Wrc Rally Argentina 2011

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Originally Posted by Hartusvuori

Then organisers used wrong Finnish flag (one for govermental use etc.) for Hirvonen and on top of it all,the wrong flag was even upside down!

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No dobts, this was the rallye of the flags.
First the Uruguayan flag painted on the roof of the DS3´s and now the Finnish flag on the podium. :)

Ford should replace this lineup 'cos they cannot win the championship.

Easy to say that. Now the more difficult question. By who?

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Originally Posted by AndyRAC

No, it doesn't offend me - it just seems they're the only ones making noises about it.......would they be as concerned if there were no Finns taking part?

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Why noise? An official protest is under investigation, so what's wrong with giving info about that?

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Originally Posted by AndyRAC

And what has it got to do with MTV3.fi......??? What team/driver are they representing? Haven't they done something like this before? Extremely small time behaviour.

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Dont underestimate Finnish commentators. They are even used to help FIA : http://200.58.126.155/wp-content/upl...DECISION-5.pdf

Somehow I'm very sorry for JM. In Sardinia Miikka's unfortunate mistake cost the most likely win and now in Argentina a technical failure. He sounded really frustrated in Finnish interview. I'm worried that he'll get too "fired up" in the later part of the season and start throwing it to the scenery. He said something like "I'm now totally fed up with these situations. It will change it now."

He has had such a good pace too... Well, this is rallying.

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Originally Posted by Mirek

Why noise? An official protest is under investigation, so what's wrong with giving info about that?

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Is it still under investigation or are results final?

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Originally Posted by MJW

Is it still under investigation or are results final?

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Still under investigation. Results are conditional.

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Originally Posted by BleAivano

Loeb was not approved of by the FIA to receive the nessesary superlicense which is required to drive in F1 due to lack of racing experience. see this link:
http://www.totalf1.com/full_story/vi...p_on_F1_dream/ it has nothing to do with being afraid of loosing.

I also think Loeb wanted to show that he could equally as fast with the new cars as well as with the old ones. And if he would take the title this year too (quite likely) then he would be the last winner
of the old WRC Cars and the first winner with the new 1,6T cars. I think that would be motivation enough for a final season in the WRC before moving on to GT Racing.

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Thankyou for the link, made an interesting read. I knew the Fia wouldn't give him a licence, but I dont think there was much stopping him from going out and gaining a licence. The age thing aswel, hes a gymnast for christ sake :D I dont think the age/fitness thing would be a problem for him, I dont think he eats at mcdonalds every night for his tea :p
I would have been really interested to follow him if he made the move, Im sure others would too.

Is there anything happenning with the SS7 shortcut thing?

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Originally Posted by Barreis

Ford should replace this lineup 'cos they cannot win the championship.

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Maybe not, but who else can keep up with the two sebs?