it does have one.... its called ignore
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it does have one.... its called ignore
If Seb gets his extra motivation to continue his career by signing a no-competition-inside-the-team deal with the same old team, alrighty then. Why leave to a team where you´d have to interact with a different language, plus the food would be worse there. A terrible thought.
I remember watching the shakedown of Rally NZ in 2002 with an experienced local co-driver. We were at the roadside and watched Loeb drive passed. The old guy said he would win "absolutley everything" I doubted him then but since 2003 I have been eating my words. I can only hope that when he does choose to leave the sport, whoever owns the WRC then limits the amount of time Loeb's legacy gets in the media to tries to reboot the series as there is no way that any of the current field could ever come close to what he has done.
I've not been a fan of Loeb. But I became one during Finland. The achievement of 8 consecutive titles actually tells us more about the opposition than it does about Loeb however the win in Finland is all about Loeb. Winning such a 'specialist event', from the front, in a team that was reportedly working against him, is the stuff of folk heroes.
In any sport or profession, when you are the best, you are entitled to such recognition and nowhere moreso than within the team you have assisted to greatness.
Ogier might be an exciting prospect but, in that team, he is still the apprentice and as long as Loeb remains the most prolific winner he is entitled to #1 status.
Calls for him to retire or go elsewhere to prove his greatness are churlish nonsense and deserving of every admonishing response NOT can muster.
If he is so much afraid of competition, how come would he have earlier accepted Grönholm as team mate in the Kronos team? Get down to the earth guys, after all drivers dont decide much in the team.Quote:
Originally Posted by tfp
and if he is afraid of competition he would not agree to join no.1 in citroen with ogier this year. he knew already what ogier was capable off already from last year. and remember ogier has the above hand in every round so far, loeb is cleaning the road and he can play easily tactics. but lets see whats gonna happen in the tarmac rallies. also i am curious to see how well ogier can lead from the lead opening the stages and have such a lot of pressure from behind as loeb had in finland. so i dont think it's time for citroen to favour ogier over loeb, the have more to loose than gain, so they will give loeb whatever he needs to stay
Loeb isnt afraid of competition. All respects to him.
What says he has to compete at all next year?
I think Citroen keep him in the family as a Public Relations guy and maybe a mentor of coming drivers in the Citroen family. Beside that he might give FIA som extra help to popularise the WRC even more, when the competition gets hotter after him leaving the steering wheel.
Ogier stays as no1 driver and Petter will be no1 in VW. Never will Loeb go to VW.
Remember where you read this first.
If he wan't frightened, why did he tell the press that "Ogier should move to Ford" ?
I feel that Loeb's domination has scared away many car companies. More than anything else Subaru's demise was hastened by the fact Loeb kept them off the podium's top step. On a personal note, I don't hate Loeb and I admire his skills but I feel his sucess has come at a great price for the sport I love.
HE is french , he is afraid of everything.