Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2012

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Originally Posted by Rallyper

Mikko, Petter, Mads, Novikov etz. For sure.

And on PS

JML, Petter, Mikko (maybe Mads but not sure...).

Rememeber this!

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We will.

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Originally Posted by bluuford

Adapta has not nominated Portugal

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Yes, they are. It's often wrong with missing "M" on WRC. Adapta is nominated for all rounds from Mexico and onwards...

Edit: Just checked with FIA.com and I think you are right. The team has chosen not to be nominated. I thought that once you were nominated you were it for all rouds you were participating in. That's weird.

Too bad the 20 sec penalty for Prokop at TC 3.
But still a good result.

The winner of the event didn't even won a special stage... ok the rally was exciting but from my point of view for the wrong reasons...

Very good job from Hirvonen... when was the last time a Citroen driver won an event and his name wasn't Loeb ??

Sordo did an excellent job as well...

Huge disappointments from Latvala and Ketoma...

Argentina cannot come soon enough... Lets hope the organisers don't mess things up once more...

Who is the youngest driver ever to achieve a podium position in WRC? The question came to my mind as Novikov is now only 21 years old.

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Originally Posted by Brother John

Congrats to M. Hirvonen, M. Østberg, E. Novikov and the hero of this sh!t rally D. Sordo.

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wow, we have a testing rally that is totally unpredictable and you label it sh!t? what does it take to please some folk?

ps, I agree with what you say for Sordo, great drive by him, hopefully soon he will get a rally free from mech problems

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Originally Posted by Iskald

Surely it must be so that never before in world rallying has the three podium finishers driven so slow through the last day of a world championship event. But this has been a rally of survival, and Hirvonen, Østberg and Novikov managed to keep their cool through the carnage of friday. I really cant understand if Mads Østberg isnt in a factory seat next year. He is one of the youngest top drivers, but shows a maturity which should be a strong force for any of the factory teams. A swap with Petter Solberg in the Ford team for next year perhaps...?

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Yeah, but also a bit disappointed that Østberg and Novikov has raced more than 400 km in this positions and has not an single time tried to put pressure on Hirvonen.

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Originally Posted by Viking

Not an single stage win for Citroen! When did that last happen??

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Not a single stage win by all top three drivers, don`t think it`s ever happened before.

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Originally Posted by Nornbugger

wow, we have a testing rally that is totally unpredictable and you label it sh!t? what does it take to please some folk?

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maybe some folk prefer to have winners by driving fast...maybe.

Good to see Mads and Novikov on the podium .. But to be fair, no battle for the podium made it pretty mediocre.

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Originally Posted by N.O.T

The winner of the event didn't even won a special stage... ok the rally was exciting but from my point of view for the wrong reasons...

Very good job from Hirvonen... when was the last time a Citroen driver won an event and his name wasn't Loeb ??

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Duval, Australia 2005