Rallye Monte Carlo 2015

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Originally Posted by Sch17

Wrong line up choice for this rally from Citroen. Ostberg is a better 2. team driver than Meeke

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Are you kidding? Meeke was faster all the weekend

Congratulations to Ogier for a very good and smart drive. It was a great fight with Loeb for two days, unfortunally after that it was down to cruising. For the rest of the pack, there wasn't anybody that could match the speed of the two Sebs. Concerning Kubica, it is sometimes great to see him pass, but i am afraid that if he doesn't change his driving style that he is going to kill himself or some spectators one day.
It was also great rally in WRC 2, especially with Koci and Lefebre fighting very hard. Maybe Camilli was the fastest man around, but in the end you have to go untill the finishline to book some result.
Looking forward to Sweden where i expect a big fight between Ogier and Latvalla.

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Originally Posted by Franky

But on a serious note. Isn't there some kind of a rule that makes changing the number one driver of the team a bit complicated? And Mr. Loeb was the 2nd Citroen driver on this event, not Meeke ;)

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Yes, there is a rule.

2015 FIA World Rally Championship Sporting Regulations

A Manufacturer:
7.2.6 Must inform the FIA of the names of the drivers entered to score points in each rally before the closing date of entries of the rally concerned. At least one driver must be nominated for a minimum of 10 rallies in any championship year.

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Originally Posted by dimviii

for his standarts its ok,but for world champion standarts is not enough, IF he wants to be a champion.
After so many years at wrc and works teams, i was waiting better pace.

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In a way you´re right. But championship is a long way to go and JML did the best of it so far.

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Originally Posted by N.O.T

Stage wins mean nothing especially in an event so unpredicatble... kubica belongs in some track sport... or at his home.

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And you belong to psychiatric institution.....I don't know what did Kubica do to you, but obviously hurts very much....

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Originally Posted by Jarek Z

What are you talking about? Protasov lost over 18 minutes to the leader and was slower than some old S2000 cars.

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This is his first event with car. And he is not so expiriense with a WRC machinery. But his speed wasn't so bad. He had many problems during a rally. And on a footage he looks great!

And if we talk about how many times who lose... than Kubica lost too much too, but he is 2 years rallying in WRC ;)

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Originally Posted by Sch17

Wrong line up choice for this rally from Citroen. Ostberg is a better 2. team driver than Meeke

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Loeb+Meeke was better. But it's Monte. You never know what to expect. You finish a rally or crashed. Or crashed between flying finish and stop line.

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Originally Posted by Bartek

Are you kidding? Meeke was faster all the weekend

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Meeke was faster than Ostberg, Latvala and Mikkelsen but Jost Capito laughing at the moment. You know what i mean

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Originally Posted by Ucci

And you belong to psychiatric institution.....I don't know what did Kubica do to you, but obviously hurts very much....

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I don't remember exactly but all drivers hurt N.O.T. after Gronholm retirements. After this he became an angry grumbler :D

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Originally Posted by Sch17

Meeke was faster than Ostberg, Latvala and Mikkelsen but Jost Capito laughing at the moment. You know what i mean

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Yes, you are right but before rally Meeke was better option in my opinion, maybe also in yours