Rally RACC España Catalunya

SS3] Dani Sordo (Citroen) 10:41.9 - Has lost time to position himself on the road tomorrow behind Jari-Matti Latvala - "I want to be at the back of Jari-Matti."

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So Mads does have only the long gear ratio available? How about Novikov then?

1-2-3 for VW on SS3 :eek:

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Originally Posted by dimviii

SS3] Dani Sordo (Citroen) 10:41.9 - Has lost time to position himself on the road tomorrow behind Jari-Matti Latvala - "I want to be at the back of Jari-Matti."

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I wonder how that helps him :confused:

What has happen to Mikko this year? Maybe he feels lost without Loeb. Think he needs a move, back to M-Sport to brighten his spirits.

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Originally Posted by stefanvv

I wonder how that helps him :confused:

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Splits...

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Originally Posted by Doon

What has happen to Mikko this year? Maybe he feels lost without Loeb. Think he needs a move, back to M-Sport to brighten his spirits.

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when he was not slow on tarmac?

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Originally Posted by stefanvv

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Originally Posted by dimviii

SS3] Dani Sordo (Citroen) 10:41.9 - Has lost time to position himself on the road tomorrow behind Jari-Matti Latvala - "I want to be at the back of Jari-Matti."

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I wonder how that helps him :confused:

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when he is back of Latvala he can react faster at Latvala splits.If he is in front of him he reacts late.
Probably he understands that position No1 is out of his target.

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Originally Posted by stefanvv

[SS1] Hayden Paddon (Ford) 11:45.2 " Struggling with the braking points, a lot of understeer in the corners which is a little un-nerving. Just trying to get a feeling for it all."

Looks like there is more to come

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You're right, I think, that Paddon will get faster, but keep in mind that the NZer way (and especially Paddon's way) is to understate anything positive - he can be winning a NZ national rally by minutes and do a post stage interview saying "we're really struggling with the setup, nothing feels right" etc. etc. Sometimes in NZ he was doing half a day or more of a rally avoiding learning his own times - while leading! So he'd do these really negative interviews while trouncing every other driver because he didn't know how far ahead he was, or even that he was in the lead.

So even if he's talking about setup and so on I certainly hope he is happy or satisfied with understeer and setup tweaking as opposed to minutes off the pace, crashing out, etc. that many first timer WRC drivers run into. He's one of a couple drivers I feel are now more deserving of a chance to face Ogier's dominance next year than most of the current regulars. Keep in mind Ogier spent much of his first WRC outing in 8th place before crashing out...

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Originally Posted by Doon

What has happen to Mikko this year? Maybe he feels lost without Loeb. Think he needs a move, back to M-Sport to brighten his spirits.

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when he was not slow on tarmac?

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Well his first podium was on tarmac, in Spain, in a 2 year old car so he can't be all bad. Just saying he had 'fighting sprit' in 2005, and generally in the Ford, but he seems to have given up with the Citroen.