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Thread: Hayden Paddon
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28th June 2019, 08:06 #201
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28th June 2019, 08:50 #202
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Breen's b) is a little different to Paddon's b). It didn't involve moving to a different hemisphere, far from family, friends, culture and his own business!
Breen picked b) and has driven like 4 different cars in multiple championships. But for him it was by far much easier choice since he lives in Europe and his girlfriend (still afaik) is from Italy. So driving in Ireland and Italy is both like driving "at home". So it was an obvious and easy choice for him, but one that also gives him much higher chances than Paddon in the long run.[/QUOTE]"Racing is life. Anything before or after is just waiting." Steve McQueen
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28th June 2019, 10:48 #203
The WRC does not care how far one lives or where his girlfriend currently resides. He chose to stay in NZ which means he's not on anyone's radar sadly. Winning events in NZ by eleventeen minutes means nothing to WRC teams... Plenty of examples like Hayden around the world..
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28th June 2019, 10:57 #204
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I imagine Breen has it easier to find sponsors in Europe compared to Paddon - especially in Ireland.
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28th June 2019, 12:19 #205
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28th June 2019, 12:49 #206
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Didn't Paddon used to live in Italy awile ago? Maybe try out in Italy again.
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28th June 2019, 13:52 #207
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28th June 2019, 15:47 #208
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28th June 2019, 21:46 #209
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This isn't meant as disrespect, sorry if it came off that way. I lived in NZ for six years and consider it my second home country. During that time I worked almost exclusively in sports media.
You are right, per capita, NZ outperforms pretty much everybody; and I am right, in terms of sheer numbers, especially when you limit it to sports that are globally watched (so, excluding rugby, league, cricket, netball and the like), NZ does not have a load of global-level sports personalities for a sponsor to choose from. Olympians, yes, but not a whole lot else.
E.g. per capita, Valerie Adams' family has an unreal number of Olympic medals, but there's still only one of her.Last edited by kirungi okwogera; 28th June 2019 at 21:50.
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29th June 2019, 10:15 #210
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Is, is WRC really a globally watched sport?
Well obviously there are some people from different countries watching it but Rallying is only a relevant sport in 2 countries I would think. Estonia and Finland.
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