[WRC] News & rumours (part II)

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Originally Posted by Juha_Koo

Well, I guess they call it Evo II because it is the second evolution of the car... Surprisingly... *insert a picture of Captain Obvious here*

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Has there already been an evolution of the original Fabia?

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Originally Posted by RS

Tomi, you are all too quick to jump down the throat of any foreign driver who complains, yet when the boot is on the other foot..
I have no doubt there is some truth in what you say, but at the same time Anton probably would have been given more events (on asphalt) if he had exhibited any kind of pace there, but this year he wasn't even very quick or reliable on gravel. Look at the kind of fast progress that Hanninen made on asphalt in comparison.

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Ps. I never called "dishonest" anybody, Tomi. Don't do that again, I don't like it, thanks.

Anton Allen is one of many very talented young Finnish drivers, unfortunately, no more than that. He has underperformed in IRC and you can debate the reasons for that forever. I'd have to say I was frankly amazed that Raikonnen got into a sister car in Finland and outperformed Allen. My best memory of Allen is the group N battle between him and Flodin in NORF 2006. They were incredibly evenly matched and the battle went down to the wire. I rate Flodin very highly and would put Allen no higher than him in terms if potential. My bet is Nikkara will be the next flying Fin, and Allen will slowly fade to join the likes of Tuohino and Passonen as could have beens.

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Originally Posted by Rally_Rocks

Anton Allen is one of many very talented young Finnish drivers, unfortunately, no more than that. He has underperformed in IRC and you can debate the reasons for that forever. I'd have to say I was frankly amazed that Raikonnen got into a sister car in Finland and outperformed Allen. My best memory of Allen is the group N battle between him and Flodin in NORF 2006. They were incredibly evenly matched and the battle went down to the wire. I rate Flodin very highly and would put Allen no higher than him in terms if potential. My bet is Nikkara will be the next flying Fin, and Allen will slowly fade to join the likes of Tuohino and Passonen as could have beens.

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Alen was 1:32 in front before Raikkonen went off

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Originally Posted by RS

Tomi, you are all too quick to jump down the throat of any foreign driver who complains, yet when the boot is on the other foot..

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Well, this is sort of a finnish way here in the forum since nobody else cannot drive fast. Loeb is born somewhere in another planet, so the fastest guy on planet Earth actually is a finn. :D

I'm talking about performance and not result. Raikkonen on the second pass, once he got going, was easily a match for Allen

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Originally Posted by Helstar

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Ps. I never called "dishonest" anybody, Tomi. Don't do that again, I don't like it, thanks.

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No, you said be honest for once, that mean the same, im still waiting what in that what i wrote was not true.

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Originally Posted by noel157

Has there already been an evolution of the original Fabia?

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I know I'm being pedantic about this but I guess it's been "numbered" in the same way as the Lancer Evo's... We're now onto the Evo10 but it's only the 9th "upgrade" from the orginal Lancer...

Would be cool to see Alen Jr in a 207 or a Fabia, just to see how far behind the Abarth has come.

The only ones that has been able to set competitive times in the Abarth this year is Basso and Rossetti, and I think that is more due to the driver than the car.....
Abarth need to do some real upgrades for 2010 !

Or a WRCar in Sweden maybe ??

Basso and Rossetti had decent exibitions in some rallies, because they were driving a works car. Since the Punto S1600 that the Abarth cars are the only ones who are competitive. All the private cars (with material from Abarth) are very far from it.