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Thread: Mikko hirvonen 2015?
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28th October 2014, 18:44 #31
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28th October 2014, 21:21 #32
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You're right, Hirvonen is the most reliable driver of the after VW bunch. But most of the people don't care for reliability, but learning and fighting with the best. Hirvonen is on the same level for many years, and I'm afraid year after year this is crushing him. Not very spectacular isn't it? Nothing to cheer for....
"With that car, your brain can actually never keep up"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4IRMYuE1hI
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2nd November 2014, 08:47 #33
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I had hopes for Mikko going well this year, on his return to Ford. Does his apparent lacklustre season really deny his best of the non-VW pack result credibility?
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2nd November 2014, 11:53 #34
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2nd November 2014, 20:31 #35
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Toyota WRC and Tommi Mäkinen Racing??? Tommi has been in Japan again and that is not a Sauna trip
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2nd November 2014, 20:54 #36
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No... go away.
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3rd November 2014, 08:22 #37
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I guess there are other factors outside Mikko's results that would also determine whether or not he has a seat at MSport or not next year. Such as do they have a long awaited sponsorship deal for 2015, or are they looking to bring in a younger driver such as Tanak and spend the money on car development?
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3rd November 2014, 13:01 #38
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Or can they afford to have Mikko or do they need cashflow? I think many of you guys are unfair to Mikko. He deserves a place in WRC 2015.
"Reis vas pät pat kaar vas kut"
Tommi Mäkinen, back in the years...
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3rd November 2014, 13:10 #39
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If a team thinks he can offer them something, they'll take him. If not, he'll have to pay. Simple. He's always been consistent, but his pace seems to have gone; though were it came from in Catalunya is a mystery. I know he's 4th in the standings, but they don't tell the full story.
I want to see him on a Mull in an Escort MkII
Is there a better sound than that of Porsche engined Flat-6 ???
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3rd November 2014, 13:30 #40
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I agree, Mikko should retain his seat next year.
I do think though that he needs to get some more of a killer instinct about him. I recall him saying during his Loeb chasing days that he needed to push harder, to be in with a chance of beating him. Maybe he's slipped unwittingly back into safe mode again, and needs that extra bit of motivation.
That is what I've been told.
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