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Thread: Hayden Paddon
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4th July 2019, 10:12 #221
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I think you totally misread this.
This deal seems to be a "needed" move from Paddon to at least be considered by other teams for next year.
From the press releases and sponsors it looks like a "paid" drive by him and his sponsors. As I wrote just a few posts above it actually is a good idea cause deals are surely starting to take form by now and he can't wait until Turkey to show himself again.
Can't see that he got "hot on the market" after being ignored by Hyundai...just as he has been for last 7 months.
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4th July 2019, 10:36 #222
Happy for him. I thought that that rumor wasn't much reliable but it turned out it was.
I don't know how fast he will be with a client Fiesta and after so many months without driving any WRC car but I will be rooting for him that weekend.
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4th July 2019, 11:29 #223
Yes unfortunately he will have to learn a new car, but he could get lucky and the car can be a good fit for him. Kind of like Andreas going well with the C3 WRC.
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4th July 2019, 21:19 #224
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I choose to believe that Hayden and his NZ sponsors read my posts about his marketability to sponsors if he does world championship events even if not in a Hyundai car, and were convinced by my cogent arguments
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4th July 2019, 21:36 #225
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4th July 2019, 22:06 #226
Andreas goes well only under huge pressure that threaten his career it seems.
All of his wins and competitive podium places except for sweden have come when he's either been under threat to be booted out (aus 16, arg 19 after having been benched in Corse) or when he's looking for a new drive (the C3 tarmac outings and Hyundai trials).
Remember, Poland in the C3 he did pretty bad in.
I'm not sure if it's coincidence or a thing but a steady secure Andreas seem to be a slow Andreas.
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4th July 2019, 22:11 #227
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4th July 2019, 22:33 #228
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5th July 2019, 09:45 #229
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Another way to look at it is that Andreas does well on rallies where his car is strongest car. .
Up until Rally Sardegna 2019 Andreas Mikkelsen has 25 podiums. On 13 of those Podiums he has been part of a team P1-P2 or a team P1-P2-P3
Ponder this for a moment.
I very much doubt we would find anyone else with over 1/2 their podiums looking like this. I did have a look at Dani Sordo as a most likely to be similar. Dani has 45 podiums of which 17 were P1-P2 or P1-P2-P3 so just over 1/3Last edited by KiwiWRCfan; 5th July 2019 at 10:17. Reason: removed duplicated words
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5th July 2019, 09:54 #230
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where is that guy called nose ends first who worked with Paddon and was here a few years ago??
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