26th Kennards Hire Rally Australia (16-19.11.17)

Being smart and pushing where one can, instead of pushing all the time and crashing/breaking the car (sometimes not) is called luck now. Ok...stupidest argument ever.

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Originally Posted by AL14

I definitely agree with you but this year Ogier has been lucky indeed.

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Yes, he is very good at judging when to push and when to hold back a little, and helps make his own luck in that way. Probably also helped that the Fiesta seems the strongest car this year when it comes to suspension and impacts etc, like the VW was in its time.

But for anyone to claim it was skill to escape without major damage when (for one example) spinning out of control between trees after hitting a bank is clearly nonsense - in those moments it really is just luck.

You can't disagree Neuville was unlucky this year.
In Monte Carlo he went maybe 10cm wide, something that happens a lot. Only on that spot he had no room...
In Sweden he wasn't concentrated enough on the SSS. Stupid mistake, only a minor one, but stupid.
In Germany he did nothing wrong imo. Just the Hyundai being fragile (same with Sordo and Mikkelsen in Catalunya)
Catalunya was his fault.

These mistakes have costed him a lot, to finish less then a rally behind (in points), it's fair to say he could have been the champion.

But Ogier got more points, so he is the deserved champion

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Originally Posted by SubaruNorway

My memory probably escapes me, but when was that?
Quite incredibly what Ogier gets away with though, first runs over the biggest rock I've ever seen on the road that the spectators didn't move or put there (6 boys all with their phone out) then rams the bank so hard he spins...

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Neuville had a pretty hard hit against a bank early on Rally GB and no damage.

Luck evens itself out over time and Ogier cant have beeen lucky for 5 years...

winners are always more lucky then 'losers' ;)

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Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC

Luck evens itself out over time and Ogier cant have beeen lucky for 5 years...

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of course he can... the same sewer dogs believe that Loeb was lucky for 9.. so 5 is something normal for them.

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Originally Posted by dupanton

You can't disagree Neuville was unlucky this year.
In Monte Carlo he went maybe 10cm wide, something that happens a lot. Only on that spot he had no room...
In Sweden he wasn't concentrated enough on the SSS. Stupid mistake, only a minor one, but stupid.
In Germany he did nothing wrong imo. Just the Hyundai being fragile (same with Sordo and Mikkelsen in Catalunya)
Catalunya was his fault.

These mistakes have costed him a lot, to finish less then a rally behind (in points), it's fair to say he could have been the champion.

But Ogier got more points, so he is the deserved champion

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But you skip that he got away with about 50 other offroad excursions.

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Originally Posted by Munkvy

Nathan Quinn became the Australian rally champion, basically by default as Molly Taylors engine expired. However he certainly looked quick all weekend, right to the end:

https://thumb.ibb.co/c6cdiR/DSC03355.jpg

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Did he run normal group N4 car? Or that evo9 was heavily modified?

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Originally Posted by EstWRC

haha look what M-sport did with Tänaks hotel room, lol

https://www.instagram.com/p/BbqsD2JF...en-by=otttanak

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And this wasn’t all :D

Tanak farewelled from M-Sport with 'wet balls' prank:

https://t.co/S7HPnZ3Kgf

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Originally Posted by A FONDO

But you skip that he got away with about 50 other offroad excursions.

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Did he? I'm sure there were a few, but I think Ogier had bigger offroad excursions without consequences...