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Yes, Prodrive would have to fund the car, Petter said he would drive for free. Lets see how effective Prodrive's business managers will be at getting a sponsor to fund it. No doubting Petter's charisma and sponsor appeal from a PR point if view. Now with a global promoter in place perhaps Prodrive can get a sponsor.Quote:
Originally Posted by gtimad73
Hirvonen isn't faster than Ogier and Latvala, he is only more consistent.Quote:
Originally Posted by denkimi
Mikkelsen isn't faster than Hänninen which we saw in the IRC many times.
In my opinion, Petter has shown that he can't win a WRC rally anymore and he had a lot of accidents and punctures when he is so experienced, it just shows it is time to try another form of motorsport. I am sure he could have a lot of fun in rallycross, rallyraid or circuit racing.
I really like Juho, but he hasn't drive a WRC car yet and we don't know what his speed is against the others top drivers. So I don't think that he deserves a factory seat but he definitely deserves a chance to drive a WRC car.
With out drifting off topic Juho does deserve a drive somewhere.
P.Solberg should be in works seat before Ostberg, Tanak and especially Novikov. This was first season in ford after many years and it was difficult. But money turns the world around.
Petter was a WORLD CHAMPION. And in works team he got a second driver role. If he can`t be a good second driver (as was Mikko in 2006-2007) when he is a champion, then he is not a good driver now. It`s time to let young guns play this role.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barreis
Nobody will give works seat now to Makinen, Kankkunen or Sainz. Anyone of them is a great driver. But generation has change and we had era of Loeb, Gronholm & Solberg. Now we see another change...
Juho actually drove WRC and it wasn't bad considering it was two years before he joined Škoda ;) But yes, that's more a piece of curious history than a relevant thing. Anyway current WRC cars are same with S2000 cars except more power and better aerodynamics. It's no big step and no big difference for a capable driver. Except real rallies Juho drove also Polo WRC by the way.Quote:
Originally Posted by rage82
For next year, IMO theres no one that can replace Petter yet. Ostberg is getting there, but he isnt as fast as Petter. Yes, choose Petter for the factory seat next year, but we need to see results. He needs a win next year, or to finish maybe third or fourth in the championship, if not, then I'd vote him off the seat, especially as the younger drivers are getting better and better.
You have to remember that mads didn't have a works spec car or a proper testing program this year, if you were spectating on day 1 in Spain this year you wouldn't say he's not proper fastQuote:
Originally Posted by "
Maybe a solution would be a swap between Petter and Novikov if results show that would be the best, let´s say after half season?Quote:
Originally Posted by Xsara Fan