[WRC] News & rumours (part II)

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27th January 2011, 11:40
bluuford

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Originally Posted by Juha_Koo

Now this is interesting and good news. :)

Just wondering who will co drive for him...

Maybe he drives alone :-P

Good news indeed. He has grown older and last year in Russian Championship it looked like he is mentally stronger as well. He will become 21 years old in this September, hopefully few more years of age also helps. Entry list for Mexico will be closed in a few days, so, we might expect something by Portugal at earliest.
This year in WRC looks better right now that last year looked in December :-P
27th January 2011, 12:01
J.Lindstroem

I cant describe how glad i am that Novikov is returning to the Wrc. He is what the sport needs. Raw talent, raw speed. I don't think we have seen anything like it for a long time. Again good news!
27th January 2011, 12:09
N.O.T

very good news about novikov....a guy with huge potential in my opinion if he manages to control his pace somehow.
27th January 2011, 12:10
RS

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Originally Posted by pettersolberg29

They were saying on TotalRally that Hanninen should get the VW seat, but apparently Al-Attiyah is preferred for their first season. And as I say, Petter is currently in talks with VW too.

If they prefer Al Attiyah to Hanninen then they are already making mistakes...
27th January 2011, 12:11
Barreis

He's far from the best drivers but let we see..
27th January 2011, 12:13
J.Lindstroem

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Originally Posted by N.O.T

very good news about novikov....a guy with huge potential in my opinion if he manages to control his pace somehow.

I think there is more than one reason to compare him with a certain Colin McRae. I rather have a fast and spectacular driver like Novikov or Latvala than a driver like Mikko who can say things like "lets settle for 2nd" already the first day.
27th January 2011, 12:22
Mitch555

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Originally Posted by mm1

Are you serious, this is no Dakar.

I am very serious! It may be no Dakar, but you can still rally without pacenotes. Australia does at least half of their rallies as roadbook, and RAC Rally in the UK had no pacenotes for many years. It's just an additional challenge they can have, and saves a lot of time and money with having no recce. Can be a new challenge, and we can see which driver is the most committed, read the road and drive to the conditions the best.
27th January 2011, 12:33
Hartusvuori

I definitely hope Novikov would manage to few jumps I'm planning to spectate at in NORF. And like said, he must've matured over the past year.
27th January 2011, 13:04
ProRally

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Originally Posted by RS

If they prefer Al Attiyah to Hanninen then they are already making mistakes...

But the backers of Nasser Al Attiyah owns at least already 20% of VW..... and getting more shares.... so Nasser will be there and they can find a extra driver who is younger
27th January 2011, 13:13
Juha_Koo

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Originally Posted by Mitch555

I am very serious! It may be no Dakar, but you can still rally without pacenotes. Australia does at least half of their rallies as roadbook, and RAC Rally in the UK had no pacenotes for many years. It's just an additional challenge they can have, and saves a lot of time and money with having no recce. Can be a new challenge, and we can see which driver is the most committed, read the road and drive to the conditions the best.

Being Finn, I understand that rallying is possible without pacenotes but I've always seen that pacenotes are a inseparable part of world rallying.

Modern drivers are familiar with long recce days, everytime there's a new rally/new stages they do over 12-hour days.

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