Jari Ketomaa 2012 season

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Originally Posted by Barreis

I thought he drove peugeot from 1999.

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He did. Peugeot entered only few rallyes first year, four if I recall right. In rallyes between Marcus was allowed to drive for Mitsubishi and Seat single events under a Peugeot contract.

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Originally Posted by Francis44

I was just trying to say almost everytime Marcus entered a WRC rally he had official support thus good cars, and was free to push.

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Well, it's how you look at it really. Those were single try-outs, at rally Finland. One shot every year.

But if I go back to topic, about Ketomaa, I have a feeling that his results so far has not satisfied Mr. Harkimo. I don't know the guy but I've understood that he won't be bothered for long if success won't follow.

Well Ketomaa has already been replaced for Rally Argentina by Prokop so people are possibly losing patience already?

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Originally Posted by pettersolberg29

Well Ketomaa has already been replaced for Rally Argentina by Prokop so people are possibly losing patience already?

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I didn't know there were a relations with their contracts? :eek:

I dont think teher are relations between both. Perhaps just Dmack looking to expand their brand in the sport and Prokop surely could use the extra support.

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Originally Posted by pettersolberg29

I'm disappointed but not surprised. As I said in the Rally Portugal thread, I've never really understood the hype behind him. During the off season I had a few people trying to persuade me he was a future Bosse but I couldn't believe it was the case. And for one of the only times in history I seem to have been proven right. On a similar level to Araujo so far, and that certainly isn't encouraging!

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I think he had moments of excellence. Rally NZ 2010 was fantastic for him and probably a career highlight for him. I have seen him do the odd APRC and Chinese event and he was not quite as amazing in them. I think it is about the benjamins more than anything else; a good car could make all the difference.

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Originally Posted by pettersolberg29

so people are possibly losing patience already?

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I would say that is total BS. He just signed some new (imo good) sponsor deals last week. He has never denied that breaking into the WRC would be difficult.

Unfortunately driver is just as good as his most last rally.

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Originally Posted by Juha_Koo

I would say that is total BS. He just signed some new (imo good) sponsor deals last week. He has never denied that breaking into the WRC would be difficult.

Unfortunately driver is just as good as his most last rally.

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No need to be aggressive, but it is possible that some people are losing patience. Yeah he has new sponsors but Nobre has sponsors - doesn't mean he's quick. And he has said he expects podiums before and is nowhere near so he is obviously disappointed in his own performance too.

I am not that familiar with the Ketomaa situation, but who is running the car? Someone mentioned something in the Portugal thread about Ketomaa's team appearing clueless about setup etc. Could it be a combination of bad set up and worse tires?