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Fairish comment as he never really recovered from 2005. Though Ford has obviously thought this through as they need people to take points off the Citroens.Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
Can you name 3 to 5 drivers who Ford should have got in front of Duval? As I really struggle to think of fast tarmac drivers in rallying at the moment apart from Panizzi
There aren't any faster tarmac drivers with recent WRC tarmac experience - although i'd say both Wilks and Meeke would be faster.
Pannizzi was just as error-prone as Duval.
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Originally Posted by I am evil Homer
I'm not sure about wilks being faster than duval on Tarmac.
I would love to see panizzi back, I think he's the only person who could really compete with loeb and sordo. He was the king in a 206 wrc.
That was long time a go. I heard that last year, when he was helping Skoda with testing Fabia S2000, he was reasonably slower than Kopecký.
In my opinion the best available driver besides current top WRC ones is Kris Meeke.
I think most of you are being a bit harsh on Duval, he was pretty fast even back when a 5th place was a good result, on tarmac he was easily on top 3 and I think that this time he spent without competition was enough to make him think a bit and perhaps with a experienced co-driver and testing he can get things sorted out and come back full time.
And he's not old and the weight problem can get sorted out with a physical adviser.
And I know sometimes it's hard to believe but standards are higher this time when it comes to drivers, so Panizzi would not be a great choice unless you're looking for a development driver.
Yeah I hope meeke gets a drive in the wrc next year, kopecky is one of the best Tarmac drivers at the moment, I would like to see him againt loeb in the same car, I bet there wouldn't be much between them.Quote:
Originally Posted by 'Mirek Fric [Cze
Anyway the WRC is going 1.6T and what about IRC?! I heard they would go Turbo too but with limited manufacters on new car development I dont see here they are going.
They probably will go to 1.6T also but for not in 2011 as there would be no cars available for some half of season and very little (if some) for the rest. It will take time to spread new cars around.
I'm sure irc will continue using s2000 spec cars, it would be stupid to change I think. I'm not sure about the drivers not being as good today as 5-10 years ago...
Sébastien's Loeb & Ogier just signed for Citroën in 2011