You seem to forget that work drivers gets better material and LOTS of specific tests which improve your pace and confidence with the car.
For his debut with a C4 I would say he was impressive.
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You seem to forget that work drivers gets better material and LOTS of specific tests which improve your pace and confidence with the car.
For his debut with a C4 I would say he was impressive.
I think it's interesting that Petter (not at all considered a Tarmac gun) managed to win a couple of stages. My question is, just how good is the C4 on Tarmac, for Petter to put in times as good as he did it must be an extremely good & easy to drive car on the Tar (as Petter had very limited time in the car before the event). If we stuck Loeb in the Focus how far off his own pace would he be? Just how big is the performance difference between the Focus & the C4?
A good rally from Solberg in spain, shame that he is in a Citroen, not a Ford.
First rally in a C4, good stage times, a couple of stage wins, solid drive and a 4th result after the drivers who have developed, tested and driven their cars for a couple of years. I'd say it is more than a good rally.
I don't know why people are surprised about it. Petter has smooth driving style on tarmac (if you watched his onbards) so with a good car he can go strong there. He just happens to be better on gravel, doesn't mean he doesn't know how to drive on tarmac at all and suddenly in a good car he won stages. Stop getting excuses and give the man some credit.Quote:
Originally Posted by macksrallye
"To all those who have doubted me I have one thing to say, up yours!"
It was nice to see that we have now 6 fast cars in each rally:-) But I would be more cautious with GB bets. He just had major tests on tarmac and car that is The Benchmark on tarmac. Now he is back on gravel, where he has just a very fast car. I was just imaging the situation when Loeb retires, Hirvonen retires, Loeb comes back in Superally and is in 9th position before the last stage and the only Citroen in front is Solberg who is leading:-) What is going to happen ;-)
depends on the plans for next year :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by bluuford
Like I said before... Petter had a very good track record on tarmac in his early Subaru days. Esp look at his performances in 2002 and you see my point. Im not surprised that he did well now when the package was competetive. He is a neat and tidy, flowing driver that suits tarmac very well.
A shame he was not on the pace right away. Imagine how fun the battle for 3rd could have been with Hirvonen :)
Keep on dreaming and http://www.mysmiley.net/imgs/smile/animated/anim_25.gif.