[WRC] Central European Rally 17-20.10.2024

[dimviii]

Numbers:

This year Katsuta 4 crashes in 11 starts = 36% crash rate vs Mikkelsen 1 crash in 4 rallies = 25%

Or in other words:
Katsuta 2 crashes in last 3 rallies, last crash before that 2 rallies ago,
Mikkelsen 1 in last 3, last crash before that a year and 4 rallies ago.

In CER:
Katsuta 0 punctures, Mikkelsen 1
Katsuta 1 off, Mikkelsen 1 spin
Hybrid on/off with penalty is now drivers fault? Tell that to Tanak

Off pace with 3rd spot on first day and 2nd fastest on PS.

W/e just make up random stuff.

Katsuta that you use as a benchmark to compare for Mikkesen,has a wrc seat because of mr Toyoda.

[deephouse]

Numbers:

This year Katsuta 4 crashes in 11 starts = 36% crash rate vs Mikkelsen 1 crash in 4 rallies = 25%

Or in other words:
Katsuta 2 crashes in last 3 rallies, last crash before that 2 rallies ago,
Mikkelsen 1 in last 3, last crash before that a year and 4 rallies ago.

In CER:
Katsuta 0 punctures, Mikkelsen 1
Katsuta 1 off, Mikkelsen 1 spin
Hybrid on/off with penalty is now drivers fault? Tell that to Tanak

Off pace with 3rd spot on first day and 2nd fastest on PS.

W/e just make up random stuff.

So Lappi didn't even drive this year?

[doubled1978]

I think he will end up like Loeb, considering other options but in the end sticking to what he is best at, not at least because he will probably discover that no other form of motorsport can give him the same as rallying.

He doesn't come across as someone who is hunting fame.

Toyota offers him the potential to try anything in motorsport more or less, they have a WEC programme, have a new GT3 car coming, Super Formula, GT500, and now with the sponsorship of HAAS F1, I certainly wouldn’t be shocked if he did an F1 test.
It would be something truly amazing if he went to WEC for instance and became a world champion in that discipline, maybe that’s his goal?
In rally there was nothing between Loeb and Ogier for me, both true greats, but Loeb was definitely better at circuit racing than Ogier. Ogier tried very hard to get a drive in the Toyota WEC team, but it didn’t come to pass.