Thing is they're not really missing out on anything with not running the old car. It's not like they're risking ending a winning streak. Personally I think debuting the new car ASAP is a good idea.
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Thing is they're not really missing out on anything with not running the old car. It's not like they're risking ending a winning streak. Personally I think debuting the new car ASAP is a good idea.
In the article of Japanese rally magazine called WRC Plus, they talk about how Chris doesn't demand THE perfect set-up for his car. As long as the car is set up decently, Chris will drive to get best out of it. On the other hand, Petter likes to set up his car to perfectly match his liking, which often ends up spending so much time setting-up Petter's car instead of testing a major development. Now Chris has more "say" in the team, they say the development work progresses alot faster. So back to the topic of the thread, the new car may not be significant improvement, but I expect Chris to perform as good as right now while Petter may or may not struggle with the introduction of a new Impreza.
And 2000, with the P2000. First rally, first win in Portugal..Quote:
Originally Posted by SUBARUNORWAY1
No, I think that the Subaru's will be competitive from the start.
Chris will probably be the new leader of the team once the dust settles.
Petter is a good driver, but not as great as when he won the title.
As I said before....only time will tell!
To state the obvious, Petter and the Subaru is just not in tune, as Loeb is to the C4, it look really clumsy at times, he has to struggle with it. They had to hired Markko to do test. Some suggested that Petter test ability is not great, I don't know and I can't tell, maybe his championship win in 2003 is helped with support from Makinen, but I don't know. I still notice Petter's greater experience when compared to Chris, you don't need an eagle eyes to watch the onboard to see how much smoother and better technique he has compared to Chris 'was', he also write better pacenotes I think, although Chris is really doing good. Just need the right car, so it is good Subaru or Prodrive is delaying it, but my feeling is the same as the original poster, it will improve a bit, but I'm not sure if it can take outright wins, maybe small success and no titles, or by the time they get the title Citroen is already out (2009). Hope they prove me wrong. I have to praise Phil for staying with Petter all this long and concerntrate, I wonder how all this is affecting his motivation aswell.
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Originally Posted by pettersolberg29
So even the crasch he did was bad luck??
Not luck but lunacy. I heard the note, Phil said it loud and clear, then Petter takes a nose dive into a slow corner and rolls. This was avoidable! Damn, now I'm frustrated because of Petter's shortcomings. The new Subaru better be a panacea or I don't see Petter around for too long.Quote:
Originally Posted by Koppomsbo
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Originally Posted by pettersolberg29
Can we really consider mechanical failures as "unlucky" ??? :confused:
In this case Suzuki are damn UNLUCKY and not doing bad work on the cars :laugh: :p :
That's very interesting. :up:Quote:
Originally Posted by koko0703
I made this thread after an obvious upturn in form after Subaru's several years twiddling their thumbs and having crashes, I wouldn't like to see those days return.
On another note, at which round is the new car meant to debut?
Petter storyQuote:
Originally Posted by Koppomsbo
"Then, as we were running fastest on SS15, the brake caliper started leaking and we had to ease off. It was so disappointing to go off in the last stage, and that was the end for us. I couldn't slow the car down enough when we came to a sharp right-hand corner after a fast straight. I thought we had enough run-off, but there was a ditch we went into and that was it."
Petter drove slow on Monte and Sweden and got good points, when he try to push the car is falling apart brakes, dampers, electrical, gearboxes, everything :down: