bug... I'm a Ford guy, can you see? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by KKS
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bug... I'm a Ford guy, can you see? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by KKS
WTF is happening there on SSS. Timing all wrong or what??
Yes I believe a strategy that leads the Citroëns to sweep the roads tomorrow for the Fords :rolleyes:
It's true stage timesQuote:
Originally Posted by COD
Yes I believe a strategy that leads the Citroëns to sweep the roads tomorrow for the Fords :rolleyes:
As I hear at WRR - both Ford drivers have problems with suspensionQuote:
Originally Posted by Tom206wrc
not true. postions were decided on ss6. weirdQuote:
Originally Posted by KKS
Ironic! yesterday i was watching the review from Sardinia and in an interview Loriaux was talking that they had reinforced critical points in the focus's suspension, and that only time will tell if this plays against... think it did!
What was Hanninen's problem on the previous?
Hirvonen and Latvala hitted same rock in SS6 and they really did break their suspensions. That's why their times were so lousy in the SS7.
Atkinson also has hit the same rock, thats why he is completing top8 instead of being in front of both ford's
OK let's see tomorrow on the 6 other stages(especially the 30km long ones)what happens ;)
Aava take his first stage win on SS7
Aava has been doing a good job
i'm betting on him being world champion in 2 years, seems he could match (and pass) JML and Loeb next year...Quote:
Originally Posted by valmacher
Yes great to see, specially as he has been trying to get to the top for so long. Hope he will be the new Markko.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tomi
Hold your horses mate!Quote:
Originally Posted by playmo
He's good but not that quick! Seems to be on the same kind of pace as Matt Wilson most of the time.
Same here, i think he has good chances to be in top 5 in Jyskälä, if Citroen gives him a proper car..Quote:
Originally Posted by COD
He is most off the time quite a bit faster then Wilson, and i mean not only in this rally. He is doing fine job the last couple of rally's. ;)
I don't think so, but maybe if he gets good results there will be future for him with Citreon factory team. I said this since he is definitely quicker than Wilson and Rautenbach from my view. But by then (2012) things will begin to change, we don't know yet how it's going to be.Quote:
Originally Posted by playmo
btw, that is a special stage he won, wilson won a special stage as well.
Nope, i betting hard on him, how many oouting does he have on a WRCar? and he's on that pace already? how many outings on a WRCar did JML got before setting top 3 times ?
I'm being optimistic, but he (along JML and Sordo) might bring interest to the top of the leaderboard in a year and a half or so.
And JML is out of the road often eversince....
movin' on...
Seems that Atcko is having a harder time on this impreza than Petter, but that road position for Petter for tomorrow might prove crucial for his result (i suspect a DNF).
What the hell those Citroen are made of?! well i hope that Dani's won't break, as for loeb i would not mind if the had another "encounter" with Rautenbach. =)
You can't defend Atkinson all the time.
It should be quite easy for the Ford guys to get in top 4 tomorrow, to catch Loeb and Sordo is i belive too difficult.
lol get real mate... 2 years ? As a privateer too ? No wayQuote:
Originally Posted by playmo
Just saw the Gigi accident... this is totally unluck, and it's so depressing to see that only Ford people get these stones in the middle of the road, or maybe the C4 are actually tanks, I dunno... "I can't believe it !" (as Gigi and Giovanni shout in the car too after the crash).
Right Loeb and Sordo are too far away but others as you said should be quite easy to pass.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tomi
Obviuosly not as a privateer, with that pace he could get an official seat by that time
Tomorrow will be long day as well day after tomorrow. I think that we have one of the longest and toughest Sunday experienced this year ! So, Loeb has to clean a road at least two days. During the first day Latvala will be second on the road and most probably third on the road on Sunday - that makes a lot of difference on Sunday. I think that second place is possible for Latvala and third is possible for Mikko. To take into account the tactical games we can expect Mikko to be on the second place and Latvala third by the end of rally :-) If Sordo is second on the road on Sunday then I cannot see him in top 3. 4th will be the best I guess.
but..
Tomorrow will be very rough day and we might see handful of surprises! I expect only leader to be on the same position as at the on of Day 1:-)
Good analysis, although I think Latvala will finish ahead of Mikko. The big but is the conditionsQuote:
Originally Posted by bluuford
Funny clip from the press conference..
http://www.wrc.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk...ce%20Day%20One
Is it just me or is Petter making a gesture at Loeb's beard at 1:05? :D
What do you guys think of the pace of the new Impreza? I think it's strange that people hav'nt discussed that on here that much... =)
Uhm not worse than the old one hehe. No, looks promising i think. Bit sceptical at first, but in the end i think they've mad the right desition to get it out this earlie.Quote:
Originally Posted by J.Lindstroem
I think it feels good, off course it is hard to say after just one day but it seems like the car has no small gremlins everywhere like the old one. I just hope Petter could have this third place now. He really really deserve it, im sure that a place on the podium could pull up his confidence.Quote:
Originally Posted by SUBARUNORWAY1
I want the old Petter back now, it has been a while!
Got back an hour ago! Interesting first day. Surprisingly not good for Ford team though...
I was at ss1 Shimatari1 and ss4 Shimatari2. Latvala was the most spectacular.... specially in the morning stage. And Aava in the afternoon stage was very fast and very spectacular. Unfortunately was the only one that I didnt take pictures of him...! grrr!
Too much dust and too many rocks. Too much dust made it difficult for the spectators. Too many rocks made it difficult for the drivers specially the Ford drivers.
It was great to see Peter produce good stage times and I will not be surprised if tomorrow wins a couple of them. He was good old Hollywood in the Super special. 2 secs faster than Seb. And then Aava came to get the stage win!!! Ultra fast as well.
It was very unfortunate to see All 3 official Fords go slow. Hirvo , Latvala, Al Quasimy. Also Atko had damage at his front right suspension.
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Two days remaining for fighting. Seb will do the sweeping but I don't know how much flat out driving can be done on the bad stages from the Ford guys. We' ll see tomorrow. I certainly didn't expect the stages to be that bad. Maybe the organizers need to think seriously for next year going back to the traditional stages around Lamia area.
The first crews of PWRC were really good to watch and also Sandel with the amazing 207. Prokop in the morning was the fastest until the point we timed him. Aigner was very good and ofcours Ketomaa and Hanninen. But also I really liked Sousa. Very spectacular and fast driving. I don't know about his times but was really nice to watch him!
Tomorrow night the day 2 debrief! hehehe
900 photos in two days and counting....! If anyone has any preferred driver request send me a pm.
I think also it was the right choise to launch it now, but im not so confident that it will be a winner car.
At the end of one of the stages today, it sounded like Petter may have had a slightly soft brake pedal, but he wouldn't say anything....Quote:
Originally Posted by J.Lindstroem
They said they wouldn't bring it out till it was right, so doesn't that means it should be doing fastest times soon, and wins before the end of the year?
It looks like the development rate on this car should be alot faster than the old one.
Have they even started tarmac testing yet?
Well it hasn't proven to be rally winning material, but I would wait until Finland to make any conclusions. The positive thing so far is that Petter hasn't cryed yet :DQuote:
Originally Posted by J.Lindstroem
Someone was waiting analysis about Subaru, Here are the result for afternoon stages (Solberg).Quote:
Originally Posted by bluuford
SS4 0,86 s/km
SS5 0,76 s/km (Atko 0,55 s/km) Solberg probably had a problem on that one
SS6 0,53 s/km
SS7 0,52 s/km
Total: 0,54 s/km
Well, I think that the first win for the new car will be in next 5-6 events:-)
The competition is really intense between Ford and Citroen and cannot be compared to that when Ford introduced their new car and Citroen introduced their new car. I think the car is very good.. just needs to be fine tuned.
0,5 sec/km actually is very much to catch, especially when 0,5 sec is not the whole truth, the guys lost that much even they had quite optimal starting positions.Quote:
Originally Posted by bluuford
I don't know if people have got this yet (ignore if you have), but the starting order for tomorrow doesn't include the SSS - therefore the Fords do not have a great road position, while Petter and Henning have better positions. This is the start order as far as I know:
Loeb
Latvala
Sordo
Hirvonen
Petter
Henning
Aava
Atkinson
I expect Latvala to struggle 2nd on the road, although Mikko should get third quickly.
Aava and Henning should have a good battle with Petter for 4th.
lets hope Hennning can use his road positon then :)