Ireland 2009

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Originally Posted by jiipee64

1 or 2 sparetyres??

J-M needs 2 ??

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He has two sparetyres in the car.

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Originally Posted by Sturla

The two biggest suprices this morning I think is Aava og Henning. Extremely good driving by Aava, maybe the C4 isn`t that good afterall? Seems like Aava is even faster in a focus, but sure it`s to early to say...

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At SS2 the biggest surprise is Al Qassimi.

Latvala almost 1 min in front after SS1, almost lost 2 mins on SS2= 1 min behind, makes equal times after SS3 :D

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Originally Posted by Xsara Fan

At SS2 the biggest surprise is Al Qassimi.

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for sure...

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Originally Posted by Sturla

The two biggest suprices this morning I think is Aava og Henning. Extremely good driving by Aava, maybe the C4 isn`t that good afterall? Seems like Aava is even faster in a focus, but sure it`s to early to say...

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Aava said before the rally that Focus is actually more comfortable to drive, it handles well etc. So maybe Focus suits him better than C4?

were the punctures caused by wrong tyres? i mean did they dissolve? ss3 stars in 2 minutes...

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Originally Posted by Xsara Fan

At SS2 the biggest surprise is Al Qassimi.

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Wait until the Proton finishes the stage. http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g2...ink/orn/00.gif

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Originally Posted by darkstar

were the punctures caused by wrong tyres? i mean did they dissolve? ss3 stars in 2 minutes...

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My guess is they just melted under. Too soft for Latvala's driving. But this is just my guess.

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Originally Posted by A.F.F.

Latvala gambled with tyre choise and it didn't pay off. You live, you learn.

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Latvala style: Now then, where is the limit? Oops there it was!!!!

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Originally Posted by 'Mirek Fric [Cze

]Yes, it is. Gassner won a stage on Monte Carlo few years back (he used good tyres as the only one) and Araújo won SSS in Japan 2007.

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Look no further than the 2008 Rally Japan. A virtually unknown South-Korean won the Sapporo SSS in a Group N Mitsu Evo IX.