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Can anyone beat Loeb?... or should that be will anyone be allowed to?...
I don't know but I'd really prefer it if the teams just let everyone drive their own races without tactics to help the preferred number 1 driver at such an early stage in the year...
For the newbies like me it seems to bring the game into disrepute...
Because we all know that however well Ogier, for example, does he won't be allowed to win and that just seems wrong... doesn't it?...
If Loeb was as good as most people think he is tactics are not necessary, are they?...
On the current basis it's only Mikko and Petter that are allowed to challenge him this year and the former looks unlikely to and the latter is too short of the readies to do so (not to mention that Citroen may make parts difficult to find if he looks like doing so).... therefore it rather looks like game over even now...
But what do I know?....
teams have 1 goal the manufacturer title.....by allowing every driver to go flat out or ignore tactics they jeopardise their chances of winning the title.
Agree - Escpecially we can see this at Ford - interesting as for me tha manu title has less maketing valueQuote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
I think the most realistic one who can do it is his wife who can beat him very easily and hopefully she will not be accused in home violence for that :-)
wife is the good one :D , and there is no tactics need at all to beat Loeb...just do it ... :DQuote:
Originally Posted by bluuford
But yes, Loeb driving style is so straight and smooth, the only way is to take more shortcuts to beat Loeb... :D
Look at the Solberg's, Hirvonen's, Latvala's onboard cameras, the road is not seen almost the all stage, and the car are very nervous, which makes braking difficult and risk higher, and they are too fast in the corner, which makes difficult to get out of the corner faster and risk is higher. But either way, they are all amazing drivers, I love them to watch, I love their's attitude, they love driving, all of them have unique driving styles, and they are risking hugely to beat Loeb, but rally is too long for taking that amount of risk.
Loeb's onboard camera - the road is seen almost of the time, which indicates, that he keeps the car more straighter, he brakes earlier, righter moment, while getting faster out of the corner, and driving like that he is faster then others while taking less risks.
When Loeb talks about the risks he takes, I think, he is taking just more shortcuts and brakes later, but that's all about his risks, while the others taking risks being too fast at the corner. Every Loeb's mistakes are first to contact front wheel, which indicates too much shortcuts...and very very very very rearly he makes a spin...(in Sweden once I remember, he backed off a little bit of gas, and rear was gone immideatly and the next thing he he find himself, his on the roof - but there was communication error as well, if I am not wrong)
But YES, Loeb can be beaten, when the pressure is higher...but it is not at the moment...
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Originally Posted by Raini
Look at the press conference after Rally Turkey and the interview with wrc.com. Loeb definitely feels pressure from Petter.
The fact that he finds himself in a position in which he is favoured illustrates that he is. Drivers don't tend to become an undisputed number one without some degree of talent, after all.Quote:
Originally Posted by LadySnowcat
thats crap. would not happen.Quote:
Originally Posted by LadySnowcat
I'm pretty sure they already did it a lot last year... it took him months to get new diffs and engine for his xsara. Then for his C4 they told him it'd cost a million dollars to get the same gearbox as Seb.Quote:
Originally Posted by alexlake
Still, by now it looks like he has nearly the same car as the factory drivers.