Craig Breen and maybe Elfyn Evans. Keith Cronin deserves his place in that list too, but as much drivers he has budget problems.
I don't know why Thomas Cave and Robert Barrable are in this list, they haven't impressed me until now...
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Craig Breen and maybe Elfyn Evans. Keith Cronin deserves his place in that list too, but as much drivers he has budget problems.
I don't know why Thomas Cave and Robert Barrable are in this list, they haven't impressed me until now...
Elfyn Evans has definately got the talent, all he needs us the money and he is WRC level, and I dont mean tourist level either!
all these names are good and i am sure i can add some from Greece as well and many would agree since we have some very nice "yes men" in my my country (actually we have the best blind "yes men" in europe when it comes to rallying).
How do you know if someone has the talent for WRC level ??? and this is not a question full of my usual bone crushing irony and whit...i would really like to know how you can tell that someone has the talent for the top....maybe my standards when it comes to judging a driver are a bit off that is why i am a pessimist....
Unfortunately I cant scientifically answer that, I did feel the same (about Elfyn) when I first saw Jari Matti in 2002, and Ogier in 08, and Colin McRae in late 1980's. Elfyn's weakness is that he doesnt have a multimillionaire backing. If he did?......Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
oh so you base it just on the feeling you get from his driving....hmmmmm.
Not legit enough i must say but i do not diminish it completely also....the problem is that if you go to a sponsor/manager and you tell him to spend 2-5 million on a guy just because you have a good feeling i do not think you can achieve much.
I base my assumptions on 4 things only in that particular order
1. The championship/rallies the guy chooses to run
2. Stage times
3. Overall results
4. the feeling you mention when i get the chance to see him live
you have to take into account also that rally is basically a hobby....i doubt any professional driver will honestly reply "rally driver" to the question what would you like to become when you grow up ?? So with that in mind you then have to ask the question...is the driver i am considering a great talent serious about his career or he is just ok if he has a lot of yes men surrounding him and the only thing he becomes is a useless nobody local village champion with plenty of useless yes men sheep supporters ??
You could be a politician with speeches like that:-)Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
i was actually at local/city level.... but once i got elected i resigned very briefly (2 months) afterwards because i realised i could not do anything of value with the given circumstances.
The number one coming man from Sweden is Pontus Tidemand, only 20 years old and really fast.
He was second overall in the national event in Rally Sweden and won the second round of swedish championship overall with a Fiesta S2000.
He has ha new website now ( english version to)
http://www.ptm-racing.se/?lang=en
What German driver has enough potential to be a VW driver in 2013 ?
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Originally Posted by Sulland