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Thread: Hayden Paddon
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2nd March 2014, 12:48 #1
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Colins Crest = Möldri Mätas
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2nd March 2014, 13:17 #2
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Re: Hayden Paddon
All the previous debate could be moved here as well
Never stop dreaming because one day it might happen.
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2nd March 2014, 13:51 #3
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Re: Hayden Paddon
Does it have a sense to have special thread for one driver? Especially when I think that there is lot of words about him now when he joined Hyundai, but is na future...
To Franky: It is not possible to move all talks from "news thread" here as the posts were made before first post on this thread.
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2nd March 2014, 16:05 #4
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Re: Hayden Paddon
Originally Posted by PLutoColins Crest = Möldri Mätas
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2nd March 2014, 20:09 #5
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Re: Hayden Paddon
A few more details here
http://www.irallylive.com/ir_news.htm?00006121&10Things happen for reasons, not excuses.
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2nd March 2014, 23:12 #6
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Re: Hayden Paddon
As an Australian, it's pretty exciting to read that Paddon has some potential. I agree with solitt, on the other thread, about hiring guys who can win. You look at Chris Atkinson, he didn't even bother winning an Australian title, before thinking he could do WRC. Now, he's just a journeyman (Not that there's anything wrong with that...Well, maybe there is). Aside from driving, you've also got to learn how to kick arse.
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2nd March 2014, 23:49 #7
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Re: Hayden Paddon
Just a little point for You.
Loeb has never won national title, he even never tried. He did only Citroën Saxo Trophy which he won before he moved to JWRC (which he won on first attempt). Same goes for Ogier. He went to JWRC with only two seasons in Peugeot 206XS trophy (winner in 2007) followed by JWRC victory on first attempt in 2008. Tommi Mäkinen also never won a national title (only one gr.N class one but not overall) and the same goes for Juha Kankkunen or Walter Röhl, . The list of WRC champions who never won their homeland title is long and the fact that none of the most successful (Loeb, Mäkinen, Kankkunen) bothered with trying at home shows that it's relatively irrelevant and I tend to agree with the opinion that it's a waste of time for those who really want to become something and has a backing for it. Taking experience all around the world even in small car gives way more than driving at home.Stupid is as stupid does. Forrest Gump
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3rd March 2014, 00:17 #8
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Re: Hayden Paddon
Dimitar Iliev won 9 times Bulgarian Rally title (looks like a decent record), but that didn't mean anything on international scene. Don't try to find any pattern in successful drivers, it is meaningless. The only fact that counts is one's personal ambition and abilities of course. I'm sure Paddon has the ambition, the abilities we can measure after at least 1 full season with WRC, if it only depends of his driving. No one has jumped in WRC and won right away, even Loeb.
"With that car, your brain can actually never keep up"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4IRMYuE1hI
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3rd March 2014, 02:49 #9
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Re: Hayden Paddon
Originally Posted by Mirek
but indeed I agree with that, many drivers had success at world level without winning anything in their country and especially vice versa.
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3rd March 2014, 03:49 #10
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Re: Hayden Paddon
talk is now meaningless... it is good that a fast driver gets his chance... if he is the next Loeb is good for the sport if he is not the little kids will run back to their mommies...
Not sure if posted here before, Evan's test prior to Croatia with footage of the Rally1 Yaris in 2025-spec... https://youtu.be/ALLO7rds-yI?si=FRdZ5LDkRZcxMPOV
WRC main class in 2025