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Two years ago we were at this particular event (by the way we were in a café with 12 Frenchmen when the AB's won the world cup. Interesting times) and Mikko asked me a few questions about Hayden's speed. I replied that we had never seen him flat out because he had never had to do that to get a result. Mikko's comments were interesting for he said that was his observation too and that should funding cease to be an issue it would not be a case of it Hayden was World Champion but rather it wold be like Sebastian in that the question would be "How many times will he be world champion?"
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Cool story SM
Lets just hope he doesn't make too many mistakes this weekend and gets the nod from one of the teams. I don't follow the rally like I used to, but would it be fair to say that Hayden is the best rally driver this country has produced? And I am of course including the late great Possum Bourne in that list. Did Possum ever race at the equivalent level that Hayden is this weekend? |
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24 Oct 2013, 22:15 (Ref:3322731) | #104 | |
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Im pretty sure Possum did the Australian and NZ rounds throughout the mid 90's, but i don't think eh ever did a full campaign?
Actually, I don't think he ever competed in any WRC events outside Australiasia. |
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24 Oct 2013, 22:16 (Ref:3322733) | #105 | |
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Actually... I remember reading a book about him (good read) and I think he may have done the British/Welsh WRC round once or twice, sometime in the early 90's.
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25 Oct 2013, 06:08 (Ref:3322825) | #106 | ||
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Update on Hayden. He was 10th quickest in a shakedown run, just 2.9s off the lead car which was Sordo. So that's 10th out of 13 wrc cars. Not a bad start I think you'll all agree.
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25 Oct 2013, 18:14 (Ref:3323012) | #107 | |
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First stage has begun, Hayden is running 12th in the order, hasn't begun the stage yet through. Here's the link to live timing for anybody interested.
http://www.wrc.com/results/2013/rall...a/split-times/ |
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27 Oct 2013, 20:12 (Ref:3323830) | #108 | |
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Hayden did a great job in my opinion. I don't know exactly how the rally unfolded, but the stage times I did check he was around 8th - 10th, and finished 8th overall, so not bad speed and very consistent. A little more seat time and he could definitely be a top 5 contender.
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28 Oct 2013, 02:43 (Ref:3323996) | #109 | ||
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Yeah I think 8th is a fantastic result. Great stuff from the Padster.
So does anyone think he would have been noticed by some of the big-wigs? |
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He'll definitely get noticed after a few more rallies, if he has solid results like these, and hopefully a few top fives. |
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28 Oct 2013, 06:31 (Ref:3324052) | #111 | ||
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The last third of the race was on a wet circuit yet he never ran off the track, never hit another car, in fact never did a thing wrong and he finished in eighth place. |
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28 Oct 2013, 06:35 (Ref:3324053) | #112 | |
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For new rally drivers not being last and not crashing = awesome!
Nice one Earl Bamber too |
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Nicely put Carl. And good call SB
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1 Nov 2013, 16:37 (Ref:3325967) | #114 | |
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Good News overnight
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/111020 |
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1 Nov 2013, 18:55 (Ref:3326002) | #115 | |
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Mitch has Qualified 11th at Abu Dhabi, despite not setting a representative lap time in practice with electrical problems. Another tenth of a second and he would have lined up 7th!!
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1 Nov 2013, 19:46 (Ref:3326028) | #116 | |
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and Earl Bamber 6th, Ritchie Stanaway 9th in Porsche Supercup Practice. They have 2 Races as well
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2 Nov 2013, 09:48 (Ref:3326228) | #117 | |
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PLEASE tell me Evans' luck will change soon...
Bit of a risky move I guess, but then Canamassas could have used his mirrors Any word from the Porsche race? |
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3 Nov 2013, 03:36 (Ref:3326448) | #120 | |
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What was Mitch penalty for? Where is the information
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3 Nov 2013, 03:38 (Ref:3326449) | #121 | |
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Found the penalty information
Interesting, wondered I'd he would get a penalty for that |
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I guess its hard to tell from one camera angle, possibly he wasn't far enough up the inside. It just looked to me as if Canamassas turned in on him quite late, so surely would have known he was there. I guess it is the best time to get a penalty, he now only drops a pace or two, but he has had a shocking season (a lot of it out of his control). |
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3 Nov 2013, 05:39 (Ref:3326464) | #123 | |
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Agree, not clear from only quick single view. Thought perhaps he put his nose where it should not have been, but then unsure if other car changed line in the corner
Mitch sure has not had much luck, been in excellent positions then all goes wrong |
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3 Nov 2013, 06:03 (Ref:3326470) | #124 | ||
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I think another year in GP2 with a better team will do him some good.
There is no doubt he is 'good enough' to win races in the series, but as a few of you have pointed out, he has had more than his share of bad luck. But it does beg the question....will he get another shot at GP2? |
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3 Nov 2013, 06:22 (Ref:3326473) | #125 | ||
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I heard a rumor that the RUSSIAN TIME team were more interested in driver skill instead of money, although I don't know if this is just because they are a new team or not. The same source (will try find a link later) also said that Sam Bird didn't pay a single cent for his drive. Also GP2 will be cheaper (if such a word can be associated with motorsport!!) next year, due to using the same chassis as this year, so I guess everything carries over (ie. no needing to buy a lot more spare parts etc), which could help Mitch. Ultimately, he will need to raise about $2.5-3 million, which was a struggle last year, even with the $400,000 from winning GP3. Maybe its time to sell himself, where you can buy shares in Mitch Evans or whatever. As for when/if he does raise this money, hopefully he moves to a better team. Arden just haven't been that strong in GP2, with Luiz Razia being the only driver in the last five years to get some good results. I guess the best teams to go to for Mitch would be RUSSIAN TIME, Carlin or DAMS (who I know were considering him for this year). Possibly Caterham, although they have their drivers from their development program. Anyway, thats my thoughts, make what you want of it... |
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