What you think about Pontus future? With so many young guns appearing like Suninen, Lappi, Kalle, Huttunen,.... He will reach WRC top class?
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What you think about Pontus future? With so many young guns appearing like Suninen, Lappi, Kalle, Huttunen,.... He will reach WRC top class?
I like how you mention everyone else with their surnames expect Kalle =D
Pontus is actually in a really bad spot currently, he desperately needs to get away from R5's to at least get some WRC seat time for next year or he is going to be surpassed and forgotten in a year or two.
But when your managers son is doing fine in wrc 2 and most of the focus is probably on him, Pontus must feel the pressure.
I personally would like to see Pontus having a go on wrc but there is just way too many drivers for just so little amount of cars.
IMHO he hasn't shown any progress in last two years. I am afraid he will follow P-G Andersson's path.
Yes, Veiby is climbing. Another problem is Mikkelsen, that is the priority for 2018 season for EvenManagement right now. Unfortunatelly i have to agree with Mirek. At least PG had Suzuki ahah
Yes Essaj, cause Rovanpëra i think in father eheh
Let´s wait and see progress from the young guns. However it doesn´t look so good for PT. Then we have Oliver S in a few years ...
When I search for "Kalle" in ewrc-results, this is what I got (drivers only):
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Haven't his progress been pretty equal with Lappi over their WRC-2 years? For me it seems so at least, and the Veiby will have the exact same progress as well. Looks like they are all going through just the same programme, and also managing to get the same progress.
I wasn't that convinced about Paddon and Breen neither, they seems to have been stuck in a lower class as well. But suddenly, they got their chance and did pretty good.
Yes, right. Sweden WRT failled with Patrik Sandell early in 2010ties
I think he's got the skills and this year in WRC2 he has shown that he's capable of winning. I mean, even though the competition hasn't been that tough, but you still need to keep your head together all the way to the final stages even though you lead by minutes (just ask Mikkelsen). Tidemand would need a new team or someone retiring to get a WRC seat, especially now that people talk about Loeb returning and Mikkelsen is also floating around and Suninen has proved himself capable.
Lappi also wasn't that impressive last year although he won wrc2 title,or suninen this year with wrc2 car.
I think he's more than good enough for a WRC seat. I just don't see how he gets into one? In any game of musical chairs there is always someone left standing. And I think unfortunately that is Pontus.
Have to agree here. To break into the top class you need to do something extraordinary already at rc2 level competition. He is not quicker than Mikkelsen or Kopecky (most of the time anyway) and at least Kopecky never managed to do anything extraordinary in his time in the WRC (arguably not really Mikkelsen either).
Tidemand has been at this level for a while and he ain't going any further I'm pretty sure. There are bigger fish out there. Swedens time as a breeding ground for rally drivers is gone I'm afraid.
However you must be aware of PT driving WRC2 championship. That includes brain to get as many points as possible. Not the fastest wins championships over a whole season. PT is fast when needed also.
The overall conclusion might be correct, but saying he hasn´t shown progress ... noope.
Problem of WRC2 is that you dont need to be fastest, the most important is to score points. It is better to finish on second or third places than push for win and retire once...
Another problem is that the best drivers don't always compete together, if you choose the right rallies you'll gain full points more easily. But while Tidemand may not be as fast as Mikkelsen or Veiby, he hasn't crashed out of lead like Mikkelsen or Veiby did in Portugal and Finland. It's not every driver who can win four events out of four starts. It takes some skill just to finish those tougher events without punctures or damage on the car.
But that doesn't help much in getting in WRC. The decisive factor is pure raw speed.
And just that there is something that is while obvious to see, the reasons are less clear..In fact its baffling..
What has happened?
This question is especially irritating when you live someplace where the quality and speed of the North American national series is so low that looking at even Swedish DM level events and drivers there leaves most wondering how the hell they are so fast comparatively..
And yet so few to almost none go on to VM level..
What has happened to the land that once produced plenty of potential top drivers?
Rally GB is going to be massive water breaker in WRC2 this year, Kalle Rovanperä driving his first race there and almost anyone who gets beaten by him can back their backs and stop dreaming about WRC seat and imo if Kalle is driving Skoda, there is no one in WRC2 that is going to beat him.
This is spot on. Money isn´t really flowing into the sport of rallying in Sweden. And never was. Back in the years drivers like Waldegård and Blomqvist for example just worked out their skills to factory seats. And they were outstanding in comparison at the time. Talented Swedes are maybe as many as in Finland and whatever, but never get their chances bcs of lack of money or promoters.
Have had serious talks with different people in rallyingbusiness why this situation has come and was last 20-30 years, and seriously found out big sponsors in Sweden rather put money in golf, horses and sailing, unfortenately.
Tidemand is missing the pace mentioned in my opinion. Feels like he has hit the roof and he is not exactly young anymore.
There isn't much in the way of talent that's coming either and after Bergkvist who doesn't seem to be able to progress either, the Swedish rally hopes are pretty much gone.
Are you really sure about that, when Oliver did his first rally with Petter, Oliver had a Swedish flag on the car and Petter a Norwigan flag.....
Kalle Rovanperä had Latvian flag on his car, that does not mean je is latvian etc.
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Has Johan Kristoffersen ever driven a rally? Could he be fast on a rally like Ekstrom was with the Skoda? Contender for a VW R5 drive when it is homologated?