Please Mikko, something different this time!! (an open letter)

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Thanks for the thread A.F.F. I think Barreis will stay on this thread for the rest of the season and not interfering with the discussions on other threads. ;)

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Originally Posted by Wim_Impreza

Hirvonen is the most overrating driver ever in my opinion. He even wasn't a national overall champion in his home country.

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Neither has been Juha Kankkunen, Ari Vatanen or Timo Salonen...

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Originally Posted by Karukera

Problem is that lazyness affecting him most of the time, plus he relies too much on consistency to climb in the classification.

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I believe it has nothing to do with lazyness it seems to have more to do with the lack of self-confidence. In some rallyes Hirvonen can be as fast as anyone else but, I don't know why, a lot of times the speed is not there, although you can see that he is trying! The true is that if you are always competing against Loeb it is dificult to keep you self-confidence at the highest levels. And to be a champion you have to believe in yourself.

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Originally Posted by jcatanho

...although you can see that he is trying!

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yes thats true! he always looks very fast on videos. i guess he maybe overpaces the car, at last with the focus he did. i hope he can kick loeb´s a*s this year, altough i dont really believe it ;)

At least Malcom has promise more power to the Fiesta.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/89800

"We have got more coming on the engine side," he said. "We're working on the efficiency of the engine, mainly in the area of the direct injection. There will be refinements, but these will come in time for the homologation in May.”

If there’s no results after that its time to be worried.

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Originally Posted by OldF

At least Malcom has promise more power to the Fiesta.

"We have got more coming on the engine side," he said. "We're working on the efficiency of the engine, mainly in the area of the direct injection. There will be refinements, but these will come in time for the homologation in May.”

If there’s no results after that its time to be worried.

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You should be worried any way, because what says the other Fiesta-men get the updates? Then were back on square one meaning there will be two categores of cars: the factory ones and the others...

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Originally Posted by Rallyper

You should be worried any way, because what says the other Fiesta-men get the updates? Then were back on square one meaning there will be two categores of cars: the factory ones and the others...

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Yes, but those updates have to be homologated which means every Fiesta has to have those updates.

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Originally Posted by OldF

Thanks for the thread A.F.F. I think Barreis will stay on this thread for the rest of the season and not interfering with the discussions on other threads. ;)

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You read me like an open book ;)

You're welcome.

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Originally Posted by jcatanho

I believe it has nothing to do with lazyness it seems to have more to do with the lack of self-confidence. In some rallyes Hirvonen can be as fast as anyone else but, I don't know why, a lot of times the speed is not there, although you can see that he is trying! The true is that if you are always competing against Loeb it is dificult to keep you self-confidence at the highest levels. And to be a champion you have to believe in yourself.

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I believe this is true, Mikko can be his own worst enemy at times.
But throughout his entire career, he's done nothing but improve his championship position, up to the point when he almost ended Loebs reign in 2009. 2010 was just a minor glitch in his career, best forgotten about :)