Printable View
I remember reading that it is easier to make a Tarmac biased car competitive on Gravel than a Gravel biased car competitve on Tarmac. It seems Citroen make theirs as a Tarmac car, while Ford is set up for Gravel, so having 5 gears and relying on torque is hurting them on Tarmac.
I can recommend the October Motorsport magazine podcast which is a WRC special – an interesting listen.
http://www.motorsportmagazine.co.uk/...alcolm-wilson/
I don`t think that Sordo is slow on gravel that much as you guys presenting in this thread.
2007: Mexico 4-th, Sardegna 3-rd, Japan 2-nd,
2008: Argentina 3-rd, Jordan 2-nd, Sardegna 5-th, Acropolis 5-th, Turkey 4-th, Finland 4-th, New Zealand 2-nd, Wales 3-rd,
2009: Cyprus 4-th, Portugal 3-rd, Argentina 2-nd, Poland 2-nd, Finland 4-th, Australia 3-rd, Wales 3-rd
This driver you can`t call slow on any surface for sure.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Motorsportfun
So we can expected this nice livery again?Quote:
Originally Posted by MJW
http://rallye-info.com/images/photos.../dani_sola.jpg
I agree with you....Can not understand how suddenly some people are presenting Sordo was slow on gravel....if somebody will look his times at stages the last three years will easily see that for sure nobody can call him slow driver on gravelQuote:
Originally Posted by Sarac330d
Sordo is actually a very good driver on both surfaces, OK tarmac is his best, but the guy has been a victim of the Ogier sensation making him look second rate. Interestingly I think Loeb would have preferred Sordo as team mate, as its all "friends" between Loeb and Sordo and not so much between the two Seb's - Loeb and Sordo shared a race car together last weekend. Personally I think Ogier rocks, I just loved the quote when asked about how he felt that Loeb won his 7th title for Citroen and in France, and Seb 2.0 says "he is glad for Citroen, and now Loeb has won in France he intends to do so as well"
Allez Seb 2.0, one of my favourite drivers of all time. You just watch what this guy does and who will come close to him.
I was more thinking of Sordo's Fiesta WRCar:
http://www.rallye-info.com/galleryph...4&mediaid=3133
IMO even for few tarmac rallies it would worth for Ford to hire him. He’s a real tarmac expert and knows how a car should act on tarmac to be fast and he’s not that bad on gravel even. Maybe he’s had this year little problem with the motivation when dropped to the Junior team and has maybe even been little worried about future.
not slow but not very good either to justify his place for a solid 2nd driver in such a competitive sport....Quote:
Originally Posted by JTGANG
Yeah and not only Loeb but Ogier, Latvala, Solberg and Hirvonen are all faster on gravel. Sordo is not slow on gravel, but i dont think he ever will be competing with Hirvonen and Latvala on in the Ford on gravel.Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
At the beggining of the season Sainz told it's hard situation for the next season.. But for that money?! I would rather give that to poor children in Africa then to Wilson's or Quesnel's pocket..