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True....But Mads is the only driver I would put in the same league as Petter (that is linked to the factory ford seats, obviously) and I hope its a hollywood/mad mads combo next year. I wouldnt see past this pairing personally. But, if theres one thing we know about MW, hes not frightened to take a risk.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nelly
Sounds good to me, and it would be good for the fans to see them fight for the seat to prove who is best. But it may also result in crashes, I think both drivers have seen their fair share of the road side of a SS!Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
It`s difficult to compare results between factory and private drivers. They have very different cars.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
Why would Novikov agree with this proposal? He has budget and at least 4 different teams for 2013: factory Ford, private Ford, private Citroen, factory Mini. Why would Evgeny must play strange game "beat Petter > get place in Ford"?Quote:
Originally Posted by tfp
A little question I have for people: how many podiums would a team of Ostberg and Novikov/Tanak get next season, and how many wins? And how many for Ostberg and Petter?
With Ostberg and Novikov/Tanak I'd say 4 podiums, 0 wins. With Ostberg and Petter I'd say around 10 podiums and possibly a win in the first half of the season if the Polo isn't up to speed yet.
M-Sport are not going to win the driver or manufacturer title next year, that is fact. So their aim has to be individual results and wins. Only Petter has any potential to offer this.
A little question I have for you: how many podiums got Petter in 2012 season, and how many wins? And how many for Ostberg?Quote:
Originally Posted by pettersolberg29
After your answer think - why Petter will be quicker and why he will get more podiums/wins than Mads in 2013?
In 2012 Mads got 3 podiums and Petter got 5 so Petter actually got more podiums even in his worst season since the start of his career. Mads got one win, which was due to a ridiculous penalty for Mikko and in a rally where several cars retired - in terms of pace he was nowhere near to winning last season.Quote:
Originally Posted by Xsara Fan
But anyway, you can't base it on last season alone. Petter has not become a terrible driver over one season. If we do it over the past 3 seasons, in which Petter was a privateer in 2 of those, Petter has 17 podiums. Mads has 5.
I don't understand why anyone thinks Mads is more likely to win than Petter unless there are 5 retirements.
With Petter there is a known quantity. Unfortunately that quantity is continued failure. It's time to chance the arm with exciting new talent that will bring results not continue the mistakes of the past.
The next Ari Vatanen, Colin McRae or Seb Loeb is probably already in our midst but we'll never know, or get to experience the joys, unless we give them the shot.
and his name is Hayden Paddon...biased of course :)Quote:
Originally Posted by sollitt
Amongst others ... and no bias at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by Toyoda