Rally GB 2007 - official thread

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Originally Posted by N.O.T

Lindholm is one of those funny guys who only know how to drive on stages they know by heart.....not a rally driver.....Having a has been cousin also helps in publicity.

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That funny guy is 8-time Finnish rally champion. Just for the record ;)

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Originally Posted by A.F.F.

OMG :eek:

Wilson jr is not totally lost in his home rally. He is actually remotely competative :up:

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when a 7th fastest time is a sucess after two full years in wrc... there is a bigger problem.

My mind about the Suzuki subject: if the boss "Monster" Tajima wouldn't have proudly declared in front of the press that Suzuki was aiming...PODIUMS(!!!)in 2008 WRC championship, the "performances" of current SX4 wouldn't really have been so tightly followed by rally fans in Corsica and now in RAC... :s

It appears obvious now that it can't reach such purpose with whatever drivers at its wheels(too much mechanical/set-up problems) :mark:

Having won several times the famous Colorado Pikes peak hillclimb should have given an extraordinary sur-evaluataed optimism to Tajima it seems :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by A.F.F.

That funny guy is 8-time Finnish rally champion. Just for the record ;)

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Yes it must be the car, i agree.
Suzuki has a nice L.A. video and that´s enough to promote the car in USA....also in Europe maybe. :p : I HAD A DREAM, hahahahahaha

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Originally Posted by N.O.T

I don't have anything against the team...but the choice of drivers was tragic....you cannot hope for progress with such incopetence at the wheel.

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lindholm drive for free.. and bernardi get FFSA to pay. unless suzuki commit €20m to the job, and proper engineering sturture, they can forget about it.

lindholm offtopic
Test driver example peugeot wrc + if anyone "handless" driver can drive this speed (below..) Please immediately call Suzuki...

NESTE RALLY FINLAND - 2004 / After Stage 11
1. Grönholm
2. Sebastion Lindholm +19.1
3. Märtin +37,1
4. Sainz +1:04.2
5. Tuohino +1:04.9
6. Loeb +1:15.2

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Originally Posted by COD

Sure, a massive 0,5 s faster than Hänninen who competes first time in UK :laugh:

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dont worry... hanninen will likely be exlcuded... i dunno this time... for having his pet rabbit in the car with him.

Maybe they build a S2000 for 2012 instead of a wrc car? :laugh:
Did they not say we are not happy with the new rules for the future in WRC? :p :

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Originally Posted by A.F.F.

See...

Japanise philosophy seem to be that if they don't get an instant success, even with an invalid car, there's no point to continue.

You heard it from me first. Suzuki's out of WRC.

;)

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Mmm.. I dont know. Look at F1. despite having mega budget they still dont win. I can see them winning in a few years, but only with European engineering and managment expertise.

I will say this now: Suzuki in 2008 will make for example Hyundais'/MSD's attempt with the Accent look miles better. They just dont have enough money for WRC, there are no required structures to make a competent WRC team, japanese attitude...so many problems lay ahead.

One wonders if they will even make it till the end of season next year...

And one thing...I really really hope they dont ruin some drivers career during their time as a WRC team (like PG, Wilks, etc.).