CMR2 Vodafone Rally de Portugal

[jso1985]

second gravel round of the year and first time we run in Portugal in the CMR2 champ.

The rally will be run with the following format:
Game Rally: Australia
Shakedown stage: SS10
Day 1: Expert level
Day 2: Intermediate level

Rally starts on Saturday and deadline for submissions is on Wednesday 11:59AM GMT(NOTE NEW DEADLINE)

have fun and good luck!

[tannat]

If only there was a 'realistic' Portugal round on CMR2.....

Good to see the championship return to this venue. We'll be cautious not to make any silly mistakes on our drive.

[Rat]

same here, same here... Tannat, let's keep it all together this time.

[tannat]

same here, same here... Tannat, let's keep it all together this time.


I think it will be you and I flying the Ford banner, Rat.
Luffield is a busy guy, and when he's not busy, he's playing BATRacer :(

[jso1985]

BATRacer has taken some precious time I could use testing in the game!

the thing is bloody adictive!

[Rat]

Finished oue shakedown, best time we had was 1:09.86, after finally getting around the final corner!

[cyborg_hun]

Cyborg_hun's Shakedown time:

1:04,19

I hope in 4th place again

[Exhausted]

01:09.47
01:09.27
01:09.59
01:08.36

Shakedown done, waaay off the pace!

[tannat]

I've finished day 1, and have accumulated a roll and off course excursion thus far...

Doubt we'll be much of a threat to anyone, except our co-driver!

[Rat]

Sorry peoples, i will have to submit my times a couple of days later if thats ok, work has reared it's ugly head once again. If possible, i'll get them in on time...

[Ramore]

I also won't be able to submit my times on time. I hope it is ok.

[dravas76]

Dravas76 Rally finish

Day 1 : first part of the rally was very good with some best time, but the second part was hard.
Day 2: without any problem. Some very good time. I think I finaly found a good setup.

[Marcel Haenen]

Marcel finishes rally Portugal

This rally went great! The subaru lacks some power compared to the Citroen from last year, but in terms of grip it is a lot better. I am getting more and more used to it and finding more pace in the car bit by bit.
The rally went great, besides some mistakes which costed us some valuable seconds, there were no great dramas and the times looked pretty good. We hope to beat GrP in this rally so we can close the gap in the championship a little bit.

[Rat]

I should have my times in very soon, Javier..

[Rat]

Day 1:
Great times set by us all day. Reached 145 mph on some straights! Very cautious on the last stage.
Day 2:
Personal best times were the order of the day. Although we hit some trees and spun on 1 stage, we went fast and returned the car in very good shape! Happy mechanics all round.

[tannat]

Finished our rally...

Day 2 was far better than day 1, but we weren't performing up to standards, and probably will not finish so well.

And Argentina (UK mirrored) is next... YUUUUUUUUUKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!


Tannat

[jso1985]

Congrats to Marcel Haenen on his 2nd consecutive win of the season.



1.- Marcel Haenen Subaru Impreza 41:04,68
2.- GrP SEAT Cordoba 41:14,05
3.- Cyborg_hun SEAT Cordoba 42:13,97
4.- Jso1985 Subaru Impreza 43:56,66
5.- Tannat Ford Focus 44:30,32
6.- Dravas76 Skoda Fabia 45:45,25
7.- Exhausted Skoda Fabia 46:43,08
8.- Rat Ford Focus 47:13,01

Drivers Championship
1.- GrP 46 points
2.- Marcel Haenen 36
3.- Cyborg_hun 31
4.- Jso1985 22
5.- Tannat 18
6.- Ramore 15
7.- Dravas76 9
8.- Luffield 6
9.- Sir Killalot 5
10.- Exhausted 4
11.- Rat 2
12.- 306 Cosworth 1

Manufacturers Championship
1.- SEAT 77
2.- Subaru 58
3.- Ford 27
4.- Skoda 17
5.- Toyota 16



stage-by-stage results will be available soon

thanks for participating!

[tannat]

Pleased with 5th-we were lucky to finsh so well.
Could've caught the Bolivian with a little bit of recce....

[Marcel Haenen]

Happy with the results although it will be difficult to close the gap this way...

[Rat]

well done Marcel! Tannat, we have some work to do! I thought I was in there for some more points. At least the times are getting closer, or we are getting better!

[jso1985]

sorry for long delay.
stage-by-stage results are now available at the yahoo group.(BTW I'm working on the solution for the spam problem there)
here's some stats of the rally:

- Stage wins: Marcel Haenen 12, GrP 6
- Rally Leaders: SS1: Marcel Haenen, SS2: GrP, SS3-SS7: Marcel Haenen, SS8: GrP, SS9-SS18: Marcel Haenen

[Rat]

Good on you Javier! get rid of the spammers!