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Thread: Wrc Tour de Corse 2015
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4th October 2015, 19:16 #661
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Completely agree with You. I'm not that over-hyped by his performance here either, but I have to admit that he achieved a lot on friday in these difficult conditions, something VW drivers just survived. That counts for something in my book. However he has lot of work to do more....
"With that car, your brain can actually never keep up"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4IRMYuE1hI
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4th October 2015, 19:27 #662
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Can those cheaters and scammers quit soon enough?Bring us real rallying please...
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4th October 2015, 19:35 #663
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What is happening with Kubica's car is total mystery for me and it seems for him too
He revealed he bought NEW engine from this rally, and it is already breaking down after 200km of driving....
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4th October 2015, 19:42 #664
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4th October 2015, 19:51 #665
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First of all, Jari-Matti Latvala is the best Finnish driver available to the WRC. Esapekka Lappi (as well as a few others in WRC2 or JWRC) aren't mature enough to earn a full-time seat with any of the current manufacturers. So who should replace him when there's no one to do so?
Being the world's second best driver and still being labeled a "loser" is astounding. If we were to apply such flawed (and much too simplified) logic to the rest of the WRC field, they are all losers. Surely, according to this logic, they must be, because Latvala is (and has been for a long time) second in the standings. Using this flawed logic, every rally is "Ogier vs. all the losers". What an appealing way to view the pinnacle of our beloved sport...
No one is "blocking" Finnish drivers from entering the WRC because of Latvala's presence herein. It might have quite the opposite effect, even; Latvala's presence is a boost to the remainder of the Finnish field. An example: If you were Capito, Matton, Wilson or Nandan, how much faith would you have in Finnish drivers in general if there wasn't even a Finnish driver in the Championship to begin with?
The following shouldn't be earth-shattering, revolutionary news, but I fear it might be: There's more to being a "winner" or a "loser" than mere stats and figures. Yes, Ogier is at the top of the standings. He's been there for a long time and he'll continue to be there for a long time. But mixed in with his plain arrogance, unsportsmanlike attitude and lack of maturity, is he really a winner? Or is he at least more a winner than the is a bad loser?
Then there's Jari-Matti, arguably the most professional and 'rally-minded' of all drivers in the WRC. He discussed tyre strategy with Hayden Paddon at Rally Sardegna when the talented but in-experienced Kiwi was running ahead of the field. He's the first to congratulate his teammates when they beat him. He'll always take time to answer any post-stage questions and sign autographs and he'll be polite, articulate and ooze rallying passion. He'll even enter Historic Rallies such as the ones of Finland and Estonia despite these not having a huge following - but he does it for the passion of the sport.
He's the type of driver every child with a passion for rallying should look up to and want to emulate, not only because of how he is on the special stages, but (perhaps more importantly) how he is outside of them.
As I mentioned, there's more to being a winner than the points total next to your name. And therefore it wouldn't be erroneous to consider Jari-Matti the biggest winner in the WRC.
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4th October 2015, 20:21 #666
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There isn't French rising star either at the moment. Loeb & Ogier are phenomenon, but they have their time. Empty anti-Finns words, don't bother.
"O tempora o mores""With that car, your brain can actually never keep up"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4IRMYuE1hI
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4th October 2015, 20:22 #667
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the battle for the first non-VW driver in the standings is really tight now.
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4th October 2015, 20:23 #668
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Rally ace. Great post. Jari-Matti just oozes passion for the sport. Take that over results. A person I would enjoy a meal with, can't say I have the same feeling for Sebastian.
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4th October 2015, 21:06 #669
Last edited by AL14; 4th October 2015 at 21:12.
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4th October 2015, 21:59 #670
Sure that our video from the 2003 edition, will be lovely to be reviewed.
Here I post our video! Enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqgaCZlzE-QCatalonia
Any videos of Mikkelsen testing?
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