Rally Norway 2009 2nd thread

The video and the pictures of this rally are online at my site!
It was a great rally to visit, it was quit cold (-24 at the shakedown), but with good clothing it was okay. Saw the cars at 10 stages and the shakedown, so that is really a lot for a WRC Rally.

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You can download the video at www.Rallymedia.nl -> Video -> Rally Norway 2009
Or watch it at Youtube in HD-Quality: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wr7UKB_c3jY&fmt=22

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Originally Posted by jbanbury

I've uploaded a few of my photos from the event ... http://www.rally-shots.com

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Good stuff Jay, hope you enjoyed yourself. Did you think it was better than Sweden last year? (the conditions I mean) :)

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Originally Posted by bennizw

My pictures from the event:

Rally Norway 2009 pictures

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I think you should give up taking photos, you're obviously no good at it ;)

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Originally Posted by J4MIE

Good stuff Jay, hope you enjoyed yourself. Did you think it was better than Sweden last year? (the conditions I mean) :)

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i wasnt at Norway this year but you could clearly see that this year Norway was much better then Sweden last year.

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Originally Posted by Helstar

Yes, winning a couple of stages and then retire for clutch problems, very good ^^ like going back to 2005 (unreliable car)...

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You really don`t recognize the greatness in this story when PG took on allcomers in the Fabia, do you?

Who the f... cares about his retirement and wether the car was unreliable or not! So what? PG and the Fabia made more or less a laughing stock of the "establishment" in WRC during two proper and demanding stages in Rally Norway. Isn`t that enough in itself?

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Originally Posted by Helstar

Yes, winning a couple of stages and then going off the road, very good ^^ like going back to 2005 (unreliable driver)...

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I agree with this! Excellent post Helstar :up:

:p

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Originally Posted by Iskald

You really don`t recognize the greatness in this story when PG took on allcomers in the Fabia, do you?

Who the f... cares about his retirement and wether the car was unreliable or not! So what? PG and the Fabia made more or less a laughing stock of the "establishment" in WRC during two proper and demanding stages in Rally Norway. Isn`t that enough in itself?

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Agreed :up: PG showed great skill and that on certain events the driver is more important than the car (within reason of course) at least in terms of stagetimes.

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Originally Posted by J4MIE

I think you should give up taking photos, you're obviously no good at it ;)

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Haha, cheers for that one ;)

Very nice pictures Benjamin! Are you the guy with the 2 Nikon cameras? You talked to my brother at the shakedown, he was filming at the jump and we've seen you a couple times after that ;)

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Originally Posted by Daniel

I agree with this! Excellent post Helstar :up:
:p

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Can you fart somewhere else ? Thanx

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Originally Posted by Iskald

You really don`t recognize the greatness in this story when PG took on allcomers in the Fabia, do you?

Who the f... cares about his retirement and wether the car was unreliable or not! So what? PG and the Fabia made more or less a laughing stock of the "establishment" in WRC during two proper and demanding stages in Rally Norway. Isn`t that enough in itself?

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Misunderstanding Mr. Iskald. I was amazed by the story too (unlike some others) and I'm a total fan of PG.

What I meant is that Gigi doesn't need to drive in small and/or private teams praying that the car doesn't fall into pieces. He has already show what he is capable of. He needs a works seat (yes it's a dream and it's quite far but... you take my point now).

Back in 2005 he made the same PG accomplishment: he made the best performance ever IMHO. Look at his teammate in Mitsu and look at his times in Day 1.
In Day 2 and 3 the car had problems of all kind, and he lost an helluva of time :\ could even get a podium place instead of a 7th

But Gigi need a drive.

Might be easier in IRC than WRC these days. But he is a driver that uses the cars he drives to the maximum, so he need one that will last...