[WRC] News & Rumours 2019

[dimviii]

may be you are correct

however, i can sympathize with the desire to push for the win in this case as this is now his 4th attempt at the annual event and he already has a prior 2nd place. From the early technical glitch he was over 30 mins off the lead by stage 3. There are always risks in pushing so hard; sometimes it pays off, sometimes it doesn't. Dakar is a long rally and anything can happen to any competitor at any time and he needed to be in a position to capitalize on that opportunity if it arose---in this case, being in 2nd place and as close to N. Al-Attiyah as possible.

plus it makes the rally more exciting too

actually at first stages he didnt pushed,but when problems appeared,he hadnt got to do something else but to push to regain the gap.
He managed to very few minutes to Nasser,but problems appeared again.
Thats rallying/racing.
Also we have to mention that he had old model peugeot and not the maxi peugeot from last year,which was a better/faster evolution

[T16]

Also we have to mention that he had old model peugeot and not the maxi peugeot from last year,which was a better/faster evolution

any ideas why he wasn't running the newer version?

[Tarmop]

Said in quite a few places, here also...
Organizers decide, who (privateers) can drive what evolution. Loeb was considered to be too good to have the best, so he wasn`t allowed.

[Kaps]

Organizers decide who can drive what!?

Now I've seen everything...

[T16]

[QUOTE=Tarmop;1204695]Said in quite a few places, here also...

Does that mean I'm not allowed to ask, if it's already been said somewhere?

[Tarmop]

You can, but i would search myself first and find the answer from the official topic, post no. 2.
https://www.motorsportforums.com/sho...015-Dakar-2019

[T16]

You can, but i would search myself first and find the answer from the official topic, post no. 2.
https://www.motorsportforums.com/sho...015-Dakar-2019

Thanks for the guidance. I guess this rule of not asking questions, which there may already be an answer to, will apply to you too.

[Tarmop]

No need to take it into heart...

[Fast Eddie WRC]

So Loeb finishes another Dakar and comes 3rd. I hope he thinks it was worth it come Monte Carlo.

[EstWRC]

lol, whats your problem with him? i dont get it.

weird comments from you regarding Loeb the past week or so.