Rally Sweden 2015

Re i20 WRC 2015:

"Just three weeks after the 2014 World Rally Championship finale in the Wales Rally, Hyundai Motorsport is already testing its i20 racer in preparation for its second season in the WRC.

Thierry Neuville, who won the Rally Deutschland last year, and Dani Sordo are the team’s appointed drivers for 2015 and they have already tested the new, substantially revamped version of last year’s car.

“We’ve spent a productive two days in the car this week, keeping us busy as we prepare for next season”, said Neuville. “It’s important to start as early as we can for the first rallies of 2015. We will now continue with our winter program so we can head into the New Year in the best shape.”

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Originally Posted by KKS

Developing 2014 spec before launch new 2015 version? It's reasonable?

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I have no idea, but someone was mentioning upgrades on i20, so they might have some options to test with before the new car arrives - suspension, diffs, that kind of stuff

Driver / Team interviews now on: http://www.wrc.com/live-ticker/live_popup_stream.html

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Originally Posted by AL14

Tomorrow Ogier will win this rally and we'll come back to our boring lifes waiting for another rally of a boring championship.
Really enjoyed the battle today though.

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Yes, I also think Ogier will take it away, today was great though, Neuville took 110% of his starting position and Mikkelsen avoided big troubles.... and still nothing is certain before the finish line

Record jump at CC... :eek:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QF7RvCjhD7s

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Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC

Driver / Team interviews now on: http://www.wrc.com/live-ticker/live_popup_stream.html

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I saw two friends and one champ. On champ face I can read this: "If my way, I would have throwing you piece of shit", but he should talk general words

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Originally Posted by Mintexmemory

Seriously do you really think it matters where Ogier is in the order? 1st or 20th he''s more than able to win. Mikkelsen won't be able to defend a half a minute lead despite being in a Polo and near Ogier in start position. This really does sound like an old LP by Sour Grapes stuck in a groove and revolving at half speed!

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Real simple question, its yes or no..have you seen in person what Swedish gravel roads look like after 20-30 powerful cars with real studs pass---when the road surface is not hard frozen?

Very simple question....

Next; can you say RUTS??

You say that it makes difference to anybody to drive on a clean smooth road versus driving whole stages in ruts 1" to 7" deep the whole way.

I don't think I agree.

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Originally Posted by KKS

I saw two friends and one champ. On champ face I can read this: "If my way, I would have throwing you piece of shit", but he should talk general words

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Question is, will Ogier go flat-out to win and risk going off in a snow bank when his only rival for the Championship (Latvala) isn't scoring many points here ?

I dont think he will but rather wait for Neuville & Mikkelsen to race each other and make mistakes...

I think he will try.

Starting order, anyone?