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lost its character since it was moved from the Canary islands

Why some people here picked Norway to win I don't understand. :confused:

I must also add, Schumi's overalls were very cool. :up:

GRRRRR pictures of ST's with foglights, oh its not fair. :p

Just got back from RoC and jeeeeezzz was it cold. I still haven't thawed out 3 hours later. It was a good day out but I think they need to seriously reduce the ticket prices for next year if they want more people to go.

It wasn't cold gg. It was bloody freezing! Thought I saw your car in a service but then realised the car had foglights :-p

Why didn't they drive the Focus in the final with Schumacher and Ekström? They drove the Vauxhall 2 times :\ , any problems with the Ford's?

I agree with NOT btw, this event totally lost it's character. These stadium stages are quite boring, combined with most of the cars that are driven. It was so great when they still drove those S1 Quattro's to the limit. I guess sponsors get more profit from these kind of locations.

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Originally Posted by Josti

Why didn't they drive the Focus in the final with Schumacher and Ekström? They drove the Vauxhall 2 times :\ , any problems with the Ford's?

I agree with NOT btw, this event totally lost it's character. These stadium stages are quite boring, combined with most of the cars that are driven. It was so great when they still drove those S1 Quattro's to the limit. I guess sponsors get more profit from these kind of locations.

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If you'd been there you'd have appreciated it for what it is and now what it used to be. The level of car control showed by the drivers simply amazed me......

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Originally Posted by Daniel

If you'd been there you'd have appreciated it for what it is and now what it used to be. The level of car control showed by the drivers simply amazed me......

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Doesn't take away the fact that it lost it's character. I'm not underrating any driver btw, nor am I saying it's a lauzy event. But you can't deny the fact that it's more a sponsor privilage these days.

I just don't like stadium stages, that's my opinion.

Schumacher wouldn't be contractually allowed to driver the Fords, hence him driving the Fiats all the time. I think the same goes for Gronholm who was always driving the Fords and nothing else.

Funniest thing of the day had to be Matthew Wilson (well I'm guessing it was him) driving straight out onto the track and crashing into the first corner and breaking all the Focus's suspension. Doh!

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Originally Posted by VFTS

Finland have never been in Scandinavia.

Scandinavian countries: Norway, Sweden and Denmark
Nordic countries: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland.

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Wrong ; > We are scandinavian country. Scandinavian countries are Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark.

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Originally Posted by Josti

Doesn't take away the fact that it lost it's character. I'm not underrating any driver btw, nor am I saying it's a lauzy event. But you can't deny the fact that it's more a sponsor privilage these days.

I just don't like stadium stages, that's my opinion.

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Yes but it's not part of the WRC or anything. It's an opportunity for everyone to let their hair down and see great drivers driving AND make money for charity.