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Thread: [WRC] News & Rumours 2018
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16th November 2018, 16:42 #2361
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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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16th November 2018, 16:52 #2362
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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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16th November 2018, 17:08 #2363
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"With that car, your brain can actually never keep up"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4IRMYuE1hI
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16th November 2018, 17:23 #2364
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16th November 2018, 18:10 #2365
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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18th November 2018, 14:41 #2366
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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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19th November 2018, 11:35 #2367
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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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It's OK, it's a short stage! Remember the FIA and promoter reserve the right to completely fuck over everything we all know, enjoy and understand about this series and sport. Or, maybe they might...
FIA Rally Working Group: the...