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    Quote Originally Posted by Essaj View Post
    He is infact doing a tarmac event in less than 2 weeks, he did so aswell last year with a piece of shit car also know as Peugeot 206 R5 in Italy.
    And Tidemand's words him saying he wasn't in "full attack" - Do you really believe him? To me it sounded like a bad excuse.
    His performance in Italy last year was not so much impressive. Despite the car is not so bad there and still competitive (not only in hands of Andreucci).

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    Quote Originally Posted by dimviii View Post
    he was at SAME team that have made this shit car worked.
    Andreucci wasnt the only one faster from Rovanpera.Plenty Itallians too.At gravel too.
    of course you can believe that Rovanperas crash hasnt to do that at stage 1 Tidemand took 13 sec from 23 he had builded at 2 days,and was just an unlucky moment.
    No I ment that Andreucci is one of the only drivers who shows pace with T16, only other I know with a win with is Loeb, who would have guessed.
    And on gravel Kalle was up there but struggled alot with the car, like Ucci does in gravel but still he would have taken 2nd place in San Marino if his Peugeot would have lasted the final liason before the finish line.
    Could we maybe wait and see how he does in Germany with Skoda until we talk more about his tarmac pace.

    And back to Argentina it's pretty clear that it was recce mistake in Kalle's crash. Kalle and EP both have rather similiar notes and Kalle's note to that right hander is a step "faster" than EP's.
    Pontus was actually leading the rally until stage 11 so yeah.
    Last edited by Essaj; 16th May 2018 at 20:01.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PLuto View Post
    Kalle is in Skoda mainly because of money...
    Yeah you are partly true, he gets paid from Skoda to drive there In M-Sport he would have needed to pay some himself.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PLuto View Post
    His performance in Italy last year was not so much impressive. Despite the car is not so bad there and still competitive (not only in hands of Andreucci).
    What have You expected? He was 16 years old with zero Italian experience. Only a fool would expect him to challenge Andreucci. Shall I remind that Kopecký also did a season in Italy and didn't achieve much more despite having way more experience in that time?
    Last edited by Mirek; 16th May 2018 at 20:10.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mirek View Post
    You want to replace him with someone about whom nobody ever heard. How is that a better idea? Of course Rovanperä is not yet ready for WRC car but talking about some unnamed guys from the street having better potential than him is laughable. Those guys from the street have way more to prove than Rovanperä.
    Where did i mention that? This and an implication that he is too overhyped (those so called nobodys, who beated him, build their own cars and go to work M-F 8-17 are still someone), hasn`t actually achieved anything in the international level yet, apart from getting into it, which yes, is good.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mirek View Post
    This is all in the hands of the team. If they send Tidemand to all asphalt events against Kopecký he may not win the title but if they send him to distant gravel events he will win the title easily and Kopecký could not do anything about it. In fact in most of the scenarios Tidemand has better chances even if they give Kopecký enough events. He is not in such a situation like in 2015 when he would likely win the title easily if he was given the chance.
    I would think that Kopecky could drive something like Sardinia, Germany, Spain, Turkey and maybe Australia. Kalle is most likely going to drive Finland, Spain, Wales and maybe Germany and ofc Australia is possible but unlikely since 2 bad starts point wise already. Then Veiby and Nordgren will drive whatever, Who knows if Suninen might do a WRC2 round, we have hungry Huttunen who wants to prove his pace. Maybe Citroen starts to work and challenge for the wins, the VW is coming and with who?
    That dosen't leave too many rallies for Tidemand to cruise for easy wins so lets see, it's for sure going to be interesting.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tarmop View Post
    Where did i mention that? This and an implication that he is too overhyped (those so called nobodys, who beated him, build their own cars and go to work M-F 8-17 are still someone), hasn`t actually achieved anything in the international level yet, apart from getting into it, which yes, is good.
    Here:
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    There are drivers with bigger potential, only they can`t afford to be on this level.
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    Quote Originally Posted by PLuto View Post
    Kalle is in Skoda mainly because of money...
    he is there because of his father. if it was only about the money they could hire lots of people.

    Quote Originally Posted by Mirek View Post
    You want to replace him with someone about whom nobody ever heard. How is that a better idea? Of course Rovanperä is not yet ready for WRC car but talking about some unnamed guys from the street having better potential than him is laughable. Those guys from the street have way more to prove than Rovanperä.
    look, the easy part is getting where rovanpera is now. everyone with enough money and some talent can drive wrc2 and even do well.
    now comes the part where he has to prove that he win wrc2 on every surface. not even just win, he has to dominate to get a factory seat in wrc.

    most drivers only start their career when they are 18 or older, and have to find everything out them self. they are usually at least 5 to 10 years older and have driven 3 to 5 seasons locally before anyone here has ever heard of them.
    so yes, there are probably some people that we have never heard off, but who can break through very quickly.
    ogier did only one international season before switching to wrc, neuville did two.

    kalle is only where he is now because of his father. if every young driver was given the same resources some would surely be faster.
    but sadly, of course that will never be the case.
    that's why one marque cups are the best way to find real talent, because you can really compare drivers and tell who's talented and who's there because of his rich father.
    Last edited by denkimi; 16th May 2018 at 23:47.

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    Quote Originally Posted by denkimi View Post
    he is there because of his father. if it was only about the money they could hire lots of people.


    look, the easy part is getting where rovanpera is now. everyone with enough money and some talent can drive wrc2 and even do well.
    now comes the part where he has to prove that he win wrc2 on every surface. not even just win, he has to dominate to get a factory seat in wrc.

    most drivers only start their career when they are 18 or older, and have to find everything out them self. they are usually at least 5 to 10 years older and have driven 3 to 5 seasons locally before anyone here has ever heard of them.
    so yes, there are probably some people that we have never heard off, but who can break through very quickly.
    ogier did only one international season before switching to wrc, neuville did two.

    kalle is only where he is now because of his father. if every young driver was given the same resources some would surely be faster.
    but sadly, of course that will never be the case.
    that's why one marque cups are the best way to find real talent, because you can really compare drivers and tell who's talented and who's there because of his rich father.
    That doesn't change a thing on what I wrote. Any of those nameless superetalented guys must first prove themselves. The very simple fact that those nameless guys people keep talking about are still nameless means that they haven't proved anything. Rovanperä already achieved enough to get a place in a works team - even only for an R5 car. That's not a small achievement. His father helped him, yes, and so what?
    Stupid is as stupid does. Forrest Gump

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