Wrc Rally Australia 2011

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Originally Posted by bluuford

His sponsor must be angry for his money... Three crashes in Australia by Novikov. and zero points so far... He is real crashing talent.
And by the way, my half marathon went well, bit Matt Wilson style.. consistently till the end.. and i am still alive :-)

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He himself a sponsor :D or his father

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Originally Posted by MikeD

Anybody got any pictures of Saliuk from Rally Australia?

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Hello to Spanish Mentos Ascania fan club :) . No Ukrainian photographers in Australia so we got only one shot #30 from shakedown http://gallery.dingardo.geek.nz/cach...14d9553e5c.jpg

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Originally Posted by GigiGalliNo1

What I'm having for breakfast after the rally this morning in Coffs Harbour!

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Last post like this, really :)

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Thx for photos and infos.

Day 2 highlights: WRC 2011 - Rally
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Originally Posted by alleskids

Giraudet sounded like he was scared of Novikovs driving skills. Also the repeating of the notes is not helping Novikov in "relaxing"" during the drive. Maybe it is time for Denis to stay at home with the family instead of risking his life with a no-listening driver

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I'm not sure about that, but i think i hear Novikov say "again" pretty often so Denis repeat the note...

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Originally Posted by GigiGalliNo1

I think I have, will look :)

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Thanks :)

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Originally Posted by 6789

I'll have some, what number was it sorry?

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It's car no. 30 - (Mentos Ascania Racing)

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Originally Posted by MikeD

Thanks :)



It's car no. 30 - (Mentos Ascania Racing)

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My photos from Rally Australia are here - WRC Rally Australia 2011 | Facebook

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Originally Posted by wrc1600

Never say never

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I will say "never". Hirvonen has only beaten Loeb once this year and that was in Sweden. In Australia Loeb was ahead of Hirvonen before he crashed - and for Hirvonen to win the championship he will have to beat Loeb (and most likely also Ogier) on the final 3 events where two of them are tarmac. It's not going to happen!

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Originally Posted by MikeD

I will say "never". Hirvonen has only beaten Loeb once this year and that was in Sweden. In Australia Loeb was ahead of Hirvonen before he crashed - and for Hirvonen to win the championship he will have to beat Loeb (and most likely also Ogier) on the final 3 events where two of them are tarmac. It's not going to happen!

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The argument being if Malcolms team orders were a good strategy.. Of course it is.

If Loeb retires with 0 points on any of the tarmac rounds, Hirvonen has a realistic chance, by snatching a 3-2-1 finish in the remaining rallies. Points:

196 00 28 20 : 244
181 20 16 28 : 245

Malcolm would look again like a complete dork if this happened and tactics had not been played.

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Originally Posted by bretddog

The argument being if Malcolms team orders were a good strategy.. Of course it is.

If Loeb retires with 0 points on any of the tarmac rounds, Hirvonen has a realistic chance, by snatching a 3-2-1 finish in the remaining rallies. Points:

196 00 28 20 : 244
181 20 16 28 : 245

Malcolm would look again like a complete dork if this happened and tactics had not been played.

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I see 2009 repeating itself except Mikko is in even less of a good position than then when finishing ahead of Loeb in either of the last 2 events would have guaranteed Mikko the DWC. If by some magic Loeb fails to open an unbeatable lead in the 2 tarmac rallies, (Spain he's won for the past 4 years and the first Alsace Rally France was tantamount to a demonstration run ) then does anyone think Mikko has the nerve to take it to Loeb in Wales? Remind me who has won the last 3 WRGBs.
Only spanner in the works would be if Sordo takes the Mini closer to the limit in Spain (please) and disrupts the Citroen plan