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13th May 2018, 17:06 #1931
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13th May 2018, 19:38 #1932
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Yeah, Kristoffersson, Hansen(s) and Bakkerud in the Worlds, Raymond, Nitiss and Marklund in the Euros. So many "has beens" battling for the win...
...an interesting result from Belgium and good news for the Championship with Johan finishing further down the order and the points all closing up. Very dramatic semi-final 2 and final. Timmy Hansen denied another win at Mettet, but still a good weekend for Peugeot. The latest iteration of the 208 looked to have speed in rounds one and two, great to see the car deliver at last, it looks the biggest challenge to the Polo.
Am I the only one starting to go off Ekstrom? For a driver who so frequently preaches about clean racing, that is the second heavy turn one contact he has been involved with this year. I'd have been livid if I was Grosset-Janin."If in doubt... flat out!"
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13th May 2018, 20:30 #1933
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Peugeots starts today have been impressive.
Semi final 2 was great! Congrats to Bakkerud and Timmy for that Performance!
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13th May 2018, 22:30 #1934
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13th May 2018, 22:46 #1935
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Just for the record: have you ever been to a WRC rally?
Btw, with so many ‘forum vigilantes’ around (always picking on wrongly placed posts), I’m amazed why we still have WRX thread in the Rally section. How about to move it to the racing section of the forum once for all?Rally addict since 1982
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13th May 2018, 23:09 #1936
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14th May 2018, 11:13 #1937
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Fun to watch, but some of these WRX tracks are so tight its making it more like stock car racing.
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15th May 2018, 22:54 #1938
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Why is he an "actual rallycross driver"? Before he came to Rallycross he raced touring cars and Porsches on asphalt. He has won the Superstars Series (touring cars), won the Scandinavian Touring Car Championship and the Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia.
Yeah, Grosset-Janin made some hand gestures to Ekström that were clear. He was NOT happy. It's strange how Ekström has gone from driving mostly with respect to being the biggest ass out there. He drives like I would expect from Timur or Bakkerud.
I followed the WRC religiously for many many years, probably since around 2001. But after 9 years of watching a french guy called Sebastian say "for sure I am happii" without even a hint of a smile and walking away with the trophy on every single race it gets a bit boring. When he was out another guy called Sebastian picked up where he left and kept it boring.
I picked a random race, Corsica 2016. Sebastian won, Thierry was second, 46 seconds behind. Then Andreas Mikkelsen came in over a minute after. Then the rest followed minutes after. Yey.. Minutes, how exciting.. Sebastian could stop for coffee on his way to the podium.
I tried hard, for years, but come on, it really isn't exciting any more. I haven't really paid much attention this year, but a quick glance shows Sebastian winning three out of five races, is in the lead of course, and only four cars are in it.
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15th May 2018, 23:16 #1939
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You should have followed Gr. B days then. The difference was much bigger back then, and drivers could gain much more on single stage. But those were the times, and oh well - when Gr. B cars were banned from rally, guess what - they formed the rally cross as it is now. Funny, isn't it?
"With that car, your brain can actually never keep up"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4IRMYuE1hI
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