Bringing the WRC to the people: the Citroen Road Show

The Citroen Total World Rally Team have wowed the crowds in a pre-Rally Argentina roadshow, good on them I say.

Seb and Dani headed over to Argentina early to drive the specially-created 300m stage and wrc.com reports that over 50,000 people flocked to the streets of Buenos Aires to watch the so-called Citroen Road Show.

After watching that video all I can say is WOW!

A bit of crazy driving from the King of Cool there, I’ve never seen Seb do that before!

Now, if he can put that much excitement into his regular stage driving the WRC will certainly liven up a notch or two…somehow I think that’s unlikely though as far as old Seb’s concerned.

Petter better?

The plot thickens on this story and I’m still not sure what to believe.

Earlier this week I wrote this post.

Unconfirmed reports from a Norwegian newspaper (see here) were stating that Petter had contracted Legionella during Rally Cyprus.

The funny thing is no one else was reporting it, no not even the WRC website.

Yeah, I was a bit confused too.

Well another Norwegian site is now reporting that Petter’s condition is improving, he’s had treatment and will be competiting in Rally Argentina next weekend.

Oh well, at least we know he’s better, sort of and hopefully the man himself will be able to shed some light himself on what’s been going on come next weekend.

Anyhoo, he was testing an Abarth S2000 last week so things can’t be that dire.

SAVE OUR JARI-MATTI!

This poor guy’s praying to keep his rallying dreams alive.

If you’re on this site and you’re a rally fan you should be praying too.

Thankfully crash.net have now reported that Malcolm Wilson has confirmed his faith in Jari-Matti in allowing him to compete in Argentina after earlier hinting that his future at Ford was in doubt.

Jari-Matti and Malcolm are all smiles, I doubt there are many smiles in the Ford service area at the moment

Good on you Malcolm – Jari-Matti needs his team and his fans at this difficult time.

But as per usual after something like this you get the armchair critics blasting the poor boy and now he apparently doesn’t deserve his drive as he’s not making the most of his opportunities.

Latvala’s a one off.

I can see where these ‘fans’ are coming from but in my eyes he’s the best we’ve seen in years, maybe he’s just trying too hard.

He’s not a Duval, he’s not arrogant and wasting his chances. He’s quick, exciting to watch and is a genuine guy who’s passionate about what he does.

He has the speed but his unharnessed potential means he can’t take advantage of it – that’s down to the team to help him through.

I can’t begin to imagine how he’s going to tackle Argentina but what he doesn’t need is people turning on him in this stage of his career. We can’t afford to lose him now!

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