Quote Originally Posted by stefanvv View Post
Yes, I'm sure he knows how to setup his car for asphalt to be very fast for him. That's not what is bothering me, what is bothering me is he capable to guide for a correct setup for a rally stage, not just for him, but for any other driver who might drive that car. From what I've seen he has different approach of driving, involving very late braking and over-steering on corner exits. Besides as I read somewhere Makkinen is not that kind of driver to develop his car 100% fast during tests, so there might be conflict with ones and other approach.
Hello stefanvv: To clar up a little misunderstandng: Mäkinen wants to develop a car that is 100% fast during Development testing. Pre Event Testing is another matter. But M¨kinen ha a very Clear approach to how he wants a rally car to behave. Mäkinens prolem is that non of the drivers available knows how to drive a car that handles like that, except Ogier. So either Mäkinen has to teach them, and for these guys opening their minds to that can be very difficult., or he has to develop a car that is not so edgy, so that more drivers can drive it, but then it wont be as fast.