His problem now is that "Loeb-rule" will give him worce starting position tomorrow :)Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
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His problem now is that "Loeb-rule" will give him worce starting position tomorrow :)Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
Surprise of the rally so far: Brynildsen! Fifth fastest on this stage.
Mads would have been very close to Hirvonen/Latvala without having the brakelights and snowdust from Loeb in his sights through the whole stage...
hmmm...i think he is going to be ale to climb up to 8th - 7th sohe is going to have 2-3 cars infront...not that bad.Quote:
Originally Posted by Viking
Can Solberg finish ahead of Loeb by the end of the rally ?? what do you reckon ??
What I'm liking about the WRC this year is the speed of some of the '2nd class'. Novikov, Ostberg, Tanak, even Brynildsen, Delecour and Campana in their specific rallies have challenged for the top 3 times. This hasn't happened for ages and it's nice to see.
in you case ages must mean a few months then.... because occasional suprises always happened in the sport.Quote:
Originally Posted by pettersolberg29
Seriously, what the hell is wrong with Ketomaa? It can't be (just) the tires, as Brynildsen seems to have no problems with them - plus this is his first WRCar rally...so what is it? I know Jari hasn't driven a lot of rallies lately but come on, losing to even some gentleman drivers...it can't be just rust...maybe he just sucks on snow...
Or...the car has some major set-up problems...has he given any indication that this might be the case?
So, experts, what gives?
Without issues Petter wil easily stay ahead. On speed alone he was around 18s slower today and with a worse road position. From now on Loeb will have a worse road position so it should be easy.Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
Ogier strikes back... leading again..and ahead of ketomaa...
I suggest that forum's name could be changed to "Childish sick dog yelling & BS nonsense discussion area"
Great amount of the messages are total BS. Son I am disappoint.
i think the tyres give no confidence so all fun is lost...he just wants to finish and go home.Quote:
Originally Posted by '[WRCRR
Pajunen is driving well with Subaru R4, altough not too much comparison...
Yeah occasional suprises always happen in rallying, but this is like a sustained surprise now. Novikov has been a revelation, while Ostberg here and Delecour in Monte Carlo showed top quality pace on more than one occasion. Not since Stohl and Henning in the whales have supposedly '2nd class' drivers shown such good pace as far as I remember. Early days but I hope these type of drivers continue to push the top 5 a bit.Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
sustained surprise with 2 events ???Quote:
Originally Posted by pettersolberg29
Ostberg was slow last year ??
hmmmm
Ogier is 14s quicker than Ketomaa on split 4 on SS8. He must have some serious problems with the car. Can't just be the tires.
Petter yes, Henning no..Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
Ignore -function makes it so much easier here, after that one can concentrate on the positive things. Yes, there are positive things in this rally as well.
Problems for ketomaa.....
Ketomaa stopped...
Ketomaa off the road after last split.
For the championship it would be nice with Latvala - Hirvonen - Solberg at the end of the rally.
Ketomaa off, he will stay there a while said Henning
Off road according to Henning. He said something like "it will probably take a while for him to get back on the road".Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
Sordo loses a minute :S
Problems for Sordo aswell!
Ketomaa sayin in finnish interview that he's just enjoying while he can drive spectacular slides...make your mind of that comment! :)
Looking at Dmack's thread pattern they are propably better on thick soft snow layer.
Lol @ my timing!
Henning has woke up finally;-) 12 seconds faster than first time through.
End of the rally for Sordo?
Ketomaa don't have people to help him to out of the ditch
I expect some team orders at Ford for all 3:Solberg, Østberg, Novikov. Something along the lines of: "Doesn't matter who of you is faster as we always get same championship points, but don't you dare to crash and hand points to Loeb."
Seems to be huge problems for Sordo, Prokop has already finished the stage... :S
From what i heard Propok said that Sordo had problems with engine before start of this stage :(
its the short slow stage,same as 1st pass too.Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
What happened to Loeb? Stuck?
Engine problems for Sordo. Standing with bonnet open on stage...
I say, one more leader with an off and Loeb could step on the podium Sunday evening :s tareup:
anyone to accept such bet? :D
JML flying on this one.
EDIT: Not all the way though. Level with Mikko after this one?
Latvala is gaining time on Hirvonen at the penultimate split...
I'm most amazed of Novikov! This is the longest time of him having not make a mistake and results are very good :up:
Mikko vs. Jari-Matti..... I can't wait the footage this evening, boys are going "isoa kovaa" and surely enjoying the rally :)
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Originally Posted by tolis
Stuck in snow bank on SS7 :mark: