McRae wins Safari

[barryf1fan]

Colin is only 7 points behind Gronholm now....

Go Focus', Go McRae!!

:ford: Focus WRC = :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

 

[made in holland]

I really love the safari rally

I think this season can be just as excited as last year, who will be the World champion. Sainz has some changes too

 

[ed99]

Great performance from Mcrae, he really deserved that!

 

[kyle]

Why are the only cars that win rallies this year are Peugeot & Ford?

 

[barryf1fan]

Originally posted by kyle
Why are the only cars that win rallies this year are Peugeot & Ford?

2 of the larger teams...

Subaru is having an off year for some reason. And Mitsubishi really need a new car.

 

[GilesGuthrie]

Well, Citroen won the Monte Carlo, only to be disqualified, and Subaru were second, so they won.

Subaru seem to be on or about their usual level of form, but their drivers seem to be crashing a bit more than we're used to, particularly Makinen.

Yeah, the Evo VII's just horrible. Skoda now above Mitsubishi in the Makes' series.

 

[-Fred-]

Makinen is nearing retirement, me thinks...

McRae improved his driving, it seems... he crashes or makes mistakes much less often than before.

 

[Duke]

Originally posted by PunkRock
Makinen is nearing retirement, me thinks...

What, a bad season, and he's ready for pasture? Nobody can keep it up forever. I wouldn't count him out too soon. Yes, there are others in the forefront at the the moment, and some young blood coming up. But I don't think Tommi's over the hill yet.

 

[GilesGuthrie]

Originally posted by PunkRock
McRae improved his driving, it seems... he crashes or makes mistakes much less often than before.

I think McRae is really susceptible to the old red mist. Whenever the car is slow, or he's being challenged, he crashes. Look back at the footage of his Rally GB shunt last year, and it's really obvious that he's trying to make up some speed through the corner because the Focus has been banging off the rev limited for the last 300yds.

It seems that he's at his best when he's controlling the race, or when the chips are really down and he's just got to throw everything at it. Quite a strange boy. I remember when he went through Bunnings on Rally Australia one year. He was awesomely quick, and at the famous jumps, if anyone else had gone through them like he did they would have had an enormous accident, but somehow he kept it all together. After the stage, Nicky Grist said "I knew he was really on it. I couldn't look out of the window, because I was reading the notes. I was quite glad about that. I knew I was reading the notes really fast though."

Not up to Luis Moya speed though!

 

[kesen]

what ?