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    Didn’t Latvala have a bad landing from a jump which broke his damper?

    Anyway, I don’t know who you would replace him with at this stage unless Tommi/Toyota are willing to put up with a year or two of ‘learning’ for Kalle.

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    Quote Originally Posted by denkimi View Post
    He was close but not as good as ogier when they both had the same car. The only thing that's changed since then is the car they drive.

    I know some people like to believe in fairy tales, but we all know that he would not be as dominant in an other car.
    We've all seen what happened with the dominant ogier as soon as he wasn't driving that vw anymore.
    Lol.

    Take Tänak away from Toyota and you wouldn’t talk this car thing

    Speed wise he was faster than Ogier in 2017 and don’t you think he could have progressed since 2017?
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    #8 Ott Tänak - Martin Järveoja #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by EstWRC View Post
    Lol.

    Take Tänak away from Toyota and you wouldn’t talk this
    You do realise that without mechanical problems we would have had a complete and dominant toyota podium tomorrow?

    That toyota is as dominant as the vw was, it also makes latvala look like a outstanding driver. The only thing stopping them from winning almost every rally is their unreliability.

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    Where is N.O.T. ? He knows all about village teams... (joke)
    "Reis vas pät pat kaar vas kut"
    Tommi Mäkinen, back in the years...

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    Quote Originally Posted by denkimi View Post
    You do realise that without mechanical problems we would have had a complete and dominant toyota podium tomorrow?

    That toyota is as dominant as the vw was, it also makes latvala look like a outstanding driver. The only thing stopping them from winning almost every rally is their unreliability.
    But a more reliable Toyota may also be a slower one. We’ll see at the end of the year whether they got the balance right.

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    Quote Originally Posted by EstWRC View Post
    Speed wise he was faster than Ogier in 2017 and don’t you think he could have progressed since 2017?
    No he wasn't. Ogier got 34 power stage points in 2017, tanak got 22.
    Tanak has beaten ogier in the powerstage 7 times in 26 rally's.

    Tanak is fast, i rate hem pretty much equal to ogier. But the dominant speed he shows since he's driving the toyota comes from the car, not from him. And you know that just as well as me or anybody else.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rallyper View Post
    Btw. Emil Bergkvist is now 2nd in WRC2. Just to let you know. Proud of him. Hope it goes all the way...
    Pietarinen should be leading WRC2 till penultimate split. And than got probably a puncture, lost more than 1min and drops to 4th
    Pity (

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    Quote Originally Posted by steve.mandzij View Post
    That's the whole point you're missing: he's quick and somewhat consistent, but terribly unlucky. In Corsica, yes, he was really terrible, but from Argentina onwards he's been very quick. Chile was bad luck again, hitting a rock just right to break the driveshaft.

    His only real mistake of the season so far was in Sweden, and maybe one of the cuts in Corsica, but he's really not been worse than Suninen, or Evans, or Lappi...

    ...or Mikkelsen.
    Actually the person to who you are replying is blabbering constantly here but always missing the point. I do not even bother myself with him.

    And I'll stand on what I said. Not half a bad season for Latvala, just he's been unlucky quite often. By his standards he has been very consistent actually. Shame that he was robbed again...

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    Kaj Lindström was just on sports news on Finnish TV regarding Latvala's retirement and he said that as they have to do Sardegna with the same car, the risks would have been too high to let JML do today's final stage. Without specifying it in details, he said that there were that kind of things broken that they had no option.
    ku ois neljä pyörää ku vetäis ni ois vähän eri sekunnit kyllä pätkillä, sen mä takaan

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    Everyone is talking how unreliable car Yaris is
    but
    -Hyundai of Sordo
    -Hyundai of Loeb
    -Ford of Evans
    -Ford of Suninen

    so only reliable car is Citroen which is not fast.
    "quattro best 4wd rallycar ever"

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