[WRC] News & Rumours 2018

[Simmi]

Whatever you need to tell yourself Jari...


He was talking pre-season about how aiming for a podium every rally was the route to the title - like Ogier last year. Now it's win or bust. Sad really but I don't see him winning another WRC event. Even when the Yaris is the strongest car he'll have at least one, probably two teammates driving quicker.

[steve.mandzij]

Whatever you need to tell yourself Jari...


He was talking pre-season about how aiming for a podium every rally was the route to the title - like Ogier last year. Now it's win or bust. Sad really but I don't see him winning another WRC event. Even when the Yaris is the strongest car he'll have at least one, probably two teammates driving quicker.

I have faith in him racking up more wins. He's quick, although he hasn't showed it this year, I suppose due to his consistency plan. In Finland last year he was unbeatable and before he crashed he'd been putting in a massive push. He also nearly won the Mexico PS.

[Tarmop]

And yet he has only one SS win at this point. I hope he gets his mojo back also, but ...

[EstWRC]

didnt he have the same thinking in 2016? i remember that at one year he said the same thing after some rounds but i dont remember how it worked out.

and the thing that always makes me scratching my head is why Jari always says such things in public.

[AnttiL]

I have faith in him racking up more wins. He's quick, although he hasn't showed it this year, I suppose due to his consistency plan. In Finland last year he was unbeatable and before he crashed he'd been putting in a massive push. He also nearly won the Mexico PS.

Didn’t crash in Finland.

[BigWorm]

Apart from 2014, his seasons have never really turned out to be championship contending. He'll win a few more rallies, like he always has done, before his retirement.

[steve.mandzij]

Didn’t crash in Finland.

I know, my mistake, I thought I'd written "in Corsica"

[steve.mandzij]

Trivia question: has there ever been a rally with all the top drivers under rally2? If not, what was the highest amount of restarting cars?

[Andre Oliveira]

No. Rally2 is quite recent. On past maybe that could happened with so much more stages and days

[focus206]

Trivia question: has there ever been a rally with all the top drivers under rally2? If not, what was the highest amount of restarting cars?

With Rally 2 no. I know of a Bandama Rally of the early 70's (if I'm not mistaking) with 0 finishers, everyone retired.
I wouldn't know about the second question.