Rally Sweden 2012

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Originally Posted by pucky54

What did you expect more from PG? Winning the event overall in S2000 car? :D :D

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Thats why I put the word "slightly". I expected to be between Brynildsen and Prokop and of course beating the first S2000 despite securing the points. He has been in Rally Sweden 7 times (and several other snow rallies) and driving this car since a year.

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Originally Posted by SlowSon

Thats why I put the word "slightly". I expected to be between Brynildsen and Prokop and of course beating the first S2000 despite securing the points. He has been in Rally Sweden 7 times (and several other snow rallies) and driving this car since a year.

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But he was with a car which in more than three years of its existence didn't achieve more than few good stage times. I think that he did more than well.

And I forgot to mention that after the zero from RMC he MUST have finished and not to crash in a hunt for someone who doesn't take his points away.

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Originally Posted by skarderud

well, where to start?

solberg: clearly slower than the finns? do we read the same lists with stagetimes? he's equal, 1 spin and 1 stall was the difference in time, exept the punckture. and remember, he is starting to know the car and the team, and he is also feel the pressure that he has to finish with good teampoints. thats his job, more or less.

ogier: is a crybaby and a wimp. he is actually so little sympatic that i realy hope he doesn't win anything. sad, but true.

mikkelsen: equal speed with the wimp, he has shown great mature throughout whole weekend, and a great face for a manufacturer. he is someone kids can look up on, and a good ambassador for the sport. and the teamorders was clear from the start, get to finish in one part.

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I think your views are slightly bias.

Solberg was slower than the Finns. Only slightly, but he was.

Mikkelsen was slow than Ogier, but again not by much. To be honest Mikkelsen has been driving at WRC or IRC for a long time now so should be as quick as Ogier if he is to be the next big thing and worth of the 2nd VW seat. Mikkelsen 1st WRC rally in a WRC car was in 2006 Rally GB, for Ogier it was 2008 Rally GB. Plus AM has been driving the Fabia S2000 for a few years now.

Just a little point. Fabia he drove now is somewhat different car. VW development already in...

When it comes to crying Norwegians are the new Finns...

Reminds me a lot the reactions of the finnish rally fans when Loeb started to dominate...first the tears, then they just don't bother with the sport...and now that Loeb has maximum 2 years left they are back again...

No matter how you want things to look the truth is there... Ladycup champion has A LOT to learn to be able to stand in the same team as Ogier...there will be no other rallies like sweden for him...the imaginary contracts he signs with the team VW do not count....he has big potential but things can go wrong if he loses focus.

As for Peter, his job was to be ahead of Hirvonen, he failed...and no excuses this time...Hirvonen had the same experience in a new car as him yet he rose to the occasion.

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Originally Posted by SlowSon

and driving this car since a year.

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But also the first time the Proton has run on snow and ice.

http://www.rally-mania.cz/fotogaleri...096bdb14eb.jpg

http://www.rally-mania.cz/fotogaleri...99f8cd40f9.jpg

http://www.rally-mania.cz/fotogaleri...c086812803.jpg

http://www.rally-mania.cz/fotogaleri...1d95555861.jpg

More photos from last day and podium HERE

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Originally Posted by Mirek

Just a little point. Fabia he drove now is somewhat different car. VW development already in...

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Is it for good or bad compared the previous Fabia he has driven?

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Originally Posted by N.O.T

he was less than a second behind him and gainning all the time (10 sec penalty excluded) before his mistake...but thank you for providing us with the bitter norwegian point of view...i will cherish it in my closet...for ever.

Thank you Mr Ogier, that felt good....

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You mean to criticize Loeb is apparently unforgivable. I do not understand that what Ridder writes, seems that he is a bitter Norwegian, I do not know if he's Norwegian either.
But that Loeb's attempt to hang on the The Finns, resulting in "of the road", is probably just bad luck when it comes to him, but if others do the same, they are just bad drivers.
And that the Ogier could use the 7 more tires than Andreas is probable only in favor of Andreas and against Ogier, otherwise I probably sound like a bitter Scandinavian.

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Originally Posted by SlowSon

yes I had him in my mind indeed. this boy had some strange illusion that he could and must compete with the superior team-leader, like Meek last year, but reasonably failed at the end. I strongly hope VW will send him back in village events and choose Kevin Abbring for the first team. :)

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You must be NOT in disguise. It´s a joke when you tell AM to go back to village rallies. Only NOT would express himself like that.

And expected more from PG? What do you mean? Please grow up.