Rally Great Britain 2009

What do you mean 'Mika is not a good driver'?

Oh i forgot to add.

The reason Loeb is so fast today is the stages are completely differant to yesterday, they are smoother, harder and make a hell of a difference to the first car on the road when wet like they are.

Remember Burns and McRae years ago when they were first on road they were upto 30 secs+ faster on the long stages :s mokin: :s mokin:

Does somebody know what has happened with Patrick Sandell? Alltough he was far from the pace of Brynildsen, he was second in PWRC, but doesn't appear anymore in the standings? :confused: :(

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Originally Posted by wwbroe

Does somebody know what has happened with Patrick Sandell? Alltough he was far from the pace of Brynildsen, he was second in PWRC, but doesn't appear anymore in the standings? :confused: :(

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with power steering problem and stuck in the ditch

Deep in my mind I'm not even very surprised. But being a Finn, I've felt compelled to believe to Mikko's championship hopes.

Mikko doesn't have the speed or the aggression to achieve the championship victory. Mikko very rarely says that he will go there and beat the cr*p out of the others. That on the other hand makes him super-consistent. Mikko is a perfect team player and a suberb second driver. If Marcus would still drive, Mikko would be a perfect team mate.

Then on the other hand we have JML. He is so eager to win that usually when others would have given up, he fights so hard that normally he exceeds his/car's/road's limit and crashes out. He isn't excatly your best team player. He is a very irrational driver. Why can't he just sometimes back off? But think about his motivation. Isn't it crystal clear? "To be the fastest there is." Have you seen JM's mood when he is ready to win? Happy, talkative. But whenever he messes up he usually makes himself a second driver and then he is like an animal in a cage.

Here we are, with two totally different drivers. Both seem to be too extremists. One is super-consistent but lacks speed, the other is super-fast but lacks consistency big time.

As we say in Finland, "Voiko v*tutukseen kuolla?" I dearly hope not.

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Originally Posted by PeteRobs

Oh i forgot to add.

The reason Loeb is so fast today is the stages are completely differant to yesterday, they are smoother, harder and make a hell of a difference to the first car on the road when wet like they are.

Remember Burns and McRae years ago when they were first on road they were upto 30 secs+ faster on the long stages :s mokin: :s mokin:

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good stuff!
it's clear why seb make just 5s ahead yestoday.

According to the radio he stopped on the last stage???

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Originally Posted by Langdale Forest

What do you mean 'Mika is not a good driver'?

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Dont get me wrong Mikko is an awesome driver but he doesnt have that little extra in reserve to be able to beat Loeb, a bit like Hamilton vs Kovalainen for most of the F1 season


http://www.formula1.com/results/driver/2009/813.html

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Originally Posted by Juha_Koo

Deep in my mind I'm not even very surprised. But being a Finn, I've felt compelled to believe to Mikko's championship hopes.

Mikko doesn't have the speed or the aggression to achieve the championship victory. Mikko very rarely says that he will go there and beat the cr*p out of the others. That on the other hand makes him super-consistent. Mikko is a perfect team player and a suberb second driver. If Marcus would still drive, Mikko would be a perfect team mate.

Then on the other hand we have JML. He is so eager to win that usually when others would have given up, he fights so hard that normally he exceeds his/car's/road's limit and crashes out. He isn't excatly your best team player. He is a very irrational driver. Why can't he just sometimes back off? But think about his motivation. Isn't it crystal clear? "To be the fastest there is." Have you seen JM's mood when he is ready to win? Happy, talkative. But whenever he messes up he usually makes himself a second driver and then he is like an animal in a cage.

Here we are, with two totally different drivers. Both seem to be too extremists. One is super-consistent but lacks speed, the other is super-fast but lacks consistency big time.

As we say in Finland, "Voiko v*tutukseen kuolla?" I dearly hope not.

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Very good post, and 100% correct to my feeling too....

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Originally Posted by Juha_Koo

Deep in my mind I'm not even very surprised. But being a Finn, I've felt compelled to believe to Mikko's championship hopes.

Mikko doesn't have the speed or the aggression to achieve the championship victory. Mikko very rarely says that he will go there and beat the cr*p out of the others. That on the other hand makes him super-consistent. Mikko is a perfect team player and a suberb second driver. If Marcus would still drive, Mikko would be a perfect team mate.

Then on the other hand we have JML. He is so eager to win that usually when others would have given up, he fights so hard that normally he exceeds his/car's/road's limit and crashes out. He isn't excatly your best team player. He is a very irrational driver. Why can't he just sometimes back off? But think about his motivation. Isn't it crystal clear? "To be the fastest there is." Have you seen JM's mood when he is ready to win? Happy, talkative. But whenever he messes up he usually makes himself a second driver and then he is like an animal in a cage.

Here we are, with two totally different drivers. Both seem to be too extremists. One is super-consistent but lacks speed, the other is super-fast but lacks consistency big time.

As we say in Finland, "Voiko v*tutukseen kuolla?" I dearly hope not.

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totally agree.
JML sometimes like duval,it's too early to win or beat mikko or seb.he need steady progress