[WRC] News & rumours (part II)

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Originally Posted by 6789

Wilson is always sideways when I have seen the WRC cars on an event. You can see why he's slower because he's always using the side windows, but great to watch!!

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I notice this aswel whenever I watch onboards of wilson - he always looks fast. The trouble is, when someone looks fast, they are often actually slow!

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Originally Posted by Plan9

No I haven't completely forgotten Sordo although it is quite easy to do isn't it? He is not the most sparkling personality in the field.

I am starting to notice in other threads that people are beginning to draw parallels bewteen the Sainz-McRae rivalry with Sordo-Meeke. I'm sure if any BMW-Mini representatives are reading this will be delighted!

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Sparkling isn't exactly a word I'd use to describe Sordo either :laugh: He's not exactly Gigi galli is he? Although I wonder if he knew what he looked like while he was getting his photo taken with the michelin man? :D

i a ****ing bitch my name ****ing sam goodier

Timo Salonen, World Rally Champion 1985, is celebrating his 60th birthday today. He does the celebration behind the wheel at Rally Legend in San Marino. Congratulations to Löysä!

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Originally Posted by Hartusvuori

Timo Salonen, World Rally Champion 1985, is celebrating his 60th birthday today. He does the celebration behind the wheel at Rally Legend in San Marino. Congratulations to Löysä!

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Nice. In a 205 T16?

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Originally Posted by Hartusvuori

Timo Salonen, World Rally Champion 1985, is celebrating his 60th birthday today. He does the celebration behind the wheel at Rally Legend in San Marino. Congratulations to Löysä!

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The big 6-:p
I once watched a documentary on TV about group B rally era, I saw Timo Salonen smoking a fag during a press conference :D
Happy birthday Timo!

Google Translate / Ogier, Hirvonen y Sordo aparecen en las quinielas de cambio de equipo para el WRC 2012

Where do you find all this stuff?!

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Originally Posted by Josti

Nice. In a 205 T16?

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So I would've thought but some odd reason he drives a Gr. A Celica ST 185. I don't remember him ever competing in that car. However - he retired.

Salonen is best known for his slack attitude and mind games wording especially against Alén. In the beginning of 1987 season, first Gr. A, he said, to underline the difference in power between Peugeot 205 and his new car Mazada 323, that "he would be embarrassed to drive the car with helmet on".... Something that wouldn't do in 2011. And the smoking was always there. Legend is that in his Nissan years in Argentina, the team had brought a PR photographer at the end of one long straight. Salonen got bored driving in the straight so he asked his co-driver to light him a cigarette. When the team saw the photos, not pleased... That could be just a legend, but for such it's priceless. Nowadays he has managed to get rid of the habit and is said to be in better condition otherwise too than what he was a few years ago.

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Originally Posted by Hartusvuori

So I would've thought but some odd reason he drives a Gr. A Celica ST 185. I don't remember him ever competing in that car. However - he retired.

Salonen is best known for his slack attitude and mind games wording especially against Alén. In the beginning of 1987 season, first Gr. A, he said, to underline the difference in power between Peugeot 205 and his new car Mazada 323, that "he would be embarrassed to drive the car with helmet on".... Something that wouldn't do in 2011. And the smoking was always there. Legend is that in his Nissan years in Argentina, the team had brought a PR photographer at the end of one long straight. Salonen got bored driving in the straight so he asked his co-driver to light him a cigarette. When the team saw the photos, not pleased... That could be just a legend, but for such it's priceless. Nowadays he has managed to get rid of the habit and is said to be in better condition otherwise too than what he was a few years ago.

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What a legend :D

I am old enough to have seen him in a lot of rally Acropolis.Always i saw him was with a cigarette in mouth.Like in this photo
http://www.google.gr/imgres?imgurl=h...ch&um=1&itbs=1
Salonen if he didn t stick with Nissan so many years,i am sure that he could win more championships.


edit was smoking even with a helmet inside the car!
http://www.google.gr/imgres?imgurl=h...ch&um=1&itbs=1