Rallye Tour de Corse 2011

[Mirek]

The live TV stage was not bumpy from what I could see. But I agree that Neuville looked driving a bit over limit, I noticed his big moment also. I liked the finish camera, very nice driving of some drivers there!

[mousti]

thierryneuville (http://twitter.com/thierryneuville) Will continue to push lifting the throttle will resulting in losing too much time also he'll only use one spare now.

http://twitter.com/#%21/search?q=%23IRC

[mousti]

Again scratch for Neuville! Squeeling tires though! Lost the brakes sometimes! I hope the car holds it :(

[RS]

68km, 3 stages left. And two of them on tv! Should be a good watch :)

[mousti]

For me even more exciting than Canarias and Monte Carlo :D

[Mirek]

Nice video of second leg: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fMv9J57wdw

[RS]

Where is the tv? I am watching Eurosport Player and it is cycling or moto gp qualifying?

[RS]

Hmm, I thought SS12 and 14 were live but it appears to be 13 and 14.

[Luis Pacheco]

Is live now (eurosport2)

[RS]

Is live now (eurosport2)

Not here it's not :(

[Luis Pacheco]

http://globalsportsstream.webs.com/index.htm

[hari]

Very impressive high speed action in the live stage!

[Luis Pacheco]

Mikkelsen had a flat tire! He stops to change the tire.

[Mirek]

Mikkelsen changing tyre!

[dimviii]

link please?

edit Thanks Luis :)

[Luis Pacheco]

Mikkelsen was cutting to much on the corners!

[RS]

http://globalsportsstream.webs.com/index.htm

Thanks for the link :up:

Maybe SS13 is only live on Eurosport Player?

[mousti]

Neuville wins again the stage 0.3 seconds he wins not much ! But Kopecky will not drive over the limit next and last loop according to his interview.

[mousti]

Bengue out of national rally?

Micheli with the Focus WRC is a pure gentlemen driver :o he's 2.44 slower than the first Peugeot 207rc in overall standings after 5 SS :o

[RS]

I guess Mikkelsen should get back ahead of Magalhaes before the end.

I don't think Kopecky will push extra for the win on pure speed, but he and Neuville will still have to drive very fast. Anything could happen still :up:

Sandell was not much slower on WRC Sweden than he is here.... work to do.

[Mirek]

I think that it's virtually impossible for Kopecký to catch Neuville even if he risks everything. It's in Thierry's hands now.

[Tom206wrc]

Bengue out of national rally?



Yep very strange indeed :s

[dimviii]

lets see if Neuville can stay calm.

[Ucci]

I'm a bit confused about one thing-is Arai such a bad tarmac driver or are this R4 parts on Impreza ordinary crap??? Yust look closer on his stage times....he has even troubles keeping with P.A.Guglielmi in a Clio R3.
At the top ranking I'm very very happy for young Neuville and P207 to give a lesson to Fabia drivers.....many of you have already written off Peugeot in a comparison to Fabia.

[Tom206wrc]

I guess Mikkelsen should get back ahead of Magalhaes before the end.



Not in SS13 !!! :p : Both Maurin and Magalhaes were faster than Mikkelsen ;)

[RS]

At the top ranking I'm very very happy for young Neuville and P207 to give a lesson to Fabia drivers.....many of you have already written off Peugeot in a comparison to Fabia.

I'm pleased. Even as a Skoda fan.. it will make the championship more exciting. I guess Neuville will be fighting at the front in Ypres too and on gravel events Mikkelsen should come to the fore. I couldn't pick a champion right now!

[RS]

I'm a bit confused about one thing-is Arai such a bad tarmac driver or are this R4 parts on Impreza ordinary crap??? Yust look closer on his stage times....he has even troubles keeping with P.A.Guglielmi in a Clio R3.


The Impreza is only half finished with some more parts to come yet. I guess it will do better on gravel events. Arai seems to be about 3s/km off the pace, probably at least half of that is the driver.

[mousti]

Why such bad time for Mikkelsen? On some rallies a Clio R3 is faster Princen mostly beat N4's with his Clio. Arai his times are slow though coz he loses from Gonon in a N12.

[RS]

Engine problem for Toni? It sounds ok on the onboards apart from early shifting.

I wonder if it is stuck in a road section map or something?

[N.O.T]

Damn eurosport reportd that buffier had a massive off ±!!!

[N.O.T]

campana puncture...live.

[ZequeArgentina]

is last stage already on or still 40 min to the start?
Timeanddate.com says corsica time is already 20:28 and start time is not it 20:10 ?

[N.O.T]

stage is live..you can watch here

http://realtvsport.com/channel-7.php

buffier had an off at the last stage and campana puncture

[RS]

I guess Bouffier and Panseri are ok, Mikkelsen has passed them.

[ZequeArgentina]

I answer myself, already on but no live coverage in the web you posted. Eurosport not available for me (I am out of Europe)

[N.O.T]

buffier and co-driver are ok...great !!!

[ZequeArgentina]

stage is live..you can watch here

http://realtvsport.com/channel-7.php

buffier had an off at the last stage and campana puncture
thanks!!!

[RS]

Magalhaes jumped Maurin.

[RS]

Can see Neuville's brake discs glowing on the hele shots.

[N.O.T]

neuville wins corsica 2011 great run !!!

pity for buffier.

[Luis Pacheco]

Looking forward Ypres. What a fight will be!

[RS]

Congratulations to Neuville on a fantastic drive, finished the job started on Canarias!

Nice to see Freddy look genuinely happy for Thierry at the finish.

[HaCo]

Proud to be a Belgian! :D

[urabus-denoS2000]

Superb coverage from Eurosport as usual , plus almost perfect WRC coverage from ESPN = rallying is becoming really interesting :) WRC is now interesting , IRC is interesting as always ... Is it becoming reality ? :)

What can I say then congratulations to Neuville ! :)

Just one thing to add ... it's sad that they mentioned Henri Toivonen a lot of times and Attilio Betegga not once :(

[Sulland]

Proud to be a Belgian! :D

Congtratulation to Belgium with two teams on the podium !

Sorry for Mikkelsen for missing out on the podium on a pucture, and 5th with 1,9 sec.

But a splendid exiting rally it was !

[Mirek]

What a final stage...

Bryan Bouffier and Pierre Campana fought with each other and both made a mistake. Bouffier's car lying in the wood didn't look good at all, it's good they are ok (but since the start I saw him driving like mad, a lot of crazy hi-speed sliding already before crash). Andreas Mikkelsen needed just a few kilometers more to catch also Bruno Magalhaes. It was also interesting that Toshi Arai and Harry Hunt finished with burning brakes.

Anyway, congratulations to Thierry Neuville for superb performance!

[urabus-denoS2000]

(but since the start I saw him driving like mad, a lot of crazy hi-speed sliding already before crash).

Absolutely true , one of the last corners of his onboard was a very big understeer , it was clear he was at 101%

[Fly]

What a final stage...

Bryan Bouffier and Pierre Campana fought with each other and both made a mistake. Bouffier's car lying in the wood didn't look good at all, it's good they are ok (but since the start I saw him driving like mad, a lot of crazy hi-speed sliding already before crash). Andreas Mikkelsen needed just a few kilometers more to catch also Bruno Magalhaes. It was also interesting that Toshi Arai and Harry Hunt finished with burning brakes.

Anyway, congratulations to Thierry Neuville for superb performance!

Exactly what I thought about Bouffier: Flamboyant style but on the edge for 3 days. Great fun to watch.

Neuville and Mikkelsen are on their way to the top of rallying.

See you in Ypres. I'll be there on Friday and Saturday.

[Mirek]

Unfortunately it looks like I have to cancel Ypres this year. We'll see...

[RS]

My quick appraisal of the top finishers:

Neuville: Almost perfect drive. Put himself straight into the mix as a title contendor!

Kopecky: Good drive, but needs to find the "extra" that he can deliver sometimes more often!

Loix: Solid, but lacking the bite of his performances last year. Competition a bit tougher this year?

Campana: Really nice drive, even considering home advantage. Hopefully he'll get some more S2000 drives this year.

Magalhaes: Good result in the end, hopefully give him some confidence back.

Mikkelsen: Puncture spoiled an otherwise strong performance mixing it with Loix and Kopecky early on. Winning final stage was almost unnoticed amongst the other dramas!

Maurin: Maurin's result says to me that Ford have made a clear step with the Fiesta. Looking forward to seeing what Scandola (or others?) can do with it? M-Sport might be wise to send Hirvonen to Ypres if he really wants to learn how to drive on asphalt instead of poncing around with that touring car driver every year.

Gardemeister: Pretty much what I expected after Monte and Canarias. Tyres probably not on the level of Michelin but they pay the bills. Also think he needs to push harder....

Sandell: +8m28.8s. Patrik obviously found Corsica particularly hard, he is not THAT bad on asphalt.

[DIMI44]

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Just one thing to add ... it's sad that they mentioned Henri Toivonen a lot of times and Attilio Betegga not once :(


There was also a young man,his name SERGIO CRESTO.

[Mirek]

Thierry Neuville is youngest ever winner of Tour de Corse and also the youngest winner of IRC event (22 years old).

[urabus-denoS2000]

There was also a young man,his name SERGIO CRESTO.

Yes , my mistake ... You see what I mean ?

[Gard]

Thierry Neuville is youngest ever winner of Tour de Corse and also the youngest winner of IRC event (22 years old).

I bet Mikkelsen wants that record :-) he's still only 21 years old

[alleskids]

Thierry Neuville is an excelent winner, and he fully deserved the victory. Even Freddy Loix was really happy with the (Belgium) win. And it brought a lot of excitement to the IRC championship.
Loix 45 points
Kopecky/Neuvile 40
Hanninen 33
Bouffier 31
Wilks 25
Mikkelsen 16

[tolis]

Highlights of Tour de Corse here in 5 minutes: http://mypremium.tv/
Click on Eurosport UK!!!

[Jafry]

http://www.rally-mania.cz/fotogalerie/2011/870/870_korsicka_rally_2011_d0bd5b9d8f.jpg

http://www.rally-mania.cz/fotogalerie/2011/870/870_korsicka_rally_2011_7f589fdcc0.jpg

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More PHOTOS from Corsica HERE (http://www.rally-mania.cz/photogallery.php?id=870&fseason=2011) ;)

[Barreis]

Nice photos.

[jonas_mcrae]

Anyone has more pics of Arai?? Thanks in advance

[Mirek]

Have You checked IRC website? There is a lot of his photos in huge resolution (something like 5000x3000).

[jonas_mcrae]

I did, but could not find Arai, will try again maybe they uploaded more.

Edit: Ups, there they are, thanks!

[PLuto]

Nice pictures of Josef Petru from Tour de Corse - http://www.autosport.cz/clanek.php?cl=12214

http://www.autosport.cz/img/clanky/760b1f416b56ef462f204bcd0cfe5d8a.jpghttp://www.autosport.cz/img/clanky/acf0aee8aeba8ad97b6f1e062a6d06f9.jpghttp://www.autosport.cz/img/clanky/ee1a4f46fa94d1df1a7eca19e4cd3e25.jpg

[aircologne]

some of my photos of Tour de Corse
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5270/5737619053_0623f2e625_z.jpg
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5064/5737604743_798520a8f3_z.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2580/5738153312_0ee391ccb3_z.jpg
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5065/5737593507_7443d7b4f4_z.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3303/5738106966_b401e5a7a8_z.jpg

more you can find here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/teamcologne/sets/72157626765304796/with/5738106954/

[cali]

That green Mini looks fantastic

[Plhus]

My pictures:

ŠKODA rally club / 54. Tour de Corse - E.Leclerc 2011 (Ajaccio, F) (http://www.src.czechrallyeweb.net/pages/korsika2011.htm)

[cpm]

My Video from Tour de course 2011 Watch in HD

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovYv3SJs820