All in all it was a very good season for Mikko Hirvonen...hard to end better than 2nd in drivers standing :cool:
I hope in 2013 it'll be even better :bounce:
All in all it was a very good season for Mikko Hirvonen...hard to end better than 2nd in drivers standing :cool:
I hope in 2013 it'll be even better :bounce:
Next season is truly the moment for something different, I mean to win the title. It seems that it will be next year or never. He is driving the best car. Despite the dozens of tests, Polo's youth should be a problem for the consistency of Ogier and the speed of Latvala, which won't last more than a year.
Even Loeb needed to lose a Championship in the last rally of the Championship before starting his immaculate career. Mikko, who tasted that twice, deserves to be more than the driver with more wins without a Championship. If he doesn't become World Champion next year, his main achievement will be to reach Alen in that classification (on the other hand an impossible dream for most of the drivers who are currently driving in the WRC).
Even inside Citroën Racing, Dani Sordo could be a threat for Mikko :confused:
If Sordo gets to do all rounds, I suspect Hirvonen biggest opposition will be his team mate.
There are a couple of rally's in the begginig of the year that go Sordo way ( Monte-Carlo, Portugal).
Not could but he IS !Quote:
Originally Posted by Tom206wrc
Time to bring this one up again. Because he is as disapointing as before. How many rallies, before Sordo is no 1 and Mikko where he belongs, no 2 (if he desrves even that). I would say after 4tb round he is demoted to no2.
I have to agree. This year he has no excuses not to push. The problem is that he can't. Soon folks have to believe that Mikko is second driver material novadays unable to push the limit. However, his career as second driver of the team may continue long as he is very reliable point-picker.
As a neutral observer the gradual loss of agression / will to win has been clear over the last 2 years. To win championships you have to win rallies on the days when your competitors don't retire. Ogier and Latvala can do this, Hirvonen doesn't anymore.Quote:
Originally Posted by A.F.F.
And if Mikko wins, Citroen ****ed up everything, wrong parts, wrong holes in wrong places etc. :)
Middle class driver with vast experience. Valuable with 2 teams only, but with 4 from next year he will rarely collect two-cypher number of points.Quote:
Originally Posted by A.F.F.
He was not much able for it before, too. It was just that the WRC league was too poor after Gronholm retired. His two title chances in 2009 and 2011 arose after Loeb crashed several times continuously.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mintexmemory