Like Colin McRae once said, you only succeed on this event when you understand it. So far, too many drivers seem to have been sucked into wars when patience may have served them better.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kras
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Like Colin McRae once said, you only succeed on this event when you understand it. So far, too many drivers seem to have been sucked into wars when patience may have served them better.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kras
Protocol does not lie - the best non-M-Sport car was 3rd lost 2.14 sec/km for a 17.31km stage. If you could put that to the crystal ball prediction you could sound a bit crazy, but here it is :)
Exactly. It's 3rd round, but Elfyn is fastest, most reliable, quite lucky and has a big advantageQuote:
Originally Posted by focus206
If Evans will won title, he will beat not just Tanak or ''Ogier'' (like Neuville), but also Rovanpera. Also there is one more event added, so I think the job will be even harder (if we can call Saudi Arabia even an event).
It certainly looks to be a more interesting season than most had anticipated with rovanpera returning.
But so far it also kinda validates my idea that kalle was lucky to have an absolutely dominant car but no equal teammates during his champion years.
Evans also has something that Neuville didn't have last year: a Toyota...Quote:
Originally Posted by deephouse
I agree. Rallying has its roots as endurance sport, we need a variety, not just flat out all the way eventsQuote:
Originally Posted by 240RS
I just saw a quote from the great late Timo Mäkinen on why Europeans used to struggle to win Safari back in the old days: ”the Europeans just come here and drive too fast”
I don't get how Hyundais always fall apart here but on rough Greece they do good.
Neuville pushing to get past Kalle
Neuville to 3rd place after this stage..