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Thread: Silly Season 2020
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10th November 2019, 20:21 #1101
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Well, everyone makes mistakes, maybe i could be wrong in this also, but when you have three men fighting for the wins (apart from latvala in Australia) and you are in third position, only way to get in front, is to be faster than your rivals, who happen to win or score big on every event... When you are already at the front, it is about controlling and not going flat out all the time...and he managed that quite well, if you look at the standings throughout the year. Ogier himself has said, that the last rounds he was in all or nothing mode aka going for it at all cost or binning while doing it.
But being points behind, you can`t count on your luck/ others bad luck like some championships have been decided...Last edited by Tarmop; 10th November 2019 at 20:26.
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10th November 2019, 21:02 #1102
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I think Neuville V Tanak in the same car will be very interesting.
Neuville starts with the advantage of knowing the car inside out, and as we have seen it is clearly a car that needs a certain finesse to get the best out of, particularly on tarmac. If Tanak can get the better of Neuville consistently it will be a bloody good effort.
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10th November 2019, 21:20 #1103
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On (dry) tarmac the big question is what Hyundai is going to do if the car as is doesn't suit Tanak (like Loeb and Mikkelsen) while it suits Neuville (and Sordo). That will be the real test for Adamo imo. Since it will be Tanak and Loeb vs Neuville and Sordo it is likely he will go for changes. Question is if they are possible with just homologation jokers.
Then again on tarmac there is only Monte (which is unlikely to be dry and warm most of the rally) and then a very long break for 10 months until Germany. By that time it is possible Hyundai has completely new car based on the new I20 and this problem might be completely moot. Starting to wonder if next year calendar with much reduced tarmac rallies might have had something to say for Tanak's signing.
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10th November 2019, 21:56 #1104
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I’m not sure it suits Neuville and Sordo, I just think that perhaps the guys that have struggled more with it on dry tarmac, would find a bigger improvement in time. I happen to think Neuville in particular has been mega with it on tarmac, as I don’t think in real terms it is a match for the Toyota or Ford.
Not sure about Hyundai, but maybe Tanak considered the lack of tarmac in his thinking. I’m sure he is probably expecting it to be worse than the Toyota on dry tarmac.
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11th November 2019, 14:22 #1105
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It's not that Neuville and Sordo are tarmac specialists...
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11th November 2019, 17:01 #1106
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11th November 2019, 17:03 #1107
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Sordo is not tarmac driver anymore. He is pretty fast on gravel as well.
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12th November 2019, 06:36 #1108
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Has there been any new rumors since Evans -> Toyota?
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12th November 2019, 07:46 #1109
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Is there any better driver to get to Toyota?
And plz dont come with Mikkelsen - his place is wrc2 as age has been shown. Best quote from his midseason stageend interview was something like that : "I need to learn how to drive". And that says everything about that.
What is Evans good side why Toyota might get him? :
Stable than Meeke and Latvala.
Can drive gravel and tarmac rally-is and even win those when god doesnt thing otherwise.
He is right now "Free agent" with some money to Malcolm.
He has pretty good car know-how from previous team(Meeke and Latvala is lacking on that) what helps with some development.
ETC....
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12th November 2019, 08:14 #1110
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I think the question is again whether Toyota wants him. They let Lappi slip, Sordo slip, Tänak slip and ignored Ostberg, Paddon, Breen and pretty much every other driver that was on the market. With their budget they could get anyone, but somehow they ended up with aging Latvala and Meeke and I doubt that's going to change.
Great that Kopecky finally has some competition in the Czech Championship, Barum should be mega!
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