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didn`t gronholm lose out to loeb by 1 point a few years back?
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didn`t gronholm lose out to loeb by 1 point a few years back?
LOL!!!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by alexlake
"Were you reluctant to involve Petter Solberg in the BP Ford team strategy?
“Yes, but I spoke to [Subaru WRT chief] David Richards and he was very pleased to be able help support the Ford team, which made my life a little bit easier. All the guys did a great job and they acted very professionally.”"
:) ))))))
If I was the owner of Structo (Duval's sponsor on JML car) I would be absolutely furious with these tactics. They missed out on a podium they had earned fair and square.
Like mentioned by others, then Ford clearly has brought the sport into disrepute and should be penalised accordingly. Unfortunately it looks like it's not going happen.
Anybody seen how Hirvonen looked on the podium? And was there any reaction from the fans?
Mikko has class as a competitor... Malcom Wilson has none. I was a Ford fan, but I can't support this kind of lame, & unsporting rubbish!!
WRC is in danger of becoming a fiasco like F1.
I'm not annoyed, because regardless of the tactics Ford is unable to beat Loeb. :D And such tactics are already a usual part of rallying, so I've already got used to it. If there are team orders, which have brought the sport into disrepute more, then a fine example would be Greece Rally of 2000, when Sainz was ordered to give the win to McRae, although Carlos was ahead of Colin in the championship standings! This was a strange decision.
At the moment, however, Hirvonen is the only one with a remote title chance. The main shame is that in the current state of WRC Ford has too much power (the amount of competitive cars) and can manipulate with results way better than any other manufacturer.
Because Mikko is an inferior driver and needs more help! :p :Quote:
Originally Posted by J4MIE
Anyone who thinks this a Ford speciality or something new is talking thru their third eye. Lancia were notorious in the 80s for this and Mitsu ran into controversy when Makinen was asked to slow down for Erikkson in Swden in the mid 90s. This is a business first and a sport second and therefore decisons are taken for commercial reasons. If Ford pull out and dont homogolate a version of the Fiesta the WRC will be made up of 4 Citroens and a few wealthy sons of Scandavians and how joyous will that be but at least you wont be able to whinge about their tactics...
I think we all knew there would be the possibilty of 'team orders' - what I find quite staggering is Malcolm being interviewed and saying they might have to think about 'moving/arranging' the order in which the Ford drivers finish. Surely this isn't allowed - or is it? Team orders are surely banned - it is normally difficult to prove them - but this was almost sticking two fingers up to the F1A.
I would now want Citroën to win both championships for this year and next year for what happend over the last 2 weeks.
Abosulutley pathetic! :mad: :mad: :mad:
Latvala also stopped on SS16 to make sure the plan worked.
Fortunately, the WRC doesn't have much publicity, so there won't be any outrage from 'Joe Public' - it would be a problem if it was like F1. However it is hidden away, so no problem.Quote:
Originally Posted by klm-607