Who'hot, who's not 2007

[Roy]

Every year the same at the end of the season. Now I start this thread. I like it... :D

Not...
Driver: Stohl. Tired old man, must be forbidden to do interviews with him.
Car: Suzuki new WRC. No power. JWRC Swift is faster(?)
Rally: Portugal, another same gravel rally
Team: Subaru can't make a winning car.
Other: Ford's penalty for the windows in Portugal.

Hot
Driver: I choose Latvala, makes impress in last half of the season.
Car: Offcourse the Focus WRC. Even Fins can win stages an druive fast on tarmac. Loriaux :up:
Rally: I chosse for Ireland, Norway good second. But the charistic road in Ireland with mud, I choose for.
Team: Ford wins with a good car and have good people to build the team further.
Other: Hirvonen wins in Norway. That is the way.

What is your hot/not list?

[COD]

HOT: Loeb, Grönholm, Ford (also great cars for Stobart), Norway and Ireland
Medium: Hirvonen, Latvala


NOT: Stohl, Kronos, Subaru, Pons, Corsica and Spain, Suzuki so far and the publicity PWRC and JRC get. Also not is the amount of top teams

[Glee]

Every year the same at the end of the season. Now I start this thread. I like it... :D

Not...
Other: Ford's penalty for the windows in Portugal.


Did forget that.

Without this the standing would be 116/115 in favor of Loeb, but then Hirvonen could ease of a bit, and Grönholm would win with 116/117...

[c4]

NOT

Al Qassimi just an advert driver
S12B *****
Sardinia looks bland on telly
Kronos no heart and soul for WRC
FIA constant tinkering and still managing to appeal to the same reduced demographic, ie. over 35 C2 and C1.


HOT

Latvala his time is now
C4
Ireland what a debut
Ford
SSSs in Ireland different and daring compared to others.

[Koz]

Hot:
Leob the Robot
Gronholm (for the most part)
Latvala
The Fords and C4s

Not:
Gronholm after Germany.. Back to his old crashy self.
Subaru... So many hollow promises...
OMV/Kronos.. Dissapointing compared to last year.
Loeb winning again..
Ford's windows..
Slowson Wilson

Now I try to get some sleep and hope that for some wondeful reason Gronholm becomes no.2 at ford next year and wins the championship. :)

[N.O.T]

Hot

The battle at NZ
Loebs 4th title
Rally Ireland
Latvalas peformance
Companqs Improvement
Atkinsons speed
The C4
Gronholms retirement from the WRC at a proper time before he degrades into a joke like Makinen

Not

Wilson
Performance of the Locals at Rally Ireland
Loebs mistakes almost giving away the title
Villagra
The subaru Joke
Atkinsons mistakes
The usual Loeb-Gronholm-Hirvonen Podium
The Suzuki

[RallyfanNZ]

HOT:
Latvala
Gronholm
Hirvonen
Norway (Even though its cold)
Loeb
Ford
Citroen

NOT:
Subaru
Ireland (I personally don't like those roads, sure its something different but you'd never enjoy them after driving on NZ/Finnish roads)
Wilson
Pons

[pino]

Hot :

Loeb : the machine
Marcus : still faster than ever
Latvala : a great talent and a future champ
Norway & Irland : Great new events
Focus 07
C4

Not :

Subaru : what a joke !
Pons : waste of seat
Stohl : waste of season
Spain : what a joke event, doesn't deserve to be in the Calender
Atkinson : Too many mistakes...again
Suzuki : waste of money

[Le NaRcX]

Hot:

Hirvonen, Latvala & Sordo
Ireland
Ford

Not:

Sardinia (the worst rally in the championship)
Subaru & Suzuki
Pons
JRC & PWRC

[Josti]

Hot:

- Close battle in front
- Ford as a team
- JM Latvala
- New Zealand battle
- Night stages (although not enough yet IMO)
- Ireland as a Rally
- Dutch entries (v/d Heuvel in particulair)

Not:

- Subaru obviously
- Not year for Manfred
- New style Portugal Rally
- Catalunya Rally
- SSS in Monte Carlo and Wales
- JRC

[turves]

Hot:

C4
Loeb (did we expect any different)
Latvala
Ireland
NZ
Focus

Warm:
Hirvonen (I will expect better next year)
Atkinson (more consistency (less crashes) could bring some really good results
Henning

Not:

The death of a legend - we salute you Mr McRae.

Subaru
Marcus in Ireland - only had to play safe yet took a gamble on tyres
Suzuki
Mikkelson - I was expecting more
Portugal
Super Special Stages - I know why they're there but I can't stand them...
The Xsara in private hands (especially Stohls)

[Tom206wrc]

Would you consider Henning Solberg's 2007 season as HOT or NOT ??? :confused:

[Frozzy]

HOT
The c4
Loeb (at least he had a challenge this year)
J.M Latvala
the Focus

WARM
Wilson
Guy Wilks
Hirvonen

COLD
the Subaru
Stohl waste of a year
the Omv/kronos team
Xavi pons (what did he actually acheive this season?)

[Corny]

Not:
no snow in Monte
Loeb again, and again
Stohl
Subaru
just 3 winners
same timings on rallies, always 2 times 3 stages :s

Hot:
Ford
Duval
Hirvonen
night stages
Ireland

[euskalteam]

HOT
Loeb's 4th in a row
Gronhoml-Loeb battles (NZ event was amazing)
Latvala

NOT
McRaes dead
Split times (Ban them please)
Suzuki's performance
Wilson
Pons
TV Coverage
Marcus retirement

[feresc13]

Hot
Marcus Grönholm
Sébastien Loeb
Jari-Matti Latvala
Duval in Germany
Rally Ireland

Not
Qassimi
Wilson jr.
Henning on tarmac
Companc
Villagra
Suzuki
Subaru

[Englandsfahrer]

Would you consider Henning Solberg's 2007 season as HOT or NOT ??? :confused:

Lukewarm, maybe :D (kinda like pissing your pants.. a little warm, then a little cold.....)
Still the best "private" driver though. (depends on what you regard as a private/pay driver)

[GruppoB]

Definately the biggest f@cking not of the year is McRae's passing

[gloomyDAY]

Hot:
Marcus leaving with class.
Loeb tying the record for Championships.
J-M Latvala's newfound speed and aggression.
Focus and C4 constantly jockeying for the lead.
Norway and Ireland!
New Zealand for the sights and close rally.

Not:
Go away Manfred!
Spain and Germany need to be dropped.
Penalty on Ford for the windows back in Portugal (Are you f***ing kidding?)
Subaru and their lackluster team -
Petter's poor results and whining.
Atkinson's crash crazed year.
Pons is useless and has relentless cravings to smash into things.
SSS, they are catastrophic to the WRC. This is NOT rallying.
Awful media coverage.
Unbalanced competition.
Predictability in most of the races.

[koko0703]

HOT!
Latvala: Really start showing his talent this year and deserve works seat
Hirvonen: Has grown up to be one of the top drivers
Loeb: Don't know if he was better than last 3 yrs but won it all anyways
Ford Focus WRC: Competitive not only for works team but also for Stobard

NOT :(
SWRT: Both Subaru & Suzuki World Rally Team....
Stohl: Should he have kept 307WRC???
Competitiveness of the rest of the pack....

[Brother John]

HOT!
Holiday in the sun with a nice woman. :cool: :D

NOT! :(
WRC at the moment. :eek: