Prodrive Mini WRC

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Originally Posted by jcatanho

but in gravel he is not that fast specially with slippery conditions.

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Clearly you are forgetting the best rallyes that Armindo has done during one decade. And you are forgeting that in Portugal and on PWRC his best exibitions were in slipery conditions.

And if that Mini is not crap, how can Daniel Oliveira in a Fiesta be faster than Armindo? How Daniel recovered the 2 to 3sec / km that we has losing to Armindo last year in a Mini? Sudenly Daniel learn how to drive fast?

Armindo could be a C level driver, but his perfomance in Mexico, Portugal and Argentina is from a D or E or F level driver.

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Originally Posted by JAM

They don't put a finger on the preparation. They only do the basic maintenance.

The cars came from Prodrive, the engineers too.

Of course that Prodrive would never voluntarly give a decent car to Motorsport Itália, by obvious reasons.

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Can you explain this please.....

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Originally Posted by bubbaontour

Can you explain this please.....

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this.

I can't think of any reason why prodrive wouldn't give the best cars they have. after all, if MI quits, the whole mini wrc project is over.

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Originally Posted by denkimi

this.

I can't think of any reason why prodrive wouldn't give the best cars they have. after all, if MI quits, the whole mini wrc project is over.

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I wasn't asking for someone elses take on what he ment.. as is known on here now i work at prodrive and i know exactly who does what!

Im asking JAM to explain his interpretation of how the relationship works seeing as he seems to have all the answers...

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Originally Posted by denkimi

this.

I can't think of any reason why prodrive wouldn't give the best cars they have. after all, if MI quits, the whole mini wrc project is over.

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Well, there is the concept of 'you only get what you pay for'.

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Originally Posted by rallyfiend

Well, there is the concept of 'you only get what you pay for'.

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your knowledge of this whole matter is based on .. ?

What about the concept of "the prostitute car"?

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Originally Posted by cali

your knowledge of this whole matter is based on .. ?

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Prodrive is a private company who are out to make money from the preparation and sale of rally cars.

What is so complex or requiring of knowledge?

No different to the different spec of car / engine / suspension etc you can get from M-Sport if the price is right.

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Originally Posted by RAS007

What about the concept of "the prostitute car"?

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That concept comes from a twitter quote by Kris when he found out he was shafted. He said something like "ever wondered how it feels when the girl you loves tells you she is going to work as a prostitute". It was very controversial at the time.

Personally, I didn't think much of Campana but Sandell hasn't been doing a bad job. He is getting more out of the car than Armindo. Of course I am looking forward to seeing neither of them in future and Kris in the 52 car again but maybe this is not possible.

so your knowledge of the whole matter is basically around 0