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Weird choices...
Maybe Abring has some future, but definitely it is too early for Wiegand.
I am starting to be skeptical about Kris Nissen´s ability to lead the WRC team. Definitely there would have been many other drivers available like Hayden Paddon or Jarkko Nikara (both of them would have deserved the opportunity)...
With Wiegand it's definitely not earlier than with Ogier in 2007 when Citroën brought him from local Peugeot XS Cup. Sometimes You have to gamble if You want to find the diamond ;)
i didn t mean Abring...Quote:
Originally Posted by rp
Its not quite the same with Ogier.Wiegand at 1st day at France was on par with Cerny.In every ss was from 10 to 20 sec slower from the r2 winner.He finished day 1 4min 12 sec behind fastest r2 fiesta.At day 2 was 7 minutes behind fastest fiesta with same pace at ss as day 1.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
I really stragle to see any potential from this guy.
In his home rally the same situation.
Ogier wasn t 20-30 sec slower from guys with same car before ffsa/citroen grab him. ;)
same ''choices'' vw had do when they were competed at wrc with golf g60 4x4.Guess the results.
Ok these drivers are not the drivers are going to be the official polo crews,but i really can t find ANY logic in these choices....
VW tries hard to find the best German driver. That's all. So, they try almost all the available young German drivers.
did you see somebody fast from Germany the last 20 years? :DQuote:
Originally Posted by tolis
I'm living in the same city as him, and his Dads business is down the road from where I am living. From what I know, he is working for the family business, as he is regularly at the local motor club meetings. That would be a difficult commute from Cumbria.Quote:
Originally Posted by Roy
you dont know anything about wiegand, dont judge him for the results he showed at the academy rallyes(witch werent so special, i admit that, had expected a bit more too. but he also had technical problems and i´m not sure if his funding allowed him to really push, still not so special results, shure). he only did 1 rallye in the fiesta before germany. before he only drove a lupo gti and a swift n2. it is his first season in rallyeing...last year he drove 3 or 4 small rallyes in germany and now has driven 19 rallyes in his life ever, most of them had under 150 ss km, some even only 35 km. so not mutch experience. and here in germany he had extremely good results, beating up a lot of drivers in his group n swift. also in french swift cup he set all besttimes on 2nd day at ralyle rouergue, and even was faster then the twingo r1 cup drivers on some stages. he almost always finished first in his class this year: http://www.seppwiegand.com/erfolge.html he already is faster or equally fast as riedemann, who has mutch, mutch more experience. its the first german driver formany years who has not this "main aim is to finish and get experience, bla bla bla" ability, he wants to push.
before he did motocross, was european champion in cross country and so on...
so for me he´s the best young talented driver germany has to offer at the moment. and i´m really happy that vw also recognized this. if they want a german, they should choose him, give him a drive in swrc with maximum attack allowed and maybe german rallye championchip or french, czech or what ever in the fabia, let him take part at the polo tests and then if he proves to be good, give him a drive in the wrc 2013 in the vw b team. maybe 2014 he´s on top then...
so, i´m very happy with vw´s choise(maybe it´s because im german, shure, but finnish fans also seemed to be happy with lindroos, witch almost noone had ever heard from before). but i also share tommeke_B´s opinion, they should have let wiegand drive in spain instead of riedemann and give the wales drive to someone else. what i dont really understand is, why they give riedemann that 2nd drive. it´s not that i dont like him or so, but he had his chance this year...
I'd agree with an earlier poster who has doubts about VW Motorsport boss Kris Nissen; he's hardly Dr Ulrich of Audi is he? If VW want to succeed, they may need to get a new Motorsport boss.
VW have run local drivers in Finland, Germany & Spain. So why not GB? Abbring is a good driver, so I can see the sense in that, but the other driver has only been Rallying for a short period of time. You can't tell me he's better than some of the British/ Irish youngsters.....
you dont know anything about wiegand, dont judge him for the results he showed at the academy rallyes(witch werent so special, i admit that, had expected a bit more too. but he also had technical problems and i´m not sure if his funding allowed him to really push, still not so special results, shure). he only did 1 rallye in the fiesta before germany. before he only drove a lupo gti and a swift n2. it is his first season in rallyeing...last year he drove 3 or 4 small rallyes in germany and now has driven 19 rallyes in his life ever, most of them had under 150 ss km, some even only 35 km. so not mutch experience. and here in germany he had extremely good results, beating up a lot of drivers in his group n swift. also in french swift cup he set all besttimes on 2nd day at ralyle rouergue, and even was faster then the twingo r1 cup drivers on some stages. he almost always finished first in his class this year: http://www.seppwiegand.com/erfolge.html he already is faster or equally fast as riedemann, who has mutch, mutch more experience. its the first german driver formany years who has not this "main aim is to finish and get experience, bla bla bla" ability, he wants to push.
before he did motocross, was european champion in cross country and so on...
so for me he´s the best young talented driver germany has to offer at the moment. and i´m really happy that vw also recognized this. if they want a german, they should choose him, give him a drive in swrc with maximum attack allowed and maybe german rallye championchip or french, czech or what ever in the fabia, let him take part at the polo tests and then if he proves to be good, give him a drive in the wrc 2013 in the vw b team. maybe 2014 he´s on top then...
so, i´m very happy with vw´s choise(maybe it´s because im german, shure, but finnish fans also seemed to be happy with lindroos, witch almost noone had ever heard from before). but i also share tommeke_B´s opinion, they should have let wiegand drive in spain instead of riedemann and give the wales drive to someone else. what i dont really understand is, why they give riedemann that 2nd drive. it´s not that i dont like him or so, but he had his chance this year...