I agree. It would be better to say that his 2003 season was full of coincidences that played in his favour of Petter winning the title.Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
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I agree. It would be better to say that his 2003 season was full of coincidences that played in his favour of Petter winning the title.Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
And the win at Tour de Corse was one of the keys for the title. He crashed his car on Thursday and was lucky to even to make it to the start. And without rain he would have been lucky to score points, but it rained almost during all the rally. And even at the Catalunya Rally he was out of the points, but it started to rain on the last day...
His title in 2003 looks about as lucky as Mäkinen's title in 1998. :p :
well after grece I thin now Subaru is starting to get some juice out of the impreza, looking at the splits, Petter was really fighting Loeb for that second place during day 2, if it wasnt for the damper thing or whatever it was, I think he coul have finished 2nd. But again at least he finished 3rd instead of crashing
You become champion with your car uh?Quote:
Originally Posted by jens
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Originally Posted by jens
What was so lucky in Mäkinen's title 1998? In the end of the season he had most points :)
I hope you haven't forgotten, what happened 300 metres before the finish. ;) If there is a situation in motorsports than can be described with the words "luck" or "unluck", then that exactly was...Quote:
Originally Posted by A.F.F.
Sainz was lucky to have the chance to win that championship because of Makinen was unlucky to find oil because he was first on the road because he had been the best along the year.Quote:
Originally Posted by jens
Not luck. Just everything got back to place.
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Like Priorat already told....
In 2003 even if Loeb was allowed to attack on GB, I don't think Loeb would be able to catch Petter at that point. You should remember Loeb hadn't even won a rally on gravel at that point, and many of us were still not convinced whether Loeb was all-rounder or tarmac specialist. I'm not denying the fact that Petter was lucky, but I must say Petter was at his best during 2003 and the following season in 2004.
Speaking to 2 Subaru guys I was told that in this 8 weeks gap before Finland is going to be a very tough testing period. One of them told me that Peter is still very hungry for winning and it was a good psychological boost their performance in Greece. I just hope they perform to this level for the rest of the year.