Rally Great Britain 2009

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Originally Posted by Juha_Koo

This also showed that some people have an attitude problem towards JM.

JM wants to win. Mikko wants to "look and see how Seb is doing."

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You must admit that it is an easy conclusion (expect an off from JM) after all he did this year.

I also thinks that Loeb and Mikko are doing more than look at each other. Solberg and Sordo came for a win and are almost a minute behind.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tXvTIW1ImY

Clearly he had some problems with the car!!!!

Videos from Hafren

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jA637VCK5HU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8DB-qbPR8o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jA637VCK5HU

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Originally Posted by mdesign

You must admit that it is an easy conclusion (expect an off from JM) after all he did this year.

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I prefer not to jump to easy conclusions due to the fact that they are 95% of the time totally false. :)

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Originally Posted by Francis44

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tXvTIW1ImY

Clearly he had some problems with the car!!!!

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Yes, no front brakes at all because the driveshaft broke the brake line(s).

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Originally Posted by mdesign

Solberg and Sordo came for a win and are almost a minute behind.

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What did you expect then?

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Originally Posted by Juha_Koo

Just as I thought, no off for Latvala on SS1 confirmed by onboard and JM's comments to Finnish media. Just a mechanical breakdown. I'm so disappointed.

This also showed that some people have an attitude problem towards JM. With no facts available they jumped to conclusions and automatically thought that it has to be an off. They were not only false but also rather egregious.

JM wants to win. Mikko wants to "look and see how Seb is doing."

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As I said earlier I/we may have been a bit premature. Having said that he did say somewhere that he was sure he did not hit a rock which as WRR said is an oft used denial. As for an attitude problem, Latvala earned that all himself.
If it was a straight forward mechamical failure it certainly was bad luck.

Those who impressed me today were (apart from Loeb / Solberg / Sordo and Mikko) were Eyvind Brynildsen and Jarkko Nikara. They were really impressive with their driving, lines and commitment. Future talents!

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Originally Posted by A.F.F.

Folks, it's nothing away from Loeb to admit that throughout the last years Mikko has developed as a driver and on gravel is about as fast as Loeb. The difference varies and is minimum.
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In his best gravel rallies Mikko is near-match to Seb but in most gravel rallies Seb is is faster.

But considering how reliable Mikko is his performance top-notch. Especially under current point system he should be already champion (In argentina he lost 8 or 10 points for technical reason).

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Originally Posted by Juha_Koo

I prefer not to jump to easy conclusions due to the fact that they are 95% of the time totally false. :)
Yes, no front brakes at all because the driveshaft broke the brake line(s).

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I know he had a mechanical failure.
I'm just saying that you don't have a attitude problem to expect that the time loss is due to another driving error. I'd say you would guess it rigth 95% of the time.

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Originally Posted by Tomi

What did you expect then?

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I expected them to be where they are, I'm just pointing that to say that Mikko is just NOT cruising to loebs splits.

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Originally Posted by Juha_Koo

Mikko wants to "look and see how Seb is doing."

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My point is that Mikko is doing a great job and I belive that they are going flat out.