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5th October 2009, 06:28 #21
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Originally Posted by macksrallyedespite all my rage i\'m still just a rat in a (roll) cage
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5th October 2009, 11:01 #22
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Putting aside the PSD have any drivers from any of the schemes around the world actually progressed further up the motorsport ladder?
Or have most of today's successful drivers simply advanced from their national championships and have been taken under the wing of a manufacturer (Loeb & Ogier) or pushed and supported by their ASN (Sordo)?
The old way was to try and be in the right place at the right time and try and impress the teams that matter, Kris Meeke being a good example of this although it took 3 or 4 years for things to fall into place.
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5th October 2009, 12:35 #23
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I think that Dutch driver programm is the most successful I have seen in last two years (apart from FFSA). Abbring and Weijs were just couple of Junior drivers with no experience and not very fast in terms of WRC. Now they are as fast as Prokop with C2 on tarmac and Michal with his Swift. Progress has been very good.
Colins Crest = Möldri Mätas
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7th October 2009, 13:58 #24
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I think that the Austrian Red Bull Driver search a few years ago was very good-Andi Aigner ended up as PWRC champion and I am sure he has the speed to compete in the WRC. But I cannot understand why thea did't push him anymore after his PWRC title!
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7th October 2009, 14:31 #25
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Red Bull needed new blood.. Aigner drove Fabia WRC and later became PWRC champ.. I spectated him on his first ever rally - Croatia Rally..
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7th October 2009, 18:37 #26
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Aigner didn't bring any money to the budget for next season, so he simply had to be replaced. Big shame, he's pretty fast guy.
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7th February 2010, 18:18 #27
Any star driver programmes IMO seem to take a reasonably good (but not world class) driver and give them a drive for a year. And then the driver gets nowhere.
The stars of the future they had in the BRC was nothing special when I look back at it now.
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7th February 2010, 19:02 #28
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