i actually dont think vw is looking for pay drivers, they want the best drivers (would be perfect it they also fit into theyre marketing strategy) and not the richest. money is no problem at vw i guess...
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i actually dont think vw is looking for pay drivers, they want the best drivers (would be perfect it they also fit into theyre marketing strategy) and not the richest. money is no problem at vw i guess...
How about realising that they are hugely different cars. I'm sorry but a kit car and a WRC at the time had as much in common as a cat and a dog. Seat had a fairly successful F2 career and their time in the WRC was fruitless.Quote:
Originally Posted by alleskids
Putting a transmission tunnel in, changing the rear suspension from a torsion bar setup to a macpherson strut and putting in a 4wd transmission isn't simple bolt on stuff. In a kit car all the rear had to do was follow the front, in a WRCar it is nowhere near that simple. The Xsara WRCar also had the revolutionary kinetic ARB system which was NOT present in the kit car. Lets also remember that the Xsara Kit Car had virtually no career on gravel and neither did its father the 306 Maxi.
The idea that the Xsara WRC was somehow a kit car with a turbo engine and a 4wd transmission is hilarious and you should be laughed at for saying that in public.
Petter has a stored database information,
particularly from Citroen which is crucial for developing the car.
Another reason to be selected by VW. I guess.
That information would be useless , cuz he never drove the works car.Quote:
Originally Posted by danon
everyone also know´s that solberg is not a good car developer and testdriver. also i think of the last subaru years, when atkinson was already faster then him. quite strange no one talks about him...
No seats available. That's why nobody talks about him.
Solberg is very nice choice for VW though because of his PR skills...so they can take advantage of him for a year and then replace him with someone who can win rallies and championships.
That way they both win, WV will manage and get many fans because of Solberg who has a very dedicated fan base and Solberg will be able to drive in a team once more and be a nice measure for the No1 driver of the team.
Atkinson is a big risk...he is very fast but he lacks consistency which makes him a gamble for a serious Team. Same as Latvala who is a winner but definately not good for the manufacturer championship.
Any stardriver who joins VW for 2012 will have a car that is not ready and competitive against Citroen and Ford. Have you thought what that means?
It means that the good driver who ever it will be, have maybe to start first on legs because bad times on shakedown. Let´s hope everyone count that when we´re talking who´s gonna be VW´s no1 driver next year and not count him out after having bad results.
all that is speculation...WV will test for a whole year so i think the car might be very fast out of the box, if the base is good.
what i do not like about WV is their young driver testing program.....how can they evaluate a rally driver from a single event ?? and especially from an event that he knows well (since so far they pick specialists for their tests) ??
Yeah, ford was quick when Tapio Laukkanen was test driver.