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:up: good one Helstar! Yes IMO Loeb not belongs in rallysport, he better move to F1 or Le Mans serie!Quote:
Originally Posted by Helstar
I donīt see a problem with the control tyre for rally.
Wasn't it also the intention making wrc attractive again?
For this reason wrc must go away of high tech. cars with special tyres which come past as a train or a F1 car! :s mokin:
I can't believe that you criticize a rally driver for being the fastest.Quote:
Originally Posted by Helstar
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Originally Posted by Helstar
Loeb just drives better than others at the moment...Quote:
Originally Posted by cosmicpanda
1. he is driving straight, because it help's to come out of the corner faster plus braking in line is much more effective than braking in sideways and accelerating in sideways
2. straight driving decreases the risk of damages of the car and driving mistakes
3. it's not only about the car, that citroen is so good...in that case should sordo also be in top of others
it's not loeb's fault, that others can't compete him...and i think these are the pretty good reasons that loeb is with any car fast, not the nowdays regulations makes him fast. Just he's driving style is wiser than others.
That doesn't save him from being a boring driver to watch. Add to that his interviews of the last 8 years (boring 2, the revenge) + his latest moanings on the tyres cuts and you have the perfect target of whole WRC fans (except Loeb fans lol).Quote:
Originally Posted by cosmicpanda
"Oh no we are not 100% safe !" then go to circuit racing or stay at home, oh wait he broke his arm last time, maybe he's right xD anyway .... if it's called RALLYING there's a reason you know Mr. Boring Bot ?!
Look at this video http://nettitv.mtv3.fi/maksuttomat/i...?127705#127705
About 26th minute.... THAT is rallying, PG Andersson rules ! (and Gigi ... *hides*)
http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/4...p515293bq0.png
At least someone who know what is rally! :up: I agree again and it make me to laugh. :rotflmao: :s mokin:Quote:
Originally Posted by Helstar
Perhaps you guys should watch synchronised swimming where points are given for how artistic someone is and leave rallying to people who want to watch rallying :)
I’m sure we’d all like to see the cars driven sideways, but these modern cars have to be driven neat and tidy like race cars. Drive them sideways by all means, just don’t expect a fast time. It’s no good having a go at Loeb, if the fastest way was sliding it around corners then I’m sure he would do it. Blame the cars, tyres, technology.
So Loeb should slow down and give others a chance to win and be more sideways? That's like telling your favourite football team to play worse so the other team can score more goals and make the game more interesting.Quote:
Originally Posted by Helstar
Rallying is a sport. Being a sport means that people try 100%. If you want to see people going sideways for fun go to your local rally where unskilled idiots with too much money throw their cars sideways and hope that they get around the corner. That or go and see some synchronised swimming ;)
I think you miss the point of rallying, which is, as Daniel said, a sport. It is not a competition of how sideways you can put a car through a corner. And it is sickening that you begrudge a braver man than you when he remarks that in his opinion, it would be safer with cuts. Do you not support safety? Do you want a repeat of Rally GB '05? Perhaps it should happen more often, to improve the show?Quote:
Originally Posted by Helstar
I'm not a massive Loeb fan (last year I supported Marcus) but I don't think that his style is boring. Last year in NZ he was the only driver to hit a bank on the Whaanga Coast that I saw. And, indeed, Marcus wasn't always spectacular, for example I remember Rally NZ '05 when he was just as train-style as Loeb.
And what is the sudden attitude against cuts? Were you arguing against them last year? Surely it can't be that much more expensive to have a technician cut a few bits off a tyre before they go out to the stages.
Last year I got impression that Marcus was driving even more straight manner than Loeb (after the new Focus came). Loeb on the contrary is sliding more with C4 than with the Xsara.