He has a contract until the end of the season, my understanding is he has an out clause but Hyundai don't.Quote:
Originally Posted by denkimi
As an athlete I suspect he has hit the wall and can go no further.
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He has a contract until the end of the season, my understanding is he has an out clause but Hyundai don't.Quote:
Originally Posted by denkimi
As an athlete I suspect he has hit the wall and can go no further.
no he won;t because he has a contract but after this season he can join the other Belgian hamburger boy.Quote:
Originally Posted by denkimi
In a press statement Mads states that - in no unclear words - it is the car, and not him.
He feels the lack of speed is "causes that we (Mads and his codriver) we dont have control over our selves."
And then one could off course speculate if that is the reason, or if it is a combination of car and driver, or if it is the driver?
«Vi er ikke med og setter topp-tider her i år, i motsetning til i fjor» sier Mads i en kommentar. «Vi er fornøyd med den jobben vi gjør sammen inne i bilen, oppsummert og etter hver etappe. At vi ikke får det til å gå fortere, føler jeg skyldes årsaker som vi ikke har kontroll over selv. Når det er sånn, må vi akseptere det, fokusere akkurat like mye på jobben på hver eneste prøve, unngå alle feil og forhåpentligvis plukke bra med poeng til slutt. Bilen er bra bygget, og tåler mye juling, og det får den her kan jeg garantere. Vi skal gjøre vårt beste, og så teller vi opp til slutt.» avslutter han.
In Ostberg's case it is the driver....Tänak was faster than him before his alternator problem. Ostberg may be 2nd in the championship but IMO Wilson made a huge mistake letting both Evans and Tänak go. He should have kept at least one of them but they didnt bring enough money to him and there you go.
Paddon's progress is just amazing.
Maybe we’ll only know what happened between Neuville and Hyundai after he leaves the team, but if he gets a seat in another manu next year it’d be nice see him getting back to the top.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mk2 RS2000
Meanwhile, it’s great to see Paddon in such a close fight with VW’s drivers. This means the i20 has now the speed and the reliability to match the Polo and Paddon has become one of the bests. Fantastic news for the rest of the season.
Mads SS9 - 4.57.8 "I plan to go to the end. I just have to drive, and that's what I'm doing."
There are clearly some underlying issues here...
Ostberg is not this slow on gravel and I guess its the team instructions that are determining his pace here. Either that or the car"s performance is reduced.
His statements of being happy with slow times just dont add up.
Are all Belgian's flakey and mentally weak ;)?
Neuville had genuine pace and looked to have real talent when he was in the IRC and with MSport in the WRC, but it's like he's just chucked it and lost it the same way Duval did.
Same can be said for a lot of the supremely talented yet mentally weak Belgian footballers, namely Eden Hazard. They get a great contract and have a little bit of success and it goes to their head.
Ever since Sweden or Mexico last year, it's like Neuville has thrown in the towel and decided to sulk after the new car was delayed. Now he's in a rut and has seemingly forgotten how to drive fast.
He's like a petulant child. He could have led this team to rival VW but instead it's Paddon who will be/ is doing that. Haydon has the fight and determination it seems and that's what you need to become a champion, as well as some bollocks (which Neuville doesn't seem to have either)
I can see Neuville ending up at Citreon next year, so he can get an arm round the shoulder and a bit of TLC from his fellow Belgian Matton....
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He needs to drive with a cougar in the back..
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If Neuville continues like this he risks to not have too many possibilities next year...
I suspect that he offered his services to everyone this year but no one would match his current fee.Quote:
Originally Posted by AL14