WRC-Neste Oil Rally Finland 2012

Chris Atkinson eyes podium on Rally Finland - WRC news - AUTOSPORT.com
Is he serious?

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Originally Posted by stefanvv

Chris Atkinson eyes podium on Rally Finland - WRC news - AUTOSPORT.com
Is he serious?

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words are for free...

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Originally Posted by stefanvv

Chris Atkinson eyes podium on Rally Finland - WRC news - AUTOSPORT.com
Is he serious?

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Was he ever? :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by Addicted

Ketomaa is one of most talented guys at the moment here, too bad hes chosen wrong paths during years. Crappy chinese team and DMACK now. Rantanen is just average talent with enthusiastic team around him, Lindroos is fast and poor who had golden opportunity in NORF last year.

Now you are getting true champion back when Sebastian Lindholm returns... And Juha Salo as multiple champion gets his chance with Proton. Though hes never been succesful in longer international rallyes. Hope these two WRC rounds will make an exception for him.

Lets give Lappi some time to see if he really can make it to the top. I believe he will.

Nobre is just having fun time in WRC, why wouldnt he cause he can afford it? Even he has been learning about driving during hes program. Its unfortunate that everyone aint supertalents with millions on their pockets to create career. Not every orange kicker become Pele. Rallying has always been hobby for rich people and let it be like that. That is their way to support rallying.

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I don`t think it`s fair to blame all on the DMacks, if you would know the actual difference between DMacks and Michelin on back to back testing with WRC cars, all other manufactorers except Citroen has done and are doing this(that`s not even a big secret) you`d be surprised how close they really are, in some conditions even faster!
Also bear in mind that Ketomaas teams Fiesta is not full spec factory car. Of course he can`t be as fast a driver as the works guys either due to limited time in a WRC!

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Originally Posted by AMSS

Also bear in mind that Ketomaas teams Fiesta is not full spec factory car.

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At minimum, 1s/km slower...

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Originally Posted by Juha_Koo

At minimum, 1s/km slower...

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Is it any different than Ostbergs and Novikovs cars ??

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Originally Posted by N.O.T

Is it any different than Ostbergs and Novikovs cars ??

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Yes!

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Originally Posted by tommeke_B

In particular the driver is different... If there has been a top WRC-driver in the car and he is slower than usual, then I will believe it, blaming the car is too easy...
But I still have a lot of respect for Ketomaa and I'm confident about it that he will set great times in Finland.

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We`ll engine mapping, damper homologations, some specific differential parts not to be confused with different diff setups, some weightdistribution stuff etc. lots and lots of small things make one big thing.
And I`m not saying that Ketomaa would win in a similar car but I know for a fact that there are for instance these differences between Ketomaas car and the works cars.
Also M-sport cars have much more updates than "private" cars! Basically if you get the good stuff Malcolm has to be able to control that no one else can see it...

Rumours say that Mads and Novikov get better parts for Finland. I heard it from a reliable source.

In this video (WRC Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2012 - Vascão (Vip zone) - YouTube) you can see the difference between Ketomaa and the others.

He is the only driver to lift on that corner after the slow righ hander. Bear in mind that I think the car was working good in this stage.