Few years back we had 5-7 hotshots with good fights between them. And in general the JWRC championship was exciting and spectacular to watch. Don't you agree?Quote:
Originally Posted by A.F.F.
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Few years back we had 5-7 hotshots with good fights between them. And in general the JWRC championship was exciting and spectacular to watch. Don't you agree?Quote:
Originally Posted by A.F.F.
Villagra's co-driver at Acropolis was not his usual Jorge Perez Companc, but Jose Maria Volta instead.
Does anyone know why?
Well the problem with such a hard tyres is that they are really, really, really hard! If you want to make a tyre without mousse that lasts on such a rocky roads you have to make them very hard. Those tyres weight much more and at the same time they are not working like a part of suspension. Tyres with mousse were much softer and worked as a part of suspension as well. Now this function is missing and suspension gets much harder impacts and breaks more often. The problem is that they tried to cut costs on tyres but now they are paying it back to repair or modify their suspension The worst situation is with PWRC, because these cars are normally meant to drive with normal tyres not with "stone" tyres.Quote:
Originally Posted by kleisj
The problem why Mikko was loosing so much time during the first Days and Loeb lost also a lot of time during the second and third Days was also the single option of tyres. last years when you were first on the road you used softer tyre which had much better grip on the loose. Now they all have to use very hard tyre all the time which is little bit like a ski on the ice :-) The results in Greece were very clear. Loeb lost 85.4 seconds to stage winner on Saturday and 133.9 seconds on Sunday that is more than a 1 sek/km. So, don't blame Mikko that he is loosing too much time on the first day!
From a press releaseQuote:
Originally Posted by Kaps
Villagra also changed co-drivers for the event, enlisting the help of Luis Pérez Companc’s regular co-driver after his own co-driver, Jorge Pérez Companc, was forced to stay home in Argentina for personal reasons.
No I don't and the reason is simple. That was then, this is now. Today young hotshots have ( fortunately ) found a different way to the top and it isn't through S1600. I've never liked S1600, not even when Loeb loebinated the series.Quote:
Originally Posted by kleisj
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Originally Posted by kleisj
Yep that´s Bernardo Sousa!! Lat´s year after winning is first rally (at 19 years old) he started to do impressive stage times but not completing any rally whatsoever!! But this year it look´s like is able to keep it together and finish rally´s more often, that´s good for him!!
His luckiest escape this year!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_X0GcDf7qM
:eek: :eek: :eek:
so in Acropolis was in ''safe mode'' :p :
Hi, that was me in the service park you were talking to. It was a pleasure to be in Greece a to see the Acropolis rally, its really hot, dusty and unbelievable rough!Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
Ηι pejda!!
next year don t hesitate for calling me if you come in Greece.
nice to talk with petrolheads-wrcmaniacs
ps.i want www.ewrc.cz in english asap :D
Wherever I saw him made quite an impression! I think he is very talented and I hope to see more of him in the future combined with winning results.Quote:
Originally Posted by JCarlosPP
The vid was surely a lucky escape!
http://pics.miarroba.com/caretos/lol.gif