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So three then? Still the question: First time ever?Quote:
Originally Posted by drive
Why is that important?Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
How many pages were Ott Tänak speculation? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Franky
And Sweden wasn't run this year ;)
I looked at Suninen's stage results, mostly 6-9 with two 3rd places. It's very similar to what he performed with the Fiesta in Tour de Corse and Catalunya tarmac stages in 2019 (in Deutschland 2019 he had a lot better stage times)
Yep, clearly not a game changer for him for next year (about what he said that this rally could open him a door), especially with what Solberg did.Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
Not bad but not good. Best solution for him now is to be the leader of Hyundai bunch in WRC-2 to stay in the game and, then, hope some opportunities to open in Rally1 (but he is not alone in this position).
Saying that it's the least interest generating event would had been too depressing. So added the event that did not run for comparison :DQuote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
Yes, and I don't think he could even have chances for anything more. Just WRC2 and maybe a single Rally1 drive.Quote:
Originally Posted by Danny0405
Very good from my view:
-Ogier taking it in style right from first stage
- Solberg (probably 2nd best rally of the year)
- Sordo ( "standard" drive)
Meh:
Neuville
Disappointment:
- Suninen ( improved during the weekend but still a bit slower than I expected)
- Rovanpera ( sure he has to finish, but is this the fastest controlled performance he can do?, kinda reminds me of the Meeke way, full push or nothing)
- Fourmaux and Greensmith, tarmac is Fiesta best surface yet I didn't see any highlights.
and im super proud of that, at least there was one guy who stopped the French domination (Loeb and Ogier winning titles all years since 2004) for one year.Quote:
Originally Posted by TypeR
Halttunens road book
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I would rather say it was the citroen that stopped ogier. If he would have gone to toyota, i'm not sure tanak would have been champion.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
I dont know bout u guys but Ogier's dominance was never boring to me. Always saw this driver as the one to beat since I started to follow this series in 2013! Awesome job, as always
....and aaaah, crap, Ingram got a penalty! Aaaahh.
If so then imagine giving Ogier your seat.Quote:
Originally Posted by denkimi
And if Tänak didn't leave from Toyota imagine Ogier with only 6 championships... If if if if....Quote:
Originally Posted by denkimi
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Well based on results it's without a doubt that Tanaks decision to leave Toyota turned out even more disastrous for him than the worst fears.
2 wins out of 17 rallies. 3rd and 5th in driver champ (this year he is the last fulltime driver, besides Greensmith and Katsuta).
Let's see if the new car era will turn the trend around.
Possibly an important lesson for him. It's not easy to find a safe but swift pace. It's a skill needed to do a serious championship challenge.Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
I'm not sure we can learn anything about Kalle from this weekend, other than he seemed to happily sacrifice his own rally for the benefit of the team. As relatively weak as his pace was, how much of that was down to him?Quote:
Originally Posted by seb_sh
He could have had a safer engine map, a less 'high performance' centre diff strategy, less edgy chassis setup, or any other parameters changed to make his job (i.e. finishing the rally without incident) easier. He even tested the snow tyres on the penultimate stage. His rally was absolutely not about pushing the limit and setting fast times.
Sure, he could have gone faster. But he didn't need to, and what a fool he would have looked if he'd binned it in the process.
What was going on here?
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Adamo being an assQuote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
It's why he's not liked as a boss....