know the whole story (I don't).

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i said: "if this is true"

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Originally Posted by Ucci

Nice to read all comments about upcoming season, but I think that Ogier will be even stronger this year. He is by far experienced with his Polo, which gives him even more self-confidence than in 2013. So that winning another world-title will be a piece of cake for him ( for the sake of interest I hope I'm wrong...)
But I agree that we can expect interesting fights for second, third, fourt position......

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A number of factors will change next season, I still think the championship will be Ogier's to loose but we will have to see if Mikko gets back on form. If Mikko's consistency was enough to challenge Loeb occasionally it's more than reasonable to say it can work aswell against Ogier, plus Ogier keeps having the odd mistake here and there. It also remains to see what can Latvala do, if he dosen't match his team mate next season that may be good confirmation that we most probably will never see him as champion.

I think that Ogier will be champion again.
JML and Mikko will fight for 2nd and 3rd place.
Hyundai is not winner car of every rally, yet.

I´m happy if it turns otherway round!

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Originally Posted by Francis44

A number of factors will change next season, I still think the championship will be Ogier's to loose but we will have to see if Mikko gets back on form. If Mikko's consistency was enough to challenge Loeb occasionally it's more than reasonable to say it can work aswell against Ogier, plus Ogier keeps having the odd mistake here and there. It also remains to see what can Latvala do, if he dosen't match his team mate next season that may be good confirmation that we most probably will never see him as champion.

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The only reason Hirvonen got close to Loeb on a couple of occations in the championship fight, was because Loeb was cleaning the road at every rally in FIA's pathetic attempt to make the championship more exciting.

...and I simply cannot see another driver than Ogier winning the title in 2014.

Regarding Latvala, then several of us wronte him off many years ago. He's actually not that good. If he's fast he crashes .. when he doesn't crash, he's often not competetive.

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Originally Posted by OnlyRally

i said: "if this is true"

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maybe it is true but you do not know for sure the details. the M-Sport system may provide an advantage, they did not object the one used by Citroen in Wales...

Exactly. I believe it's true there was an objection but I'm far from blaming anyone for it without knowing EXACTLY what's going on. It's sacred right of any team to appeal and it's up to FIA to decide whether such objection is soundly based.

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Originally Posted by Prisoner Monkeys

I have an excellent idea of what they did next, thank you for asking. After all, I use the Japanese car industry as a case study for my senior Business and Economics classes. It's also worth noting that the Korean car industry in general and Hyundai in particular underwent the same cycle ad the Japanese did twenty years previously.

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You know engines? Gearboxes, suspension? You know what they did?

or at 27 you believe you know something about something you read..
I said "I read somewhere......." and get a load of shite on the head.
You come along--a mere child in the context and say you read some stuff somewhere and think you KNOW..
Of course Hyundai and the other Korean manufacturers followed along the same path...we ALL know that, we who were around in the car world then..

Funny but you contemptuously make some snide comments about "40 year old opinions" or whatever, And then come and share something as obvious as the sky is blue :rolleyes: ...a commonplace to anybody who watched them come into the West.