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    About driving the i20. In Polo Mikkelsen was much more neat than Latvala and drove very similarly to Ogier, same with Fabia and C3. Started like that in I20 too.
    This year both in Monte and Sweden he was one of the most sideways guys, like Neuville . And interestingly as a result he is closer to Neuville on pace than last year.
    Both of them are slower than last year though. Loeb was super neat in Sweden, like he is used to.... and slowest WRC, bare Tidemand.

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    He has been sideways like hell since joining the Hyundai IMO, definitely last year. this season he has been less so, as far as i have seen on the videos but still way more than others.

    then again, it has been just two rounds but he has admitted himself he has to change his style.
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    Comparing 2018 and 2019 Sweden, I'd say he was more sideways this year.

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    This year it looked like Mikkelsen tried aggressively "throw" the car into corners. He was struggling with this style and it was pretty clear. The places I was in Sweden, i20 looked the most unstable car (especially the rear of the car) and it seemed it lacked power coming out of the corners too.
    I dont know what the problem Hyundai is having, but they have to react fast, because all other manufacturers are sliding away.
    Last edited by Lead; 20th February 2019 at 09:19.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lead View Post
    This year it looked like Mikkelsen tried aggressively "throw" the car into corners. He was struggling with this style and it was pretty clear. The places I was in Sweden, i20 looked the most unstable car (especially the rear of the car) and it seemed it lacked power coming out of the corners too.
    I dont know what the problem Hyundai is having, but they have to react fast, because all other manufacturers are sliding away.
    Pre-season Neuville was hopeful of having updates for Corsica (or maybe it was Portugal). Let's see if it actually is going to be true.

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    He should have softer suspension at rear. Easy solution...
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    If it were so easy they would have done it 2 years ago.

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    Quote Originally Posted by T16 View Post
    Good. Happy to see Loeb drive as much as possible. Not too fussed that Mikkelsen has been brushed aside.
    Im assuming they’ve found a way to break his much talked about contract, so wonder what this will mean further down the line for other events?
    It would be nice to know what exactly has happened during the past couple of weeks (between yesterday's announcement and the one which stated Mikkelsen would do all rallies this season). Obviously there's been two rallies, which make you think that maybe the "full season clause" Mikkelsen had (or still has) in his contract is somehow related to results (i.e. x amount of points during x number of rallies with clauses for technical failures etc.). And now that his full season is no longer a full season, will we actually see the modified line-up of Neuville-Loeb-Sordo also in some other rallies later on this year? Paddon's a longshot, but maybe this could even open up the door for him?
    Last edited by Allez Andruet; 20th February 2019 at 14:51. Reason: typo
    ku ois neljä pyörää ku vetäis ni ois vähän eri sekunnit kyllä pätkillä, sen mä takaan

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    I still ask who will they send to Finland

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