Rally Wrc Mexicooo 2016

[jonkka]

Was he? Besides that it's hardly a proof for anything. Drivers may be fast with one car and slow with another. It doesn't mean the car is slow as well.

Good point but it's the combination we judge. Car without driver is as useless as driver without car.

[Eric]

Paddon with a rear-left damage..

[N.O.T]

mistake by paddon +15 on 1st split.

[dimviii]

mistake by paddon +15 on 1st split.

you jinxed him

[N.O.T]

Game over for Paddon, at least for something good... meh.

[Viking]

mistake by paddon +15 on 1st split.

"how to become a rally driver" another lecture by Hayden Paddon, well done !!

i hope i do not jinx him."

Hmm...

[AL14]

I would always take what drivers say with a grain of salt. I doubt he knows exact power curve of recent Ford.

By the way would You believe that DS3 R5 has higher peak power than Fabia R5? It has

Mirek, I agree we can't say safely that Fiesta is slow because of what you say but for sure we can at least assume it looking at a number of factor: Ostberg undoubtedly less competitive than when he was at Citroen, or also Hirvonen struggling, even in flatout sections, the big gaps by all the drivers driving it etc. I know the car is not the only variable for such issues. But well, at least you start to suspect something is wrong with it.

[dimviii]

[Mirek]

Good point but it's the combination we judge. Car without driver is as useless as driver without car.

I thought the discussion was about Mads as a person but ok. Anyway I believe the differences between cars on WRC level are a lot smaller than differences between drivers and that it's mostly the fans who try to find excuses whenever their hero isn't that good as they wish, so they blame car, team or whatever.

I don't want to say that Fiesta is as fast as Polo but I can't safely say that it's slower than i20 or DS3. Maybe it is maybe it isn't. Still the driving matters more in my opinion.

[N.O.T]

Paddon over a min slower...

Now i am sad.