Mads Ostberg

[N.O.T]

Not that he is a contender in WRC. But Maurin improved a lot since he drives with Klinger.

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When you are not fast enough it is easy to improve your pace, but when you are relatively close to the top for so long like Ostberg most of the times it is because you reached your potential.

[Antony Warmbold]

In a previous era, without pace-notes, driving sideways was the safest way to get around corners – not knowing how much a corner tightened.
Now with pace-notes, and stages repeated year on year – this shouldn’t happen. As already said; maybe Mads needs to rethink his pacenote system?
And whilst sideways looks spectacular – it’s not the quickest way; circuit style driving seems to be the most efficient way to drive these cars.

Well yes circuit driving as you say....this used to be very important with the active cars and I think it was more emphasized than today. Nowadays with these passive cars it's a bit more enjoyable to watch at least!

[306 Cosworth]

Which, in turn, is extremely boring to watch, unless one is impressed by the sight of a car cornering as if on rails. And to think people wonder why the sport is dying...

When was the last time you went to a WRC event? The cars most certainly don't corner like they're on rails when they're on gravel, hell even watching the Germany coverage and various YouTube videos they're more sideways on asphalt than I expected.

[stefanvv]

When was the last time you went to a WRC event? The cars most certainly don't corner like they're on rails when they're on gravel, hell even watching the Germany coverage and various YouTube videos they're more sideways on asphalt than I expected.

Germany is specific event, lot of hairpins and "square" corners, You must pull the handbrake there, or will seem like driving like grandpa.

[noel157]

But what is the solution? You can't un-invent technology. Do we give them more power and make them RWD? Encourage event organisers to stop using the same stages year on year? I won't even suggest getting rid of pace-notes....that's not going to happen.

Many years ago when notes were banned in national events you had every Tom, Dick and Harry driving over the stages weeks before the start "on their way to work" or "out for a Sunday drive" or "visiting friends". All that sort of nonsense. Impossible to police.

RWD- great idea. New stages- would help but many organisers find it hard enough finding new roads.

[denkimi]

But what is the solution? You can't un-invent technology. Do we give them more power and make them RWD? Encourage event organisers to stop using the same stages year on year? I won't even suggest getting rid of pace-notes....that's not going to happen.

but you can ban certain technology.

harder tyres and more power should do the trick imo.

[A FONDO]

I agree that Mads has reached his top. It became finally obvious in the middle of the previous season. What I am worried about is that Mikkelsen isn't much better. Hope I am wrong.

Tony, it will soon be 2 years with no updates in your blog.

[AndyRAC]

Many years ago when notes were banned in national events you had every Tom, Dick and Harry driving over the stages weeks before the start "on their way to work" or "out for a Sunday drive" or "visiting friends". All that sort of nonsense. Impossible to police.

RWD- great idea. New stages- would help but many organisers find it hard enough finding new roads.

You forgot "I was out mountain biking...."

[Rallyper]

Solution is rallies on gravel and ice/snow, except for Rally Germany...

[Juha_Koo]

Mads uses norwegian-swedish-english pacenotes, regular 1-6 system with normal additions (one speciality is double "additions": --, ++). Also has own note for 90deg junctions, "vinkel" and hairpin, "hårnal". So nothing special there. It's not the world's most precise note system (that title goes to French "Loeb-style degree notes"), but very precise nonetheless. No problems there I would argue.