Rally New Zealand 2012

Great rally so far. One shot from SS2 this morning.
Looking forward to Day 2 and hoping the weather holds out!

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Originally Posted by tfp

You shouldnt really blame malcolm or m sport for these results. Last year, it was blatantly obvious that he citroen was faster, they had the fastet car, end of. Now though, MW and M sport have built a very fast car, much more competitive than previous seasons. Its not his fault that his drivers keep crashing and having accidents, as this is why ford are so far behindd in the manu championship.
If anything peolle shoukd be thankful that ford are still in the championship. Im pretty sure if citroen had taken beating after beating in the wrc they would have quit long ago(cough cough....LeMans...cough)

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Its his fault he kept Hirvo and Latvo so long. Its his fault he didnt bring Sordo last year. Its his fault he signed Solberg for the money from Ford Norway. Its his fault he didnt cultivate young drivers with real talent. Its his fault he had put so small budget in car development before he finally got an ultimatum from Ford this winter.

But I agree Citroen and Loeb would have quit rallying not later than the first two consecutive zero years.

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Right bed time! Will chuck a few more photos up possibly tomorrow night.. got a lot of photos to sort through :P

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Originally Posted by nr7wave

There is talk of some heavy rain comming in for sunday and perhaps saturdays late stages(@Bluuford: Any predictions?).
Petter has 6 soft tires left and Loeb + Hirvonen none(?). He could take back a lot of time if the rain comes. Maybe not completly done yet?

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Some rain on Saturday evening (possibly afternoon as well) and very, very, very heavy rain overnight and on Sunday morning. Those who do not have any softs left should be in a very big trouble. 3-4 minutes difference to take back should not be a problem I guess. But the weather changes very quickly here.. mostly on the worse direction.

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Originally Posted by N.O.T

you failed at irony 101...

sorry.

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The delicacy required to prevent irony becoming heavy-handed sarcasm is a talent vouchedsafe to few. Delicacy of nuance and delicacy of national financial prudence tend to go hand in hand, I find.

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Originally Posted by SlowSon

Its his fault he kept Hirvo and Latvo so long. Its his fault he didnt bring Sordo last year. Its his fault he signed Solberg for the money from Ford Norway. Its his fault he didnt cultivate young drivers with real talent. Its his fault he had put so small budget in car development before he finally got an ultimatum from Ford this winter.

But I agree Citroen and Loeb would have quit rallying not later than the first two consecutive zero years.

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I apologise to brother john in advance for derailing this thread ;)
Ok he has made mistakes:-) especially with the young driver thing. After all, without citroens junior programme, we would have no sordo or ogier(and iirc meeke and pg, but cant remember off hand with these two) so he shoukd have had paid young drivers somewhere in the team. If we were lucky we might have ended up with another duval and martin pairing.
As for the current drivers, dont you think if mikko was still at ford he would have been chasing wins this year instead of podiums like last year? And as for jml, after his performance in the second half of last season I think most of us expected so much more from him than he has delivered.
For now though, IMO MW has delivered the car. Just the drivers arent delivering the results :(

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Originally Posted by Mintexmemory

The delicacy required to prevent irony becoming heavy-handed sarcasm is a talent vouchedsafe to few. Delicacy of nuance and delicacy of national financial prudence tend to go hand in hand, I find.

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wow.. your intelectual level is of my standards... marry my sister.

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Originally Posted by xavier

here we go, no ford in range of the Citroen and a boring end of the rally.

PS: my wife and I are going away for the weekend, at least i wont fell the need to check rally status in the evening

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+1

What a total, dreadful bore. As usual.

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Originally Posted by N.O.T

wow.. your intelectual level is of my standards... marry my sister.

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:rotflmao: Now, THAT'S irony!!! splendid.
Can I interest your country in joining the replacement for a single european currency?
Have you a photo of your sister?