Rallye Wrc Monte Carlo 2012

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Originally Posted by OldF

The MTV3 coverage didn’t have any reviews of previous days and if there was, it was very short. In short it went this way:
JML explaining the stages. Interviews of the drivers after each leg. Other interviews after the first leg of the day. More onboards compared to Eurosport.

Day 1:

Jaques Morelli explaining the tyre rules. He says that every car in a WRC rally can use 45 tyres????? Michelin have 84 different choices. He said that 36 soft tyres (S1), super soft tyres12 (SS1) and hard tyres 8 (H1), 20 tyres with studs and 8 tyres without studs. Three different tarmac tyres. Studded tyres had 240 studs.

Day2:

Interviews with Denis Giraudet and Francois Delecour.

Day 3:

Interviews with Toni Gardemeister and Jouni Ampuja who acted as gravel crew for PGA.

Day 4:
Interview with Tommi Mäkinen explaining Turini stage and some old footage. After the two first stages the interview with Tommi Mäkinern continues when he explains his Monte adventures. Interview with Yves Matton. Interview with Kim Vatanen. All the interviews about 8 last min.

Btw, Yves Matton said that when Citroen still had the both Sebastians, they were considering Mikko as the third driver but the as Yves said “we had to integrate the team”.

Day 5:

Day 4 night stages. Onboard of PGA when the car caught fire. Petter told in the interview that he won’t get a single point from the power stage. About 6 min. driving & onboards from power stage. Interviews with the team bosses. Interview with David Richards.

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Interesting that they put the show together themselves but I presume using Eurosport footage from the stages and onboards?

Regarding Citroen/Hirvonen; what would have been the point in having him unless the rules allowed best2of3 cars to score or something?

Didn't see any onboard with camera behind the driver.

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Originally Posted by A.F.F.

and milking compliments for Hirvonen :mark:

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Why would they do that? Do Fnnish media have their heads in the sand as much as some of the forum members here?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmnfsZ4DFrA
Ogier crash onboard.

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Originally Posted by RS

Regarding Citroen/Hirvonen; what would have been the point in having him unless the rules allowed best2of3 cars to score or something?

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I can’t either see the point unless if Citroen sees him as an option to Ogier (crash prone) in some rallies and taking secure points for Citroen?

my monte video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mudpn2K3kg

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Originally Posted by RS

Why would they do that? Do Fnnish media have their heads in the sand as much as some of the forum members here?

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I don't know it either. Maybe because Finnwise the result of Monte Carlo was a total disappointment and they wanted to dig something good about it :dozey:

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Originally Posted by OldF

I can’t either see the point unless if Citroen sees him as an option to Ogier (crash prone) in some rallies and taking secure points for Citroen?

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Most probably Hirvonen's contract was signed before Loeb decided to continue in WRC and Ogier was still with Citroen.

Shame Latvala upended his Ford down a bank, it would've made the rally more interesting, see if he could've beat Loeb.

Hirvonen was really disappointing, you can't use the new car as an excuse, look how Petter went in a new car...

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Originally Posted by bundykins

Hirvonen was really disappointing, you can't use the new car as an excuse, look how Petter went in a new car...

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Actually he won 3 stages and a second place in the power stage = 14 points
Solberg won 4 but at the cost of all his tyres completely destroyed 'til Saturday = 15 points

I'm certainly not a fan of Hirvonen but I expect very strong season from him. He has a better developed car now, better engineers and teammate to take advices from, and is much more relaxed being the second driver in the team (which is important for his fragile mentality).