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Thread: Ott Tänak - Future champion?
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16th November 2011, 20:21 #21
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He is promising, though imo he didn't yet had to tackle big downturns, misfortunes or big pressure for that matter. Mikkelsen already has at least 2 challenging periods behind (1. WRC stop and spectator-killing crash, 2. first half of 2011 IRC season) .
Neither did Tanak manage something like Ogier when he drove WRC first time in wales 2008 and won the first stage...
Btw. remember that at the end of 2004 the two ford pilots (Martin and Duval) looked like those who will rule the sport in the future (together with Loeb), both were out of it just a year later.
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16th November 2011, 20:23 #22
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Originally Posted by ridderMy motorsport pics here on Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/allyc85/sets/
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16th November 2011, 20:43 #23
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Originally Posted by ridder
And Tänak finished his first WRC in GB in 6th place.. which Ogier has never achieved in GB yet;-)Colins Crest = Möldri Mätas
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16th November 2011, 22:19 #24
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Originally Posted by noel157
And this is bit weird, considering few factors from his background - he is mentored by Markko, who was quite clean driver (himself been mentored by Ivar Raidam, on of Estonias best in his time and very-very neat driver); also, he comes from fwd car, fairly low powered one also (Golf prepared by his father almost without any budget worth mentioning) and this car should teach one to keep clean lines, as then you lose least amount of speed through corners.
I remember Ott having very cool fights with another youngster in their 2wd time - Rainer Aus. Then Ott drove Golf and Rainer drove Lada VFTS - rear wheel driven. They were of quite equal speed in many rallies and even Markko Märtin chose Rainer over Ott into his team (result - Estonian champ in N-4, but no continuing relationship). When eventually both ended up with 4wd, many people tried to compare their style and find influences from their early years 2wd (but differend driving axle) cars lessons. And Ott seemed to be cleaner, thus confirming that wfd should teach you to clean style...:)
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16th November 2011, 22:26 #25
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Originally Posted by Allyc85
You can laugh as much as you want but when someone beats Loeb (THE Tarmac ace) by 1 minute over 6 stages on tarmac, he looks good to me.
Anyway, main point was that few would believe that a year later they won't be much around.
Originally Posted by bluuford
Tanak has talent, but give him some more time before declaring him a champion.
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16th November 2011, 23:26 #26
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Originally Posted by bluuford
Especially if you compare it to 6th place by Paddon in Australia in a PWRC car!
I believe Tanak definitely has talent, but as others have said - he needs more seat time to prove just whether he is a flash in the pan or a potential future champion.
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16th November 2011, 23:35 #27Originally Posted by Munkvyhttps://www.facebook.com/GRallynews
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16th November 2011, 23:45 #28
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The difference between paddon and tanak is that tanak has tested himself with proper rally cars...paddon so far shows great skills with road cars on rally tyres. A group N car no matter how good or how expensive is miles away from a proper rally purpose built car.
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16th November 2011, 23:57 #29
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Originally Posted by ridder
Agree with all of this. I can see hanninen becoming champion before tanak. I look forward to the battles!Ha'wey Hamilton, bring the WDC crown home and the beers are on me :up:
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17th November 2011, 00:58 #30
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Originally Posted by N.O.T
Tanak is a super star in the making. It's very early days but he reminds of one of my favorite alltime drivers, Markku Alen, in that he's blindingly quick but headstrong and occasional mistakes could render him the next 'best driver never to have won a championship'.Never do anything you wouldn't want to explain to a paramedic.
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