I see that everyone is talking about Hirvonen's speed. But nobody is talking about the difference between Ford and Citroen. It's obviously that Citroen is better than Ford, even the new specification of World Rally Car. In Mexico you could seen that. In the first day Hirvonen was a lot slower than Loeb and Ogier because the start order drawback him. And on the second and the third day he wasn't pushing hard because he seen that all the other Fords had problems.
We should wait for three more days to see which car is faster. You say that citroen is faster, but you forget the time of Miko in mexicos power stage!! 2 seconds faster than the citroen.. It is too early to judge the speed of the cars
in power stages the leaders risk a lot less than those behind....its a normal reaction.
I like it:-) It could be possible, but only if he improves his pace on tarmac...Quote:
Originally Posted by StevieWonder
:D
Yesterday Hirvonen was a guest at a finnish tv show "Teknari". When asked about what went wrong last year and what will he improve this year, he answered something like "Last year i wanted to win every stage and every corner, this year i will just try to be consistent, because that seems to be my thing" (not excact words of his). So pretty much what many people here have said too.
What about tarmac performance?!
i am really sad for the evolution of hirvonen...i was a huge fan since his finnish clio days....was amazed by his performance in rally GB with the yellow subaru and predicted he is going to be World champion one day. When he joined the official subaru team lost faith in him....and never believed he could do anything substancial even when he showed good progress with ford...then on top of that Loeb came and in GB 2009 ate what was left of his soul.... very sad story...
i will cry for him a bit...maybe.
Why lose faith when he joined Subaru?Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
No matter how much you dislike Ford/M Sport/Hirvonen, you cant deny that 2009 was one of the most exciting seasons in recent years, last year the drivers championship was over with 2 events spare:-)
Yes , it is so exticing to watch 4 works cars , so interesting . I don't care if the fight was up to the last round , the year was sadly a disasterQuote:
Originally Posted by tfp