Well agreed, but my point was generally to compare two different drivers and their driving styles.Quote:
Originally Posted by CWJ
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Well agreed, but my point was generally to compare two different drivers and their driving styles.Quote:
Originally Posted by CWJ
I would strongly agree. I would also claim that this is what differ/or how Ford and Citroen have been working for years. If it is the drivers or the team that causes this differences, or both together, I don't now. But as you describes it clearly tell us that we probably going to have a new Seb similar to the last one.Quote:
Originally Posted by cali
night and day between at these videos,but lets wait.Maybe Latvala haven t find his setup yetQuote:
Originally Posted by cali
Lets mention also Ogier is driving this Polo whole yearQuote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
Could be you are right, but if they (competitors to the other Seb) couldn't change their driving style through the years, why do you think they are going to change now?Quote:
Originally Posted by stefanvv
Mikkelsen will drive 10 events, so that means all events after his start from Portugal
(source: wrc.com volkswagen drivers under 30 years story)
Premiers essais de Latvala ā bord de la Polo R WRC - YouTube
with 2013 colour AND Latvala in official VW Motorsport overal
The roll cage design looks a bit odd. Recent roll cage designs have all been made to shorten seat belt lengths by installing seat belt bars as close to the seats as possible, but this looks like something from the early 90's :-) Maybe not a real car :-)
JML says the Polo needs to be driven more precisely, what he calls 'like a train' ...
I cant see this being to his liking at all ...
Isnt that something similar what Mikko said, when he went to Citroen? "Liking" is one thing, stage times may show the other... most of the times a car which has been setup to drivers "liking" is not the fastest car... besides that, we all know that the fastest way between two points is a straight ! :p I certainly hope Jari-Matti adapts his style and does well in VW !
Not a big fan of the livery, i personaly don't like the big R on the side, I would have expected something a bit more adventurous!Quote:
Originally Posted by alleskids
By the way, i thought JML chose no7 at the highly engineered VW number choosing system of coin toss?
I think his car is not ready yet. Looks like they're sharing Ogier's car for the test.
they test with same car.Quote:
Originally Posted by stefanvv
The car was launched with the #7. This car has the number #8. So I'm guessing Ogier will be #7 and JML #8. That means Citroen will be #1 (Loeb), #2 (Hirvonen) and #3 (Sordo), and M-Sport #4 (Ostberg), #5 (TBA) and #6 (al'Attiyah).
Or Tänak #6?
I put al'Attiyah as #6 because - as far as I know - he's not doing a full season, and the #5 seat is a ull-time drive.Quote:
Originally Posted by 6789
I read somewhere that the VW boys flipped a coin and JML won, so he choose 7 and Ogier got 8.Quote:
Originally Posted by Prisoner Monkeys
Yes and Ogier told Latvala that he will be the first to carry number 1 on the car, earned on results :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by MartijnS
Volkswagen MotorSport Has A Plan - SHAKEDOWN - YouTube
VW Motorsport boss Jost Capito explains the Motorsport programme.
EDIT. Yesterdays news. Stupid me.
Just listened to a short interview with Abbring on the radio. Basically it's the end of him at VW. He doesnt say it like that himself, but he does say that its mainly because of the fact that they want Wiegand as a German to be their driver in the future, that he doesn't have a lot of opportunities left at VW.
pity... :(
What radio was it? Shame! :(Quote:
Originally Posted by MartijnS
EDIT: Traffic Radio I see.
Bad news for a such young talanted driver. Hope he can sort out something for next year though.
I don't think that Wiegand has the speed and talent of Kevin but... he's german!Quote:
Originally Posted by MartijnS
They never gave him a real chance to improve in 2012. He only did Monte Carlo, Mexico, Portugal and Wales. Abbring confirmed at an official presentation in June (I think) that he was going to start in Finland, maybe Germany, Wales and France.
In the end he only did Wales, because Mikkelsen was planned to be at an IRC round (Mikkelsen's entry was cancelled and he did Wales recce instead).
Wiegand did altogether only 12 events in stronger car than R2 and none of them twice. He is also only 21 years old, I think, so he still has a lot of time to prove himself.
Does German team really need German driver?
Wiegand surprised me this year in IRC, specially in the first half of the year. I think he is a better long-term choice for VW instead of Abbring. Plus he is younger and german.
I wouldn't mind it if he appears to be the second Rohrl...Quote:
Originally Posted by GigiGalliNo1
There are 80 million people living in Germany, in average richer than most of the worlds population and with unusual love for cars, especially domestic ones. It's very natural for VW to try to find capable German guy.Quote:
Originally Posted by GigiGalliNo1
World Rally Championship - News - Kankkunen: Portugal key for Volkswagen
Apologies if already posted.
Ah, there's only one Rohrl.....However, if he's even a 10th as good, he'll be pretty good.Quote:
Originally Posted by stefanvv
Do you know the revs for the torque & power?Quote:
Originally Posted by AMSS
The torque is surprisingly high (at least for me) considering its a 1,6 litre engine with 1,5 bar boost only and compared to a R4.
The torque figure seems to be suspicious to me. I sure believe in the power.
nothing strange for me,torque is logic cause works 0,5-0,7 bar more than a r4.Wrc cars boost limit is 2,5bar.Quote:
Originally Posted by OldF
about wiegand: i think he is by far the best german available at the moment. he really has shown some potential. shure, he hasn´t got the speed that abbring has. but he also has maybe 10% from abbrings experience. he started rallyeing in 2010(abbring in 2007, just for example), that year he only drove 4 small events (rallye200, germanys lowest level of rallyesport, maximum 35 ss km per rallye). overall he only did 29 rallyes in his life, that´s almost nothing. and he´s pretty consistend, as far as i remember he only crashed two times with a rallyecar at all. now he has to prove he has some more speed. he must get some scratch times. i think it´s not so bad if he crashes out here and there when he sets some impressive times.
There is not only abbring who could be faster against wiegant. For example Paddon,Kruuda,Breen and Gassner jr is definitely faster than Wiegand. He's not the fastest German for sure. Last year he did quite alot of rally's but in the end of the season he was not that fast as you hoped he would be. He's progress is slow not like Paddon's and Breen's. They both started to show really good speed very early and they are faster every rally.
That's the truth
What???
Prokop is Czech; he is much older, has huuuuge experience and no future potential, he already is on his best
Kruuda is Estonian; has much more experience
Breen is Irish; has much more experience
Gassner has more experience, is older and is slower- if You didn't notice they were competing regularly last year in same cars and Wiegand always finished better while Gassner lost RedBull support.
From those You named only one is German and Wiegand is clearly faster and especially more reliable than him. Name another German rally driver who can at least from time to time compete with Wiegand? Do You even know some?