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I think whoever believes that Ostberg is a better choise than Tanak has not watch them live.....Stop watching rally throught the internet and go see
some events......At my opinion Tanak is a pure raw talent and has nothing to do with Ostberg who is a fast driver but nothing to do against Tanak
talent
Yeah we all understand that. But is he ready to take the step to a factory seat? I think it would be better to put someone else in the factory seat and let Tanak drive a full season in the Ford Wrc without all the pressure being a Works driver gives you!
Ott is ready for WRC car, but not ready for A-team. What Ostberg can do for a Ford manufactures titel hopes? Podium on snow event and a lot of top 10 places, nothing more.Quote:
Originally Posted by tfp
I think that Tanak is faster on than Ostberg. It's indeed too fast as a official 2nd driver with only 2 rallies under his belt with the WRC a Junior team with Ostberg is the best. A year would be enough I think for such a guy.
The saying goes if you are good enough you're old enough. Ott (OTT is the UK acronym for 'Over the top' ;) ) is good enough. Mads is good but if you've ever watched Ott on max attack you'll already know he's going to be great.
So basically the same thing Miko was doing then right?Quote:
Originally Posted by rallyfan+
I do not think Ott is ready , he should have a full year in the B team in prep for the No2 or No1 seat if he shows tremendous pace this year in the B team.
he´s defenetly more ready then östberg, but i also agree that he shouldnt be in the factory team yet.
Tanak has done one season of Pirreli SD finishing 4th and one season of SWRC finishing 2nd (against basically just 1 real competitor)... and one WRC rally in WRC car finishing 6th.Quote:
Originally Posted by darkstar
Østberg has been driving in WRCs on WRC rallies since 2006 in much more crowded field and during this season got 2 second places.
The only time they drove same rally in similar car was this last WRC rally, where not surprisingly Tanak was far behind.
How can Tanak be more ready than Ostberg to run as a factory number 2 is beyond me. I don't think Ostberg is ready either, but Tanak? To run most rallies as non-factory driver is best both for him and the team.
Petter would be a good choice or even Henning if the money is that tight. Don't forget slowson is also in the frame for something. I get the feeling that it will probably come down to Ott or Mads in the end if you consider the money issue, talent, potential to stay at the team long term. But once again my first choice would be one of the Solbergs!!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by tfp
Would van Merkijstein switch back to ford or maybe Kuipers????
On Atko, I was lead to believe that he is still on good terms with DR and the BWRT; if anything he could take over from Oliveria for a round or 2 but no more than that.