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Thread: [WRC] Tour de Corse 2019
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28th March 2019, 14:05 #141
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"I've been quickest there in the past, so it wouldn't necessarily be a surprise to do that again, but the feeling in the car was nice." Meeke added.
"There are no points for shakedown, which is a bit of a bastard given that I've been quickest on three of them this year.
"But still, this rally is going to be won by the driver who has the complete package. That means being comfortable in the car and having a real flow with the notes, the new notes from the new stages; it's about being the driver who had the clean recce and can interpret what they've found on the recce best.
"It's not about the driver who was quickest down a short blast of a stage. I have confidence and now I have to use it."
https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/1...nfidence-boost#8 Ott Tänak - Martin Järveoja #8
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28th March 2019, 14:35 #142
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Yeah possibly, but the problem with Meeke is that maybe mistakes could creep in the more he builds his pace consistently. That will be the next step.
But he's had a pretty good start to the season all things considered.
No real mistakes, would've been fast enough for 4th in Monte and was closer to the top 3 in pace than the likes of Loeb/Latvala were, who finished ahead of him overall due to the two punctures. Nailed the power stage by a margin.
Sweden safe and steady in a rally where he's generally shit. Picked up places when others made mistakes.
Mexico - had decent pace again from 4th on the road compared to guys behind him. Even though he moved into the lead at the start of the 2nd day, the best he would've finished without the puncture was 2nd. Ogier was on another level that weekend.
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28th March 2019, 15:04 #143
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28th March 2019, 15:11 #144
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He won one PS in monte where he did the same the year before in C3.
Anyway there are many ways to read into this, but the contrast is definitely interesting. Similarly Lappi very often gets decent points from Power Stages (both last year and this year) even on rallies where his pace is not very good rest of rally (like in Mexico recently).
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28th March 2019, 16:09 #145
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Meeke was often fastest on shakedowns in the Citroen as well
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28th March 2019, 16:27 #146
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Loeb:
These are not the best roads for this car. We worked on it during the tests. The feeling is ok but I’m not sure we will be able to fight with Toyota and Citroën.
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28th March 2019, 17:12 #147
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28th March 2019, 17:35 #148
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amazing caption from Meeke shake pass
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28th March 2019, 17:44 #149
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Torn incar crash
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28th March 2019, 17:49 #150
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Yesterday Chris Ingram posted he was doing a shakedown of the Polo R5 so it seems he's continuing in that car for the Jim Clark. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7OEfYKoYV1/?igsh=czZzYzB1dm9zeHd4 ...
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