Rally d'Italia Sardegna

[Mirek]

Obviously Prokop have problems and Hänninen caught him on stage near the end and lost some time in the dust...

[MR666]

Why is Loeb still leading the rally after his 15 min time penalty?

What is the deal with this.. cant find any info about why so many cars clocked into TC4C 15 min early.

[A.F.F.]

Have you noticed that Mikko very often looses lot of time from the last split to the finnish.
I noticed it in Swedish Rally and I've been wondering why.

Maybe his right ankle gets tired :)

[uranium]

What is that with penalties??? Looks strange. I don't beleive that there are a lot of stupid drivers, who came earlier...



1 S. LOEB (F) TC4C 15M EARLY AT TC4C 15:00
2 S. OGIER (F) TC4C 15M EARLY AT TC4C 15:00
25 J. HANNINEN (FIN) TC4C 15M EARLY AT TC4C 15:00
27 H. GASSNER JR. (D) TC4C 15M EARLY AT TC4C 15:00
37 D. SORDO (E) TC4C 15M EARLY AT TC4C 15:00
53 M. RANTANEN (FIN) TC4C 15M EARLY AT TC4C 15:00
54 Y. AL RAJHI (SA) TC4C 15M EARLY AT TC4C 15:00
57 G. LINARI (I) TC4C 15M EARLY AT TC4C 15:00
58 F. FRISIERO (I) TC4C 15M EARLY AT TC4C 15:00
...

and a few drivers more...

[6789]

Yeah the penalites are everywhere!

Tomorrow is a very short day, so I don't think they'd play tactics

[COD]

What is that with penalties??? Looks strange. I don't beleive that there are a lot of stupid drivers, who came earlier...


and a few drivers more...

Yeah, sounds strage. Most probably some mistake in the results / timing....

[Fast Eddie WRC]

11:17 Loeb guards lead over opening loop
Sebastien Loeb heads into the service park with a bigger lead than he started the morning with. Mikko Hirvonen now leads the chasing pack, 35.4s behind...

As I expected Loeb can still lead despite running first.

I hope Mikko can get 2nd as he deserves to beat Ogier and his tactics.

[noel157]

Hanninen only 5 secs behind Wilson. Tanak 50 secs ahead of Wilson. we may see more of this on the more difficult events.

[Mirek]

So another fire. This time it was Prokop with fire of power-steering oil. It's third Fiesta just here in Sardegna (Henning, Turan, Prokop).

[N.O.T]

Looks good for a 1-2-3 citroen.....

[RS]

Hanninen only 5 secs behind Wilson. Tanak 50 secs ahead of Wilson. we may see more of this on the more difficult events.

Maybe we should let Wilson start in sWRC with his Fiesta WRC, then he could be competitive.

[Langdale Forest]

Yeah, sounds strage. Most probably some mistake in the results / timing....


It is, all of those 15min penanlties have now gone

http://www.wrc.com/results/2011/rally-ditalia-sardegna/penalties/

[6789]

Maybe we should let Wilson start in sWRC with his Fiesta WRC, then he could be competitive.

Lol

[AndyRAC]

Maybe we should let Wilson start in sWRC with his Fiesta WRC, then he could be competitive.

Or the FiA Academy.....before he retires because the car let him down. The Academy cars are a joke....

[6789]

I thought most of the Academy retirings were because of driver error. I know Reeves lost an oil filter on road section

[Mirek]

Breen broke a sump, Černý broke a front lower arm after hitting a stone in the rut. I know only about Henriksson going off yesterday. You may call most of those retirements drivers mistakes but such things happen when You drive down the field and the road is reasonably damaged.

[6789]

Breen broke a sump, Černý broke a front lower arm after hitting a stone in the rut. I know only about Henriksson going off yesterday. You may call most of those retirements drivers mistakes but such things happen when You drive down the field and the road is reasonably damaged.
That's a fair call. Breen has had some tough luck, needs to get some results to be noticed. Same for the Aussie Reeves

[N.O.T]

stage 12 is on

[N.O.T]

no risk run until the end of the day now....only tactics for the 3 that battle for the 2nd place.

[A.F.F.]

Hurray !! What a rally :mark:

[MikeD]

Jesus christ Wilson is slow!

[Allyc85]

Looking at wrc.com stage times p4 downwards on ss12 have been given a 5 minute stage time any reason why?

[N.O.T]

the good thing is that Loeb is still losing a lot so tommorow we are having a battle for the win most likely.

[MikeD]

Great job by Sordo and MINI (IMHO)

[N.O.T]

Jesus christ Wilson is slow!

Really ?? no kidding.....

[N.O.T]

Great job by Sordo and MINI (IMHO)

yes the mini is a positive surprise....they have the speed to challenge the lesser ford team and be ahead of the privateers easily. The Citroens are the best and difficult to reach though. Pity Meeke had all these tech issues otherwise he would be well ahead of ostberg and he could put some pressure on the fords.

[Mirek]

Sordo also problems with throttle. Prodrive guys need to have a look on this issue...

[BDunnell]

Having talked the Mini down before, I'm delighted to be proved wrong so far. And regarding Meeke's all-too-brief performance, it is all the more impressive given his own lack of experience at this level, to say nothing of how new the car is.

[jonkka]

Looking at wrc.com stage times p4 downwards on ss12 have been given a 5 minute stage time any reason why?

Superrallyers

[N.O.T]

Throttle problems for sordos mini as well....hmmmm

[Crocone]

And a bottle of wather caused problems for Armindo Araujo. :)

[Mirek]

40 seconds penalty for Martin Prokop after fire problems (late in TC).

[Barreis]

Happy that JML rolled it. :D

[Rallyper]

Happy that JML rolled it. :D

Can you explain more, please?

[Mirek]

Happy that JML rolled it. :D

That's really stupid comment.

[Tomi]

Can you explain more, please?

Why pay any attention to somebody who's most creative or informative post has been "nice pics or +1"

[Red bull]

Happy that JML rolled it. :D
sounds like evil talk :confused:

[J.Lindstroem]

Why pay any attention to somebody who's most creative or informative post has been "nice pics or +1"

+1

[darkstar]

good to see hirvonen pushing like that! i predict a very close fight for the win tomorrow between the first 4 guys!

[Rallyper]

Why pay any attention to somebody who's most creative or informative post has been "nice pics or +1"

You´re right. +2

[jonkka]

It seems that the one who's pushing most is monsieur Loeb.

[N.O.T]

nice tactic by the citroen guys.......they give the choice to hirvonen......if you go faster than us and close on Loeb you are going to be 2nd tommorow...or you slow down and let Loeb win to have a better position against us.....nice team management.

[N.O.T]

wow Loeb 40 seconds faster than this morning !!!

[N.O.T]

thats 1.5 secs/km faster......

[Mise]

This is what I ment. Hirvonen has lost time in the end of stages in every rally this season.

[jonkka]

I think I know what you mean but this time loss was progressive throughout the stage, mind you.

[N.O.T]

maybe not so good physical condition.....

[Rallyper]

This is what I ment. Hirvonen has lost time in the end of stages in every rally this season.

No, mr Loeb just putting in a higher gear.

[A.F.F.]

Loeb not only showing to everybody but also to Ogier who is the daddy here.

[Barreis]

Go Loeb. :)

[darkstar]

awesome drive from loeb, he really always has an ace in the hole. that must be like a punch in the face for the other guys!

[N.O.T]

Wilslow make me sick......not good for the sport.

[Red bull]

Hats off for king loeb,it proves even without tactics hes hard to beat :s mokin:

[Halvis]

It will be interesting in the battle for second tomorrow, who will it be? Petter is very nice placed, only 11.2 down on Hirvonen and 4.9 behind Ogier. I thought he lost a bit too much on stage 13, but it might be just perfect for him.

Loeb is too far ahead I think - but it´s only one small spin and they´re all there...

[rp]

Wilslow make me sick......not good for the sport.

That´s right. But only two S2000 cars are faster...

[Mirek]

It will be interesting in the battle for second tomorrow, who will it be? Petter is very nice placed, only 11.2 down on Hirvonen and 4.9 behind Ogier. I thought he lost a bit too much on stage 13, but it might be just perfect for him.

Loeb is too far ahead I think - but it´s only one small spin and they´re all there...

Petter spun on SS13.

[Halvis]

Petter spun on SS13.

Doesn´t look so in the splits, he lost a little between every one - but you might be right, I haven´t followed the rally so closely.

[Mirek]

He said that in finish of SS14 ;)

[dimviii]

Loeb started today with 33 sec ahead, and finished the day with 28 while cleaning the road.Hats off to him!!

[Rallyper]

PG just lost about 10 secs to Loeb on second leg!! :eek:

[Luis Pacheco]

Loeb started today with 33 sec ahead, and finished the day with 28 while cleaning the road.Hats off to him!!

After all is possible be first on the road and finish Leg1 and 2 in the lead.

[N.O.T]

if they let you yes....

take a look at latvalas times if you want to see the real difference between cleaning the roads and pushing while at the back.

[GINE]

Loeb started today with 33 sec ahead, and finished the day with 28 while cleaning the road.Hats off to him!!

It was 53 seconds from hirvonen. So miko gained 25 today in 70 km of cleaning. Tommorow he needs 28 in 58 km of cleaning. It seems too much, but a nice Sunday for spectating. Loeb, miko, peter and ogier going flat-out and in power stage I put my money on Latvala.
Star of the rally so far TANAK!!!!!

[rp]

So, in the WRC Academy three drivers completed the two days rally without the retirements. There was 18 drivers...

Despite the pure lottery congratulations to Egon Kaur!

[Hartusvuori]

After all is possible be first on the road and finish Leg1 and 2 in the lead.

Remember two years ago Latvala led from the stage one.

[tfp]

What time is the power stage on???

[noel157]

On ESPN midday CET I think.

[Mirek]

No comment...
http://www.rallyitaliasardegna.com/2011/pdf/coc_04.pdf

[pucky54]

No comment...
http://www.rallyitaliasardegna.com/2011/pdf/coc_04.pdf

Didn't they realise that April 1st was over a month ago?

[dimviii]

Remember two years ago Latvala led from the stage one.
Maybe because in Sardinia the gravel is not so loose,as in other gravel rallies?

[dimviii]

It was 53 seconds from hirvonen. So miko gained 25 today in 70 km of cleaning. Tommorow he needs 28 in 58 km of cleaning. It seems too much, but a nice Sunday for spectating. Loeb, miko, peter and ogier going flat-out and in power stage I put my money on Latvala.
Star of the rally so far TANAK!!!!!
Thats right Lambros,but still is so little he was loosing.
About Latvala in power stage this is easy to predict.The difficult is to guess the 2nd for tomorrow overall. :p :

[Jafry]

http://www.rally-mania.cz/fotogalerie/2011/867/867_rally_sardinia_2011_9f243dda79.jpg

http://www.rally-mania.cz/fotogalerie/2011/867/867_rally_sardinia_2011_4a214cf1d3.jpg

http://www.rally-mania.cz/fotogalerie/2011/867/867_rally_sardinia_2011_d4fcec8ecc.jpg

http://www.rally-mania.cz/fotogalerie/2011/867/867_rally_sardinia_2011_2e724f1789.jpg

More photos from 2nd LEG HERE (http://www.rally-mania.cz/photogallery.php?id=867&fseason=2011) ;)

[GINE]

Thats right Lambros,but still is so little he was loosing.
About Latvala in power stage this is easy to predict.The difficult is to guess the 2nd for tomorrow overall. :p :

Don't be so sure for power stage. Eny of the usual five can win it. Latvala is the only who can save tires though.
As for second, I want miko

[dimviii]

Don't be so sure for power stage. Eny of the usual five can win it. Latvala is the only who can save tires though.
As for second, I want miko
Of course any can win in power stage,but....
Loeb haven t got a reason to spoil a win(well if he is 1st..)while he is first in overall standings for the championship
Ogier hasn t show in Sardinia the raw speed as in previous rallies.But he has to close the gap specially if he is 3rd or 4th on Sunday.
Latvala haven t got to loose something as his only chance to leave Sardinia with points is the power stage.Rightly as you said is the only one who can save tyres,and the fastest driver last 2 days.
Mikko? While in previous rallies wasn t so fast he could drive extreme fast at power stages.Surely we can t ignore him.
My predictions?
Latvala,Mikko,Ogier for 3,2,1 points.

[N.O.T]

i would not bet on latvala for the power stage....mikko ogier Loeb and solberg are fighting for 3 days and are in the spirit of the rally...latvala doesn't. we will see tommorow.

[bluuford]

It appears that there was a corner where most drivers cut a lot.. So, by the time Academy drivers arrived there, there were big rocks in the middle of the line and all the cars that cut on that corner, almost all broke the sumps and retired sooner or later.. Mystery solved;-)

[Barreis]

http://www.rally-mania.cz/fotogalerie/2011/867/867_rally_sardinia_2011_9f243dda79.jpg

http://www.rally-mania.cz/fotogalerie/2011/867/867_rally_sardinia_2011_4a214cf1d3.jpg

http://www.rally-mania.cz/fotogalerie/2011/867/867_rally_sardinia_2011_d4fcec8ecc.jpg

http://www.rally-mania.cz/fotogalerie/2011/867/867_rally_sardinia_2011_2e724f1789.jpg

More photos from 2nd LEG HERE (http://www.rally-mania.cz/photogallery.php?id=867&fseason=2011) ;)

Nice photos.

[zajic]

http://www.rally-mania.cz/fotogalerie/2011/868/868_sordo__del_barrio_(mini_john_cooper_works_wrc) _2bde3e1efd.jpg

http://www.rally-mania.cz/fotogalerie/2011/868/868_latvala__antilla_(ford_fiesta_wrc)_70d98a8920. jpg

More photos HERE (http://www.rally-mania.cz/photogallery.php?id=868&startpos=0&fseason=&fcat=&fauthor=&ftxt=)

[Gard]

Henning was lucky. A Kubica light and finished the stage on fire, with a brigde rail through his car.

[userwave]

This is what I ment. Hirvonen has lost time in the end of stages in every rally this season.

Is it me or is Mikko backing off like Richard Burns used to on day 2 ?

[MR666]

Hirvonen must be kicking him self over the day 1 puncture.....

[GigiGalliNo1]

No comment...
http://www.rallyitaliasardegna.com/2011/pdf/coc_04.pdf

What the hell? 4 min penalty to driver for the marshal's fault... what? is this true?

[logic]

Jesus christ Wilson is slow!

^^^^
This just brought tears to my eyes lol

[Plan9]

Has Meeke come to grief again?

[KKS]

Very good early morning.... waiting to fight

[BVB Rallying]

Here an early listener too from Holland ;)

[René]

Morning all

[jonkka]

G' morning

[jonkka]

Petter has no splits...

[René]

Split time do not work here!!! Same for you????

[BVB Rallying]

LOL, Becs was just reading my e-mail :D :D :D

[KKS]

Every rally Petter have a problems, when problems with the fortune ends - he makes problems by it own. What a.... why they change dumpers? Are they lose too much? But with changed dumpers they did it. Oh Petter...

[kobefly]

Day 2:
1) Loeb [Citroen] 2:57:05,7
2) Hirvonen [Ford] +28,3
3) Ogier [Citroen] +34,6
4) Solberg, P. [Citroen] +39,5
5) Ostberg [Ford] +1:44,9
6) Sordo [Mini] +2:29,0
7) Tanak [Ford] +5:19,6
8) Hanninen [Skoda] +6:08,2
9) Wilson [Ford] +6:12,5
10) Al-Attiyah [Ford] +10:16,7
11) Kuipers [Ford] +10:34,9
12) Al-Qassimi [Ford] +10:42,8
13) Araujo [Mini] +10:44,5
14) Prokop [Ford] +12:17,7
15) Novikov [Ford] +12:52,2
16) Sousa [Ford] +14:16,2
17) Gassner [Skoda] +17:04,8
18) Andersson [Ford] +18:26,3
19) Villagra [Ford] +25:46,7

SS15 live.

[MR666]

Is stage 18 the power stage?

If so is it always the last stage of the rally?

[BVB Rallying]

Is stage 18 the power stage?

If so is it always the last stage of the rally?
That's correct !

[kobefly]

Hirvonen 3,6 seconds faster than Loeb in 8,24 kilometres, that is 0,436 per kilometre.

With 57,34 kilometres left today at this pace that would be 25,05 seconds.

Right now Loeb is 24,7 ahead of Hirvonen. Might be tight!

[MR666]

That's correct !

Cheers, had thought that was just not 100% sure lol

[kobefly]

http://www.ewrc-results.com/results_main.php down
any other good live timing site?

[hari]

http://www.ewrc-results.com/results_main.php down
any other good live timing site?

http://www.vysledky-rally.cz/vysledky/?rz=97&filtr=

[FAlonso]

The times of the leading S2000's (particularly Tanak) are mind-blowing.

[BVB Rallying]

SS 16 is live :)

[xavier]

Hirvonen 3,6 seconds faster than Loeb in 8,24 kilometres, that is 0,436 per kilometre.

With 57,34 kilometres left today at this pace that would be 25,05 seconds.

Right now Loeb is 24,7 ahead of Hirvonen. Might be tight!

Drivers were saying the 1st stage today was a lot of sweeping, but that the next 2 were more like Friday's stage.

[jonkka]

Mikko is losing it...

[BVB Rallying]

No 2nd split from Ogier :|
Loeb is still going very fast as the 1st driver on the stage in my opinion.

[BVB Rallying]

Ogier +5,2 WOW!

[rp]

Has to admit.. Loeb is just too good for Hirvonen (once again). If J-M had been second I am sure that he could have catch Sebastien...

[jonkka]

If J-M had been second I am sure that he could have catch Sebastien...

I don't know. Just look at split 2, Mikko was faster than JM is. So Mikko is trying.

[René]

Without mistake of Seb, they will not see him again.

[BVB Rallying]

I agree with that
D. Kuipers was off I guess: +1,20,3 :(

[Ucci]

Has to admit.. Loeb is just too good for Hirvonen (once again). If J-M had been second I am sure that he could have catch Sebastien...
If,if,if.....JML had also his chances, but still Loeb has more than 90 victories...forget JML, Mikko, Peter, the only who is a real threat on a gravel is Seb2, it is yust so simple.....Not in this rally, but generaly speaking, lol.....

[xavier]

I expect Ogier to lose the 3rd spot to Petter. With JML out of contention, Citroen will want to score big point for the manufacturer championship. The difference in point between 3rd and 4th does not make taking extra risk very interesting. Mikko will probably hold the 2nd spot.

I am not a big fan of Mikko, but let's face it, he is 2nd in the championship, not that far from Seb Loeb. But it looks like he will be always be missing that little thing that can put him to the top.

[jonkka]

SS17 should be on?

[BVB Rallying]

No splits yet...
UPDATE: Ogier faster than Loeb and Hirvonen... exciting :)

[KKS]

Crazy splits Live on wrc.com

[xavier]

No splits yet...

WRC.com show splits and that Loeb lost 16 minutes to Mikko, with less than 8 minutes into SS17 that's another record to add to Seb's belt!!

Edit: actually Seb reach split 4 in 10 hours 28 minutes 31.4 seconds!!!

[jonkka]

There shouldn't yet be splits for point 4...

[MR666]

Man the spits are all stuffed up.... when I looked at them I thought s**t hot Mikko but never mind lol

[BVB Rallying]

SS17 should be on?
This is almost standard for WRC.com... yesterday sometimes timings where down for minutes grrrrrrrrrrrrr :(

[KKS]

Are Loeb now "Sunday driving"?

[René]

I don't know what gives Splits this morning??? Can be some score of Berlusconi party????

[jonkka]

Loeb is taking it e-z...

[BVB Rallying]

I don't know what gives Splits this morning??? Can be some score of Berlusconi party????
Hahahaha roflmao

[BVB Rallying]

Petter driving like hell on this last long stage !!! GOGOGOGOGOGOGO Petter, he deserves to win a rally this year, don't you think?

[jonkka]

Petter, he deserves to win a rally this year, don't you think?

Yes and no.

[KKS]

Ogier FAIL again at last rally day. :(

[TyPat107]

Petter 21sec faster than Loeb on that stage!!! 1.3 behind Mikko. WOW!

[René]

Ogier still ill of the last day Syndrome :(

[Mise]

Petter just 1.3 secs behind Mikko.

[wwbroe]

Ogier went off??Loosing more then a minute.

[Miika]

So just a Citroen 1-2 instead of a 1-2-3 then.

[jonkka]

Petter just 1.3 secs behind Mikko.

This spells mighty a interrrrrresting power stage...

[BVB Rallying]

Power Stage will be very very very exciting for Hirvonen and P. Solberg, but first I jump into bed again for a sleep till 12:00 ;)

[wwbroe]

This spells mighty a interrrrrresting power stage...

I agree with you, might be véry interesting. ;)

[TyPat107]

Ogier went off??Loosing more then a minute.

Slowed cause he thought he had a puncture. Turned out to be broken rear suspension.

[wwbroe]

Hanninen is suddenly 20 sec faster as Tanak on stage 16, Tanak taking it easy or some kind of problem for him?

[TyPat107]

Becs just said Flodin was fastest Mini on stage 15. Is Sordos job just to get the car to the finish? Or is he just not pushing the car?

[6789]

Is this power stage on the same time as the F1 race in Turkey? Not a good idea!

[HarriK]

Is this power stage on the same time as the F1 race in Turkey? Not a good idea!

no it's not
starts:
12CET power stage
14CET F1 gp

[6789]

no it's not
starts:
12CET power stage
14CET F1 gp
Cool, must be the Austraian broadcaster, putting it on after the F1

[HarriK]

http://www.myp2p.eu/competition.php?competitionid=&part=sports&discipline=motorsports

[wwbroe]

Dennis Kuipers broke gearbox apparently, is he out of the rally or still struggling trough this stage?

[wwbroe]

Tanak looks ok on splits, back on speed, so i guess he just took it easy on previous one.

[jonkka]

the F1

What's that? Help button in keyboard?

[wwbroe]

Prokop stopped on stage, but then restarted, loosing more then a minute tough.

[Mise]

The gab is 6 secs between Mikko and Petter.
So I think Mikko will be Second

[wwbroe]

The gab is 6 secs between Mikko and Petter.
So I think Mikko will be Second

That depends on what source you are relying, on WRC.con the difference is 5.8 sec, on vysledky it is 1.3 sec and on Ewrc it is 0.4 sec. The difference seems to come from stage 10, where they have different time for Mikko.

[rp]

That depends on what source you are relying, on WRC.con the difference is 5.8 sec, on vysledky it is 1.3 sec and on Ewrc it is 0.4 sec. The difference seems to come from stage 10, where they have different time for Mikko.

It must be 5,8 sec. Mikko´s time on the SS 10 was wrong and are now corrected. He was Monte Lerno´s second fastest 8,7 sec behind Latvala´s fastest time...

[MJW]

Anyone kind enough to post a web stream address for the power stage?

[Rallyper]

PG and Flodin are impressing. Very fast times now when cars are running without failures. Also remember they´ve not so much practising.

[wwbroe]

It must be 5,8 sec. Mikko´s time on the SS 10 was wrong and are now corrected. He was Monte Lerno´s second fastest 8,7 sec behind Latvala´s fastest time...

Yes, you are right, they have changed it now on Czech sites. ;)
That will be a little too big gap to close on 8 kms for Petter.

[waxi1]

LIVE Super Special Stage
http://www.apvideo.julkaisee.fi

[dimviii]

http://www.fromsportcom.com/c-10.html

http://www.myp2p.eu/broadcast.php?matchid=116432&part=sports

http://www.livescorehunter.com/Livescores/Livescore-Motor-Sports.html

[Hipo1990]

http://mypremium.tv/ good stream in english just click ESPN

[noel157]

P/SS should be fun. On now. Pity Meeke did not start this morning.

[jonkka]

http://mypremium.tv/ good stream in english just click ESPN

Thank you, that's much better, those veetles suck.

[jonkka]

Gronholm!

[Camelopard]

http://mypremium.tv/ good stream in english just click ESPN

Cool, thanks for the link!

[FAlonso]

I would be very p...... if I was Armindo Araújo right now. Why doesn't the 11th placed driver, driving a WRC, have a place in this 12 car mess of an order? Who makes that call? All of this bearing in mind that the stage is broadcasted live in Portugal and it would prove and ideal opportunity for sponsor exposure on TV.

[HarriK]

Nice ride JML!

[Fast Eddie WRC]

http://www.silversportz.co.uk/ - great Veetle stream :)

[GigiGalliNo1]

Who's gonna win?!?!?!?!

[mm1]

Nice drive by Miko

[N.O.T]

If you have the slightest idea about how competitive sports work it was almost sure latvala had no chance on the power stage......

[GigiGalliNo1]

Nice drive by Petter no? :) Podium, which is great!

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Woohoo - awesome 1-2 for Ford on Power Stage !! :)

Brilliant win for Mikko and superb 2nd overall despite puncturing early on... :eek:

[N.O.T]

Very good solid win by Loeb......time is running out for the ford guys. The tarmac events are getting closer and the wrong man is leading.

[mm1]

New engine is good in the Fiesta

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Also an excellent first event for the new MINI... should by a 3-way fight really soon !

[J.Lindstroem]

If you have the slightest idea about how competitive sports work it was almost sure latvala had no chance on the power stage......

I don't understand. Please explain! :)

[N.O.T]

points now ??

[N.O.T]

I don't understand. Please explain! :)

Solberg/Loeb/Ogier/Hirvonen had a 3 day battle....Latvala was not in the competitive spirit and he did those times because the others let him. So when the time came for REAL battle it was almost sure that one of the 4 would win it if they tried and not latvala becasue they were prepared for it. Thats how it works on every sport....mentality is 80% of everything in top class.

[Camelopard]

Well done Mads, I hope you can continue this form.

Also well done Petter, pretty good for a has been, wasn't it, sN.O.T?

What about the Mini, that really was a promising start given how slow they were on various utube videos a while back, wasn't that so N.O.T?

[rp]

Solberg/Loeb/Ogier/Hirvonen had a 3 day battle....Latvala was not in the competitive spirit and he did those times because the others let him. So when the time came for REAL battle it was almost sure that one of the 4 would win it if they tried and not latvala becasue they were prepared for it. Thats how it works on every sport....mentality is 80% of everything in top class.

Nonsense! What a theory... Of course Latvala had the right spirit and was on the pace if he took the 2nd place and only 1,4 seconds slower than Mikko...

[J.Lindstroem]

Solberg/Loeb/Ogier/Hirvonen had a 3 day battle....Latvala was not in the competitive spirit and he did those times because the others let him. So when the time came for REAL battle it was almost sure that one of the 4 would win it if they tried and not latvala becasue they were prepared for it. Thats how it works on every sport....mentality is 80% of everything in top class.

I agree that mentality is important, but still i think you are overrating it a little bit. I would say that the top 4 is always in fighting spirit, no matter where they are on the leader board. Also your theory would be useless if Hirvonen was 1,5 seconds slower. What would you say then?

[Mirek]

Congratulations to Tänak for superb performance!

[Camelopard]

Congratulations to Tänak for superb performance!


Yes, that was also a very good drive, fingers crossed for the future.

[N.O.T]

I agree that mentality is important, but still i think you are overrating it a little bit. I would say that the top 4 is always in fighting spirit, no matter where they are on the leader board. Also your theory would be useless if Hirvonen was 1,5 seconds slower. What would you say then?

i said about latvala not winning yesterday.....and hirvonen wasn't 1.5 secs slower so.....

its not my theory its how competitive sports work.....

[6789]

Congrats to Loeb, 3 days out it front and that's where he remained. Hope for a Ford win or Petter in the next couple rallies. Liking the look of Tanak, hopefully he can finish more rallies.

[Barreis]

Can't wait for the tarmac rounds.

[Jordib]

I don't understand at all how the organizers decide the order of the cars entering powerstage, to be included or not in the live streaming (except the last 7 cars, obviously):

-Why Hanninen doesn't start in the top 12 if he is 8th in the results?
-Why Novikov and Andersson in and Araujo out?

Maybe there is an explanation on that but im not capable to find it logical...

Is it linked to individual paying sponsors? I know that all works cars remaining in the rally have to appear as they are Priority 1 drivers, but i'm lost with the other reasons.

For me the solution is to include at least 15 cars (or more) in every Powerstage in order to allow all interesting cars in the streaming, and all of us will be more happy to see more cars and will be better for S2000 and other private top drivers and who deserves the right to be on the TV (and probably need it more than others because of his lack of $$$)

[dimviii]

congrats to Loeb for his speed with 3 days cleaning the road.
problem at Ford seems to be that they can t be continuesly fast,without errors.Thanks God for the rest of championship they have the speed.
Star of the rally for me Tanak.Tottaly flat out without previous mistakes.
Wilson gains the lemon of the rally Sardinia.Constantly slower from faster s2000cars in all stages.
Roll on Argentina!

[N.O.T]

Latvala fell a bit behind on the championship fight...the rest are between a win/retirement senario....

One of my favourite rallies is next as far as special stages are concerned.

[A.F.F.]

Congrats Loeb & Elena :up:

Driving position don't seem to harm when there's a right guy behind the wheel.

Glad to see Prodrive and Mini also performing relatively well :)

And Petter of course, first podium of the year :up:

[jbmarcus21]

Standings Wrc 2011 after Sardegna Rally http://bit.ly/hzH5pU

[Barreis]

Congrats Loeb & Elena :up:

Driving position don't seem to harm when there's a right guy behind the wheel.

Glad to see Prodrive and Mini also performing relatively well :)

And Petter of course, first podium of the year :up:

+1

[Miika]

Would anyone notice if Wilslow Jr. drove a S2000 spec Fiesta instead of the WRC? And wouldn´t some of the money spent on him be saved if they´d put him into a S2000 car. In the results table it wouldn´t make a big difference either.

[Luis Pacheco]

-Why Novikov and Andersson in and Araujo out?


Maybe because they are faster?

[sonnyc4]

Would anyone notice if Wilslow Jr. drove a S2000 spec Fiesta instead of the WRC? And wouldn´t some of the money spent on him be saved if they´d put him into a S2000 car. In the results table it wouldn´t make a big difference either.

WRC Academy is prob a better place for him or even better the BRC ;)

[GigiGalliNo1]

WRC Academy is prob a better place for him or even better the BRC ;)

+11111111111111111111111111111111111111111

[Rallyper]

Noone is mentioning Flodin and also PG: s stagetimes. Remember the swedish guys have had much less work in the cars before this rally compared to the regular wrc-guys.

[dimviii]

Noone is mentioning Flodin and also PG: s stagetimes. Remember the swedish guys have had much less work in the cars before this rally compared to the regular wrc-guys.
Nothing special to mention,thats why. With a couple of top 5 ss is not worthing to mention.
Flodin continuesly slower from s2000 cars.Tanak also without testing in Sardinia,and first time in the island too.

[Hartusvuori]

It was very nice to see Ott Tänak giving such fast and solid performance throughout the rally. Hänninen said they had setup problems on the opening day, but still he couldn't challenge Tänak. I hope Tänak will have good luck for the coming rounds and this year in SWRC will do his career good. On the contrary I must say I was disappointed by Hänninen's pace, though he took some time away from Tänak on Day 2 and Day 3. It still seems clear that not every Fabia is compared to Skoda Motorsport's Fabia. Hänninen told Finnish media though that only vehicle he'll be driving before Acropolis is his Valmet tractor - time do some field work, literally.

On the big boys series, shame that Latvala made that mistake early on. It would've been different rally. And without the puncture Mikko would've challenged Loeb's victory seriously. On the bright side - and that's for all of us - Ford really isn't behind Citroen on gravel pace, though Sebs have won each gravel rally. Like Jarmo Lehtinen said, honeymoon with Fiesta WRC is now over and they can challenge Citroen more fiercely from now on. Ford claimed 11 stage wins in Sardegna. Of course JML had benefit of superrally, but still - there is the speed. Btw - it was Mikko's fifth consecutive second place in Sardegna.

And Mr. Loeb - he showed how it's done. First time this season he was back in control. He can still bite back and further. But what with Ogier? Okey, he didn't fall much behind, but still the arrogant raw speed wasn't present this time.

Also, for Sardegna 2011, we should remember MINI's debut as well as VW's comfirmation. There is every reason to believe Mini will do better in the future, but how well - is it enough to be third in a three horse race? They're next round is Finland, so Sordo's experience come in handy. We will see.

[kobefly]

Final Results:
1) Loeb [Citroen] 3:45:40,9
2) Hirvonen [Ford] +11.2
3) Solberg, P. [Citroen] +12.6
4) Ogier [Citroen] +1:07.7
5) Ostberg [Ford] +1:11.1
6) Sordo [Mini] +45.0
7) Tanak [Ford] +3:43.3
8) Hanninen [Skoda] +26.7
9) Wilson [Ford] +22.8
10) Prokop [Ford] +3:27.8
11) Al-Attiyah [Ford] +1:05.6
12) Araujo [Mini] +35.9
13) Al-Qassimi [Ford] +32.2
14) Novikov [Ford] +30.3
15) Andersson [Ford] +4:33.8
16) Gassner [Skoda] +1:56.5
17) Villagra [Ford] +7:37.1
18) Latvala [Ford] +5:27.3

[Ucci]

congrats to Loeb for his speed with 3 days cleaning the road.
problem at Ford seems to be that they can t be continuesly fast,without errors.Thanks God for the rest of championship they have the speed.
Star of the rally for me Tanak.Tottaly flat out without previous mistakes.
Wilson gains the lemon of the rally Sardinia.Constantly slower from faster s2000cars in all stages.
Roll on Argentina!

100% agree!! ;)

[RICARDO75]

Today Martin Prokop add a 4min penalty (don't know why?) and now he is without the penalty and on 10th overall!!!

[Jordib]

Maybe because they are faster?

Yes, they are usually faster but his place is lower in the rally clasification, i only want to know who and how decides wich drivers appears on TV in the Powerstage.

Maybe it's logical that Araujo is put behind this two drivers but i don't understand the absence of Hanninen.

[janvanvurpa]

Solberg/Loeb/Ogier/Hirvonen had a 3 day battle....Latvala was not in the competitive spirit and he did those times because the others let him. So when the time came for REAL battle it was almost sure that one of the 4 would win it if they tried and not latvala becasue they were prepared for it. Thats how it works on every sport....mentality is 80% of everything in top class.

That's odd, I thought just a few days ago when I corrected your fatuous statement "Money is decisive factor in all motorsdport", I believe you said the car is 60%. And, as expected did not explicitly concede that your original statement way way overblown---and not a statement applicable to EVERY motorsport.

Now you are again pontificating "In Every sport".
Seriously, I'm curious because I never had the resources to do more than 20 years moto-cross, maybe 6 years of enduro---when I was too old for moto-cross, then 10-13 years of rally, so tell me how you know about "that's how it is in every sport" that "mentality is 80% of everything at the top level?"

I'm fairly certain I read that mentality is 88% of everything for beginners, and its 84% for intermediates and rises to 88.9% at the top level and all the way to 98.6% at the World Elite level.

Except when I was at the top level---International moto-cross for 2 seasons, mentality was 100% for me.
Why was it so important for me NOT? Why was it fully 20% higher than what you state so flatly it should have been?
I'm confused, so please explain.

[RICARDO75]

Today Martin Prokop add a 4min penalty (don't know why?) and now he is without the penalty and on 10th overall!!!

Ok, Nasser finish 10th.
From yesterday on wrc.com:
Nasser Al-Attiyah was secure in fourth, enjoying a considerably less dramatic day than yesterday on his Ford Fiesta S2000, with Bernardo Sousa fifth in another Fiesta. However, when Prokop was handed a four-minute time penalty for his delayed start to Friday’s third stage, Al-Attiyah moved into third with Prokop demoted to fourth.

[Hartusvuori]

Prokop's 4 min penalty was taken away: http://www.rallyitaliasardegna.com/2011/pdf/stewards_06.pdf

[Karukera]

Driving position don't seem to harm when there's a right guy behind the wheel.

This is mostly due to the fact that Latvala went off, Hirvonen had a puncture, Ogier played tactics and Solberg had multiple problems.
In a straight fight cleaning the road, Loeb would have finished 4 ou 5th (without tactics).
Actually and again, they must change the rule.

And i don't see Michèle being fooled by the superficial Sardinian circumstances. :)

[Jafry]

http://www.rally-mania.cz/fotogalerie/2011/867/867_rally_sardinia_2011_0c4f73c596.jpg

http://www.rally-mania.cz/fotogalerie/2011/867/867_rally_sardinia_2011_acf0bbd69a.jpg

http://www.rally-mania.cz/fotogalerie/2011/867/867_rally_sardinia_2011_c33f035332.jpg

http://www.rally-mania.cz/fotogalerie/2011/867/867_rally_sardinia_2011_5e673682dd.jpg

More photos from 3rd LEG HERE (http://www.rally-mania.cz/photogallery.php?id=867&fseason=2011) ;)

[N.O.T]

That's odd, I thought just a few days ago when I corrected your fatuous statement "Money is decisive factor in all motorsdport", I believe you said the car is 60%. And, as expected did not explicitly concede that your original statement way way overblown---and not a statement applicable to EVERY motorsport.

Now you are again pontificating "In Every sport".
Seriously, I'm curious because I never had the resources to do more than 20 years moto-cross, maybe 6 years of enduro---when I was too old for moto-cross, then 10-13 years of rally, so tell me how you know about "that's how it is in every sport" that "mentality is 80% of everything at the top level?"

I'm fairly certain I read that mentality is 88% of everything for beginners, and its 84% for intermediates and rises to 88.9% at the top level and all the way to 98.6% at the World Elite level.

Except when I was at the top level---International moto-cross for 2 seasons, mentality was 100% for me.
Why was it so important for me NOT? Why was it fully 20% higher than what you state so flatly it should have been?
I'm confused, so please explain.

for a guy actively involved in motorsports you do not have a good perception of it....ok no reason to discuss anything. its getting a bit boring.

[zajic]

http://www.rally-mania.cz/fotogalerie/2011/868/868_rally_sardinia_2011_7d4595b2e3.jpg

http://www.rally-mania.cz/fotogalerie/2011/868/868_rally_sardinia_2011_b649ee543a.jpg

More photos HERE (http://www.rally-mania.cz/photogallery.php?id=868&fseason=2011)

[janvanvurpa]

for a guy actively involved in motorsports you do not have a good perception of it....ok no reason to discuss anything. its getting a bit boring.


It obviously has NOT occurred to you that perhaps it is that fact that you have NOT had any experience involvement in motorsports and thus your perceptions and flat declarative statements are 99% of the time NOT connected to reality and are NOThing but bitter grumbling of who would politely be called a NOThing?

I mean look at what you write: you argue with and show no respect to anybody..

Here's a tip: if you do NOT want to sound like a know NOThing, listen more and when people who have actively participated or are participating say or write something correcting you, you should say "Oh I did NOT know, thank you for taking the time to give me an insight into things I had only an extremely superficial awareness of. , I'll try NOT to sound like an armchair fan-boi loudmouth in future"

It's easy admitting you know NOThing, you should try it, you will have ample opportunity to practice it, and like most things: Practice Makes Perfect.

Start practicing.

[N.O.T]

ok

[wroom]

Solberg/Loeb/Ogier/Hirvonen had a 3 day battle....Latvala was not in the competitive spirit and he did those times because the others let him. So when the time came for REAL battle it was almost sure that one of the 4 would win it if they tried and not latvala becasue they were prepared for it. Thats how it works on every sport....mentality is 80% of everything in top class.

What a load of nonsense!

[Rallyper]

for a guy actively involved in motorsports you do not have a good perception of it....ok no reason to discuss anything. its getting a bit boring.

Hehe.... Out of arguments?

[N.O.T]

Hehe.... Out of arguments?

yes...

[tfp]

Err, ok :) Does anyone have a link to the powerstage video? I missed it today unfortunately, the person responsible has been strung up by his genitalia :mad:

[A.F.F.]

This is mostly due to the fact that Latvala went off, Hirvonen had a puncture, Ogier played tactics and Solberg had multiple problems.
In a straight fight cleaning the road, Loeb would have finished 4 ou 5th (without tactics).
Actually and again, they must change the rule.

And i don't see Michèle being fooled by the superficial Sardinian circumstances. :)

You said it ;)

[Mirek]

It still seems clear that not every Fabia is compared to Skoda Motorsport's Fabia.

Juho had a factory car. Only Hermann Gassner drove BRR car.

[rp]

Juho had a factory car. Only Hermann Gassner drove BRR car.

The car was good, but on gravel they have to find some more speed to compete with Tänak´s Fiesta. Juho said that before Greece he is only driving their farm´s Valtra tractor, but hopefully Skoda is able to arrange some gravel tests...

[Hartusvuori]

Don't remember has it been mentioned earlier, but in GPweek Martin Holmes says four of the Fiesta S2000s were fitted with an upgraded engine (Al Attiyah, Tänak, Prokop, Kuipers), so it worked very well. Upgraded engine "includes a new airbox design, new cylinder head and new gear ratios to suit", says the article.

[Rallyper]

What about upgraded WRC-fiestas? HAve they done any changes to MH: s and JML: s cars up to this event?

[Hartusvuori]

What about upgraded WRC-fiestas? HAve they done any changes to MH: s and JML: s cars up to this event?

There was an engine upgrade to WRC Fiestas as well. Also some setup changes due to new Michelin gravel tyre. Homologation due date was May 1st. More in GPweek.

[RICARDO75]

Err, ok :) Does anyone have a link to the powerstage video? I missed it today unfortunately, the person responsible has been strung up by his genitalia :mad:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4keghK2lwYI&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-x6WVHvWMU&feature=player_embedded

[Juha_Koo]

Came across a stupid joke.


What's the difference between one and five?


- Nothing if you ask Miikka Anttila.

:dozey:

[Tomi]

Came across a stupid joke.


What's the difference between one and five?


- Nothing if you ask Miikka Anttila.

:dozey:

Good joke else, but you forgt the punch line.

[Wim_Impreza]

Noone is mentioning Flodin and also PG: s stagetimes. Remember the swedish guys have had much less work in the cars before this rally compared to the regular wrc-guys.

That is because the final result of their rally was really disappointing, but I didn't expect a good overall result for Andersson as he almost always has a crash just as in this rally again. Only Swedish people support them it seems.

[wrc1600]

Ogier FAIL again at last rally day. :(
He still needs to learn a lot

[Rallyper]

That is because the final result of their rally was really disappointing, but I didn't expect a good overall result for Andersson as he almost always has a crash just as in this rally again. Only Swedish people support them it seems.

It´s obvious thou, that you can´t ignore their stage times when cars worked properly. It is very good performance if you manage to get stagetimes sometimes faster than the established factorydrivers.

[tfp]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4keghK2lwYI&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-x6WVHvWMU&feature=player_embedded

Thanks mate:-)

A good rally, shame about JML though. Mikko did very well apart from the puncture. Shame we had to see Loeb win again for a change, but hats off to him for not using tactics for once. Nice to see solberg back on the podium:-) What happenned with Ogier? I expected better from him in this rally.

[tfp]

What is with these adverts next to my posts? Like, why the hell is there a picture of a horse next to my post? I hate horses.

[janvanvurpa]

What is with these adverts next to my posts? Like, why the hell is there a picture of a horse next to my post? I hate horses.


I wonder what advertisements they get next to your posts, didn't think of that, now didya? 8)

[GigiGalliNo1]

I see a head/ear camera in the advert... how else are the forum creators going to make a living?! haha

[Gard]

Thanks mate:-)

A good rally, shame about JML though. Mikko did very well apart from the puncture. Shame we had to see Loeb win again for a change, but hats off to him for not using tactics for once. Nice to see solberg back on the podium:-) What happenned with Ogier? I expected better from him in this rally.

this was one of the few rallies that could be won from the front. Petter meant the same and would go all out all weekend. To bad he lost a minute or so, due to puncture and turbo problem.

[Wim_Impreza]

It´s obvious thou, that you can´t ignore their stage times when cars worked properly. It is very good performance if you manage to get stagetimes sometimes faster than the established factorydrivers.

I don't give much attention to the WRC anymore and I look only to the overall results and the retirement reasons. People don't remember the stage times about some years, only the overall results. The WRC is now for years the same story.

[Mirek]

I don't give much attention to the WRC anymore and I look only to the overall results and the retirement reasons. People don't remember the stage times about some years, only the overall results. The WRC is now for years the same story.

Isn't it boring to just check final results? I don't find 2011 WRC season boring, for me there is a lot of fresh wind after years of stagnation.

[Karukera]

You said it ;)

Your compliments to Loeb couldn't be left unpunished. :s tare:

[Wim_Impreza]

Isn't it boring to just check final results? I don't find 2011 WRC season boring, for me there is a lot of fresh wind after years of stagnation.

No, I prefer to follow much more interesting championships like the IRC, ERC and the most important national championships and luckily, drivers who use SupeRally aren't classified there in the final classification, except in Poland, Belgium, the Netherlands and France...

[Mirek]

Ok, as You like but to call ERC more interesting is a bit too much for me. It's bean pretty dead for years.

[N.O.T]

IRC/ERC and the national village championship are very nice to spectate and follow but compared to the WRC they look more like slow motion.

[fastboy]

Here is a link to my video from the event,including our Tribute banner to 3 Brits sadly not with us which made it on to ESPN live coverage.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HO-QWjTuWg

[Tomi]

I don't give much attention to the WRC anymore and I look only to the overall results and the retirement reasons. People don't remember the stage times about some years, only the overall results. The WRC is now for years the same story.

Whats your point actually? You drop in here in the WRC section after almost every WRC rally, telling everyone that you are not interesred in WRC, dont you think that people who are interested in what you like know it by now already?

[Rallyper]

+2

[noel157]

Good footage from the weekend:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImkaNXOIs-0

Sergy Karyakin's Academy Fiesta falling apart over Monte Lerno jump (end of video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDSe3jFE-X8

[Karukera]

+3

[jolle1982]

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[dimviii]

Νice photos guys!

[Fly_Half]

Had a fantastic couple of days at the event and got to some superb locations; the Coiluna jump was the one spot I was desperate to do and it didn't disappoint - Meeke was sensational over there and more committed than anyone else including the top 3. Hope to get a couple of shots up by tomorrow evening if I can sort out a few issues with CS5.

Rhod

Ps. Sardinia really is a stunning island, it'll be a real shame if it's never used again. I'm sure someone on here called it a 'poxy event', obviously they've never been there and experienced it for themselves.

[wrc1600]

Had a fantastic couple of days at the event and got to some superb locations; the Coiluna jump was the one spot I was desperate to do and it didn't disappoint - Meeke was sensational over there and more committed than anyone else including the top 3. Hope to get a couple of shots up by tomorrow evening if I can sort out a few issues with CS5.

Rhod

Ps. Sardinia really is a stunning island, it'll be a real shame if it's never used again. I'm sure someone on here called it a 'poxy event', obviously they've never been there and experienced it for themselves.

That is what I think too. I just wonder why anyone from FIA don't ask fans what they think and what or where they want to watch. Is there any procedure of choosing rally or is it just who knows who? If this is all about money they should officialy published price list for interested in organizing events. I am spectator and potential car buyer and want to decide where I want to go to watch rally. There have been so many great locations over years and so many spectators, why anyone wants to change that? I want to watch more snow rallies, one out of 12-13 is just strange. What is wrong with Sardinia I don't get it, lots of spectators, great locations, fantastic stages with water splashes, jumps, hairpins, just everything best. What was wrong with Corsica or Poland?

[sonnyc4]

No, I prefer to follow much more interesting championships like the IRC, ERC and the most important national championships and luckily, drivers who use SupeRally aren't classified there in the final classification, except in Poland, Belgium, the Netherlands and France...

Isn't the IRC a Skoda dominated championship at the moment?? and before that a Peugeot one, that seems pretty boring to me

[wrc1600]

What is that interesting in IRC? 90% tarmac rallies, not interesting cars and sometimes no spectators.

[Bobcat]

Isn't the IRC a Skoda dominated championship at the moment?? and before that a Peugeot one, that seems pretty boring to me
Yes, very dull.

[Bobcat]

I want to watch more snow rallies, one out of 12-13 is just strange.
+1000

[Karukera]

A winter rally in Finland (wishful thinking).

[6789]

+1000
Is that because the Ford guys are quickest there? Would be awesome but!

[hanjob11]

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[Wim_Impreza]

Isn't the IRC a Skoda dominated championship at the moment?? and before that a Peugeot one, that seems pretty boring to me

You don't follow IRC than. Peugeot won the first round this year (OK, with some luck) and there was also a Peugeot driver leading in the most recent IRC round in Spain, who finished only 8"2 behind the winner. Škoda won 14 SS so far this season in IRC and Peugeot 12. There is a Peugeot driver on the second place in the championship, so you can't say that Škoda is dominating so far this year. I am sure the IRC has again much more different winners than the WRC this year. In the most recent IRC rally, the top 6 finished within one minute and the top 3 within 9 seconds.

[A.F.F.]

Your compliments to Loeb couldn't be left unpunished. :s tare:

:laugh: