Sure Tommi did have some speed. He went off when driving 252km/h...Quote:
Originally Posted by alleskids
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Sure Tommi did have some speed. He went off when driving 252km/h...Quote:
Originally Posted by alleskids
I think a rally driver does a better time in a F1 then a F1 driver does in a WRC rallycar...
Have some weak memories of Toivonen tested on Spa on something in the 80īs and did a real respectable time... anyone remember that ?
Yes I was there, i remember that! http://www.autosportforum.be/images/icons/icon14.gifQuote:
Originally Posted by Micke_VOC
Well, he was just as a good racingdriver as a rallydriver :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Micke_VOC
With the Rally ireland scalp in his pocket, Loeb has won every tarmac rally of the (modern) WRC. The only other driver who has won the grand slam of the older tamrac rallies (Monte Carlo, Corsica, Sanremo and Catalunya) is Auriol. The other great champions of all terrains, Makinen, McRae and Sainz have only 3 out of 4. Too bad Loeb did not won Le Mans (so far), but he showed in his 2 appearence that he is close to the specialists. I can hardly waith to see him in a F1 car.
Maybe Loeb should change to F1 complete ?
So he can drive the whole Season on Tarmac :D :D :D
:up: I was thinking the same! :p :Quote:
Originally Posted by Kamikaze
It will be interesting to compare his time with Sordo's.
Unfortunatetly, as it will only be a 1 day test, it won't be worth comparing his time with F1 drivers' times.
Even Hakkinen was more than 3 seconds off the pace earlier this year and it was a 3 days test! Moreover the guy is a former and still young F1 world champion.
You obviouly need to do many many kilometers before pushing and trying to find the limit with an F1 car.
I expect Seb to be quicker than Dani (due to Loeb's experience with proto at Le Mans and Loeb's talent on circuit) but at least 6/7 seconds off the pace on a normal length track and probably more (8/9 seconds off the pace). 6/7 seconds off the pace would be very impressive considering his lack of experience and the shortness of the test. I don't even know if it's realistic.
And there is another problem: will we be able to get a F1 benchmark in order to compare? The HTTT offers hundreds of configurations. Maybe the idea is to use a configuration not used by F1 cars. Bad idea if it's the case.
Not to mention that the difficulty for Loeb and Sordo will depend on how many fast curves the configuration will offer I suppose.
Is it today? Where can we see anything about?
It creates expectations, but lacks infos about it.
I doubt he will be that far behind. Even lesser cars with lesser drivers can do times faster than that. In a proper car Seb will be faster than that.Quote:
Originally Posted by 1LM1