Ok, no problem at all. Great time for Petter, closing in on the two leaders.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hartusvuori
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Ok, no problem at all. Great time for Petter, closing in on the two leaders.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hartusvuori
petter is prooving again: he has the speed!
It's good to see that the best version of Latvala is back. Let's see if the other Latvala, the one who crashes after being the fastest driver, won't appear here.
Solberg was a boss on that stage - see how he and JML go this afternoon :)
i get your feeling man. i have been dissapointed by him a lot of times but my Faith still remains. if its loeb you are trying to fight against then you will have to expect misfortunes a lot. loeb is an elian when it comes to rallying. to fight against him you need a lot of risk. petter cannot win against seb on a fair Fight that is for sure. but latvala can do that. he can beat seb without seb being in trouble..Quote:
Originally Posted by Mauri A
There is no need to prove that. THE thing is consistency and ability to keep it on the road...Quote:
Originally Posted by Adler
Absolutely, Petter has most stagewins this season,speed is not the problem.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
Wonder if the other drivers also has to use a set of soft tyres (or well used hard ones) at a loop in the rally.
How many hard tyres has they got?
Maybe Petters tyre choise yesterday is not to bad anyway?
So, Latvala went wide missing the breaking spot on a muddy part?
next stage in 1 hour?
yesQuote:
Originally Posted by Langdale Forest
I bet that everybody are running on soft tyres tomorrow in the afternoon ;-) There might be very, very heavy rainshower just after or even before the midday service. So, using softs yesetrday is a bit disadvantage I quess.Quote:
Originally Posted by Viking
SS5 and SS6 will be interesting with latvala and Solberg chasing Loeb with a few seconds between them....expect fireworks from the Ford boys as they really need the results to be at the top again. :D
Anyone else noticed Nobre is losing positivism he had in the beginning of the year?
for me there is no need....but some others mentioned here the only one who can challenge loeb in terms of speed is latvala! i donīt agree on that!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
Its probably difficult to be positive when you're over 7 mins down after SS4
There is a world of difference being the fastest on stages when you are already 10 minutes behind the leader than when you are competing on level terms with someone who is an 8 times champion. The majority of Petter's fastest stage times this year have been set when the rally winner is in cruise mode. On the other hand JML has set the majority of his stage fastest times from the lead or competing for it. Sorry to be stating the bleeding obvious but the selective use of statistics is one of my particular betes noirsQuote:
Originally Posted by Adler
Anyone got the Academy positions after SS4 - WRC.com gone into hibernation by the look of it!
OK now finally coming through looks like the stage may have been stopped for a while
Interesting comment on Mikkelsen webpage
Update SS 4 | Andreas Mikkelsen
"Next year we will drive a WRC car on this stages, and we have to be as prepared as possible. It`s crucial that we gather data, make pacenotes and so on as good as possible."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...cRIaJuM#t=158s
see 2:37
N.O.T. or not? ;)
Yeah that's fair enoughQuote:
Originally Posted by tommeke_B
Yes, but he does what he likes and what he wants.Quote:
Originally Posted by 6789
Why did You delete word "hopefully" from original post?Quote:
Originally Posted by Viking
This is what he said: "
We drove on the planned pace trough stage 4, 19,89 km ” Elikonas” witch will be drives as SS 8 as well later today.
It`s is very many blind crests and conditions that make this weekend very important. Next year we hopefully will drive a WRC car on this stages, and we have to be as prepared as possible. It`s crucial that we gather data, make pacenotes and so on as good as possible."
I would too if I had the money - classic video btw, had to be N.O.TQuote:
Originally Posted by uranium
So far 100+ stage kilometers and nobody crashed :o btw Yazeed is mocking with Araujo, told you in Sweden he is a real deal not a tourist
Agree....but why do you think loeb was on cruise mode in ss4?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mintexmemory
Eh?Quote:
Originally Posted by SlowSon
btw, Loeb doesn't have to win every rally to get the title. If he never crashes then the title is his. Just because other people don't drive so smart and crash. He has 63 point lead over Latvala and 18 over Petter. So if Petter doesn't get nr1 Ford driver, then Loeb has no problem to drive to finish a bit slower.
Latvala 2.7sec slower than Loeb at 2nd split
Haha, I didn't :) just copy and pasted, they added that after i posted.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
Fords a bit slower so far - JML 5.8 secs down on Loeb at split 3
c'mon we are talking here about rally or I will delete all your posts here as a new member on the forum!Quote:
Originally Posted by dnb
Talking about previous events - on SS4 Petter had the right tyre choice having been wrong on SS2 and 3.Quote:
Originally Posted by Adler
The fact remains that on the same tyres, competing for the lead, only JML is as quick as Loeb
Gorban is leading PWRC! Good luck :)
Agreed, he is the 3rd Musketeer and with him it will be 'personal' unlike JML!Quote:
Originally Posted by tommeke_B
Ogier "saved" the championship last year like it or not, it was him who made it interesting.
Solberg Puncture, and it so it commences.
Petter gets a puncture... again. Possible damage elsewhere too, inc. propshaft.
JML a bit slower with setup issue and issue for Solberg after hitting a rock
Aha, interesting :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Viking