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Thread: [WRC] News & Rumours 2019
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4th August 2019, 06:49 #2771
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Swapping drivers when it's decided on the start of the season what they will drive (and probably written in contracts), like Hyundai in 2018 is somehow ok. Cause the drivers know what they are signing for and what the plan will be.
Swapping on a weeks notice cause you didn't like the performance in last rally like in Portugal is something else.
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4th August 2019, 15:45 #2772
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ThisIsIrishRallying
Interesting to hear @Craig_Breen
& @paulnagle1
will switch to a i20 R5 for the next round off the @IrishTarmacTROA
the @UlsterRally
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4th August 2019, 15:51 #2773
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i20 R5 was really missing from his collection
https://www.ewrc-results.com/profile/5636-craig-breen/
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4th August 2019, 16:58 #2774
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I'd say Breen will almost certainly do rally GB with Hyundai WRC. Loeb said repeatedly he doesn't want more starts and will do one or both tarmac rallies, Sordo has always been very bad in GB and Breen was 4th last year.
Turkey is much more uncertain as Sordo is usually good on slow gravel rallies, but wasn't there last year, Breen was and drove well on friday. Australia is similar, Breen drove there last two years but both times with crashes and slow times. IMO Adamo might even try to get Paddon for Australia.
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4th August 2019, 17:34 #2775
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https://www.hs.fi/urheilu/art-2000006194435.html
Column on the largest Finnish newspaper claiming that Rally Finland sealed few things at TGR for 2020:
- Tänak to stay
- Latvala also likely to stay, though it divides opinion within the team, but the Japanese want to keep him
- Meeke to be replaced with Rovanperä
Usually this probably wouldn't raise any eyebrows, but the writer is the guy writing Mäkinen's autobiography at the moment (due to be released later this year).ku ois neljä pyörää ku vetäis ni ois vähän eri sekunnit kyllä pätkillä, sen mä takaan
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4th August 2019, 17:50 #2776
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it all sounds very likely... which doesn't mean it's true. After all most people thought Loeb to Hyundai was crazy...
Anyway if it's true I'd still say it's too early for Kalle to do full season. But on the other hand he is such a special case that even if he spends next 2 years with weak WRC results he likely won't get kicked.
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4th August 2019, 17:57 #2777
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Too early for Kalle and while Ostberg and Paddon are available they are more reliable point scorers than Latvala, Meeke and others. Quite funny that Camilli is also mentioned here - 3rd tier driver and he is not any help to score vital manu points. Even on tarmac Paddon is more proven choice.
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4th August 2019, 18:04 #2778
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I don't think it's too early for Kalle. There's nothing more for him to prove with R5 machinery.
ku ois neljä pyörää ku vetäis ni ois vähän eri sekunnit kyllä pätkillä, sen mä takaan
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4th August 2019, 18:21 #2779
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The risk in WRC is that he will be "in the middle of nowhere" behind all experienced drivers (like Suninen and Lappi were on overseas rallies last year). At that point he might either try to push and get retirements (and not learn much from the rallies) or spend so long at "less than top speed" that the step up can be difficult.
Ogier was somehow in similar situation though and after a year of clearly behind everyone he managed to step up nicely.
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4th August 2019, 18:27 #2780
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Any videos of Mikkelsen testing?
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