Why don't you f*ck off?Quote:
Originally Posted by SlowSon
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Why don't you f*ck off?Quote:
Originally Posted by SlowSon
time will tell, i think that now after we are through with monte-carlo, most of the other rallies have "normal" conditions so it will play a hand there to Meeke's rivals but as he said if he can finish the Monte and in the podium i bet he can finish the other rallies, as time passes i think and hope he'll have less retirements.
thats my fault.Forget to sent him his pills.I am sorry.Quote:
Originally Posted by RAS007
that is not really necessary... Kris did a very good job here. The battle with ostberg will be very interesting indeed on gravel..on snow it will be unfair to compare the two.Quote:
Originally Posted by SlowSon
In my mind the championship stars in mexico when it comes to judge how drivers perform... monte is more of a tyre gamble and a survival rally when conditions are like that and Sweden is a specialised event.
Spot on. Same applies to judging the Hyundai.Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
RS specialised for whom? VW has JML, Huyndai has Juho, Citroen has Mads, Ford has Mikko. Are they not specialists on snow? Kris should, and I do think he will, be able to do a top five in RS regarding his speed and confidence. Judging rallydrivers according to most of guys here on forum must be done on every surface. Why are you so often blaiming nordic drivers not performing on tarmac... without taking measures for "specialised events"??Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
(This quote is answer for both quotes above)
They all have specialists but Ogier wins (another dominant Seb)...:D
I am talking about comparing drivers not judging them in general. For sure their performance counts on every event but when it comes to comparing 2 drivers i think we should exclude events who favor the one over another. On tarmac the surface is in the championship since the beginning and we have many events each year so each driver is obliged to do well if he is a contender, while snow is just 1 event per year.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
Well, yes, OK. My quote did mostly regard Huyndai performance talk after your quote.
Of course, but the majority of the calendar is not made up of events like this, so it is not possible to draw conclusions from Sweden for the rest of the season.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
Correct :) In fact there are not enough pure tarmac events in this years calendar.Quote:
Judging rallydrivers according to most of guys here on forum must be done on every surface.
I think there are fundamentally two different types of events in rallying, loose surface and sealed surface. Monte and Sweden are a bit different, Monte because of the conditions and Sweden because they drive on studs. I just see them as two iterations within that loose/sealed structure.Quote:
Why are you so often blaiming nordic drivers not performing on tarmac... without taking measures for "specialised events"??
So who is the fastest driver with no seat now that Kris has a seat ?
To me, last post looks like a headline on a new topic?
gravel: NovikovQuote:
Originally Posted by KiwiWRCfan
tarmac: Bouffier
IMHO Tanak, but he has a partial programmQuote:
Originally Posted by pantealex
bUT NOVIKOV CRASHES TOO MUCH TO Be seen as a proffesionol driver.Quote:
Originally Posted by pantealex
Not a bad rally Sweden so far for Kris Meeke(especially today's leg) :cool:
Certainly not bad, very mature approach.
If he manages to hold Ogier back it will be a great success.
i dont think he will try,and imho it will be clever to dont try. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
70 seconds is too little for Ogier at 141km stages.
No, he'll ignore Ogier. As I said earlier Meeke is driving at 90% and plans ignoring everybody else.
I would wait until the 2nd half of the season when he'll be on events he's had some/limited experience before. He's never been to Portugal nor Mexico (unless you count spectating some years ago...). Argentina is a new place for him too although IRC was obviously there but not near WRC area. Poland will also be new too. So from NORF on he should be more comfortable with things.
So which rallies has he attended. He has been a rallydriver for years. Just curious. With all respect for Meeke, but wondering about forummembers memory... :pQuote:
Originally Posted by noel157
Yes, a long time driving but very little regulars seats. Not a lot of starts over the years, was always fighting for money and chances:
http://www.ewrc-results.com/profile.php?p=70&sct=1
or
http://krismeeke.com/about.php
He may have been driving for a long time, but he has very little WRCar experience.
Before this season; 2005 Rally GB in a private Impreza WRC, 2007 Rally Ireland in another private Impreza WRC.
Then his 5/6 outings in the MINI WRC in 2011 - and finally his 2 outings in the DS3 WRCar last year.
He's doing absolutely the right thing - driving his own Rally, and trying to finish to build up some experience.
Who's first driver at citroen works team?!
Edit- deleted my reply. Not worth it, you'd only send a complaint in again..........Quote:
Originally Posted by Barreis
they do not have one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barreis
I'm really glad Meeke signed a second year with Citroën :)
Common sense prevailed.
His technical knowledge of the DS3, top notch engineering feedback and a decent pace helped a bit.
Now's the time to fix the costly mistakes.
Kris now has a seat for 2015. Should this thread be closed and replaced with a new thread of "xxxxx xxxxx the fastest driver with no seat"
Of course the new thread may only last a few hours / days pending Yves Matton's next anouncement
What Sebastien Loeb? FASTEST DRIVER WITH NO SEAT ;-)Quote:
Originally Posted by KiwiWRCfan
Lukyanuk!
PaddonQuote:
Originally Posted by WUff1
Ostberg
good humor. lolQuote:
Originally Posted by MJW
Not necessarily the fastest, but the driver with most potential is Paddon.
Ostberg is currently faster, cant see him improving much though.
Agreed
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Not faster all the time ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Doon
I agree with Paddon, for me Ostberg reached his limits in 2012.
i would also name Abbring but he has a seat in ERC.
Nothing is confirmed for next year yet. In a recent interview he said his main focus is on staying with Peugeot, but he is also talking to Skoda and Citroen. Besides that he's doing the roll outs of the Hyundai's before they get sent to a WRC round.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
My 2 cents is that it's now Paddon or Lukyanuk.