Time's Up for Latvala...

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Originally Posted by Brother John

The complete forum is full with rubbisch......so what? :dozey:
It does not concern here only about Latvala but about Ford.
The easiest way is always to give a driver the blame.
I say only that Citroën is the better team and car, the C4 remains, however, on the road and is faster.
Even i don´t like Citroën, it´s just a fact they are the only factory team at the moment.

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I don't disagree with you which is the better var, but how does that make JML crash more?

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Originally Posted by GigiGalliNo1

Thoughts:

Comparing JM-L to Gigi Galli?

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I don't think Galli is better than JM.He had his chance and he didn't take advantage of it last year.Personally,I expected more from him....

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Originally Posted by ste898

I don't disagree with you which is the better var, but how does that make JML crash more?

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well since the Focus is slower then the C4 and if JML wants to achieve the same times as Loeb, JML have to push harder on and sometimes over the limit and when you're on or over the limit your much more likely to crash since you take bigger risks.

While someone who is a very fast driver in a faster car can drive with sligthly larger margin and is therefore less likely to do a mistake.

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Originally Posted by Brother John

Even i don´t like Citroën, it´s just a fact they are the only factory team at the moment.

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And how do you see that as a fact?

I must say I’m little surprised about the performance from JML looking it from a mental aspect. Timo Jouhki said in an interview that he’s also taking into account the mental side when he chooses drivers to support but it seems that tests or testers have failed with that with JML or then the tests aren’t so reliably.

IMO another problem JML has are the pace notes. It seems that he always mange to find some stones he don’t have in his pace notes. And as he said in the interview at wrc.com he wants to see the braking places and that IMO means that he don’t rely on the pace notes.

Here JML analyses his crashes.

http://translate.google.com/translat...history_state0=

….tip nakutellessa time…. = ….making the fastest times….
pätkä, erikoiskoe = SS
semmoinen = kind of
Portugal Latvala auto municipality…. = In Portugal the crew…..

Jari-Matti has great skills behind the wheel. Sometimes he's even faster than Loeb, but he's less consistant (we have to face that he's got less experience that Sèb).

When I saw the footage of the accident, it really reminded me when Henri Toivonen passed away. God, it was scarry...

Mikko 4 seconds faster than this morning

26.8 the final difference after day 2...

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Originally Posted by Lalo

Jari-Matti has great skills behind the wheel. Sometimes he's even faster than Loeb, but he's less consistant (we have to face that he's got less experience that Sèb).

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Despite sweden 2008 J-M has never been faster than Seb in rally distance. Usually J-M does better times from better road position or when Loeb is driving strategically.

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Originally Posted by AndiG

I think perhaps he would need a more experienced co driver who is able to calm him down and makes him listen to his pace notes. Because after JML interview I think there is also a communication problem if he says that he brakes when he sees that he has to brake not when the co driver tells him to brake???!!!

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Excellent, like bringing Nicky Grist in to calm down McRae.