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    BTW, Breen leads Rally Legend after SS4. Dont see any times for Meeke ??

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    Meeke only in show car class, not timed

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC View Post
    With Breen it's mainly been due to bad luck, not bad performances.

    Mikkelsen has been awful in the i20 - Sordo and Paddon have out-scored him in a shared car.
    Mostly of the time for Mikkelsen you could argue that's the truth, too

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    I took a look at Mikkelsen´s performances this year:

    Monte: alternator problem early in the rally, after restart some good times (fastest guy on day 3)
    Sweden: good and solid job, ended on the podium
    Mexico: okay rally from him, became fourth, behind Sordo tough
    Corsica: really disappointing performance, “didn´t have the feeling”
    Argentina: was leading after the fourth stage, puncture in SS6, finished in fifth place in the end
    Portugal: power steering problem on day 2, but no good stage times at all
    Sardinia: leading after the fifth stage, gearbox issue made it impossible to set any good times afterwards
    Finland: a real disappointment, slow times, off road on SS4
    Germany: another disappointing performance, solid sixth place, but mostly due to the mistakes of other drivers
    Turkey: battling for victory, ended 5th due to driveshaft issues
    Wales: feeling was missing again, disappointing sixth place

    So obviously the pace was missing in Portugal, Finland, Wales and at the tarmac rallies (as it has been already said before). Lot of bad luck as well, he definitely deserves another chance next year. I don´t see any reason to drop him.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AnttiL View Post
    Meeke only in show car class, not timed
    I've seen Kris posting some of his times on his Insta stories, is he doing the same stages as the timed guys?

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    Quote Originally Posted by BigWorm View Post
    I've seen Kris posting some of his times on his Insta stories, is he doing the same stages as the timed guys?
    Yes. But the rally isn't really about stage times, regardless of what class you're in.
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    Mikkelsen shouldn't be dropped, let's get that straight. But there could be an argument that he might be brought into the rotation of drivers along with Sordo and Paddon, if he doesn't improve early on next season.

    Even in the events like Sweden and Turkey, he was crushed by Neuville's pace when Thierry had the worse road position. Even Breen beat him on pace in his "home rally", which was a surprise.

    When you're holding up those events as his good ones it reiterates how disappointing a season he's had given the expectations he set himself, and the expectations many on here have had for him ever since Makinen overlooked him 2yrs ago.

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    How about the fact that Sordo and Paddon combined have out scored Mikkelsen ? This despite being in and out due to sharing the 3rd car...

    Scores:
    Mikkelson 83
    Sor & Pad 115

    If you remove the extra rally which they all did (Portugal) it's:
    Mikkelsen 83
    Sor & Pad 100 (Sordo actually got 15pts in Portugal, the other two got Zero pts)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC View Post
    How about the fact that Sordo and Paddon combined have out scored Mikkelsen ? This despite being in and out due to sharing the 3rd car...

    Scores:
    Mikkelson 83
    Sor & Pad 115

    If you remove the extra rally which they all did (Portugal) it's:
    Mikkelsen 83
    Sor & Pad 100 (Sordo actually got 15pts in Portugal, the other two got Zero pts)
    Paddon would have done worse in tarmac rallies and Sordo in fast rallies. Also, they have gotten good starting positions in gravel rallies. So it's a good deal for Hyundai, but not a realistic demonstration of how they would perform in a whole season.

    Also, Mikkelsen has been very unlucky in some events but still scored consistent points.

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    Quote Originally Posted by er88 View Post
    Mikkelsen shouldn't be dropped, let's get that straight. But there could be an argument that he might be brought into the rotation of drivers along with Sordo and Paddon, if he doesn't improve early on next season.
    I've said the same earlier. But the problem is all those three are at their best on technical gravel rallies. On tarmac Paddon and Mikkelsen are going nowhere and Sordo has recently a tendency to crash.

    Perfect pairs for the drivers:
    Mikkelsen - Meeke (tarmac rounds and Finland)
    Sordo - Østberg (fast rallies)
    Paddon - Kopecky (tarmac rounds)

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