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Message: <blockquote data-quote="OSFlanker" data-source="post: 103359" data-attributes="member: 12">Jules, what I mean is that in wheel to wheel racing (not necessarily panel bashing), different skills set come into the equation.  As seen in F1 (and all the way down to karting), a driver can drive a very fast lap in clear traffic, but they can't overtake for sh1t or they buckle under the pressure when in heavy traffic (wheel to wheel racing lah).I believe this is the mental side of racing, which not all rally drivers may possess (not even all F1 drivers have the mental side sorted out too i.e. Webber and Ralf Schuey).  Of course Loeb also races in Le Mans, and I believe he is a very good driver and racer.It would have been more interesting if Valentino Rossi had taken part in the Race of Champions too.  He is no slouch on 4 wheels!</blockquote>