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11th December 2006, 21:40 #1
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Matthew Wilson Wins
Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team's Matthew Wilson finished the 2006 season with a rally victory at Grizedale Rally. - WRC.com
Matthew Wilson - Ford fOcus WRC 06 - 45:11
Geoff Jones - Subaru Impreza N4 -47:47
Barry Johnson - Subaru Impreza Wrc - 47:48
So at last a win for slowson, maybe the switch of codriver is the secret for success - "Wilson was not paired with his usual co-driver for the event, Michael Orr, instead he was co-driven by Scott Martin."
but have to consider he was racing against this:
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11th December 2006, 21:42 #2
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oh yes i forgot
""I was amazed with how much we were leading by after the first two stages so after that we just cruised it round." M.W
amazed? even him could not belive that LOL
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11th December 2006, 21:43 #3
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Luckily it was the course car and not the oposition!!!!
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11th December 2006, 21:59 #4
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He has won a couple fo rallys in GB before back in 2004
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11th December 2006, 22:03 #5
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Didn't he win the Trackrod in 2005 as well?
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Yes he did I think it was his first BRC event after his crash in Wales
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11th December 2006, 22:37 #7
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He ran in Ulster before that win on the Trackrod. He won in Grizedale back in 2004 too. I bet that was a nice surprise for the speccies at that rally.
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11th December 2006, 23:11 #8
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I read a quote somewhere that he hopes to get top 5 stage times / positions (can't remember which) in 07. Hope he does but I'm not so sure.
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11th December 2006, 23:28 #9
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isnt it strange that there is a guy with an 06 focus running in the wrc but never won a championship and only won a handfull of rallies without true opposition?
i am all for the guy, i just think that maybe his dad should send him out in the fiesta doing the brc, then an old focus to later move to a full wrc championship after he wins something.
ok, dont get me wrong, i am not bashing. it's just that he had an 06 focus vs. imprezas and yet he is surprised to win..... why isnt he running the brc like his father did, and then join the wrc?I am Yahya the Infinite. <-search it
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End of the day, he has to manage his career as he sees fit. If he has a secured budget to go rallying for three years or four years, he might as well spend it getting familiar with the events on the WRC an in a WRC car.
Sure it'd be nice for him to win a championship, but if the end-all goal is to win the WRC, practice there surely beats practice in the UK, or anywhere else. Driver development is always a balance of how much how soon, balanced against how much budget you have. If your dad builds WR cars, and you can afford to go run the WRC, why not do it?
It isn't my money, so I'm not going to tell him how to spend it. Assuredly, he's got his own group of advisors. If they think the best way to get Matthew to WRC-winning speed is for him to drive a WR car in WRC events, so be it.
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