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Thread: [WRC] News & Rumours 2018
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15th August 2018, 06:18 #2051
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Why? I mean, he started to get his form together towards the end of 2017 but if he started again from scratch after a year's break, he would be out of pace for a long time. I think Toyota benefits from having him as a test and gravel crew driver, and his co-driver is now the sporting director at the team.
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15th August 2018, 09:41 #2052
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Next year agreed for Latvala, Suninen and Kalle Rovanperä. Details still to be finalized, confirmed by manager Jouhki.
https://twitter.com/buagsports/statu...30959052124160
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15th August 2018, 09:49 #2053
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Eddie do you ever read the threads before posting? Most of the time you’re just repeating what’s already been discussed.
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15th August 2018, 10:14 #2054
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15th August 2018, 16:42 #2055
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FIA and WRC to discuss how to measure stage safety at Rally Germany
https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/1...g-stage-safety
The FIA recommends that stages' average speeds do not exceed 130km/h (80mph), which led to the cancellation of the second run of the Knon stage in Sweden in 2017 when Ott Tanak won its first use at an average of 138km/h (85mph).
"That stage wasn't dangerous, and I don't think there's a safety issue when we're using the wide roads in Finland," Tanak told Autosport.
"The average speed doesn't show so much. There are more and more dangerous places where the trees are very close [in the narrow sections]. These are the bad places - the wide road doesn't make the route dangerous. Look at Corsica, there is a narrow road and that's more dangerous."
Citroen's Craig Breen agreed the time had come to change how stage safety was assessed.
"That stage in Sweden last year, that was one of the safest stages of the championship," he argued.
"The speed is not the ultimate element of danger, it's the need for an eye for the detail and looking at this and saying, 'Yes, that's dangerous', whether that's a corner or a section or whatever.
"That's what we need, not somebody sitting down and looking at a sheet of paper or a graph or whatever and saying: 'That's too fast!'
totally agree with Breen and Tänak....i think we already had a long debate here last year about this, that FIA made these fantastic new beasts with new rules and now they want to bring the speeds down.#8 Ott Tänak - Martin Järveoja #8
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15th August 2018, 17:38 #2056
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It's been a while since i drove the Knon stage but from what i remember it had a lot of sections with clear cuts and only small bushes so not very dangerous for drivers or spectators, they seem to forget that the wide open roads are safer for spectators where you often don't have to be so close to the road to see properly.
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16th August 2018, 22:50 #2057
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Managed to go back and watch the interview with Budar on AllLive. Good to see Porter pressing him on next year's plans. No harm in a few difficult questions to team managers every now and then.
I hope Citroen don't back themselves into a corner again though. They've said they want a driver who can win any rally on any surface and challenge for the championship, so at the moment that is only Neuville, Ogier & Tanak. But Ott is under contract so not available. Only other option could be Lappi but that's putting faith in potential more than what he can definitely deliver now and next season. I still don't see Ogier, Neuville (or even Lappi) going there. They basically need to offer the biggest contract in wrc history to attract Seb or Thierry, and even then it probably won't be enough - unless Seb feels he has unfinished business at Citroen or wants to go back to a manufacturer (and French) team.
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17th August 2018, 02:04 #2058
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Link already posted in the ERC thread by Eddie, but probably worth pointing out here that Chris Ingram has confirmed in this podcast with Colin Clark that he'll do Rally GB in his Toksport Skoda. Hints that he might do another WRC rally this year too, Colin hints Turkey due to Toksport's roots.
https://youtu.be/vxbi14H_XKA
Well worth watching the full thing.
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17th August 2018, 03:57 #2059
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Latvala (and Mikkelsen who has contract) have also shown they can win rally on any surface in the past. So if Ogier or Neuville dont work out he might be an option instead of Lappi. Hard to pick between those. Lappi has still not won tarmac and doesn't have experience on many rallies which showed this year. Latvala and his psychology is a lottery.
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17th August 2018, 05:38 #2060
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https://rallysportmag.com/interview-...land-disaster/
Nandan says they will not make contracts for next year before Rally Turkey. Continuing with current four drivers is an option.
Great speeds. Did you miss WRC machinery on these roads?
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