Thread: [WRC] News & Rumours 2019
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9th August 2019, 12:56 #2961
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Yes it's perfectly possible Latvala has same salary as Tanak.
However, I wonder how much of drivers salaries is "base value" and how much is based on results. (bonus for 1st or podium for example, or per point).
Even more interesting is how are these bonuses threated when a technical issue ruins the result. Tanak in Sardinia is easy example, but Tanak in Argentina retiring from close fight for win in the middle of the rally is much more difficult.Last edited by mknight; 9th August 2019 at 12:58.
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9th August 2019, 13:28 #2962
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Or maybe he hasn't re-signed yet just because he’s trying to improve his finantial deal with Toyota. No matter how frustrating it’d be to get more reliability issues on the Yaris, Tanak is the undisputed nr.1 driver on his team and drives the fastest car of the series. At Hyundai he’d have again to get used to a new team and share the leading status with Neuville, while in MSport he would’nt get a superior car. In the remote case he fails to get the tilte this year, it’s hard to tell how he can improve his chances to become WDC by moving to another team.
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9th August 2019, 13:58 #2963
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I remember Mäkinen said somewhere that driver bonuses may be up to 100k per event or sometimes even more
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9th August 2019, 16:28 #2964
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9th August 2019, 16:47 #2965
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9th August 2019, 17:26 #2966
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9th August 2019, 17:52 #2967
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Yes, this was the difficulty with this rally. Back off, even slightly, and the result could be no better than pushing the limits and being very unlucky. And I do believe this year Kris has been very unlucky. He hasn't pushed way over his limit, he has had one incident where he cut an inch or two too much and paid a heavy price, and another where he clipped a rock at the side of the road and paid a heavy price again.
Trouble is, if you are in a rythym, and that rythym is a fast one, it can be difficult to slow that rythym down without mistakes creeping in. As we saw on Sunday, Kris made another mistake, but this time his speed was not as fast, as he was in cruise mode until the power stage.
If the margins in this rally were greater, we may have seen a different mindset, and a different outcome, but that is all ifs, buts and maybes.
I hope Kris can regroup and come back stronger. He knows his place, and his job. He deserves to be in the championship imo as he is one of the fastest, and spectacular drivers out there.Last edited by Norm75; 9th August 2019 at 17:54.
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9th August 2019, 21:53 #2968
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9th August 2019, 23:28 #2969
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10th August 2019, 02:32 #2970
Japanese love JML. I think I already wrote this, but it comes from Tommi and the days of Mitsu. Tommy was a Finn and the Japanese fell in love with him. Everyone had Tommi livery on their evos. When JML came along they could relate to him. There are so many Japanese publications with JML and his cars in Japan. They all love the guy. You can also see why Toyoda loves Tommi...he was the first Japanese Finnish rally driver love affair.
I admire your will Mirek to argue with the windmills here.
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