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17th November 2017, 09:41 #201
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Ohh and the super special was rubbish, good spectacle and lots of people, but it had a gravel covered tarmac section, which swept towards the end, and they sent groups of 5 cars out at a time to tackle it twice. So the last group (including Tanak, Neuville and Ogier) got much cleaner conditions, allowing them to go quite a bit faster. At the least they should have run it in rally order! But I guess that's rallying?
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17th November 2017, 09:44 #202
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Now the Fiestas shows all the problems Mads had during the season. But most of the forum only thought he had excuses for slower times.
"Reis vas pät pat kaar vas kut"
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17th November 2017, 09:51 #203
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Even though Mikkelsen won last year, I was surprised by his pace. Also a big surprise from Meeke, nice to see the Citroens doing well. The hugest disappointment was from Paddon. He should have shown pace here in his almost home event with a good starting position. Not to mention the lack of pace in Wales and crashes in Finland and Sardegna...not much to prove why he should have a full season next year.
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17th November 2017, 09:57 #204
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17th November 2017, 10:17 #205
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17th November 2017, 10:19 #206
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17th November 2017, 10:19 #207
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Does Paddon's car have exactly the same parts as Neuville's and Mikkelsen's? (or was there only enough new parts for Neuville and Mikkelsen to use and spares at the service are?
What is Paddon's car weigh with crew compared to his team mates. I would suspect the jumbo co-driver gives a slight power to weight ratio disadvantage in some conditions. (How much does Marshall weigh compared Kennard?) Are there any little persom brit co-drivers available for a try out?
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17th November 2017, 11:06 #208Kris Meeke got fired -PSG so terrified they quit!
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17th November 2017, 11:09 #209
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17th November 2017, 11:18 #210
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Suffering from selective memory, Mintex? During 2016 Meeke and Citroen were pretty happy with the C3 development, showing high expectations for 2017. The problems, and the complains, only came after season started.
Prior to ’16 WRGB, Meeke even said he was living a dream: “A year like this is what I’ve always wanted. It’s been the chance to develop a car with a world-beating manufacturer like Citroën from scratch – the chance to build a team around myself and put us both into the best possible position to challenge for the championship. It’s been an absolute privilege to work with the team. It’s been brilliant.” https://www.msauk.org/Meeke-targetin...n-DS3-swansong
In December, at the C3 presentation, Matton hugely praised Meeke’s work in the car development and the Brit was confident about the car potential: http://www.wrc.com/en/wrc/news/decem...5--12-12-.html
It’s quite clear that the car issues were a team failure; therefore all people involved on the C3 development, including Meeke, are responsible for it. Now, we can only hope they will be strong enough to react and find ways to make the C3 a title contender. Honestly, I believe they will and, apparently, they’re already showing they can do it.
Btw, nice show from Mikkelsen today. Still a long way to go, but having another different rally winner this year would be remarkable.Last edited by Rally Power; 17th November 2017 at 11:35.
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