Andreas Mikkelsen

**lankey555** · 22nd June 2020, 20:00

No mention of the Pirelli testing deal here??

**wyler** · 22nd June 2020, 20:32

Originally Posted by pantealex

How do we know that Neuville is adopting driver ?
When was last time that he was driving some other car than Hyundai i20 ?

runner up in wrc with a fiesta?

**AnttiL** · 22nd June 2020, 20:42

Originally Posted by wyler

tanak says in hiunday is working pretty much the same setup of neuville (Adamo said that in recent interview, they split the test work cause they're similar.) So that's a bit controversial. : )

This is the part that I still doubt. Tänak has also hinted there's a lot of work to do with the car for him (in the recent DirtFish testing interviews). In addition, Ogier wasn't that dominant in the car in 2017 (won only two rallies). Throughout the season he got the new development parts first in his car.

**wyler** · 22nd June 2020, 21:30

Originally Posted by AnttiL

This is the part that I still doubt. Tänak has also hinted there's a lot of work to do with the car for him (in the recent DirtFish testing interviews). In addition, Ogier wasn't that dominant in the car in 2017 (won only two rallies). Throughout the season he got the new development parts first in his car.

sure there is work to do. especially for Finland (Neuville too has never been happy with the car on fast roads...).[ i'm still thinking that hyu lacks something around power, engine or gear ratio, or whatever, but most of the time it hits the limiter 10kmph before the others]
anyway that's the same interview of this: “This is why I am happy and why everybody is happy. Thierry and Ott work so well together, it means we can split the jobs between them and get more [work] done.

“Ott is good to have because he is a guy who has a good knowledge of what he wants and how to reach it and, in the end, is in a similar way to Thierry. We have seen their direction is very similar. With one and the other you don’t have to start from scratch every time you can have a common direction.

“They trust each other what has been tested and they share many things. Ott has tested and driven different WRC cars so he knows what he wants."
that should mean a car good for tanak (similar to neu) to be undrivable to ogier (similar to mikk, as he said).

I'm just saying it is very hard to be reliable when saying something like Mikkelsen, to me, it sounds basically an excuse, coming from a driver.

From a spectator side, otherwise, it is very funny to compare the driving style and set up directions. a bit of sci-fi, building on impressions, rumors and interiew, but still funny. and great fuel for a forum!

btw: do ogier and loeb look so similar in style?

**AnttiL** · 22nd June 2020, 21:55

Another interesting point is that Mikkelsen and Loeb have both struggled with Hyundai on tarmac, but Neuville and Sordo haven't.

**AnttiL** · 22nd June 2020, 21:58

Originally Posted by lankey555

No mention of the Pirelli testing deal here??

Could explain where the cash comes from though...

**denkimi** · 23rd June 2020, 05:49

Originally Posted by wyler

btw: do ogier and loeb look so similar in style?

Didn't looked like that to me. I always thought loeb was driving cleaner than ogier.

But then again, i have not seen them at the same age in the same car.

**wyler** · 23rd June 2020, 09:42

Originally Posted by AnttiL

Another interesting point is that Mikkelsen and Loeb have both struggled with Hyundai on tarmac, but Neuville and Sordo haven't.

true!
maybe a long shot, but could that be, for different reasons, problems in stepping up to wrc+?

it seems to me that generally wrc+ is more suitable for dirtier drivers.

**wyler** · 23rd June 2020, 09:44

Originally Posted by denkimi

Didn't looked like that to me. I always thought loeb was driving cleaner than ogier.

But then again, i have not seen them at the same age in the same car.

me too!