[WRC] Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2018 (18/21-May)

[Tarmop]

Championship could've looked more congested at the top between 4 drivers, had Tanak not had bad luck that was out of his control in Mexico and now here (unless this retirement was his mistake? I've not seen it yet but it sounds car related again). And had Meeke not had two podiums taken away due to the co driver error in corsica and the unavoidable puncture in Argentina.

Shame, but the Toyota cannot be trusted despite the clear speed they have. If Seb and Neuville get decent to good finishes here it'll be hard for Tanak to catch Seb considering how consistently quick the champion is.

Wouldn`t blame him nor the car in this case, just lack of luck.

[N.O.T]

rallybase have paddon and sordo mixed up....

[mknight]

Wouldn`t blame him nor the car in this case, just lack of luck.

Yes but you can totally blame the car for Mexico and Argentina PS. And you can blame the driver for Sweden error when trying to pass Meeke.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Sordo, seemingly in the twilight of his WRC career, is pulling out some top stage times lately. Not sure where this has come from!

Best time of the earlier runners. He has had some decent drives on gravel in the past and maybe all his experience is finally paying off.

[Rallyper]

Right, my mistake. Now looked closer on the replay. So he wasn't wide anywhere it was just on the racing line.

Yes maybe more in the raceline. So where did those stones come from? Lying where they did.

[Tarmop]

Yes but you can totally blame the car for Mexico and Argentina PS. And you can blame the driver for Sweden error when trying to pass Meeke.

Well Argentina PS problem wasn`t crucial, didn`t cost a place and everyone has those small things. With Fiesta he drove on 3 cylinders, without a rear wing, wiperissues etcetc. Sweden error cost him 1-2 places so not that big of a difference.

[Micke_VOC]

Puncture for Nordgren to ? 1 min 12 s after fastest WRC2
Bad start for the Skoda-crews.

[AnttiL]

Neuville again slower than Ogier on the splits. Perhaps the cleaning needs more cars to pass and Ogier is better at managing it than Neuville?

[RS]

Looks like problems for Nordgren on SS2 as well.

Skoda might have a fight on their hands to win this one for a change.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Meeke on the road repairing: "They have cleaned the roads up quite a lot, taken out some of the big rocks which would stop you cutting and that's good, that's made it more enjoyable. But this layer of sand on the top of the road is too much."

This didnt help Tanak did it...