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    Quote Originally Posted by tbtstt View Post
    So the World Championship is back this weekend: can anyone stop Kristoffersson?
    First thought is no, but EKS seem to have done a fair bit of testing and in the FB interview with Bakkerud he suggested that they've made several changes. I get the feeling that Peugeot are quick enough to challenge VW but haven't had the luck.

    Ekstrom has got a decent Q1 grid to start off with, and yet again Peugeot have a raw deal where all 3 are in the same race. If they have any sense they'll just get heads down and try to set the time, but Larsson and Baumanis are always going to be racey.
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    Nice to watch WRX Qualifying live on a Sat night from Canada.

    Loeb fastest in Q1.

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    Loving it, been watching ARX and WRX all evening, with IMSA.tv in between.

    Initially seems like Audi and Peugeot have made big gains in the summer break and looking pretty equal with VW...or VW just had poor luck with being shuffled out and getting caught after the joker. Definitely looks like the big 3 are further ahead of GRX & OMSE than earlier races.
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    Yep, the 3 big teams all seem much closer now.

    Peugeot looking especially good here with Loeb's neat driving.

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    So Kristophersson beats Loeb to 1st place by 1 point after Q4.

    Loeb was 'taken out' by Ekstrom in Q3, but for me it was a racing incident.

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    What an end to SF2 ... crazy Loeb mistake and fight to the line with Timur !

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    Action packed weekend, plenty of incidents to discuss. The Loeb/EKS struck me as a racing incident, if anything more as a result of Loeb drifting wide. Great to see Baumanis in the final but it highlighted how far off the pace those guys are that he finished so far down. Very nearly an epic drive from Bakkerud in the semi too, I wonder if he had let off a bit once he was down in 4th (i.e could he actually have been close enough to take advantage of Loeb's mistake). Really got me hyped for my visit to Latvia next month.
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    A great event overall and nice to see Audi and Peugeot closer to the VW. But Kristofferson, he's the ultimate professional. It may seem a little dull, in terms of headlines, that he wins all the time. But in the future, this will be looked back upon as the making of a legend.

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    To win the event from 9th after Q2 is impressive. And it wasnt due to any VW car-superiority as the Peugeots and Audis were now pretty much equal on pace.

    A shame for Loeb though, it would've been good to see if he could win without those mistakes.

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