I agree with you Josti. It's over for Janne but at best joining S2000 might be a boost for him back to the scene :up:
As well as other drivers too.
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I agree with you Josti. It's over for Janne but at best joining S2000 might be a boost for him back to the scene :up:
As well as other drivers too.
Not necessarily, the thread is about Tuohino and there's nothing wrong in having a separate thread :)Quote:
Originally Posted by HaCo
Jannes train left a few years back, but good that he get something to drive.
The ones who blame this thread are friends of David Richards :D the guy who feels threatned by the S2000 cars and the IRC.
I think that Tuohino, as many other good drives without seat, could make an option for the 2nd lever WRC wich is the IRC. Why not? Even some former WRC rallyes are there! The solutions about whom i wrote here many months ago is starting to grow: WRC -> 1st level / IRC -> 2nd level.
Good that he has another opportunity, better than nothing.
I would prefer him in the WRC though since the IRC doesn't come to NZ :(
I always found funny to see some brainless Gurus saying which thread is good or not when they open super smart threads such as "now Kronos is private blah, blah ".
About Tuohino, a drive is a drive even if it's not in the 1st league.
In all fairness to Tuohino he got his few drives in rather difficult conditions : new car and very few time for testing, difficult rallies he didn't know.
In 2006, holding an excellent 5th in Sve before the car broke, taking a convincing 6th in Suo with a nearly zero testing car among a bunch of top drivers with a 6 months gap without driving is very good to me.
2005 ? sorry for their fans but high attrition level is the only way to challenge for a decent position in a Skoda.
2004 : acheived very good results in a good a car considering his experience on those rallies with the obligation to show speed, reliablity and not the least, grabbing manu points.
2003 : Lots of offs allowed him to take a 7th position and it was in A Skoda !
Still, he finished the rally ahead of some of his compatriots when many others broke a wheel, were on fire or in the ditches.
Once one figures that out, it would change the way most people rate him.
So i'm glad for him to keep in touch with the sport. :up:
Are we talking about the same driver? Events he did in 2006 were Sweden and Finland which I think he knows pretty well!Quote:
Originally Posted by Karukera
He also didn't drive a Skoda in 2003 AFAIK?
Anyway, would be nice to see him in an S2000 car, not fast enough or rich enough for a works WRCar drive :(
Yes, RS, it was a Focus WRC. My bad copy & paste. Wanted to say "not in a Skoda" and the whole sentence lost all of its sense.
Still, in 06, he jumped in the Xsara with no real preparation, the team having very few feedback from snow rallies. Then he had a 6 months gap without driving on WRC stages before taking a 6th in his country. Which i would rate as "very good" considering the contender's list including home players, manu drivers and regular privateers.
I think he didn't have a real chance in a works car. Maybe not ultimate winning material but potentially in the likes of Rovanperä.
Any news about Janne Tuohino's 2007 program until now ??? :confused:
No more news ??? What's Tuohino decision toward S2000 ??? :confused: