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| View Poll Results: Who deserves a full time WRC works drive? | |||
| Janne Tuohino |
   
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1 | 20.00% |
| Manfred Stohl |
  
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1 | 20.00% |
| Daniel Carlsson |
  
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1 | 20.00% |
| Francois Duval |
  
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0 | 0% |
| Janusz Kulig |
  
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0 | 0% |
| Jani Paasonen |
  
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1 | 20.00% |
| Sebastian Lindholm |
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0 | 0% |
| Andrea Dallavilla |
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0 | 0% |
| Toshihiro Arai |
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0 | 0% |
| Other (Please State) |
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1 | 20.00% |
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5 Feb 2002, 16:04 (Ref:210679)
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Who deserves a full time WRC works drive?
In my opinion Manfred Stohl deserves a full time works WRC drive. He's proved over the years that he is a very decent driver, he has huge experience and has been Group N World Champion and had many Group N class victories. He wouldn't get a top works drive with Ford, Peugeot etc, but could get one with one of the smaller teams like Skoda or Hyundai.
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6 Feb 2002, 12:33 (Ref:211062)
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After what Janne did for Ford in Sweden, he ought to get a works drive. I still think Auriol would have got a drive if Subaru were running more cars; either him or Jesus Puras.
After the frustrations of last year Mark Higgins should have had a chance with a works drive on this year's British Championship, but looking to the current S1600 crop then McShea or Dallavilla could be possible future candidates |
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6 Feb 2002, 16:06 (Ref:211123)
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It's been announced today that Jani Paasonen will drive for Mitsubishi again on the Rally Finland.
If it goes well there could be more drives for him in the future. |
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6 Feb 2002, 16:23 (Ref:211129)
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I would like to see Puras back with a big team. I thin Arai has had his chances, but failed to really prove himself last year - this season should decide his fate. I agree that Stohl deserves a WRC drive.
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6 Feb 2002, 18:18 (Ref:211196)
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I think Puras is a huge talent on asphalt but what about gravel,mud or ice.Is he a tarmac specialist and no more?.If so i think a full works drive would be out of the question.
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6 Feb 2002, 23:23 (Ref:211383)
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The great undiscovered talent is Dom Buckley. Asphalt or gravel he can fly. Note how he managed to beat the WRCs with an old GpA at Knockhill. Dom's your man.
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7 Feb 2002, 09:14 (Ref:211502)
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Tell us more about Mr Buckley......
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7 Feb 2002, 22:49 (Ref:212047)
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Dom Buckley was one of the VW junior team about 10 years ago. He now runs a family auto business near Duns ( Jim Clark country) and does occasional drives where he blows the wheels off anyone. He has a younger brother Neil who does Gp N.
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8 Feb 2002, 19:37 (Ref:212513)
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There are several on that list which deserve one:
Tuohino, Stohl, Paasonen, Lindholm. There is also Mark Higgins and Neil Wearden. |
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