[WRC] 86th Rallye Monte-Carlo 2018 (Jan 22-28)

[SubaruNorway]

Back to Mikkelsen alternator issue, anyone dare to speculate how a belt brakes and/or came off? Does anyone remember if such a thing happened before?

I small part of it broke and winded itself behind the alternator pulley and that can be really hard to get out.
A small rock could have been jammed in the groves of a wheel, seen that before and if you're really unlucky the belt will find it's way into the cambelt and break the engine.

[irish_tiger]

On the way down from for stages and passed through a town called Barreme ??? And an official car is after crashing into a tree , don't know if it's a Duster or a Megane but very bad accident

[JUF]

Judging by Toyota's performance so far I'm betting on them winning the manu title. Arguably the strongest team, permanent drivers and a car that's as good as, if not better, than the Fiesta. M Sport is betting on temporary Suninen for car no. 3 and Hyundai's drivers are super unreliable. Citroen needs no explanation.

I agree that Toyota has a strong team, but I think it´s too early to bet on them winning the manu title. Don´t forget that Latvala and Lappi tend to make mistakes under pressure as well... I still think that Hyundai has the best package.

I think its pretty tough to judge too much by Monte Carlo, there is just too much random circumstance.

I fully agree with that. This event is so special that you can´t make any judgements right now.

[ESTR]

Interesting that technical issues are always on #4 car. I talk about Hyundai.

What I'm asking if anybody know why lights on Fiesta's last year was blinking all through season. And now they aren't?

[Tarmop]

Lol...conspiracy theories. Blinking lights is the case of led fequency and camera. Try with a simple led flashlight /car light and smartphone for example.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

I thought Citroen had addressed the problems in the last months, but Loeb said in his interview today that the C3 is only good on dry tarmac and was hard to drive on gravel. He didnt sound confident of any success .

What chance does Meeke have...

[A FONDO]

Luca https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fverPXvbi8
Rigostyle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pA1T1jhaDQ

[Eli]

I thought Citroen had addressed the problems in the last months, but Loeb said in his interview today that the C3 is only good on dry tarmac and was hard to drive on gravel. He didnt sound confident of any success .

What chance does Meeke have...

Sounds as if this will be Citroen's last year.....

[Tarmop]

Where was that interview?

[Rally Power]

Meeke as said earlier should make do with what he's got, I mean, I think he knows by now the car is still nowhere near it's competitors pace once it's not a proper dry road, so still a lot of work to be done on the C3. Also too me he seems like a broken man during the interviews, or a man that knows that it's Citroën's last season in the WRC.... .

Who knows, maybe you're right, but I still got amazed with all the talk around Citroen. Honestly, I didn’t hear Meeke saying anything about the car. SS1 mistake took him any podium chances and he was a quiet 5th (far from Lappi ahead and Bouffier behind) till Lappi’s issue; after it, a little off (SS12) and a probable spin on the last stage (Meeke mentioned engine stalled on a hairpin) made him not only loosing P4 but also having Evans much closer. Is all this on the car account?