First besttime ever in IRC for Hankook tyres? :eek:
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First besttime ever in IRC for Hankook tyres? :eek:
Stage win for Mikkelsen!
How badly does Hanninen want to win this, or is it more important to get to the finish on the podium ?
11,1 could be possible for Mikkelsen tomorrow !
14 cars left, feel sorry for the Scots arranging this nice rally, that more cars should drive next year.
Someone, please give the beauty a driving course, maybe she should ask Mouton - she still has the speed !
Juho doesn't need any points. He just wanted to have a battle with Kris on British soil. So victory is the main goal ;)
Euan Thorburn is doing very well by the way.
Mikkelsen is saying that new developed Hankook tyres are really very good. He says they are as good as BF Goodrich and he is proving that with this stagewin. Let's see what he can do tomorrow.
he has to say all these as they pay him a whole year.Suddenly without competition in this rally and Hanninen in cruising mode,hankooks became equal :dozey:Quote:
Originally Posted by wwbroe
Juho's big moment from SS3 was on Eurosport footage (it was just infront of static camera). Quite spectacular one.
Amazing time from Meeke on the last stage considering he had so little brakes, but its unreal how much bad luck hes had this year!
Got to say though I feel for the spectators that have made the jorney up with so few cars in the rally. Surely part of it must be down to Rally Gb being only a month away and it would be better for rally Scotland to be in the spring/summer time?
Mikkelsen quote in IRCseries.com:
Mikkelsen fired a warning shot by guiding his M-Sport Fiesta around in 9m55.5s, fastest of all and 0.9s quicker than Hänninen's Škoda.
"That was very good, I had a good rhythm through the stage," said Mikkelsen. "I'm really happy with the way our development has gone. If they want me to go for the win then I'll try but otherwise I'll go for the podium."
With what is regarded by the majority as worse tyres and a worse car, and with such little experience compared to Hanninen, I think these times really show how good Mikkelsen can become. I'm very excited about his future.