Swedish Rally 2010

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Originally Posted by 'Mirek Fric [Cze

]He can do some tarmac events in Fiesta (not only in France). That would be good both for him and M-Sport promotion. As far as I know they were at least thinking about that possibility...

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In IRC?

It would be great to see Mikko there again on a pure tarmac rally and good for M-Sport to not just rely on Mikkelsen.

I think it's the same who drives as long as the real top drivers are there, most people understand the clock anyway, and are smart enough to see for them self, who the real stars of rally is.

Hirvonen will propably do some training on tarmac with some english track guy, dont remember his name now.

It will good if Seb.Loeb wins.. :)

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Originally Posted by Tomi

Hirvonen will propably do some training on tarmac with some english track guy, dont remember his name now.

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It won't be enough. Competition mileage is vital.

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Originally Posted by TMorel

As for Kimi specifically, after all the moaning about him here, I was just surprised watching the coverage of Sweden to see him being no more grumpy than any of the other crews.

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Kimi has this reputation but he seemed in good spirits in Sweden. I have seen much worse.

There is no doubt that Kimi is great publicity for WRC and I expect him to make a lot of progress this year. First thing is to keep it on the road for a whole rally (I don't think he has ever managed that yet?)

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Originally Posted by Tomi

Hirvonen will propably do some training on tarmac with some english track guy, dont remember his name now.

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He has done this for the last 2 or 3 years before Catalunya I believe. That event is the one most like a race circuit but I have my doubts how much a track driver can really teach Mikko about driving a rally car.

He won over Pons in Jari Vita's private focus..

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Originally Posted by Barreis

He won over Pons in Jari Vita's private focus..

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I suppose his target is Sebastien Loeb?

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Originally Posted by RS

Kimi has this reputation but he seemed in good spirits in Sweden. I have seen much worse.

There is no doubt that Kimi is great publicity for WRC and I expect him to make a lot of progress this year. First thing is to keep it on the road for a whole rally (I don't think he has ever managed that yet?)

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No-one should be under any illusions as to how difficult it will be for him to get anywhere near the pace. His involvement is great for the championship in publicity terms, but we shouldn't expect that much when it comes to performance.