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Post by tfliprex on Mar 7, 2010 4:59:23 GMT
I surprised of Raikko's speed, I guess he will starting staying in the road with more rallies under his belt. But I am super happy for Petter, he has done a magnificient run so far, I can't wait for Sunday's run, he can still shorten the time diff. against Loeb. Ogier is right on Petter's heels, but thats ok, I think Petter can out-smart him.
Flip
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Post by Will on Mar 7, 2010 10:56:59 GMT
What are the odds that Latvala slows down to let Hirvonen past him today
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Post by Hurricane on Mar 7, 2010 15:12:03 GMT
100%
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Post by Will on Mar 7, 2010 18:35:50 GMT
Yep wish I'd bet on it now lol
Loeb wins! Solberg and Ogier second and third respectively, Hirvonen fourth and Latvala fifth. Solberg and Ogier just split by 1.1s, went right down to the SS stage.
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Post by Hurricane on Mar 7, 2010 19:11:25 GMT
Star of the rally: Petter Solberg - awesome performance and retaking 2nd on the final SSS. Disappointment of the rally: Mikko Hirvonen - he actually was fifth if team orders didn't come into play - he should've done better.
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Post by Will on Mar 7, 2010 20:18:02 GMT
Disappointment for me was Ken Block, did really well on his first event, was in the top ten for the majority even with a fuel pump problem (IIRC) but suspension failure at the hands of an under-detailed pacenote Disappointment could also be Toshi Arai, pulled over for a FIA scrutineering check and his brakes boiled and he crashed out ;D Star of the rally..... either Ogier or P Solberg. Ogier drove very well and had a great battle with Petter, and Petter led from the start into day two. Saying that though, Loeb's drive on day two was sublime. and lol @ raikkonen
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Post by tfliprex on Mar 7, 2010 22:34:59 GMT
Star of the rally should be Petter. He drove really well on the first day and mantained a steady and fast run on the second. He knew he had to keep Ogier behind him but also knew that Loeb was going to be pushing hard. On the third day he saw Ogier pass him, but kept on pushing and fighting. The "fight" for second position kind of makes me think of the battle between Loeb and Hirvonen in the 2009 GB rally, clearly the stakes where not as high as in 2009, but for Petter, every single rally is about survival. So for his determination and relentless "flat out attack" I say that Petter should be the star of Mexico 2010.
Flip
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Post by Mixa on Mar 8, 2010 10:34:56 GMT
The star of the rally for me would be Ogier. No one didnt expected him to be on top3 where Petter is an ex. Mexico winner and has always done well there. Ogier was in a fight against Petter but just wasnt able to beat him. Still a great drive and just what the team is hoping for him considering the future. My disappointment will be M.Hirvonen . Example on day2 he was totally lost and was only 20 secs quicker than H.Solberg. The good news to him were that D.Sordo driven out and therefore 1 Citroen more wasnt ahead of him. He still knows it was a disappointment and maybe we can put it all for the 100th WRC event. We all know that was it the 100th event or 200th WRC rally those dont never go well and its the same in all motorsports . What comes to Kimi and K.Block both were pulling pretty decent times with that experience about the WRC cars. After KimiĀ“s fuel pump failier he was able to drive a bit more on the limits and it showed up on some pretty nice stage times. Block was really consistant. Too bad for that error because after Wilson ditched his car and Sordo too he would have collected some nice points for sure but it just wasnt meant to go that way. Block is still really enthuastic and keen to WRC same as Kimi and Im sure that we are yet to seen the best for both of them. ps. Block would have wanted to drive on Rally Finland but his sponsors refused and wanted him to drive the X-Games what are at the same time. Im kinda pissed out as at each year X-Games are pretty much on the same time and therefore we wont probably never get Pastrana or Block to Rally Finland. Atleast if I live at Germany already then I can go to Rally Deutschland then
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Post by Hurricane on Mar 8, 2010 18:59:40 GMT
Well done on guessing the extra question right, Vivski ;D
The tipping results are added to the results topic!
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Post by Vivski on Mar 12, 2010 18:00:30 GMT
Haha, awesome!
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