[WRC] News & rumours (part II)

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Originally Posted by Barreis

Agree. In close battle with Loeb, Ogier, etc. Hanninen is nowhere.

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That is true, but only cos Hänninen has the S2000. :D :cool:

is hanninen going to race in any of the tarmac events on the wrc this year?

Germany and France. Both are new events for him so it will be interesting because for example Prokop did Germany maaaany times and the stages doesn't change a lot.

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Originally Posted by N.O.T

the only problem with Hanninen is that he is not tested against REAL competiton using a REAL car....and time is running out.

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Thats true, but I think time will tell, why else would he be driving the real rallies now, if they dont have future plans for him.

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Originally Posted by cali

Solberg and tarmac is not a good combo ;)

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Hey, he came second in spain last year :D OK, maybe it was in mixed surfaces :)

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Originally Posted by logic

I think Loeb will do what all french do...........run when they is some sort of competition .

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I imagine that with such speech, you must have a thick honours list as a dictionary, and that it was acquired against French drivers??? Isn't ???

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Originally Posted by pettersolberg29

Interesting point - I think Sordo would be the perfect teammate to Ogier, and Dani may even think he could beat Ogier... especially on tarmac.

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I don't think that Sordo would be allowed to win on any other surface if it came down to the two of them.

I would'nt worry about Hanninen. His experience in s2000 will not be too much of a problem when he gets a WRC as they are quite similar to drive, judging by the comments of some drivers who have used both.

It's not the problem in machinery. It is problem in battle with Loeb who's unbeatable and then the confidence is going down little by little. The rare ones are who beat Loeb in last five years.

Cheer up he has driven against some fast drivers in SWRC/IRC and not lost his nerve. I think he will be quite resilient against people like Loeb and Ogier. Also, Loeb may not be there to challenge him next year. I do agree that being a Stobart driver would be a damn stupid thing to do, we don't need another Henning.