The FIA + Bernie makes too much money from F1 and wants it to stay that way, at the top, they will not want the WRC to overtake that status. They tried to make WRC into an elitist sport too to make money from it, and applying F1 rules/formatting, but rallying is a different so it doesn't work. For example, manufacturer teams having to compete in a minimal total number of events and not one off. The result is making the sport more expensive and difficult for private talents to compete.
Also that idiot Nazir Hoosein, the steward of current WRC, has to go.
Posted by thanh nguyen (9 days ago)
Last Edited 9 days ago
I don''t like the idea of no Monte and honestly the 2010 calander don''t look very good at all. But on the other hand it''s great for the IRC, there are so much talent in that series now.
Yes, it's true they tend to bring out a new car that is successful right away, but this is a different situation with the problem they have been having for 3-4 years, it can't be magic. It seem a bit of a desperate move, more in term of commercial than competitiveness. It's a little early and probably needed some more testing, and they haven't sorted out the BOS damper problem yet. I am a big Petter fan and I still hope for him to comeback, ofcourse I want to be proved wrong and the car could be realiable. But it could be a good thing to put it in Acropolis as a test session anyway since it is a very rough rally, to gather datas for Finland.
I am not surprised of Chris since I know he could do it, but I am more surprised that the Subaru is atleast somewhat capable, three 2nd places so far. The season will be interesting as I've said, 2nd and 3rd place will be hotly battled for. Hopefully their new car will be a big improvement and imo, it has to come with a big bang and shows potential right away, if not, then I feel bad for Petter and Subaru may not be around for long.
Posted by thanh nguyen (109 days ago)
Last Edited 109 days ago
This is real rallying like it used to be, it's not about all out speed.
It was expected for me that Mikko was going to be fast. I didn't like him at first during 2006, but now I realized Mikko is a very tactical driver, his ability to control himself is a very good trait. He kept his consistency, but still going fast and outlast the others, the style remind me a bit of Juha and Bjorn. Mikko seem to perform very well in poor rally conditions. He won in Norway and Japan, two rallies with difficult roads. Now that Malcom let him loose, he really shows his full speed. Hopefully he will be able to match Loeb for the next season, otherwize it will be a very boring year for me.
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