TER - Tour European Rally

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Live https://fb.watch/jDP81UNunX/

[RS]

Loeb today starts first on the road.

Good point, we’ll see what happens on the second pass.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Solans getting into the groove now. Just 0.2s off fastest time on SS8 (in the old Fabia Evo).

[RS]

Did Cais take a shortcut on Groupo Marquez?!

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Did Cais take a shortcut on Groupo Marquez?!

He's just on it... second fastest on SS10.

[Lead]

Mikkelsen closing in on Loeb, but only two stages left.

EDIT: Its all over, lost some significant time on SS11 (puncture?)

[Fast Eddie WRC]

https://i.imgur.com/dCl4SLn.jpg

Cais is flying - fastest on SS11 :bounce:

[RS]

Veiby also lost a lot on SS11, positions 3-6 up for grabs on the final stage.

[EstWRC]

With this rally Loeb ended Mikkelsens hopes to get any seat in WRC main class

Not that there was much hope anyway

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Puncture for Cais. Solans in the old Fabia Evo beat Veiby in the new Rally2 RS.

[AMSS]

Puncture for Cais. Solans in the old Fabia Evo beat Veiby in the new Rally2 RS.

And el Maestro beat everyone, even on the power stage💪💪

[dimviii]

First time with fabia and new team,co driver his girlfriend (her first big rally) new michelin tyres he havent drive again,first time at Azores where at recce he had to make new notes,and was full of fog.
What can you say about this Legend...

[focus206]

First time with fabia and new team,co driver his girlfriend (her first big rally) new michelin tyres he havent drive again,first time at Azores where at recce he had to make new notes,and was full of fog.
What can you say about this Legend...

And on top - all of this while being a semi-retired 49 year old!
If Loeb can do this now, this makes you understand how good he was in his prime. The Maestro

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Get him back in the Puma asap M-Sport Ford !

[dimviii]

And on top - all of this while being a semi-retired 49 year old!
If Loeb can do this now, this makes you understand how good he was in his prime. The Maestro

dont know how old are you,but the older ones here we have witnessed his first years at wrc,and his performance against multiple world champions at this era.
What he achieved vs world champions is mind blowing.
A trully amazing talent.

[Lead]

Simply epic... no words

[AMSS]

dont know how old are you,but the older ones here we have witnessed his first years at wrc,and his performance against multiple world champions at this era.
What he achieved vs world champions is mind blowing.
A trully amazing talent.

Don't know what I did in the past message but anyhow, this just shows he is the very best at what he does

[focus206]

dont know how old are you,but the older ones here we have witnessed his first years at wrc,and his performance against multiple world champions at this era.
What he achieved vs world champions is mind blowing.
A trully amazing talent.

The first time I started following WRC was end of 2006, when Loeb had to miss the final 4 rallies and Gronholm was trying to win them all or almost to get the championship. He got 3x 1st and 1x 5th, and was not enough. I thought: how good is this Loeb guy, winning a world championship with 12/16 rallies run!

[dimviii]

However, that put the nine-time world champion first on the road for Saturday’s seven stages, and therefore at even more of a disadvantage to Mikkelsen who helped develop the Fabia RS Rally2 and has won the Azores twice before.

But Mikkelsen’s victory bid would unravel on Graminhais 2 when, pushing hard, he hit a bank with the right-rear of his Škoda and caused damage. WRC2 driver Cais impressively won the stage, but more importantly Mikkelsen fell to 18.2s off the lead with just the powerstage remaining.

Loeb was off the hook. Suddenly he was under no pressure, and the 49-year-old was clear to claim the 106th victory of his distinguished rallying career as well as the powerstage win.

https://dirtfish.com/rally/sebastien-loeb-wins-2023-azores-rally/

[dimviii]

The first time I started following WRC was end of 2006, when Loeb had to miss the final 4 rallies and Gronholm was trying to win them all or almost to get the championship. He got 3x 1st and 1x 5th, and was not enough. I thought: how good is this Loeb guy, winning a world championship with 12/16 rallies run!

so a bit younger than me.
I had the chance to watch him first time at Acropolis with saxo s1600

[RS]

TER footage: https://youtu.be/7BhPyec8-60

[Fast Eddie WRC]

TER footage: https://youtu.be/7BhPyec8-60

Pure sound is great. Especially compared to the TER tv highlights which always have some terrible American commentor.

[RS]

Pure sound is great. Especially compared to the TER tv highlights which always have some terrible American commentor.

Wait, it's on tv?!

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Wait, it's on tv?!

Yes I saw Round 2 on a Sky channel called 'Sporty Stuff'.

[er88]

Well, Mikkelsen already looking like a bit of a mug. Stupid comments again about wanting do win all events he enters this year and "do a Lappi".

1st event: a man who has spent the majority of his career driving Skodas of some sort, developed the last few fabias get crushed by a retired old man who has never been to the azores or driven a fabia before iirc.

[rp]

Not looking good for Mikkelsen, but everyone knows that there was the GOAT and he would have probably beat also Ogier, Tänak, Rovanperä and Neuville if they had been competing in Azores. Simply the best!

[EstWRC]

Not looking good for Mikkelsen, but everyone knows that there was the GOAT and he would have probably beat also Ogier, Tänak, Rovanperä and Neuville if they had been competing in Azores. Simply the best!

I wouldn’t be sure about him beating the ones you mentioned

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Get your Loeb car here for DR 2.0 :)

https://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/skoda-fabia-r5-2022-1-sebastien-loeb-laurene-godey-winner-azores-rallye-2023.59403/

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Mikkelsen blames the rubber...

https://dirtfish.com/rally/where-mikkelsen-feels-he-lost-azores-to-loeb/

[RS]

I wouldn’t be sure about him beating the ones you mentioned

Agree, but the other half of the WRC1 drivers quite probably yes.

[dimviii]

Yannick Willocx, Loeb engineer in the Azores: "I felt useless..."


At 37, Yannick Willocx has experience. Having worked for Skoda and Hyundai, the Belgian has collaborated with Kalle Rovanperä, Esapekka Lappi, Jan Kopecky, Dani Sordo and now Sami Pajari at Toksport. He will remember his Azores rally with Sébastien Loeb.

I didn't know how Sébastien drove, but based on the data we had, we defined a set-up. After a run, he just had a remark about understeer on entry if he brakes a little late. What surprised me the most was that at the end of his analysis, he told me “I am adapting”. I don't know of another pilot who has done this. The most common discourse is rather “you have to adapt the car to my style”. If there is a problem, it is always the car and never the way of driving. Sébastien has the opposite approach to what most of his colleagues do and I really liked it. In the Azores, I felt useless… It was a very positive experience for me. It may be less good for the competitors with whom I will work in the future. (Laughs)

Is it because he quickly finds the limits of a car?


I think the connection between his eyes, his brain, his hands and his feet is better than many. He sees the grip and the things that can disturb the behavior of the car. From the reconnaissance, he was already able to say what it was going to be like in the race.

When you compare his data with that of other pilots, what does that tell you?

We have some well-established theories about grip or how to slow down, and in my opinion Sebastien has a completely different way of using the accelerator pedal. He hardly ever does accelerator + brake at the same time. While the others pass a turn using the left foot, he does it by “playing” with the accelerator. Seb barely touches the brakes. It brakes with very low pressures, which involves very little wheel lock where others push the pedal as if to bend it in half by locking the wheels hard. He knows exactly where he needs to brake, and even with lower pressures he manages to do it later than his rivals.

https://www.autohebdo.fr/actualites/rallye/yannick-willocx-ingenieur-de-loeb-aux-acores-je-me-suis-senti-inutile.html

[bomber21]

Yannick Willocx, Loeb engineer in the Azores: "I felt useless..."


At 37, Yannick Willocx has experience. Having worked for Skoda and Hyundai, the Belgian has collaborated with Kalle Rovanperä, Esapekka Lappi, Jan Kopecky, Dani Sordo and now Sami Pajari at Toksport. He will remember his Azores rally with Sébastien Loeb.

I didn't know how Sébastien drove, but based on the data we had, we defined a set-up. After a run, he just had a remark about understeer on entry if he brakes a little late. What surprised me the most was that at the end of his analysis, he told me “I am adapting”. I don't know of another pilot who has done this. The most common discourse is rather “you have to adapt the car to my style”. If there is a problem, it is always the car and never the way of driving. Sébastien has the opposite approach to what most of his colleagues do and I really liked it. In the Azores, I felt useless… It was a very positive experience for me. It may be less good for the competitors with whom I will work in the future. (Laughs)

Is it because he quickly finds the limits of a car?


I think the connection between his eyes, his brain, his hands and his feet is better than many. He sees the grip and the things that can disturb the behavior of the car. From the reconnaissance, he was already able to say what it was going to be like in the race.

When you compare his data with that of other pilots, what does that tell you?

We have some well-established theories about grip or how to slow down, and in my opinion Sebastien has a completely different way of using the accelerator pedal. He hardly ever does accelerator + brake at the same time. While the others pass a turn using the left foot, he does it by “playing” with the accelerator. Seb barely touches the brakes. It brakes with very low pressures, which involves very little wheel lock where others push the pedal as if to bend it in half by locking the wheels hard. He knows exactly where he needs to brake, and even with lower pressures he manages to do it later than his rivals.

https://www.autohebdo.fr/actualites/rallye/yannick-willocx-ingenieur-de-loeb-aux-acores-je-me-suis-senti-inutile.html

He is a rally phenomenon.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

https://dirtfish.com/rally/azores-wants-erc-return-but-not-at-all-costs/

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Wait, it's on tv?!

Heres the Azores TER report for tv...

https://terseries.com/en/media/video/402/2023-ter-tour-european-rally-azores-rallye-tv-report

[jcevc]

https://www.ewrc-results.com/entries/79813-ra-rally-regione-piemonte-2023/

Again some additional `bonus´ drivers, but for sure different reason for start as on Azores.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Brit Osian Pryce with a late surprise entry in Rally Terra Sarda...

https://www.ewrc-results.com/results/79816-rally-terra-sarda-2023/

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Impressive victory by Pryce in a strange car (i20 Rally2) with no preparation.

Hopefully he can get back in the ERC next year and show his true pace.

[Sal yet again]

https://www.instagram.com/osianpryce/

Champion! Even he seems surprised!

[Reis Eduardo]

By my count the champion is Andrea Crugnola 30+2+30+2=64 Osian Pryce 30+2+30+1=63, but we'll see

[Sal yet again]

https://www.terseries.com/en/news/2081/osian-pryce-wins-2023-ter-tour-european-rally-title-and-season-finale-rally-terra-sarda

[PLuto]

Impressive victory by Pryce in a strange car (i20 Rally2) with no preparation.

Hopefully he can get back in the ERC next year and show his true pace.

Impressive? Only real competitor was Scattolon, who retired in the middle of the race.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Impressive? Only real competitor was Scattolon, who retired in the middle of the race.

You can only beat who's there and there was nothing in his favour turning up at the last minute never having driven the car or the stages before...

[Andre Oliveira]

https://www.terseries.com/uploads/news/12_08_calendar_169.jpg

https://www.terseries.com/en/news/2119/ter-tour-european-rally-2024-calendar-revealed

[HKSjbg]

I’m surprised this championship is still going to be honest. Someone must be getting some value out of it somewhere but does anyone actually watch it?

It was good to see some extra highlights of Rali Ceredigion from the TER feed but other than that it seems kinda pointless - especially as the champion and 2nd in the title race only entered (and won) two rounds!

[Andre Oliveira]

https://www.terseries.com/en/news/2131/the-ter-welcomes-rally-of-cyprus-aboard

[RallyFan13]

The race is different from Cyprus Rally which is part to MERC this year

[Andre Oliveira]

Rachele Somaschini is the 2024 TER – Tour European Rally Champion

https://www.terseries.com/uploads/news/Post%202024%20%20News%20mSomaschini%20Campione%20T ER%202024.jpg

Italian driver makes history again clinching a maiden series’ title

Italian Rachele Somaschini has clinched the 2024 TER – Tour European Rally title.

After a historic TER victory at Rally Fthiotidos, 2-time TER Ladies Trophy winner Rachele Somaschini has secured a maiden TER Title with her Citroën C3 Rally2 codriven by Nicola Arena and in the last event in Sardinia by Fabio Salis.

Following the cancellation of the final round, Azores Rallye, by the event organisers Rachele Somaschini tops the 2024 standings of the newest concept of Rally series with 63 points.

In second place, Paolo Raviglione and Alessandro Rappoldi take also the TER 2WD.
The Italian crew lost the chance to fight for the title due the cancellation of the Azores Rallye.

The final step of the 2024 TER – Tour European Rally season overall podium goes to the Spaniards Nicolas Cabanes and Javi Moltò.

https://www.terseries.com/en/news/2213/rachele-somaschini-is-the-2024-ter-tour-european-rally-champion

[saco0o]

oh, never knew they had 25 minute highlights from each event! Going to use it in this month, since ERC is over!
Rd1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5g8KgekJKZc (sierra morena)
Rd2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onkKPy-XQ4k (cote d azur)
Rd3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gR2s2qGya2M (lisboa)
Rd4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UbZdzeNnkk (greece)
xx?:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J08kiRrSFyI (barbados? not on the regular calendar)
no full highlights from the Terra Sarda rally yet. Azores round was cancelled

[Andre Oliveira]

Barbados is of TER Series.

https://www.terseries.com/en/tws/tws-project-393