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10-07-2011, 09:51 PM
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 The most overrated rally driver?
Since there's been "bashing" but also very analytic discussions about different drivers and their performance, I felt like this thread is a must.
Who is the most overrated rally driver and why? Let's keep it clean and civil. |
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10-07-2011, 10:33 PM
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Past or present?
I don't think there are many false expectations out there at the moment. Everyone's a pretty well known quantity. |
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10-07-2011, 10:53 PM
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10-07-2011, 10:56 PM
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10-07-2011, 11:25 PM
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Overrated, ever? by who??
Maybe the media hyped Travis Pastrana, Kimi and Valentino Rossi? Valentino in Rally GB 2002 |
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10-08-2011, 12:43 AM
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10-08-2011, 01:06 AM
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10-08-2011, 02:53 AM
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Garde was really good but never won. JML should never stay in the works squad after all shunts and mistakes he had. But money turns the world around.
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10-08-2011, 02:57 AM
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Mikko Hirvonen, he could be a paper champion soon. He only appears to be good because of team orders, although he is a way better driver than anyone on here could be.
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10-08-2011, 03:24 AM
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although he is a way better driver than anyone on here could be. And Mikko is better than many here think, he just shouldnt have been made No1 as soon. He has driven some great events but often he is beaten in his head before he gets to the stages |
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10-08-2011, 03:36 AM
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Its really difficult to say who's "over rated" - Someone who is supposed to be good but actually isn't. The trouble is, we know who the big 5 are in WRC, we know who the middle of the pack are, and, er...
To be brutally honest (as much as I dont want to say it), maybe Ostberg. He was lightening fast in sweden, and he got a seat in a WRC car to aim for podiums, but weve waited and waited(since sweden), but a podium never hapenned. So maybe we've over rated Mads a bit. I must also say, I think he is full of potential, and with more experience under the belt, in the future he could be competing with paddon and hanninen for the drivers championship. |
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10-08-2011, 03:44 AM
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Personally, I believe its a tad churlish to say Hirvonen is the most 'overrated' driver. People seem to have very short memories, it wasn't long ago he was pushing Loeb every inch of the way on gravel, regularly beating him in fact. Having said that however, I believe his decline as a driver can be traced to that massive shunt on his favourite corner on Rally Finland last season(?), which appears to have dented his confidence to take that last tenth over the edge that the top drivers have to have. I realise he's never going to beat the Sebs on tarmac though.
Also, some above mentions Guy Wilks...how is he over-rated? He's proved his pace at UK National level, and has been competitive in the IRC when in a good car. No-one has ever said he's a world beater, so how is he over-rated? The most over-rated driver at the moment? I don't think anyone in the WRC is 'over-rated' by anyone who possesses an ounce of common sense. As Greg says in post #2, everyone is a known quantity so by definition, can't be over-rated.... |
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10-08-2011, 03:49 AM
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Personally, I believe its a tad churlish to say Hirvonen is the most 'overrated' driver. People seem to have very short memories, it wasn't long ago he was pushing Loeb every inch of the way on gravel, regularly beating him in fact. Having said that however, I believe his decline as a driver can be traced to that massive shunt on his favourite corner on Rally Finland last season(?), which appears to have dented his confidence to take that last tenth over the edge that the top drivers have to have. I realise he's never going to beat the Sebs on tarmac though. Marcus gronholm after he took his first title says it wore him out mentally, which is why he couldnt take the title the following season, but he was back the year after to claim his title 
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10-08-2011, 04:09 AM
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Around the world the most overrated driver is Ken Block I think... He's quite famous and I wouldn't be surprised if many people think that he's one of the top drivers in the WRC. On this forum, it's hard to say who's overrated... Some people here say Hirvonen is most overrated, but on this forum, I think Hirvonen's the last guy who is overrated.
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10-08-2011, 04:15 AM
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its funny how people consider clowns like Block, Rossi, Kimi ects RALLY DRIVERS.
And that is the problem with the sport, there is no filter, any rich boy can jump in and be considered a rally driver.... go on with the thread now. |
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10-08-2011, 04:21 AM
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its funny how people consider clowns like Block, Rossi, Kimi ects RALLY DRIVERS. |
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10-08-2011, 04:26 AM
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not easy to say...
don't know about the MOST overrated but, among fans, I saw many who, in my opinion, overrated a bit Francois Duval... he had the speed, but he had way too many crashes... among non-fans, obviously Ken Block... many people think that he is a WRC champion or something like that, and when you say to them that he is way off the pace of the top drivers, they say that he needs time to learn and in a couple of years he will be champion 
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10-08-2011, 04:31 AM
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In the weeks leading upto, and during Rally Mexico 2010, you said that drivers like Kimi and Block, were 'legend ambassadors of the human race', can you tell me why? |
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10-08-2011, 04:34 AM
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10-08-2011, 04:49 AM
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Langdale do you have some kind of mental disability ? or are you 12 ?
Stop quoting spammers.... |
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