Official Young Guns (updated)

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Originally Posted by Barreis

Doubt that he's quick as Mikkelsen on gravel. But Mikkelsen won IRC on unfair regulations.

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Originally Posted by tommeke_B

About Mikkelsen I agree, the best driver over the season should be champion, and in fact it was Kopecky...
About Neuville his speed on gravel, it's normal that he's slower than Mikkelsen. Neuville drove 7 rallies on gravel in his carreer (FRterre de Langres '09, WRC Turkey '10, WRC Portugal '10, IRC Sardinia '10, IRC Scotland '10, IRC Scotland '11, IRC Cyprus '11). Mikkelsen started his career on gravel, and don't forget he was driving with a WR-car in 2006 already... His age is also young but Mikkelsen is much more experienced.

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Well it is time to start whining about IRC regulations again 2012 regs are just out.
Then you have something else to whine about than who won following last years rules.

And please tell the other drivers also about the rules so it don’t come as an surprise to them at the end of the season…

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Originally Posted by Barreis

Doubt that he's quick as Mikkelsen on gravel. But Mikkelsen won IRC on unfair regulations.

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Agree.

In the 2012 IRC regulations they made again two big mistakes: double points for Cyprus and cars like the Impreza R4 and the Lancer Evo R4 can be Production champion.

I don't see any problem with that.

Is ice hockey or football world championship unfair? Noone cares if You won base group when You fail in just one quarter final...

Nothing like a God-given best championship scheme exists. When rules are different it doesn't automatically mean they are worse.

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Originally Posted by Wim_Impreza

Agree.

In the 2012 IRC regulations they made again two big mistakes: double points for Cyprus and cars like the Impreza R4 and the Lancer Evo R4 can be Production champion.

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Well, one more rally minimizes the effect of double points a little. Last year it was 7 best results. This year it is 8. The value of Cyprus was 25% last year, this year it will be 22%. Basically you got 1/4 points from Cyprus, this year it is bit over 1/5

We should ask Kopecky how he feels about that. :D

I don`t think it was unfair. Since the beginning of the year they knew about this...

I`d say it was unfair if the rules were changed two weeks before the rally.

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Originally Posted by Barreis

We should ask Kopecky how he feels about that. :D

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I have no reason to write anything against Kopecký. Pavel Dresler is my friend. Everytime I wish him all the best but it doesn't make my thinking biased. There were rules, the one who made most of them won. Simple and clear.

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Originally Posted by Mirek

I have no reason to write anything against Kopecký. Pavel Dresler is my friend. Everytime I wish him all the best but it doesn't make my thinking biased. There were rules, the one who made most of them won. Simple and clear.

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I think that says it all, the rules were clear since the beginning of the season, so every driver knew about it. No meaning in whining about those rules, they are just the way they are, simple as that; :D
By the way, i wish all the best to Jan and Pavel this coming season, wich they started allready great by taking overall victory in Jaenner Rally. ;)

PMM already mantioned Esapekka Lappi ( Esapekka Lappi : Tervetuloa Esapekka Lapin kotisivuille )but his guy is phenomenal !! I'm very interested to see how he will proceed :up:

I would like to see him in a SWRC/IRC tarmac rally to see how his speed is compared the other SWRC/IRC top drivers on tarmac.