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Post by Vivski on Apr 4, 2009 3:01:31 GMT
Very lucky neither of them was hurt. I wonder how they'll recover the car. It's a long way down.
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Post by Roo on Apr 4, 2009 10:55:44 GMT
Waaaaay too fast! Pace note error? Misheard call? Very lucky to get away with that one without injury. I would imagine that Latvala will be driving a little bit more cautiously come the next rally.
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Post by loebfan on Apr 4, 2009 10:59:10 GMT
Marcus went off to road on stage 8!!! Petter is now up to 4th. Loeb is now leading for 1.6 second.
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Post by Mixa on Apr 4, 2009 12:41:52 GMT
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Post by tfliprex on Apr 5, 2009 3:21:29 GMT
J-M crash was unbelievable indeed. It is amaizing that they both walked out of the car; those rally cars can take a beating though! Glad to hear that they are ok. His driving has been erratic, and he has been hitting too many banks. There was no way for him to control that car, you can clearly see on the video how the bank "threw" J-M into the barrier, but at the speed and force that the car had, that barrier acted more of a ramp than a stopper. I feel sorry for Marcus as well, such a wonderful run he had. Seems that Prodrive is planning to attend more rallies with Marcus as lead driver; probably Adapta will join Prodrive -just a though I had. I'm eager to see Petter reach 3rd, I do think that he is having fun again! Almost back to his normal "Hollywood" self. I am willing to admit now, in front of all of you, that I was wrong about Petter: I think that the car that Prodrive gave him was not in his best interest. That car did not seem like a Subaru anymore. Probably that is another reason why Subaru decided to break ranks from Prodrive and WRC. What do you think of both Loeb and Sordo missing the same turn? What a strange thing to see. Loeb seemed actually shaken after that miss and you could see in his face a high level of frustration and (do I dare to say this?) worry.
Flip
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Post by FordTeamRS on Apr 5, 2009 4:59:29 GMT
Same old result it's looking like once more, but I've kind of enjoyed the rally so far. Gronholm's pace has impressed me considering how long he's been out of the car, and he isn't driving the best car out there either - I still doubt he'll commit to a full programme again, but it's nice to see him out there every now and then just driving for nutss and giggles. I know I'm going to get slaughtered by Mixa, but I like Jari Crashi Latvala I'm glad he's confirmed for Argentina, and I know he's going to crash it again, but I hope he doesn't. The kid's quick, but he needs to stop turning Focuses into million pound washing machines.
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Post by Mixa on Apr 5, 2009 5:39:49 GMT
nah,not at all FordTeamRS . Everyone has rights to their own opinion and if you like to Jari-Matti as a driver I can accept it... I really can! I just dont like him and by my mind hes speed is always less or more about the good road position and of course for that crazy driving style probably 1st or out. What comes to Grönholm´s car many parts has been changed. Example one of the first ones to go was a power steering what by Grönholm was just really really bad. There are so many changes on that car that we could call it an EVO model. He still says that specially at the chassis theres a lot to do as its still way too harsh. Anyway so far the rally has been exciting and Ive loved it. Even when the results doesnt surprise me at all the rally itself has been great.
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Post by Nick McRae on Apr 5, 2009 22:11:14 GMT
Latvala was just appling new FIA cost cuttin measures, every fourth Focus has to be rolled into a Fiesta S1600. Job well done i'd say!
In all seriousness a shocking accident and both are lucky to be ok, even the onboard camera went "liney". Good to here they are ok!
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Post by tfliprex on Apr 6, 2009 4:13:07 GMT
Latvala was just appling new FIA cost cuttin measures, every fourth Focus has to be rolled into a Fiesta S1600. Job well done i'd say! I think Routenbach, beat J-M. Rautenbach found a way to make a WRC car extremely light weight. Flip
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Post by Nick McRae on Apr 6, 2009 13:07:52 GMT
Amazingly in an article on WRC.com, Malcolm Wilson has said that Jari-Matti Latvala's car maybe able to be repaired and re used! Surely after a roll like that there would be some weak points in the chassis that make it unsafe!? Mind boggiling if it can be reused!
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Post by Vivski on Apr 6, 2009 14:02:28 GMT
It will certainly need a lot of new bits. Maybe they will repair it and give it to Henning. He hasn't had much luck with his cars recently.
Fantastic rally. Very interesting, very spectacular roads!
Well done to everyone who finished. Another great rally for Mikko. Another brilliant rally from Seb! He dropped half a minute early and then by the end of day 2 he had built up a good lead. Then he blew them all away without playing tactics on the last day.
I hope we see a 3-way battle in Argentina. Jari-Matti will have a very good road position again.
Another Loeb win? I hope so. The guy's a legend!
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Post by FordTeamRS on Apr 6, 2009 18:09:01 GMT
Maybe he means re-used for cat food tins.
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Post by Will on Apr 7, 2009 20:53:43 GMT
How the heck am I still leading the tipping.
LOL
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Post by Nick McRae on Apr 8, 2009 11:12:56 GMT
Because Latvala, WIlson and Gronholm did me over!
Plus you have more points than anyone else ;D
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