[WRC] News & rumours (part II)

She can be only a guest there.

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Originally Posted by sollitt

I wonder what it is that urges you to insult other people without cause or knowledge. It's certainly not a habit of successful people whether they be sports people or eco-technophobes.

Clearly, Emma Gilmour is a rally driver. A very talented and successful one at that. She might not be quite on Paddon's speed (but then few people are) but I'd wager that she would hold her own against most of the other tryouts for the VW seat. I believe she has a history, not only in New Zealand but also in Europe, of showing remarkable speed.
Whether she's got what VW are looking for remains to be seen. I guess that's what a test is for.

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You seem to have this strange habit of needing to defend people from down under.

Sadly in Australia and NZ the level of competition is well behind that which you get in Europe. There have been plenty of immensely talented drivers in various fields down under, but sadly if they don't leave and go to Europe or the US fairly early in their careers then their careers are generally guaranteed to flatline. People like Possum, Cody Crocker, Craig Lowndes and various others have reached the peak of their domestic championships but have just failed to compete on the world stage and it's not for lack of talent that's for sure. Have a look at Casey Stone and Mark Webber, the two most successful people that Australia has produced of late and the one thing they share is having gone to Europe by the time they were both 20 or so and they both moved onto high level competition shortly after.

It would be nice to see a woman in the WRC and not purely just because she's a woman, but sadly I think Emma's probably spent too much time in Australia and New Zealand and that will probably be a limiting factor on her future regardless of how much talen she has.

She doesn't have balls. :D

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Originally Posted by Barreis

She doesn't have balls. :D

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Seriously someone should just ban you, you add absolutely nothing to this forum other than mindless 3 or 4 word comments.

cut the crap, 37000 comments for what?! go back to australia from europe.

I also think money is a problem for us down under. Scott Dixon tested for Williams in 2003 or something and didn't get a drive with any of the back teams, even though in that year the f1 field took on a few wealthy no-hopers. Paddon and Emma G will struggle to make a career in any international rally series as there is not enough corporate interest and European rich kids and ken blocks will take precedent over them always for that reason.

Most of what you've written I actually agree with except this;

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Originally Posted by Daniel

You seem to have this strange habit of needing to defend people from down under.

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I actually very seldom 'defend' anybody from these parts. In this case I was merely correcting a typically outrageous fatuous statement made by your Grecian buddy.

... and this;

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Originally Posted by Daniel

Sadly in Australia and NZ the level of competition is well behind that which you get in Europe.

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I don't accept that this is necessarilly true. Make no mistake. The resources may be limited, which restricts the numbers who can play at the top level, but those who do are on a par with their counterparts from any other region. And the competition is fierce. You need look no further than Paddon for an example.

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Originally Posted by Barreis

cut the crap, 37000 comments for what?! go back to australia from europe.

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Actually Daniel was spot on about your posts and behaviour here.

I have 700+ posts, where do you want to send me? :D

Nowhere. Let's talk about news and rumours.

What you think about ICE1 future? If i righr understanding, after missing Australia Rally team will be excluded from manufacters