Dude, stop causing arguments on antonys thread :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
This aint the forum for arguments anyway, we have http://www.scoobynet.com/ for that :D
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Dude, stop causing arguments on antonys thread :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
This aint the forum for arguments anyway, we have http://www.scoobynet.com/ for that :D
I was just letting Antony know that there's an M-Sport shill around :)Quote:
Originally Posted by tfp
No I don't think so. But he knows the parameters and has access to (some of) the data. He can give some input on what to change. But basically, he is stuck with the options M-sport gives him.Quote:
Originally Posted by OldF
Said the boy with PSA's "dan306maxi@hotmail.com" email address.Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
Hah! Funny you should mention that -Quote:
Originally Posted by Bobcat
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2764507.htm
Can someone borrow me 10 grand? :D
Hilarious :D There are plenty of people on here who have met me and can safely say I don't work for PSA :laugh:Quote:
Originally Posted by Bobcat
come on this is ridiculous..... this is antony thread. Padwrc post a wall of never shown google pictures so this no-point argument stops.
We had spent as much as we could and had to stop. Unfortunately at th end of 2005 Peugeot, Mitsubishi and Skoda stopped as well. I had not managed to show enough speed and consistency to hope anything from the left over manufacturers.Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
Very interesting :) It's always good to hear things directly from the source.Quote:
Originally Posted by Antony Warmbold
Would you consider returning at a later stage?
One thing for sure is the power was more than the official 300bhp they always announced. The numbers I always heard circulating around were anywhere between 340 and 360 BHP.Quote:
Originally Posted by julkki
I guess that I would consider it but only in the right conditions. In a professional way and only with people who are driven by sport and results, not profits. I would only work with people who do it for the love of the sport and the competition.Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
you need a time machine for that .....Quote:
Originally Posted by Antony Warmbold
Then welcome to Finnish F-CupQuote:
Originally Posted by Antony Warmbold
exactlyQuote:
Originally Posted by Tomi
Did you see earlier where I was asking if you might want to come to USA for fun?Quote:
Originally Posted by Antony Warmbold
Not some A8 thing, high dollar big publicity "Soooooooper Star" production; I asked because you had mentioned you had visited Finland and seemed familiar with F-cup madness there.
I've been trying for years to get some F-cup boys to come over, have a little holiday so the wife doesn't murder them, then do one of our rallies in a 2wd car.
And show just how fast a simple, but good, car can be driven.
Come on!
Why not IRC the learning curve is what I think much better than in the WRC and the championship is more exciting and is also cheaper plus with the Eurosport coverage good for your sponsors ! Also nice rallies and rallies who aren't so stricted by rules like the WRC rallies.Quote:
Originally Posted by Antony Warmbold
F-Cup, enjoy it (I hope these videos are available also outside Finland).Quote:
Originally Posted by janvanvurpa
http://www.jent.fi/aloitus/pages/netti-tv.php
the videos work and they are fantastic...
damn i hate developed motorsport countries....
how much are these cars worth ? i know some BMW m3s can reach up to 40k euros but what are the average prices for a relative competitive car ??
What about a Mini Anthony? I hear that BMW wants a German to be involved and I don't think they would be able to persuade Armin Schwartz to come back.
why you want him back ??
I used him as an example. I know he is old and his heart probably isn't in it anymore. I think Anthony could do well in Mini (I hope he wouldn't be asked for too much money though)
I must say that I’m admiring these guyst taking into account, these drivers are driving without pace notes.Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
Comments of course only in Finnish but the driving are the same in every language.
I can’t say anything about the car prices but I’ll try to find out something. Probably some other Finnish forum memebers could tell lot more about this cup.
BTW, Toni Gardemaister is driving these cup rallies then and then.
i know about tony and his BMW, i have some very good incars of him....
I do not think antony can bring anything to the sport anymore....maybe challenge icecube and wilson in some events. So he is better off with the money in his pocket for his and the sports sake.
Its difficult to say exactly what F-Group cars cost because they are mostly self built, but something between 20000€-50000€.
Its also possible to rent cars, the price for that is about 1000€-2000€/ rally, including mechanics, tyres (full package).
I know this is off topic alittle, but is the F-Cup like the WRC or the Australian Rally Championship where the guy with the biggest budget wins?Quote:
Originally Posted by Tomi
can you name a motorsport where the guy with biggest budget doesn't ??
in all sports the guy who is better prepaired, coached, have better equipment has always the upper hand, not only in motorsport, but in rally I belive skill matters very much also. In Group F there is place for everyone who wants to drive legally fast on closed good roads no matter what his or her ambitions are.Quote:
Originally Posted by 6789
Jenson button, 2009 f1 world champion:-)Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
lol...i said motorsport.
Hello, I have tried to address this subject in Chapter 14, which is up now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barreis
from your team atleast Grönholm did have a mental trainer back then, Latvala has the same trainer now, both are private arranigments, not from M-Sport.Quote:
Originally Posted by Antony Warmbold
Hello Antony,
I want to ask your opinion about the 2005 season and specially about Dani Sola. I was lookign at some results from the 2005 season, and in the rallyes he was entered, you outperformed him in ALL but australia, where he finnished 7th and you retired. In the other rallies he competed in, he reitred and you got to the finnish (mexico 7th, japan 9th, France 13th, Spain 7th). For me, it sounds a little bit strange that a national and JWRC champion (just after Loeb and BEFORE Sordo and Andersson) like Dani could retire in so many rallyes in a FACTORY car. was he trying too hard? or maybe he was not given the same car as Gardemeister and was trying to catch up? what did it feel to see Dani not finishing in a factory car and you outperforming him? Did you ever think you had a better shot than him on that season?
thanks in advance
Those prices are cheap so here real talent with some sponsors can really win that cup ! National Championship have mostly WRC cars on the start who costs hundreds of thousands euros and running costs are also very expensive and there can a gentlemen driver win if there is no real fast driver with a WRC.Quote:
Originally Posted by 6789
that is propaganda....please do not use words like outperformed.....i would like to have 10 solas/novikov(the 2009 version) than 100 warmbolds/wilson to fill the spots. The mistake of sola/novikov was that they did not have safe backing their approach was perfect and with 2-3 more years they could reach the top spots.Quote:
Originally Posted by jonas_mcrae
ok Mr perfect grammar what words should I use? he was ahead of Sola, the definition of outperform is "perform better than"... wasnt that what happened? 7th is better than retiring isnt it?
And you are saying Novikov and Sola didnt have safe backing? come on! Novikov is loaded (financed his WRC entries the same as Warmbold did) and Sola had enough backing to first do the spanish championship, then JWRC, part of PWRC and then FACTORY support from Mitsubishi and finally drove a factory Focus backed by Telefonica and RACC. He had his chance and missed it, although I have to admit WRC was a tougher championship back then. And finally I have nothing against Mr Sola, actually he was one of my favorite drivers back then, met him in Mexico and in Catalunya and he is agreat guy, I just want to know Antony's inside view of what whent wrong with him and his car.
I would say it depends on the national championship, here it would be impossible that a gentleman driver could win a championship.Quote:
Originally Posted by mousti
Novikov was loaded yet he did only 1 serious year...and sola had sponsors...very little came from his pocket. Sola would be a top driver if the people behiind him believed more in him...His accident at catalunya was decisive and was one of the 2 times i actually yelled "OH...^$%#%^&" at my screen when i saw his name not coming up the results board....Quote:
Originally Posted by jonas_mcrae
And no you do not outperform someone because he retires...you take advantage of the situation. and its not a word/grammar game the whole post made it sound like warmbold was a superior driver to sola.
About Sola's crash in Spain, true, it was a decisive moment, he went for it and missed it, dramatic moment but that's rally, reminds a little bit of Duval, nice pace loads of crashes.
About Warmbold outperforming Sola, well, on paper it looks like it happened, sorry but its there, and will always be like that.
OK, Sola retired in most of his apperances in 2005 so comparison might be tricky, but even if you compare the results of the stage just before the retirements it doesnt look that good either, considering Sola was running a "factory" Focus.
Mexico before Sola retires: Dani 5th Antony 6th, Japan before Sola retires: Dani 13th Antony 11th, France before Sola retires: Dani 6th Antony 11th, Spain before Sola retires: Dani 8th Antony 11th and Australia before Warmbold retires: Dani 12th Antony 9th... Difference is not THAT wide is it?
And finally I doubt ANY driver starts a rally saying, "ok, I will drive very slow, get to the end, and lets hope a lot of people retire so I can take advantage of the situation" come on!
Wilson?
Cant hold back amymore, I agree with Jonas, I think it's N.O.T who's spreading propaganda with his views, Facts don't lie - which Jonas was referring to.
I'm not sure about anybody else, but I'm getting bored of opening every thread to constantly find N.O.T spouting crap. It's like he wants to disagree with everybody else and only his opinion counts, as he's "ALWAYS" correct about everything.
Also show a bit of respect to Anthony on his own thread please, he's made the effort for fans to ask questions so if you havnt got something nice to say keep it to yourself, we don't wanna read "you'd prefer 100 driver X's than 10 Anthony Warmbold's!
You come across as a "know it all" that actually knows FA!
BTW - Hi Anthony I'm loving your blog, keep up the good work!