Swedish Rally 2010

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Originally Posted by Iskald

PG is maybe a little to early in cruising mode? Time to wake up again, unless he wants Andreas even closer. But that time from Andreas Mikkelsen on SS15 is so good that PG would have had problems with it anyway.
I start to wonder if it was a wrong choice from Andreas`management to choose IRC. At the moment I don`t think they have any possibilities to do both. Anyway I believe the IRC-guys should note this. Andreas is actually very good on tarmac too, so... ;)

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Well either it is PGA taking it a bit easy or some small problems because the others (apart from Andreas) haven't really sped up that much in terms of gaps to the WRC boys.

Why do you think it was a mistake by Andreas' management to chose IRC, do you think it would be easier for him to win in sWRC?

Andreas did some tarmac events in Spain last year (+Bohemia & Barum) and was indeed quite fast, apart from Barum where he drove the Corsa.

I hope PG and Mikkelsen can find budget for sWRC too. It is a bit of a shame that the two fastest guys in the class are not yet down to do the full season.

Tuohino is as expected, reasonable pace on Sweden, not so sure that will translate to the other rounds if some faster guys start to join the championship though.

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Originally Posted by pettersolberg29

Maybe the ice is wearing away so its not as slippery? Prokop crushes Loeb!

edit: And now Sousa beats Loeb...?

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There is an explanation for this, of course. But funny anyhow.

Wondering whether to believe these times. Will certainly be significant if they are correct.

If Prokop wins this stage, would this be the first time a S2000 car wins a stage in the WRC?

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Originally Posted by Langdale Forest

If Prokop wins this stage, would this be the first time a S2000 car wins a stage in the WRC?

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They haven't had much chance before.....

lets not forget also that with the new system the 1st to second palce have a big difference but the 1st from no place has a HUGE difference....

1st & 2nd for the Fiesta S2000! Not so bad in the WRC debut...

Maybe the superspecial is so twisty that the powerfull WRC machines spend their time trying to fight to get the power on the ground but therefore the S2000 machines do it silky and smooth.

Just noticed a funny thing.... I now see 8 Manufacturer crews in the general classification (Hirvonen, Loeb, Latvala, Sordo, Ogier, Solberg, Gronholm, Raikkonen). Does it mean that now ALL manufacturers crews will always get team points no matter how low they finish??? And moreover, now we have two "useless" points, because there's not enough crews to take them for a team's account!!

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Originally Posted by RS

Well either it is PGA taking it a bit easy or some small problems because the others (apart from Andreas) haven't really sped up that much in terms of gaps to the WRC boys.

Why do you think it was a mistake by Andreas' management to chose IRC, do you think it would be easier for him to win in sWRC?

Andreas did some tarmac events in Spain last year (+Bohemia & Barum) and was indeed quite fast, apart from Barum where he drove the Corsa.

I hope PG and Mikkelsen can find budget for sWRC too. It is a bit of a shame that the two fastest guys in the class are not yet down to do the full season.

Tuohino is as expected, reasonable pace on Sweden, not so sure that will translate to the other rounds if some faster guys start to join the championship though.

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I didn`t say "mistake". I wrote "wrong choice" - and thats a difference.
I still think WRC is the right place to be. IRC is quite OK, but its a sideshow IMO. Andreas wants to be world champion, and it would maybe be better for him to stay closer to the factory teams - and winning when the team bosses are watching.

PG drove wrong at a sign (don`t know how he managed that...) at the end of SS15 and had to back up. He was mighty irritated with himself.