Rally Wrc Mexicooo 2016

[Karukera]

Have some reservations over whether this was a 'pyrrhic victory'. (...)

Put it simply, had Ogier not opening the roads for 2 (!) days, the odds of Latvala winning Mexico would have been troubled, to say the least.

[Karukera]

So Mads up to 3rd... another payoff for a steady drive and no mistakes !

Wow, impressed !
Don't forget Mads mental abilities.
While being 'almost' 2 min slower he still managed to force Sordo to use that additional evil tire.

[Rallyper]

If Kubica can win stages with it then faster and more consistent driver like Ogier would win rallies with Fiesta. Simple.

Driving like crazy, any of the top ten drivers can win stages. The result for Kubica, you can see for yourself.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Wow, impressed !
Don't forget Mads mental abilities.
While being 'almost' 2 min slower he still managed to force Sordo to use that additional evil tire.

Ha...

Maybe Mads steady drive didn't stress his Team into a mistake, unlike maybe the errors of two of the Hyundai drivers ...

[dimviii]

How do you know?

is it so hard to accept that Mads has no wining capabilities? never was able to win.Still the same after so many years at wrc.No progress at all.
Fiesta has nothing to do with it,as Kubica had show many times with stage wins against Ogier and Loeb with Polo and ds3,championship wining cars last decade.
Latvala with fiesta when was at his good days(and mind) had won straight and square Loeb at gravel rallies.

[dimviii]

Driving like crazy, any of the top ten drivers can win stages. The result for Kubica, you can see for yourself.

wrong because if a car isnt fast you cant win Ogier and Loeb at asphalt when they are trouble free,and fighting for the win,specially at dry stages.







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[dimviii]

Hyundai criticises Thierry Neuville for WRC Rally Mexico crash
By David Evans Monday, March 7th 2016, 12:26 GMT

Thierry Neuville Rally Mexico crash 2016

Hyundai has criticised Thierry Neuville for an "unnecessary" accident on Rally Mexico, but it believes he can recover by winning the next World Rally Championship round in Argentina.

One of the pre-event favourites in Mexico, Neuville lost his chance of victory when he sustained a broken suspension arm on the first gravel stage of the event.

He rejoined under Rally2 for Saturday but crashed again and had to be hospitalised for precautionary checks.

Hyundai team manager Alain Penasse was perturbed by the second shunt.

"The accident on the first day can happen when you are fighting for a win," Penasse told Autosport.

"He made a mistake, that is clear. The second accident was not necessary.

"We made it clear in the morning we wanted him to bring the car back to score a few manufacturer points, so we didn't understand why he drove at a speed which was too much."

Neuville was demoted from team leader status at Hyundai as he lost confidence during a troubled 2015 season.

He rebounded with a podium on the 2016 opener in Monte Carlo, before his Rally Sweden was wrecked by a differential problem and his Mexico hopes lost to crashes.

But Penasse believes Neuville can emulate Kris Meeke's 2015 achievement on next month's Rally Argentina round and take a surprise win - helped by starting eighth on the road.

"He has to start again in Argentina," Penasse said. "He needs to analyse what he's doing by watching his onboards against the other guys.

"The plan is quite simple in Argentina: he will have the same fantastic road position that Meeke had there last year and if he can do what Kris did last year then we will be happy.

"When you have this good road position, there's no point hanging around."
http://www.autosport.com/news/report...medium=twitter

[pantealex]

Mads is 2nd in points
no stage wins
no 2nd places in stages

Interesting!

[EstWRC]

[AL14]

Hyundai criticises Thierry Neuville for WRC Rally Mexico crash
By David Evans Monday, March 7th 2016, 12:26 GMT

Thierry Neuville Rally Mexico crash 2016

Hyundai has criticised Thierry Neuville for an "unnecessary" accident on Rally Mexico, but it believes he can recover by winning the next World Rally Championship round in Argentina.

One of the pre-event favourites in Mexico, Neuville lost his chance of victory when he sustained a broken suspension arm on the first gravel stage of the event.

He rejoined under Rally2 for Saturday but crashed again and had to be hospitalised for precautionary checks.

Hyundai team manager Alain Penasse was perturbed by the second shunt.

"The accident on the first day can happen when you are fighting for a win," Penasse told Autosport.

"He made a mistake, that is clear. The second accident was not necessary.

"We made it clear in the morning we wanted him to bring the car back to score a few manufacturer points, so we didn't understand why he drove at a speed which was too much."

Neuville was demoted from team leader status at Hyundai as he lost confidence during a troubled 2015 season.

He rebounded with a podium on the 2016 opener in Monte Carlo, before his Rally Sweden was wrecked by a differential problem and his Mexico hopes lost to crashes.

But Penasse believes Neuville can emulate Kris Meeke's 2015 achievement on next month's Rally Argentina round and take a surprise win - helped by starting eighth on the road.

"He has to start again in Argentina," Penasse said. "He needs to analyse what he's doing by watching his onboards against the other guys.

"The plan is quite simple in Argentina: he will have the same fantastic road position that Meeke had there last year and if he can do what Kris did last year then we will be happy.

"When you have this good road position, there's no point hanging around."
http://www.autosport.com/news/report...medium=twitter

Penasse sounds very much like pain-in-the-ass. In all respects.