2018 Crystal Ball Thread

[TWRC]

-both titles to be decided on the last round
-Loeb wins one of his events
-during the year they announce that Skoda and/or Peugeot are coming back to the WRC
-Breen to have more than one podium
-Sordo wins a rally in his last season

1. correct
2. correct
3. do the Skoda rumors count as 25% on this?
4. no
5. no

[spiderem]

I like this thread.
- Tanak to regret his move to Toyota as the car shows speed but very poor reliability in his hands, he publicly explode after Germany
- Ford to struggle first half of the season but massive areo development in the second half make them unbeatable
- Wilson to apply team orders in favor of Ogier
- Ogier takes his 6th driver champ
- Hyundai to miss out by 1 point the manu champ on the last round, Nandan still has a smile on his face and says that it is the sport (gets fired the day after and cook by the Koreans on a barbecue)

1) partly correct
2) partly correct
3) correct big time
4) correct
5) partly correct, more than 1 point but he was smiling at the end, and i am curious to see if he will be there next year...

[tommeke_B]

Where's the proof that the updated aero has helped Ogier in any way? Also they didn't implement it on other cars...

[pantealex]

1.Tänak is leading championship after Sweden

2.Tänak is going to win a rally this year

3.Latvala is not 2nd in overall points.

4.Suninen will take podium place 2018

5.Ogier is 2018 Champion

1.no
2.yes, multiple times
3.yes, too easy
4.yes
5.yes, why did I choose him?

[stefanvv]

Where's the proof that the updated aero has helped Ogier in any way? Also they didn't implement it on other cars...

It didn't, perhaps 50/50. In Finland it was disaster, but they used it in Germany probably due to more downforce and seemed to work better there.

[KiwiWRCfan]

1 Monte Carlo winner will not be WDC
2 the Fighting Viking will get a podium
3 part time drivers will win 4 or more events
4 People will be saying wish we had RallySafe sooner
5 Hyundai will achieve a podium 1-2-3

1 Wrong
2 Correct
3 Wrong
4 Wrong - I don't recall any comments positive or negative
5 Wrong

I have a slightly used and generally unreliable crystal ball to give away - free to a good home

[AnttiL]

Pff ridiculous.
Tänak was 2nd and fastest Toyota in first rally. First Toyota to win, etc etc.

But Ott says it here https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/1...ris-after-wins

"Normally the car is good when the conditions are consistent, but if they are constantly changing then we struggle a little bit."

Like Gary Boyd said, that makes my prediction a little bit correct

[dupanton]

1) Tanak takes the title
2) Hyundai takes the title
3) Loeb wins 2 rallies
4) Citroën will not have enough cars because Meeke crashed another one
5) NOT will say something positive about Neuville

1) Wrong, but he could have taken it
2) Wrong, but they would have taken it with a decent Mikkelsen
3) 50% correct
4) 50% correct? They still had cars but fired him...
5) I think somewhere during the season he did say something positive about the potato dog

I'm not good at this...

[GravelBen]

Apparently I made no predictions, which means none of my predictions were wrong!

[Jewy46]

1 - Ogier will win more rallies thanin 2017 but wont win the title

2 - Loeb wont win a rally but will be on the podium in at least 1 event

3 - Breen will (hopefully) win a rally

4 - The Toyota turns into the quickest car ahead of the Hyundai but it's drivers inconsistencies mean they win neither title

5 - Ogier will be the only M-Sport driver to win an event

1 - Partly correct, he won more events but he won the title also

2 - Wrong! (Glad to say it, his win was epic!)

3 - Wrong, a close second in Sweden but season went downwards from there unfortunately

4 - Partly correct. Toyota is now the quickest car but they won the Manufacturers

5 - Correct!