cut the bs, cut the bs... two diff teams, lol ;)
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cut the bs, cut the bs... two diff teams, lol ;)
AHAH get real ... it won't be true even if he wins another 5 WRC titles trust me ... here in Italy if I say "Loeb" half of the people reply "... who ?!" and the other half "meh, he's a bot but 0 emotions...", if I say "Colin McRae" they reply "oh, he was AMAZING ! My idol !", of course the videogame serie may also have something related to this, we have to wait until somebody publish a "Loeb Rally" videogame ... but ops ... it will never happen because he's not popular at all, that's it :pQuote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
so the greateness of a man depends on how popular he is....hmmmm nice logic
This victory has sealed Loeb's greatness I think, fantastic effort and glad that it wasn't a walk in the park :)
However I can't help but feel that he only won because Marcus wasn't competing ;)
Title number 5 coming right up!
Loeb did really well, but I must admit it's frustrating.
Everyone else seems to struggle and Seb makes it look easy.
That's when you know you have that "it" factor.
The possibility of anyone winning the title besides Seb is nil. Live with that fact!
I know I will until next season.
I think you're forgetting that Citroën are using WRC very much as a marketing tool, so they hire talented drivers from countries where they sell cars. Since they don't sell any cars in Australia there is 0% chance that Atkinson will ever drive for the Citroën works team. Had he been as good as Loeb - which he clearly isn't - then maybe, but otherwise not a chance.Quote:
Originally Posted by theugsquirrel
It's just to show you that now WRC is unfortunately a small little thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
Almost nobody is following it anymore. It's more circuit racing, with almost nobody racing. Like F1 with 8-10 cars only.
Easier to win now compared to the past.
And different, rallies were longer, cars weren't like on trails, there were more drivers and cars, better competition. etc. yes Loeb is the winner of this 'era' and his fans and him are proud, but the environment is poor.
Good point. Having just seen the pathetic excuse of an F1 driver that Kovalainen is, winning his first race in the must lucky way, you never know what might happen in Germany. Maybe you're right - maybe it doesn't matter what Loeb does in Germany, maybe it's just his time to have a problem on a rally he has won 6 times in a row. But mark my words, Hirvonen will also have at least one DNF before this season is over.Quote:
Originally Posted by cut the b.s.
well, a great win by Loeb and the fact that Mikko couldn't even beat Loeb on his homeground might affect his confidence for the rest of the year. Not taking anything away from Loeb, but still I don't appreciate the opponents as much as if Grönholm would have been there.
And if only Latvala would get his head straight....
Also a good drive by Atkinson and further ridiculing Petters complaints about the car. And a very nice drive by Rantanen in his first ever WRC event. Hope he gets more chances in other events as well.
And nice that Hänninen got the win he needed. i hope the two finns will challenge Aigner for the PWRC title for real
I dont know what it is about Loeb, an absoloutely amazingly talented driver but in the English speaking rally world and Nordic countries he does not seem to be as popular a figure as Marcus, Colin, Tommi, Petter,Galli, and so on.
Winning Finland was clearly very important for Seb, and well done to him. As for Mikko he tried.......... shame Marcus wasn't there, and also shame that Ouninpohja was not run in its proper way and proper length.