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    Quote Originally Posted by EstWRC View Post
    some interesting bits in recent interviews with Tommi and Latvala in estonian media (at least for me)

    ill start with Latvala


    After Wales rally Citroën announced that Esapekka Lapp will be driving in their team besides Sebastien Ogier. Esapekka has said that Toyota he was no longer comfortable and the team did not pay enough attention to him. Do you agree? Do you also feel that Ott has attracted the attention of the entire team?

    ... Last year, we had no one that could compete on behalf of the world title. Now we have Ott. However, this isnt something new to me, since I've been teammates with Sebastien, but for Esapekka it was a completely new situation.
    Wonder if he really did say that. Cause last year he was actually leading the championship and was pretty much in the fight until rally Poland+Finland where he retired with technical issues from very good positions (3rd ahead of Ogier in Poland and 1st by far in FIN).

    Either:
    a) he doesn't remember that/doesn't trust himself (with Latvala's mental state that is entirely possible)
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    b) The "interview" was edited or written by someone else?

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    Can't help but feel Latvala is talking out his arse regarding Ogier. Look at Ogier and tell me he doesn't take absolutely everything seriously, from his diet, the car setup and development, his fitness and personal training etc. Malcolm Wilson has worked with some of the most famous names in the sport and has said he's never come across a driver who pays more attention to detail than Ogier. The closest to that he said was Carlos Sainz. Tanak is probably the way he is this season after having worked so closely with Seb last season, and seeing how Ogier operates. It's clear he's learned a lot and I'm sure he's admitted that himself on many occasions iirc.

    Also as MKnight says, Latvala was well in the championship fight last year, and if you added at least a 3rd place in Poland and a win in Finland to his pts total, he'd have been in a superb position going into Germany.

    Interview seems a bit iffy for my liking or lost in translation, edited wrongly. Either that or Latvala is more broken mentally than I even thought.

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    Quote Originally Posted by er88 View Post
    Can't help but feel Latvala is talking out his arse regarding Ogier. Look at Ogier and tell me he doesn't take absolutely everything seriously, from his diet, the car setup and development, his fitness and personal training etc. Malcolm Wilson has worked with some of the most famous names in the sport and has said he's never come across a driver who pays more attention to detail than Ogier. The closest to that he said was Carlos Sainz. Tanak is probably the way he is this season after having worked so closely with Seb last season, and seeing how Ogier operates. It's clear he's learned a lot and I'm sure he's admitted that himself on many occasions iirc.

    Also as MKnight says, Latvala was well in the championship fight last year, and if you added at least a 3rd place in Poland and a win in Finland to his pts total, he'd have been in a superb position going into Germany.

    Interview seems a bit iffy for my liking or lost in translation, edited wrongly. Either that or Latvala is more broken mentally than I even thought.
    I think Latvala just sticks with his current employer interests like he had always did. When was in Ford/M-Sport he was showing with old Escort, in VW with Quattro, now in Toyota what was it - Starlet?
    "With that car, your brain can actually never keep up"
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4IRMYuE1hI

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    Quote Originally Posted by stefanvv View Post
    I think Latvala just sticks with his current employer interests like he had always did. When was in Ford/M-Sport he was showing with old Escort, in VW with Quattro, now in Toyota what was it - Starlet?
    Celica

    JML started his career with Corolla GT
    "quattro best 4wd rallycar ever"

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    Quote Originally Posted by stefanvv View Post
    I think Latvala just sticks with his current employer interests like he had always did. When was in Ford/M-Sport he was showing with old Escort, in VW with Quattro, now in Toyota what was it - Starlet?
    It's well known that JML is a die hard rally fan at heart. He has all the old classics. He's also tech nut when it comes to cars. I went to his museum and we spent an hour talking about the old EVO 3 Group A motor, exhaust design etc... I think you will see JML driving for the rest of his life at whatever level.

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    As last year, you can play now on planetemarcus website to vote your best driver, codriver, team, rallycar and rally of the year here with PLANETEMARCUS Awards 2018 ► http://bit.ly/2OO8gAA

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    Strong domination into the stages and statistics for Toyota GAZOO Racing in 2018 (rally wins, special stage wins, power stage wins ... and more) ► http://bit.ly/2zgsDBF

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