[WRC] News & rumours (part III)

[Maui J.]

Amazing! cool! I think scientists should study this amazing phenomenon......See I was under the grossly erroneous impression that driving a rally car or rally-cross car required a certain rather hard to attain skills-set, and some evidence that the person getting Press Releases writyten had aquired those skills...and stupid me thought---due to my limited experience in motorsport----that you get the skills and the experience and prove it in years of increasingly "higher level" competition..

Nope..120 million people and the guys best suited is amazingly the son of some ex-PWRC cheery picker.

I never knew driving skill and especially experience was transmitted purely thru genetic means but once again we see there's nobody better, more deserving, shows more potential. than...some washed up guy's son.


I wonder if these people choosing these little children who look so obviously immature, who don't even need to shave yet, so innocent---ever wondered if, when they decide to give a ride---and make big world-wide press release about it---

if they realise how the have ruined the credibility of the various race series by proving that those you are watching
you are watching because not who they are, but who daddy was (and how unfulfilled his dreams were).--not what they've done or know..

Genetics is so amazing..

To be truthful there's not many young people near the top in motorsport due to their own doing. Most commonly it's because of their family's pastime/hobby/passion/addiction, call it what you want...and lots of cash. So when that son or daughter gets past the karting stage, the tall poppy sydrome amongst many kicks in. The whole Daddy's money thing. Really boring!
Unfortunately very few will make it due to skill alone, usually it's skill plus money.
How do you think Oliver Solberg is doing so well in the Norwegian cross-kart series? Yes, it looks as he has the skill, but to obtain the skill it takes a lot of financial imput over numerous years...from Daddy Petter.
I can't see your issue here.
Yes Arai has family money, who cares, rallying is expensive. It is very rare to exceed in this type of sport without starting out with family money. Mikkelsen, Ostberg, Latvala to name a few...who were competing in the big ranks with daddy's money. Unfortunately it's the nature of the sport...it isn't rags to riches football.
Loeb is one of the few of the modern era who breaks this rule. He's seemed to do everything on his own back and his skill made him rise to the top.