Rally Argentina

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Originally Posted by WRC2006

In all interview with drivers, tire choice is a topic and when they talk about the characteristic of any rally they refer as well to tires choice, etc. Do you think really tires choice is a decisive factor in rally?

What I know is that in F1, the tire is the master factor!!

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Tires are not decisive factor in rallying. WRC has nothing to do with F1 in terms of tires. Loeb will continue to dominate next year with Pirelli, not because of Loeb, but because they have a better car.

Its good to see Solberg to at least be faster than Hirvonen....

If any team threw as much money at WRC as Citroen they would be as good...........its about time the FIA got its finger out of its arse and capped the budgets in line with Subaru and Ford!!!!! Then Citroen be **** on!!

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Originally Posted by jparker

Tires are not decisive factor in rallying. WRC has nothing to do with F1 in terms of tires. Loeb will continue to dominate next year with Pirelli, not because of Loeb, but because they have a better car.

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I cannot see why the C4 is Better than the FOcus.....

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Originally Posted by ste898

If any team threw as much money at WRC as Citroen they would be as good...........its about time the FIA got its finger out of its arse and capped the budgets in line with Subaru and Ford!!!!! Then Citroen be **** on!!

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Agree 100%. But does it have to be that way? If Ford and Subaru wants to be on top, they should pay for it.

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Originally Posted by jparker

If Ford and Subaru wants to be on top, they should pay for it.

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Some say that you can't buy happiness. Or success.

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Originally Posted by N.O.T

I cannot see why the C4 is Better than the FOcus.....

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Well, how can we find this out? Almost imposible. After all, it's the whole package.

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Originally Posted by jonkka

Some say that you can't buy happiness. Or success.

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True :)
but I guess that's not the case in rallying.

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Originally Posted by jparker

True :)
but I guess that's not the case in rallying.

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It is. Mercedes found it out. Audi as well, in the end.

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Originally Posted by jparker

Team Citroen know what they want, that's way they are getting it. It's not decisive advantage overall, but in some casese it could be crutual. In other words, Citroen has put a lot of effort, research, and funds to develop a good tire for its car, and all that will be taken next year. Why?
Because all other teams are loosers and FIA can't afford to keep it this way.

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Even Ford knows what they want and I thaught Ford is more investing in rally than any team else. But still no one can break that strong relationship between Citroen and Michelin.

I agree Loeb is a best Driver really, but we should agree that the car and tires is helping him so much.

Did you expect Hirvonen to challenge Loeb and Marcus before coming in Ford? Did you expect Marcus to have the same pace like Like he has today with Peugeot 407? Just to show you that the car and tires have a word in the final result.