[SergZHy67]

Disappointing that there have not been many British&Ireland forum members congratulating Kris/Paul, on their fantastic result in Brazil over the weekend! The way things are gong with IRC/WRC2010-they could be in a box seat.Perhaps this could be the start of an excellant run in this years IRC, and our new British/Irish challengers to take on the rest in 2010! Well done on a great drive! Sarnau.

[anfuckinggs]

Disappointing that there have not been many British&Ireland forum members congratulating Kris/Paul, on their fantastic result in Brazil over the weekend! The way things are gong with IRC/WRC2010-they could be in a box seat.Perhaps this could be the start of an excellant run in this years IRC, and our new British/Irish challengers to take on the rest in 2010! Well done on a great drive! Sarnau.

Spot on mate.
I think he is probley the quickest on gravel in the IRC, and my faviout for the championship.
But with all due respect he should have Mathew Wilison's seat in a Ford, or even a top works drive in the WRC.
Rember watching him in a Subaru, on the shakedown for Wales Rally Gb, throwing the car around coming up to the stage start, got a good telling off.
THE NEXT COLIN MCRAE, if he can get a full works drive, lets hope this IRC is the break he needs.

[slima]

Spot on mate.
I think he is probley the quickest on gravel in the IRC, and my faviout for the championship.
But with all due respect he should have Mathew Wilison's seat in a Ford, or even a top works drive in the WRC.
Rember watching him in a Subaru, on the shakedown for Wales Rally Gb, throwing the car around coming up to the stage start, got a good telling off.
THE NEXT COLIN MCRAE, if he can get a full works drive, lets hope this IRC is the break he needs.

Juho Hänninen are much faster on gravel.

[AdobeCreativeSuite]

I also think that Juho is the fastest on gravel in IRC. Anyway we'll see on Acores. I hope for good fight

[dittygari]

Congrats to kris. i hope to see BOTH Kris Meeke and Guy Wilks in the wrc in the future . overall id say guy is abit quicker than kris but im abit biased being a guy wilks fan :P.

[anfuckinggs]

Juho Hänninen are much faster on gravel.

Got to support our fellow Brit. Should be a good battle.
Think Kris is a bit McRae, fast but with the abilty to crash often.

[Johnny]

Juho Hänninen are much faster on gravel.

Hanninen could well be faster, time will show, but to say he will be much faster is silly, quite simply there is no one rallying today who would be 'much' faster than Meeke on gravel. For sure he has had his share of 'offs' but never to date has anyone ever been much faster than him with similar equipment.

[SinyugiN]

well i know i definatly got me praise in lol, doesnt matter who is faster, you gotta get to the finish, but i think we will see some good fights soon, i agree kris in the subaru was bloody fast, i saw him in killarney 2007 , that was fast !!

[anfuckinggs]

well i know i definatly got me praise in lol, doesnt matter who is faster, you gotta get to the finish, but i think we will see some good fights soon, i agree kris in the subaru was bloody fast, i saw him in killarney 2007 , that was fast !!

Maybe im wrong, memory is rubbish. But wasn't he running 5th on Wales Rally GB in the Impreza 2005 2006ish.

[anfuckinggs]

Hanninen could well be faster, time will show, but to say he will be much faster is silly, quite simply there is no one rallying today who would be 'much' faster than Meeke on gravel. For sure he has had his share of 'offs' but never to date has anyone ever been much faster than him with similar equipment.

Spot on, Love the name cut the bs

[Allorneadesee]

Superb perfomance. He simply obliterated the opposition on Friday. I think you will see more of Meeke with WRC going S2000. He is stunningly quick, always has been.

If he has had one fault in the past it was never allowed himself to being beaten by anyone. You can be sure of one thing, if Hanninen is quicker, even if it is the Skoda that is quicker, Meeke will not take it laying down.

[anfuckinggs]

Superb perfomance. He simply obliterated the opposition on Friday. I think you will see more of Meeke with WRC going S2000. He is stunningly quick, always has been.

If he has had one fault in the past it was never allowed himself to being beaten by anyone. You can be sure of one thing, if Hanninen is quicker, even if it is the Skoda that is quicker, Meeke will not take it laying down.

His manager was Colin McRae, and i see some of the great one in Meeke.
Lets hope he dose not push too hard.

[Chooriwrocaey]

Yes he's not bad is he.

[Heaneisismich]

Well, Guy Wilks thinks he is faster than Meeke and Hanninen!

To be honest, I would be surprised if Meeke was faster than Hanninen on gravel, but yes, it is stupid to say that Hanninen will be much faster when we haven't seen any recent comparison between them on loose surfaces.

[ChicasCams]

What are the plans of Mr Meeke in 2012 ?
Is he still under Prodrive contract, but will not drive any WRC rallies for them ?
Are there any plans from Mini to drive a RRC/SP version of the Mini in IRC ?

If he are not in Prodrives plans, why does he not leave, and try to get something else together ?

[Fainnamoony]

I think maybe if there is 5% chance of getting another free rally in a top car then he will stay put. I dont beleive Kris from what I read has the ability to paying a ten thousand euro tyre bill for an event or even to hire a top spec car so thats why he stay in place now.

Where else is he going to go, maybe Volkswagen but I think his chances there would be poor since they evaluate so many and already have one expensive driver, they may choose to go for a free but relatively unproven fast new comer or they might take on the like of Dani if he brings money.

[HBPujWBe]

Kris is a very rare commodity in rally these days; he is both a smooth/fast driver and a trained mechanical engineer. It would be sensible for any team that wants to develop its cars to hire him asap! However, I read he has a contract with Prodrive for 2013. As it appears there are no better offers I think he would probably sit tight this year and try to be part of whatever Prodrive do next year. I hope he will do GB at least this year.

[RicyReetred]

Where else is he going to go, maybe Volkswagen but I think his chances there would be poor since they evaluate so many and already have one expensive driver, they may choose to go for a free but relatively unproven fast new comer or they might take on the like of Dani if he brings money.

Forget that. U really think VW doesn't have the money to pay a second driver. VW can hire anybody with a high salary, it's a factory team and it's VAG who's selling over the whole world, they will never get a cheap thing, they will get the best thing available no matter the cost.

[Grainiary]

Kris is a very rare commodity in rally these days; he is both a smooth/fast driver and a trained mechanical engineer. It would be sensible for any team that wants to develop its cars to hire him asap! However, I read he has a contract with Prodrive for 2013. As it appears there are no better offers I think he would probably sit tight this year and try to be part of whatever Prodrive do next year. I hope he will do GB at least this year.

Definetly a mechanic

I must say I liked this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpqfcNlYMsM

[HBPujWBe]

Definetly a mechanic

I must say I liked this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpqfcNlYMsM

I wish Dave had taken Kris' skills into account when deciding the drivers for this year. If Dave was worried about Kris crashing he should look at these videos of Kris at Ypres in 2009. Very mature performance and smooth driving indeed:

Ypres Rally Day One Report - YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtZEA...ure=plpp_video

He can put on good drives when he wants to.

That is a very creepy video that makes for slightly uncomfortable viewing. I saw something similar in Rally NZ 2002 where a weird old guy started fiddling with the nuts off one of Marcus Gronholm's tyres. Marcus didn't ignore him like Kris does here. He went off his nut and used some very sharp language.