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I think Sordo is good with MINI on Tarmac, new car but not sure if really in a seasonal challenge to beat Citroen... Just like, I will say it NOT McRae in a Skoda on Gravel; good driver on their specialty surface in a car that others were not so good in.

Congrats to my favorite team: MINI :D

Congrats to Ogier and Sordo. Championship is not as boring as it used to be, however I think Ogier is definitely away for the title fight after all we heard this weekend from team principals. Loeb should have it easy seeing is opponent is Hirvonnen.

So Latvala took 1point from Ogier and Hirvonen, advantage Loeb...

Concrats to Ogier, Sordo and to another podium to Petter. Also congrats to Tanak and Brynhildsen.

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Originally Posted by AP-Racing

Ukrainian commentator told what Jari can started tomorrow on super-rally and with 5 minutes penalty he can skip forward Mikko lol

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Yes, he was :D So shame have this guy commentating. But we have Live Power Stage in country and it's great!

Congrats to Ogier for an excellent job this weekend.Clever aproach of the rally,without risking.
Big bravo to Sordo for the 2nd place while almost a year without competition.Mini and Sordos pace show a lot about why Ford is not capable to beat Citroen.
Speed of the car is there,but not from start of rallies.When they are fast is to late at usually 3rd leg,and others cruising.
Latvala show us speed,but definetely this is not enough when you have both Sebs as rivals.I haven t checked properly but i think that in last rallies both Jari and Mikko have exits from road at 1st day very often.They are very lucky that after all these exits they have managed to be so close to Citroen(at least Mikko)
Definetely they are veeeery lucky with all these mistakes.Exit from road for 15 meters and not touching a wood is pure luck.
Big dissapointment Mikko,there is no speed at all.Even when he says that he will go for the power stage points.Think that the best Mikko could give to wrc is already given.
Another point is that till now while slow,with so little works participants he was always 3rd or 4th gaining points.With Minis entry and next years VW entry that is not going to happen.Speed would be more necessary than just constitent.
Another dissapointment was Hanninen.This mistake wasn t for his class,while the gap was 2 minutes.
If Citroen is going to lose championship,i wouldn t like to be at Quesnels position.
Definetely 100% responsible for all the crap already from Mexico.

ps we have to remember that the asphalt expert absence from this rally.Without him is not so safe to measure speeds of rivals.

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Originally Posted by Viking

So Latvala took 1point from Ogier and Hirvonen, advantage Loeb...

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yep, another Malcolm mistake. Or it's a gift to JML for slowing?

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Originally Posted by Mintexmemory

Well as the stream isn't on one car for the whole of the stage I couldn't tell you what errors Ogier may be making. I think you have become splits strategy addicted, anyway that was yesterday. So if this is a strategy Ogier should be comfortably quicker following Sordo, he isn't because the Mini is faster than expected and because of this Von Clauswitz's maxim about strategy applies. I have been watching rallies since 1977 (before you were born, I suspect) and know enough to be able to analyse team tactics. Look at Ogier's last 2 splits on SS12 -they don't back up your analysis

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Really?

To NOT and Dimviii:

Ogier and Mikko equal on powerstage:

Now we have Slowier and Slowonen! :D

do not bother with these drivers...stick to your 2 years plan for kimi becoming world champion...

Bye.