Who to replace Latvala in Argentina?

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Originally Posted by dimviii

So Sordo with Ogier equal in terms of speed,just citroen didn t allowed him to win cause his nationality........

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Your words, not mine.

Sebastien Loeb : Creating inferiority syndrome since 2004....

LOLz....

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Originally Posted by JAM

Loeb was out in Sweden? Miko 5th?

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YOU talked about gravel.Now you are talking about Sweden.

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Originally Posted by JAM

Get real dimviii! On the first 97km of the swedish rally, Sordo was losing 25s to Hirvonen and Latvala, and 20s to Loeb. With a car that is as good as a average Fiesta WRC (as someone said) it was really good.

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And this is an improovement? After 6 stages he was 6th well behind all factory crews and 5 sec in front of Novikov.25 secs at 6 stages= 2 minutes at whole rally.

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Originally Posted by JAM

But if you remember the 2010 swedish rally, Sordo was in charge beating Loeb in somes stages on the first day. Sudenly on the 2nd day Sordo said that has no confidence on the car... strange. The low temps during the night must have changed the set-up of the C4 n. 2...

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He was faster from Loeb at 2 stages,and Loeb was faster at all the other stages.End of day 1 Loeb was faster.They sabotage his car while Mikko was 1st?lolololololol and Jari 4th?(2nd Loeb,3rd Dani)lolololololol
Problems with their set ups had Mikko,Jarri,Ogier at most of rallies last years.Did Ford sabotage their cars also?lololololol

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Originally Posted by JAM

Your words, not mine.

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read again what you wrote....

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Originally Posted by JAM

Yes, like Germany 2011. The second driver beats the num 1 that is fighting for the championship.

The diference? A french one was authorized to challenge Loeb, four years later a Spanish one was not athorized.

Is interesting as you try to use the interest of the team as argument to explain the obvious. Ogier had the oportunities that Sordo never had.

But Sordo will prove the he is much better driver than what Citroen let him to be.

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or somebody sabotage your account?

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Originally Posted by JAM

Why nonsense? Ogier was allowed to do it, but Sordo wasn't. Catalunia 2007 was a good example.

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I understand what you are trying to prove. But on that rally (Catalunya 2007) Loeb was closely fighting with Gronholm for the championship and he needed to win the rally.

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Originally Posted by Latvala

"I was at the last downhill coming to the cabin when something hit the ski. There was something I didn't notice, because it had been snowing", Latvala says.

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Seems that Jari-Matti has the same problem on the stages and the ski slopes. I'm afraid that a stone was on his way, broke his ski and caused an accident.

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Originally Posted by Priorat

Seems that Jari-Matti has the same problem on the stages and the ski slopes. I'm afraid that a stone was on his way, broke his ski and caused an accident.

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I had similar feeling once I heard his explanation. For correction however, it didn't happen at ski slopes, but while (Nordic) skiing, at ski trail.

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Originally Posted by dimviii

YOU talked about gravel.Now you are talking about Sweden.

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I'm talking in everything except the tarmac where usualy people see Sordo as a fast driver. Gravel, snow, mud, stones, water, sand...

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Originally Posted by dimviii

And this is an improovement? After 6 stages he was 6th well behind all factory crews and 5 sec in front of Novikov.25 secs at 6 stages= 2 minutes at whole rally.

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Well, if you read my entire post you'll find that i mentioned that Sordo was driving a Mini. And as you know, the first Mini evolution was not like works DS3 and Fiesta's.

But also i must remember you that 25s in 97km, means 1m30s at the end of the rally, that is diferent from 2 minuts. Is the diference between be jut behing a works Fiesta (Solberg), or just in front of a private Fiesta (Novikov).

To lose 1m30s in second level car in a kind of surface where a driver is not a specialist, is very good.

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Originally Posted by dimviii

He was faster from Loeb at 2 stages,and Loeb was faster at all the other stages.End of day 1 Loeb was faster.They sabotage his car while Mikko was 1st?lolololololol and Jari 4th?(2nd Loeb,3rd Dani)lolololololol
Problems with their set ups had Mikko,Jarri,Ogier at most of rallies last years.Did Ford sabotage their cars also?lololololol

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Faster only in two stages is bad, but ending the first day just 4.2sec behind Loeb is worst. Ok, i inderstand you, really. And this was the guy that is fast only in tarmac, right? Snow is different from tarmac... even if tarmac is wet :D

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Originally Posted by Crocone

I understand what you are trying to prove. But on that rally (Catalunya 2007) Loeb was closely fighting with Gronholm for the championship and he needed to win the rally.

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Yes, you're right. But the important is that Sordo was able to challenge Loeb while Loeb was still attacking.

But we can look at Ireland in 2007. Again challenged Loeb on the beggining, then lost confidence on the car. Is interesting how Sordo lose confidence every second legs after challenging Loeb :D

At least this don't happen at prodrive.

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Originally Posted by JAM

IMO is a bit strange that a driver can't improve during 5 years doing WRC gravel rallyes and testing with the best WRC team, and in only one year is able to improve dramaticaly his gravel skills.

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Yes it is a bit surprising. That's why I wrote that perhaps he improved

Let's wait for other gravel rallyes to see if he really improved and how much. Like someone said, in Portugal Loeb was out, Latvala had a lot of problems and Hirvonen was cruising.

Or perhaps he did not improve that much but the Mini did. We really don't know how good is the Mini. It is hard to compare because all the others Mini drivers are not in the same league as the 6 top guys (Loeb,Latvala,Ogier,Hirvonen,Solberg and Sordo).