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Originally Posted by F1END
Are you seriously suggesting that driving on clay week in week out, instead of astroturf or grass, for over 6 months doesn't give an advantage at all to foreign drivers?
I'm not for a minute suggesting that the top 20 drivers wouldn't still be the top 20 drivers on astroturf, just that the order of that top 20 might be a little different. 
Experience and practice counts for a lot at that level, knowing exactly how a car will handle in any conditions. I'm just not sure the British drivers have enough practice on dirt.
I heard a quote from Lee Martin saying he couldn't quite get the set-up right for his 511. If he had been driving on clay all year, he'd have had it pretty much right when he turned up there.
Why is it we don't have any dirt tracks here? It's not like we're the only country in the world that has rain. |
Dude, Cragg won his worlds on dirt, and TQ'd this year.
You shoulda seen when he won 2wd in Italy, the Americans were going off about the traction being low in Italy.
You can't please everyone
But by suggesting the Americans have an advantage I think actually is putting down your local drivers. A Brit won the warm against all of those big guns, Crag and lee right up there, even Jorn doesn't race on tracks like that all the time, plus I doubt Matsukara had raced on astro jumps before.
You guys have awesome drivers, and they jus missed some luck this year (Cragg in 2wd
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The worlds best will adapt quickly to any track or surface, and it just so happens that 'the Cav' probably drove the most consistent to take it.
I feel for you guys about not racing on Astro, but I think the dirt rule is a good one as dirt is what the majority of the world race on, and it is a world event.
I hope you guys get one in the UK soon though, that would be ace
