2018 Crystal Ball Thread

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Originally Posted by TWRC

-both titles to be decided on the last round
-Loeb wins one of his events
-during the year they announce that Skoda and/or Peugeot are coming back to the WRC
-Breen to have more than one podium
-Sordo wins a rally in his last season

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1. correct
2. correct
3. do the Skoda rumors count as 25% on this? :D
4. no
5. no

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Originally Posted by spiderem

I like this thread.
- Tanak to regret his move to Toyota as the car shows speed but very poor reliability in his hands, he publicly explode after Germany
- Ford to struggle first half of the season but massive areo development in the second half make them unbeatable
- Wilson to apply team orders in favor of Ogier
- Ogier takes his 6th driver champ
- Hyundai to miss out by 1 point the manu champ on the last round, Nandan still has a smile on his face and says that it is the sport (gets fired the day after and cook by the Koreans on a barbecue)

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1) partly correct
2) partly correct
3) correct big time
4) correct
5) partly correct, more than 1 point but he was smiling at the end, and i am curious to see if he will be there next year...

Where's the proof that the updated aero has helped Ogier in any way? Also they didn't implement it on other cars...

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Originally Posted by pantealex

1.Tänak is leading championship after Sweden

2.Tänak is going to win a rally this year

3.Latvala is not 2nd in overall points.

4.Suninen will take podium place 2018

5.Ogier is 2018 Champion

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1.no
2.yes, multiple times
3.yes, too easy
4.yes
5.yes, why did I choose him?

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Originally Posted by tommeke_B

Where's the proof that the updated aero has helped Ogier in any way? Also they didn't implement it on other cars...

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It didn't, perhaps 50/50. In Finland it was disaster, but they used it in Germany probably due to more downforce and seemed to work better there.

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Originally Posted by KiwiWRCfan

1 Monte Carlo winner will not be WDC
2 the Fighting Viking will get a podium
3 part time drivers will win 4 or more events
4 People will be saying wish we had RallySafe sooner
5 Hyundai will achieve a podium 1-2-3

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1 Wrong
2 Correct
3 Wrong
4 Wrong - I don't recall any comments positive or negative
5 Wrong

I have a slightly used and generally unreliable crystal ball to give away - free to a good home

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Originally Posted by mknight

Pff ridiculous.
Tänak was 2nd and fastest Toyota in first rally. First Toyota to win, etc etc.

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But Ott says it here https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/1...ris-after-wins

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"Normally the car is good when the conditions are consistent, but if they are constantly changing then we struggle a little bit."

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Like Gary Boyd said, that makes my prediction a little bit correct :D

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Originally Posted by dupanton

1) Tanak takes the title
2) Hyundai takes the title
3) Loeb wins 2 rallies
4) Citroën will not have enough cars because Meeke crashed another one
5) NOT will say something positive about Neuville

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1) Wrong, but he could have taken it
2) Wrong, but they would have taken it with a decent Mikkelsen
3) 50% correct
4) 50% correct? They still had cars but fired him...
5) I think somewhere during the season he did say something positive about the potato dog

I'm not good at this...

Apparently I made no predictions, which means none of my predictions were wrong!

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Originally Posted by Jewy46

1 - Ogier will win more rallies thanin 2017 but wont win the title

2 - Loeb wont win a rally but will be on the podium in at least 1 event

3 - Breen will (hopefully) win a rally

4 - The Toyota turns into the quickest car ahead of the Hyundai but it's drivers inconsistencies mean they win neither title

5 - Ogier will be the only M-Sport driver to win an event

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1 - Partly correct, he won more events but he won the title also

2 - Wrong! (Glad to say it, his win was epic!)

3 - Wrong, a close second in Sweden but season went downwards from there unfortunately

4 - Partly correct. Toyota is now the quickest car but they won the Manufacturers

5 - Correct!

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Originally Posted by rp

- All the Manufacturer teams will win during the WRC 2018 season
- Sébastien Loeb will win at least 1 event
- Mads Østberg will drive more than 1 WRC event with the Citroën C3 WRC
- Teemu Suninen will take his 1st ever Podium place
- Juho Hänninen will drive 4th Toyota in Rally Finland

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A bad mistake to predict Juho´s drive, but otherwise it went well! :)

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Originally Posted by N.O.T

1. Ogier to win the title on the last event after both neuville and Tanak crash. Neuville to blow a 20+ points lead to Ogier.

2.Toyota to win the manufacturers title after being carried by Tanak

3.Ogier to sign with citroen for 2019

4.Loeb to win in spain, will lose the lead in mexico after puncture and crash in Corsica

5. all of the above predictions will be correct

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get on my level dogs !!!!!!

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Originally Posted by N.O.T.

1) I will edit something in here after final round

2) I will edit something else in here after final round

3) Fill this is after final round

4) I am so good no one will ever outsmart me

5) Don't tell anyone but N.O.T. is an abbreviation of Naughtly Old Troll

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N.O.T. your predictions are so amazingly accurate.
Hard to believe you got 5 out of 5 is amazing.
I have absolutely no idea how you do it.

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Originally Posted by Rallyper

1 Ogier wins WDC on 219 points
2 Loeb will win Catalunia by smaller margin than 5 secs
3 Toyota wins Manu title in an decider in last round
4 Latvala wins last round with a margin over 30 secs
5 Meeke signing for Toyota for 2019

(I´m best crystal ball predictor ever)

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Told ya.

Yep, it’s quite amazing! NOT even got a 6th prediction right:

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Originally Posted by N.O.T

6. Sick dog Mikkelesen will crash in Australia after avoiding hitting a tractor

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Good joke mate, for a change; you really could use your mind in funny ways often, instead of insulting everyone on a daily basis.

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Originally Posted by stefanvv

1) Ogier will win this title too
2) My 4th prediction won't be correct
3) My 5nd prediction won't be incorrect
4) My 1st prediction is correct
5) My 2nd prediction is not correct

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100% success

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Originally Posted by spiderem

I like this thread.
- Tanak to regret his move to Toyota as the car shows speed but very poor reliability in his hands, he publicly explode after Germany
- Ford to struggle first half of the season but massive areo development in the second half make them unbeatable
- Wilson to apply team orders in favor of Ogier
- Ogier takes his 6th driver champ
- Hyundai to miss out by 1 point the manu champ on the last round, Nandan still has a smile on his face and says that it is the sport (gets fired the day after and cook by the Koreans on a barbecue)

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Well, latest development at Hyundai makes my final prediction somewhat true ;)

I think it would be the right time for the 2019 Crystal Ball Thread!

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Originally Posted by dnb

Ostberg retires in Sweden, but wins Colin Crest
Loeb will lead a rally, but won't win it
Toyota 1-2-3 in Finland
No podium for Evans in GB
Season ends with Ogier, Neuville, Tanak, Mikkelsen, Latvala, Meeke in 1-6

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1. second part is correct
2. correct in Mexico
3. wrong
4. correct
5. went to greedy, but correct top3 is pretty decent betting-wise

Even with 8, I dont think I have one correct prediction. :eek:

:bigcry::beer: ​

:grenade:

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Originally Posted by Sulland

- Hyundai will win Manu Title
- Østberg will get more rallies both in WRC and WRC2 in Citroen
- Toyota will not have a better season than in 17, but will fight for manu title in 19.
- Mikkelsen will be 3rd in driver champ.
- Ogier will loose his motivation, and 18 will be his last season.
- FIA will continue to destroy the sport, and plans for El-car and micky mouse format are developed.
- Supericence will be introduced in WRC. Numbers of drivers in rallies will drop.
- ERC will continue to grow, and get a better R5 field than WRC2.

FIVE PREDICTIONS ONLY!!! _MM

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Originally Posted by Sulland

Even with 8, I dont think I have one correct prediction. :eek:

:bigcry::beer: ​

:grenade:

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The Ostberg prediction was near enough :)

Well curtain down on this thread - 2019 looking like just as much fun. As independent judge (and only scoring 2 correct) no one scored more than 4 correct (You know who you are).
'Almost correct' is just as wrong as totally wide of the mark.
Anything a driver says in an interview is not allowable as evidence when the position in the championship points to the contrary.
Retirement means 'does not finish the rally'
Many predictions failed because of multiple conditions in one sentence - Keep it simple with no ifs and buts.
Thanks to KiwiWRCfan for kicking us off this year.

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Originally Posted by Mintexmemory

Well curtain down on this thread - 2019 looking like just as much fun. As independent judge (and only scoring 2 correct) no one scored more than 4 correct (You know who you are).
'Almost correct' is just as wrong as totally wide of the mark.
Anything a driver says in an interview is not allowable as evidence when the position in the championship points to the contrary.
Retirement means 'does not finish the rally'
Many predictions failed because of multiple conditions in one sentence - Keep it simple with no ifs and buts.
Thanks to KiwiWRCfan for kicking us off this year.

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That's one less with the retirement rule... :(