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I have been thinking this a lot and not figured it...Quote:
Originally Posted by Allez Andruet
Paddon and Greensmith would be best options if Östberg really isn´t coming.
But I still don´t believe Paddon rumours and Malcolm has said that Gus drives new R5.
After the statements he made yesterday I'm pretty sure Östberg isn't coming. I hope I'm wrong though, such a shame if Mads won't be there. Especially after that magnificent performance last year.Quote:
Originally Posted by pantealex
Greensmith's WRC2Pro duties with the new Fiesta have already been announced (though he wasn't on the latest list of entries) and I sincerely hope it won't be Bertelli either. Paddon with a Fiesta sounds like an absolute joke, but I don't know if anything can be ruled out after we've seen Le Maestro himself in a Hyundai.
How you got "the Estonia theory" at all? Just speculating or are there some facts also in place?Quote:
Originally Posted by pantealex
There's no one capable from Estonia excl. Tänak. So it was a very wild wet speculationQuote:
Originally Posted by meh
#20 camilli?
I bet there are many capable people (moneywise) all around the world, including Estonia. And speedwise...we have/have had Bertelli, Serderidis, Block...Quote:
Originally Posted by cali
Paddon with M-Sport!!!
https://www.m-sport.co.uk/single-pos...STA-IN-FINLAND
Awesome
Best surprise of the year.Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
Latvala Evans Paddon Suninen at M-Sport 2020 pipe dream? :D
Yep good news, hope he can get a good feeling with the car and push hard...his statement had a bit of fighting talk about top 5 being the minimum, but pushing for more. Good to hear...
Top 5 has to be a minimum seeing he got 4th place last year in Hyundai which is terrible in Finland.Quote:
Originally Posted by doubled1978
Was not all that hard in the end.... Stop being loyal to the team that gives 2 sh!ts about you and find another...Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
-Georg GrossQuote:
Originally Posted by cali
-Markko Märtin
different reason for both names. But just speculation.
Turned down after I heard that RallyFinland WRC driver is NOT driving in Estonia.
Holy cow, so it was Paddon after all! Awesome!
Well one is a direct competitor against the best R5 cars and the other is a retired dude who has not driven rally cars for years. While it would be fun to see Märtin in Finland again I think the best he can do is beat some fast R5's like Rovanperä.Quote:
Originally Posted by pantealex
Errmmm dunno what you are trying to say here but speedwise noone capable of driving a WRC car against the factory boys. Thus not capable enough and you bring in such names like Bertelli, Serderidis and Block which proves my point.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tarmop
Really happy to have Paddon back!
I implied that there are plenty of wealthy people with an interest in rallying.
And I said in my original post that there is noone capable from Estonia. And by capable I mean fast enough. Wealth, will and speed are different thingsQuote:
Originally Posted by Tarmop
I would love to see Hayden do well but I'm afraid he'll lose time on the first day getting used to the car when he should be taking advantage of his good starting place (assuming it's dry)
Is it August yet?
How about now?
Now?
Paddons´chances doing well in Finland is good. Places 4-7 should be possible. His Fiesta is better than Breens Huyndai.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzA...ZK8aXo53flddAg
Recce vides, if you like. Again made with a horrible fisheye lense camera.
I still prefer looking at last year's WRC+ onboards for Harju, Oittila, Moksi, Urria, Ässämäki, Laukaa and Ruuhimäki. Äänekoski and Kakaristo are also mostly same as last year. Furthermore, you can see Leustu from 2014 and Päijälä from 2017. Vesala SD is on WRC youtube channel.
Useful bits from the videos:
- Ässämäki 2:50 forest cut
- Äänekoski 6:45-> new sections
- Pihlajakoski 0:00-11:10 new sections
- Kakaristo 0:00-3:40 new sections
- Leustu 0:00-0:48 new sections
- Laukaa 11:50 new junction turn
I don't really recall any driver struggling to learn the Fiesta though. Only real struggle I remember is Ogier last year in Finland when they changed both aero and dampers right before. Generally Fiesta seems the most driver-friendly car.Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
Tidemand?Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
It's different because it was his first WRC2017 drive as well. In fact, no one before Paddon has moved from another WRC2017 car to a Fiesta WRC.Quote:
Originally Posted by Allez Andruet
Well, Ogier had tried the Yaris (and the Polo) ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
And Suninen had tested the Yaris, but ok, I'm sure that was not the point. I agree these examples are not like drivers struggling with the C3 for example.
Support race VETOMIES entrylist is out, they took 100 pairs (and will take 10 reserve pairs if some cancelations appear)
https://akk.autourheilu.fi/Public/Ki....aspx?id=10340
"Best" 2wd nr. 258-274
Tommi Mäkinen with a Renault Clio. :D
and it´s V1600 (standard 1.6 one wheel drive)Quote:
Originally Posted by tommeke_B
or i20.Quote:
Originally Posted by Allez Andruet
Good oneQuote:
Originally Posted by pantealex
"Lock" is not allowed, so mostly 1WDQuote:
Originally Posted by stefanvv
https://www.nesterallyfinland.fi/sit...a_20190705.pdf
ENTRYLIST !!!
Huttunen entered with Hyundai i20 R5. Camilli with Fiesta R5, Kristoffersson with Polo and Henning with Skoda. No Veiby. Otherwise no surprises.
Berkqvist was announced with new Fiesta R5, he is missing totally.Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
and my #21 is also missing :(
Breen and Paddon will be interesting to follow. Otherwise fairly ‘normal’ entrylist.
What’s the story with Ostberg? Seems weird he wouldn’t do this event.
To me, surprise there´s no Bergkvist. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
Of course nice additions of Breen and Paddon at WRC, and decent WRC 2 Pro entry as well (with the new Fiesta's), but damn if that is not a weak entry by numbers. It is going to go close with 2017 as the lowest number of starters ever at NRF.
And in the meanwhile Vetomies event gets more popular and popular. Maybe that light weight Rally Finland is enough to a handful of crews that would otherwise try and go for the main event..Quote:
Originally Posted by [WRCRR]