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    Quote Originally Posted by Simmi View Post
    Pirellis .
    they are not good?

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    Quote Originally Posted by dimviii View Post
    they are not good?
    Not sure - you tell me? Point is they aren't the best tyres.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Simmi View Post
    Honestly the more I think about it if I was Malcolm Wilson I'd try and get Kubica under that M-Sport awning again. He has been the best advert for the raw pace of that car and he's doing it with shonky set-ups, broken wheel rims, radged diffs, Pirellis and the stress of running his own team.

    If you could iron out all those creases and build a bit of structure back in I think Kubica could at least rack up as many points as Tanak this year. He'll crash but he'll start to crash less. M-Sport have just spent three years developing a driver in Evans for precious little return. Kubica actually has pace, and his ceiling is so much higher than Tanak's.

    Kubica and Ostberg could be a nice team next year I think. Doubt it will happen but I'd certainly consider it - especially if you could get at least some funds from those two and potentially Bertelli.
    It is just my speculation due to some not solid rumors i heard. But Kubica seems to be not an easy driver to deal with. He was with M-Sport in 2014 and some say that he wanted all the control, was impossible to work with him and he was very "stubborn". That is also why he went alone with a-style and then with his own team. He also had arguments with Citroen back in 2013.

    The fact is that if he want to be a manufacturer driver he should get orders and not give them, even if he thinks they are stupid.
    He should listen to suggestions, one of which should be he can't drive over limit every km and build his pace with patience. Forcing learning curve did not brought him anywhere.

    But I repeat it is nothing solid.

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    According to omnicorse.it Robert is preparing his Fiesta to Monte Carlo I hope he will change Pirellis for a Michelin this year

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    for me it seems that on tarmac and on muddy/wet gravel the pirellis are as good as michelins or even better.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Simmi View Post
    Not sure - you tell me? Point is they aren't the best tyres.
    there is no ''best tyre''
    Pirellis at some areas are better from michelins,as michelins are better in other areas/circumstances.
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    Quote Originally Posted by EstWRC View Post
    for me it seems that on tarmac and on muddy/wet gravel the pirellis are as good as michelins or even better.
    +1

    at Acropolis all drivers were trying to find pirellis.The problem was that they were to little for all.

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    ERC tyres are actually better from Pirelli than Michelin...

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    There's a (some say big) difference between ERC-compound and WRC-compound for the Michelin tyres, they are not the same...

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    Quote Originally Posted by tommeke_B View Post
    There's a (some say big) difference between ERC-compound and WRC-compound for the Michelin tyres, they are not the same...
    yes they are different.This year Pirellis were far better than Michelins at erc.
    I had a conversation with Lukyanuk and Kajto at Acropolis,about why everybody at erc choosed pirellis this year, and confirmed it.
    Dont underestimate Italians about tyre technology.Plenty of times we have seen them at previous years to have better tyres from Michelins even at wrc level.
    Last edited by dimviii; 21st November 2015 at 13:23.

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