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Someone of Petter's profile would have more to lose than gain by driving in IRC - if he won the title it would only be expected and if he lost it might damage his reputation. It is a good place for drivers trying to further their career, and it appears to be working for the likes of Meeke & Hanninen.Quote:
Originally Posted by tmx
Gigi Galli told me he won't race S2000 cars for example in IRC.. because the cars don't have turbo's as they are N/A.
I don't believe it is just for up and comers and that the balance of his reputation is dependant on him winning or not winning the title. If he wins it is in tact and if he doesn't it will suffer. From what I have heard from many on this forum, as very hard as it is for fans to keep track of who is in and who is out at any one rally, and that is precisely the one thing that is putting me off following it, the IRC is a very decent and competitive championship.Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
If he decides to do it over the WTCC, and why not when I think the WTCC is slowly dying anyway, then it will be because his funds dictated that it is what he does.
Yes, so now he drives nothing at all.....Quote:
Originally Posted by GigiGalliNo1
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Originally Posted by RS
Just don't get it, turbo or N/A, it is still rallying and needs special skills to be fastest
Does he have 4 wheel drive and 4 wheel steering on all 4 little wheels onder his tv sitting chair, and does it have turbo and intercooler?Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
I always thought that Gigi was partly in rally for the fun of driving, having a connection with the fans :confused:
Some of the problem btw WRC and IRC is prestige, and how well known IRC is in the sponsor world.
Mikkelsen was very impressed with IRC the fist rallies he did there. He said it was like being at a WRC, in all parts of the package. Lets see what Petter and Henning and the other WRC drivers say after Monte C.
So much of this will be to develop the IRC brand in peoples heads, and next year they will use SP cars, and then the difference to WRC will be even smaller.
In my book IRC is a very good choice, much better than SWRC for all the drivers that cant get a WRC seat, and that is currently most drivers !!
It's not about that. It's the $$$.Quote:
Originally Posted by alleskids
I don't think if you've made money from sponsors your self (from a wage) and have the sponsoring pouring money into your car/team.... you wouldn't use your own money to race.
I think fair enough Petter did well scrambling his own money into his team as well as from sponsors but it hasn't paid back. He is struggling now and it's un fair. I would only drive if it were all payed for and/or if I got paid at the same time! You make money to buy a house, take care of your family and things like that.... unless you had a lot of your own money ie Munchi's family to have a team - but then again their money comes from the corporation of Minchi's and not necessarily out of their pocket.
Make sense?
In all fairness tho, would an IRC drive hurt Petter any more than a drive in the WTCC? BMW and SEAT's departure from the series over the course of the last two years or so I think headlines a list of issues that shows the reasons why the WTCC is not in great health and if anything is certainly not getting better. Right now the Scandinavian and British Touring Car's are miles ahead.
If anything it is a drive in the WTCC that could harm his profile more than a drive in the IRC I think. Anyone on here able to give a cast-iron gurantee he would be able to drive as well on tarmac in a touring car as on asphalt or snow in a rally car? Because if anyone can then by all means let us talk favourably about Petter as a WTCC driver. But if anyone cannot, I think those who cannot needs to think about how doing poorly in the WTCC would reflect on him.