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    Ogier's 3rd run was dismissed probably because he cut the chicane so now Meeke has the fastest time
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    While it's an indicator, it's always problematic to compare shakedown times when drivers do 4+ runs. Also some drivers like Ogier and Latvala did all runs in the morning and then gave up, while others (Neuville, Meeke++) did 2 then went back 1,5 hours later, so even comparing same run does not mean same conditions. Also Tanak, Evans and Breen are now going to do more runs again, some 2,5 hours after for example Latvala set his best time.

    Nevertheless, Citroen does seem to be competetive (judging by both Meeke and Breen's times), which is good. (In Poland Shakedown they were 3 out of last 4 WRCs, with Breen the last one)

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    Quote Originally Posted by mknight View Post
    While it's an indicator, it's always problematic to compare shakedown times when drivers do 4+ runs.
    True, and some try different settings or save tyres, some go flat out. And after two runs you start learning the stage, but the first two runs are more like actual rallying.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AnttiL View Post
    Ogier's 3rd run was dismissed probably because he cut the chicane so now Meeke has the fastest time
    https://twitter.com/SebOgier/status/890489894971330561

    Interestingly, Ogier says he asked for it to be cancelled

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    https://twitter.com/krismeeke/status/890499429953925120

    Meeke says he has new parts on the car that he couldn't even test in advance. The newly homologated diff parts?

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    Quote Originally Posted by AnttiL View Post
    https://twitter.com/krismeeke/status/890499429953925120

    Meeke says he has new parts on the car that he couldn't even test in advance. The newly homologated diff parts?
    Must be something else. Test vids from Meeke's test showed the car was neutral to understeering out of slow corners (just like Mikkelsen's in Poland), not massive oversteer as before with the rear-torque bias.

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    Close call by Breen and Latvala early in the vid:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8Pkr7nILtQ

    Also it is hard to compare the times much. In the morning there was a hayball at the chicane in the last part, then a red cone, by the last run shown on the vid (Meeke) there is the plastic block that everyone bumps into.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mknight View Post
    judging by this shakedown vid:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8Pkr7nILtQ

    The times can not really be compared that much.
    In the morning there was a hayball there, then a red cone, by the last run shown on the vid (Meeke) there is nothing at all.

    Also close call by Breen and Latvala early in the vid.
    to be honest the "chikane" at the second part of the video looks like a second class autoslalom event...not the world championship...as mknight already wrote, first a hayball, than the cone and than nothing....this is nonsense!

    I am really happy that i was at Rally Poland...real racing no amateur chikanes
    Juha Kankkunen: "The speed was o.K., but the corner was to tight"
    Marcus Grönholm: "... tell corrado .... three gears are enough..! "

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    Marcus Yaris livery in Finland → http://bit.ly/2vLupHz
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