I'm not the one to ask... I just noticed in Monte that it has different dampers and at least different cut-off.Quote:
Originally Posted by DonJippo
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I'm not the one to ask... I just noticed in Monte that it has different dampers and at least different cut-off.Quote:
Originally Posted by DonJippo
Has Al attyah landed yet ??Quote:
Originally Posted by Jafry
My conclusions:
Latvala: A deserved win. He was fast as usual, but solid as not always usual. A good result to Ford too in a rally that is one of the bigest wining chances of this team.
Hirvonen: Always considered Hirvonen as a good no 2. This was one of the few opportunities to be in front of Loeb.
Ostberg: Good rally like in 2011. A snow specialist
And a few more...
P. Solberg: With no lucky today. Solberg will have a dificult year as a number 2, because their conditions are one step behind the ones that Latvala have.
Novikov: With solid perfomances this year. Let's see if with more speed in the future can mantain this solid perfomances.
Loeb: Made a mistake like Latvala made on MC. But he was luckier than Latvala, because he was able to be back to the stage. And nobody call him stupid has a lot of forum membres called Latvala on MC...
Sandell: The real value of a Prodrive's Mini. And believe me, the Mini's from Prodrive are really better than the others.
Ogier: Even in the Skoda he is as faster as was in Citroen, but he is better than Loeb because made mistakes, and we love to feel that the good drivers are humans too.
PG Andersson: The Proton is really better in terms of perfomance and reliability. And this was PG's rally.
Armindo Araújo: As a portuguese i have to comment Armindo's rally. Not impressive. I expected more, but that Minis from MI are some steps behind Prodrive ones. This shouldn't happen with a team that represents a manufacturer, but Prodrive are the ones who have the material and engineers. Let's see of we have good news in Mexico
Agree, there's only one difference. Mikkelsen was driving his first rally in a WRC when he was in a age of 18, Ogier when he was 25.Quote:
Originally Posted by Doon
i never said that Loebs mistakes was due to bad luck...they were driver mistakes...i was refering to the quote about him being slower than latvala...if you check the times he would LEAD the rally before his mistake and without the 10 second penalty (which was because of service not driver error)...Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach 2
critising someone based on true facts is acceptable...
Loebs critisism is that in this rally he cannot push to the maximum and avoid driving errors...thats why the only time he won it Gronholm had to retire...but to say that he is slower than the current finns is not accurate....when he was in the fight he was posting top times.
OMG we fell down to the amount of tires, next time it will be Ogier's breakfast or hotel room which gave him the crushing advantage over Mikelsen's better known surface and car! Grow up, norwegian fanatics, please! Its not pity to lose, its pity to excuse with ridiculous reasons!
Does age matter though? Experience does more. AM has always been in a WRC car, his 1st events were driving Focus WRCs in the BTRDA (UK). Ogier's first taste of the top level was in 2008, previously he'd been in FWD cars.Quote:
Originally Posted by Martin Luijk
About Ogier/Mikkelsen before the rally i said that Mikkelsen will be the one to do the chasing...i was once more proved correct (how odd ???)
By saying team orders were applied and other ridiculous stuff to suupport a driver you just give him excusues...you can see how this tactic worked for P.Solberg so i suggest you try and avoid it from now on...when you fail at something try and find what went wrong not excuses to your failure...that way you improve rather than sit on your ass and let the yes men handle things with propaganda without putting out hard work.
mikkelsen did a GREAT job in a rally he knows very very well and in a car he knows very very well....Ogier for now proved he is on a different league and that will show on the next events as well...Its up to mikkelsen to put his head down, grasp the opportunity of a VW drive and deliver us the next Peter Solberg (in his prime) when it comes to driving and not excuses....
calling people names and other stuff does not make your drivers go faster...
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Originally Posted by JAM
I agree with that but i say more: The less experience of Armindo in this road type (Like almost all non-Scandinavians) and the poor testing program are a big handicap. Armindo may not be a championship contender but surely he can do more...