Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2017 [May 18-21]

[mknight]

before start he had closed eyes for quite long as well

[KKS]

Matton should first decide, or he want win a rally and other stuff don't care, or he want to score points and win a manu titile.

[Zeakiwi]

When was the last time there were 3 Finnish wrc drivers in the same wrc team starting the same event- like Latvala, Lappi and Hanninen?

[KiwiWRCfan]

Maybe just stupid question from WRC TV crew?

that expression and body language was already obvious before the TV crew asked any questions

[er88]

Missed the stage, what was the issue(s) with Kris? He's always off the pace on super specials anyway so no alarm with the time, but im guessing he wasn't happy or had a moan to the TV crews?

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[RAS007]

Maybe just stupid question from WRC TV crew?

Or maybe he knows the car is a piece of sh1t?

[KiwiWRCfan]

HELP request.
Two Kiwi rally fans made a last minute decision to fly from NZ to Portugal to support Hayden Paddon & Seb Marshall. They have made it to Porto but all organised tour groups are full with no cancellations. They are struggling to get out to stages. If anyone knows of 2 spare seats in a car, truck or van they would love to get in contact. They are very happy to share fuel and vehicle costs. Please email me KiwiWRCfan@vodafone.co.nz if you can assist them

Thanks to a member of this forum our 2 Kiwi fans will be off to watch Rally Portugal stages. Rally truly is an international community of friends :-)

[lnvs]

When was the last time there were 3 Finnish wrc drivers in the same wrc team starting the same event- like Latvala, Lappi and Hanninen?Rally Finland 2004 and Marlboro Peugeot Total. Grönholm, Rovanperä and Lindholm.

I think there has been 3 or 4 Fords in many year/events but not under same team/entry name. Even if they've been serviced under same tent.

[AnttiL]

Missed the stage, what was the issue(s) with Kris? He's always off the pace on super specials anyway so no alarm with the time, but im guessing he wasn't happy or had a moan to the TV crews?

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Look at previous page, there's a pic which showed he hit the car's right front into something

[Watson]

Rally Finland 2004 and Marlboro Peugeot Total. Grönholm, Rovanperä and Lindholm.

I think there has been 3 or 4 Fords in many year/events but not under same team/entry name. Even if they've been serviced under same tent.
Yes 2007/8 Ford had Grönholm and Hirvonen in their main team (in which you were only allowed two drivers) and Latvala in the Stobart (B-team) car. The other Stobart car was piloted by Henning Solberg making it 4 Scandinavian drivers.

If you want to win employ a Fin (or one of those hyper French guys) :D

[AL14]

... He's a man from Dungannon (which is NOT in England)...

Are you sure? I've never heard that before...

[seb_sh]

Are you sure? I've never heard that before...

Indeed, I hope the commentators tell us where he is from next time!

[Sulland]

Is Østebrg driving for MSport and not for own team this weekend?

[KKS]

Or maybe he knows the car is a piece of sh1t?
And he could win a rally and lead Corsica with this piece? If car was bad (like SX4 or so) - that car can't win a rally

[A FONDO]

Is Østebrg driving for MSport and not for own team this weekend?

His team with Prokop.

[AnttiL]

Is Østebrg driving for MSport and not for own team this weekend?

For his own team, but through M-Sport, because the rules require a WRC car to be entered through a registered manufacturer team. I think Bertelli has the same arrangement. Suninen will drive an actual M-Sport fourth car later this year?

[KKS]

aggrrrr we have one split per 10 km.... off this wrc guys make me angry

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Woah.. Latvala well up on Ogier.

[ujtik1]

Live
https://www.facebook.com/DvZn46/videos/10209367443798965/

[KKS]

great splits for JML and his 2nd road position. Same pace as Ott

[dimviii]

Ogier ss2

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DALeINDV0AEagM7.jpg

[dimviii]

Latvala ss2

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DALec5DVwAA73qA.jpg

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Neuville lost time..

[dimviii]

DMACK Tyres‏*@DMACK_Tyres
DMACK tyre choices this morning: Evans, Ostberg and Prokop all with five DMACK DMG+2 GS62 soft compound tyres

#Tyre info: morning loop - all the Michelin @WRC drivers with 5 Michelin LTX Force S5 #RallyPortugal #WRC

[stefanvv]

aggrrrr we have one split per 10 km.... off this wrc guys make me angry

There are 3 for 26km, so less than that.

[KKS]

Sordo lose time at same split as Neuville

[KKS]

There are 3 for 26km, so less than that.
2nd at 11km
3rd at 20km

[KKS]

Fantastic split from Paddon!

[dimviii]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DALf4tJV0AAgkpR.jpg

[Thousandlakes]

Great pace from Latvala for that starting postition. Paddon doing fine also. Go Lappi Go!

[KKS]

Actually only Breen lost less than all other on that 3rd split only 2.6sec

[EstWRC]

Breen up to second in overall!

[Eli]

Great pace from Breen, 3rd fastest on stage & 2nd overall.... Go Craig!!!

[er88]

Mads flying

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[Eli]

Paddon fastest:))) Hopefully he'll be OK this time out.

[er88]

Lappppiiii!!!

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[EstWRC]

im actually surprised that the guys from back arent gaining more from frontrunners

[KKS]

And it's first time when Breen totally happy with his C3?

[KKS]

I want to see Kris bodylanguage at the end of this stage :)

[Thousandlakes]

Lappi is there. No worries boys

[HarriK]

Lappi sweeps the table!

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Neuville slowest so far !

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Lappi sweeps the table!

On the contrary, he has the least sweeping... ;)

[er88]

Lefebvre continuing to be a joke

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[EstWRC]

Neuville slowest so far !

he is giving some breathing space for other guys before he starts to pushing

[Thousandlakes]

Nice to see so close battle. Good debut time for Lappi. Talent!

[Fast Eddie WRC]

he is giving some breathing space for other guys before he starts to pushing

:D

[er88]

The 2nd part of the stage is separating the men from the boys....

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[Fast Eddie WRC]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DALf4tJV0AAgkpR.jpg

[dimviii]

between split2 & 3 Meeke lost the less time to Ogier

[AnttiL]

Positive surprises from Paddon and Breen, negative from Neuville.

So awesome again that the four fastest cars are of different makes. So exciting!

[tomhlord]

What a stage for JML, second on the road and smahing it.

[EstWRC]

What a stage for JML, second on the road and smahing it.

based on Monte and Sweden the Yaris seems to be very good when the conditions are more slippery like on this stage some parts but a awesome stage from Latvala.


Only Neuville and Lefebvre disappointing this stage all others did well IMO.

[seb_sh]

Quite nice to see so many '17 WRCs.

[KKS]

Positive surprises from Paddon and Breen, negative from Neuville.

So awesome again that the four fastest cars are of different makes. So exciting!
Lets hope that this two make good gap before 2nd day.

[abxyz]

Mikkelsen dominating again

[ujtik1]

Stage 3 live
https://www.facebook.com/225590097494105/videos/1361626733890430/

[satukata]

Stage 3 live
https://www.facebook.com/225590097494105/videos/1361626733890430/

not working for me?

[Mintexmemory]

Latvala really on fire today!

[Fast Eddie WRC]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DALnELEV0AA4VpN.jpg

[EstWRC]

Latvala is very impressive at the moment

[ujtik1]

not working for me?

Probably they have some connection problems
This one works good:
https://www.facebook.com/gondomarfm/videos/1942580186019107/
This even better
https://www.facebook.com/nelson.costa.fotografia/videos/1506930862660780/

[EstWRC]

Hanninen fastest at first split :p

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Great to hear Breen so happy.

[er88]

Wonder if Paddon and Meeke are struggling in the ruts

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[er88]

Paddons car stopped, explains time loss

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[Fast Eddie WRC]

So Latvala leads for Toyota.

[itix]

Ogier must have made a mistake on the second sector of ss2 because even Lefebvre is ahead of him there.

Anyone know? I'm on satellite Internet and can't access rally radio.

I'm not sure why we are impressed with Lappi yet... His times are not crap, but they're not blowing anyone away yet at least.

[itix]

Shame about problem for Paddon on SS3, he was going well. Not out of contention but it will damage his confidence (and he seems sensitive to that).

[Fast Eddie WRC]

I'm not sure why we are impressed with Lappi yet... His times are not crap, but they're not blowing anyone away yet at least.

'We' aren't... just his countrymen getting excited over a split.

[Mintexmemory]

This is panning out nicely for Ogier. Only Latvala has made decisive use of road position - I expect if he doesn't get too excited he can end the morning withabout a 12 second lead on Ogier. Ogier shopuld jump into second place after the second loop. Very good prospect for a big fight tomorrow

[satukata]

great lefebvre! stopped!

[EstWRC]

Lefebvre stopped, i think he is waiting for Mikkelsen to swap seats, i hope it is so

[steve.mandzij]

It makes me so happy to see Latvala back at it again :D This time, Ogier can't blame his time loss on anything or anyone else than himself.

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[er88]

Lefebvre stopped....

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[itix]

Reports of Lefebvre stopped... That would be ridiculous if that's true. Frenchman or not, he has to go if that's the case.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

SS3: Lefebvre update - Moving again but his car is damaged. Broken windscreen. Bonnet buckled.

[er88]

Lefebvre is a fucking joke. No pace and make mistakes. Horrible combination

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[Eric]

Lefebvre and Hanninen... Please give your seats to someone who has a chance. These guys are so far of..

[KKS]

I think it's mixture with first on the road sweeping and getting into a problem with big ruts and rocks when you start far back. And Latvala, Tanak and Nueville have a perfect road position in this case.

[itix]

It makes me so happy to see Latvala back at it again :D This time, Ogier can't blame his time loss on anything or anyone else than himself.

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He can blame sweeping, but Latvala is on very similar road conditions!

However much NOT would like to pretend, the Toyota is a competitive car.

[Eli]

Sorry I missed the interview, what happened to Mads?

[dimviii]

Fri 11:42 - SS3: Lefebvre
He completes but has lost more than two minutes. His car looks battered and has a front-left and right-rear puncture. "On a fast section I lost the rear and touched a bank. We make one roll. I have two punctures and only one spare." He leaves to investigate.

nice photo with Meeke

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DALv4LcUAAA_a8K.jpg

[steve.mandzij]

Good grief Lefebvre... Not even Hirvonen was this disastrous in his first season.

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[er88]

Sorry I missed the interview, what happened to Mads?
Nothing much, just finding it hard in the ruts in the last part of the stage. He did pass Lefebvre but no time loss due to that

[dimviii]

He did pass Lefebvre but no time loss due to that

he almost get caught at same spot with Lefebvre

[MikeD]

SS3: Lefebvre update - Moving again but his car is damaged. Broken windscreen. Bonnet buckled.

I really don't understand Citroën now. It's quite clear the Lefebvre doesn't have the talent to drive WRC cars, and to he tries to compensate by driving out of his comfort-zone. Now he has crashed again, while still being way way too slow. Citroën should do the right thing and remove him from the team before he will have a really serious accident. This can afterall be a dangerous sport if you don't have the talent.

...and btw. Mikkelsen is right there for the taking. What on earth are they thinking (I guess the advertisement of their home market)

[satukata]

What you think about Lappi. I think he´s doing well. only 2sec behind Neuville and in front of hänninen. We have to remember that this is first rally with WRC car

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Sorry I missed the interview, what happened to Mads?

Mads Østberg‏ @MadsOstberg

SS3 10:30.7 "It was ok. Much rougher than expected. @SLefebvreRallye had a massive one in there. I almost went off in the same place!"

[dimviii]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DALwtkyVwAAKHTz.jpg

[Eli]

Mads Østberg‏ @MadsOstberg

SS3 10:30.7 "It was ok. Much rougher than expected. @SLefebvreRallye had a massive one in there. I almost went off in the same place!"
Cheers mate

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[dimviii]

Fri 11:48 - Stage info: SS4
Ponte de Lima, 27.46km. Like the previous test, Ponte de Lima is driven in the opposite direction to last year. It is best known for being the stage in which Hayden Paddon and Ott Tänak crashed 12 months ago when the Kiwi’s Hyundai i20 burned out. The roads are wide and smooth but extremely twisty, with hardly a straight to speak of. There are plenty of surface changes as it includes sandy gravel, cobblestones, concrete and asphalt.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

What on earth are they thinking (I guess the advertisement of their home market)

I dont see any advantage there either - no good having a Frenchmen just to hear he is being beaten by everyone !

[satukata]

any facebook live ss4?

[Fast Eddie WRC]

SS4 - Splits look like Ogier is on a push...

[itix]

Seems like a competitive first split from Ogier... No one faster yet.

[Eli]

looks like we'll have an interesting rally ahead, hopefully we will see most of the crews in contention tomorrow.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Neuville has finally woken up...

[er88]

Looks like the Champ is on it. Brace yourself for an afternoon onslaught

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[Fast Eddie WRC]

Rossel Yohan
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DAL0ZY-VYAI_bc0.jpg

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Breen is going well again... :)

[satukata]

I think WE HAVE GREAT RALLY in our hands!! Really hard battle comeing!

[EstWRC]

horrible first split from Tänak but overall fastest so far

[dimviii]

Fontes

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DAL2wwUV0AM78SJ.jpg

[satukata]

Hanninen lost over 5sec first split. Hopefully no technical problems

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Evans puncture :(

[Fast Eddie WRC]

SL roll
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DAL3kYsUIAAzsVA.jpg

[EstWRC]

Breen and Tänak joint fastest, very nice

[Francis44]

Fontes



Holy Sh*t! Are they both ok?! It looks like an hard front impact.

[KKS]

SL roll
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DAL3kYsUIAAzsVA.jpg
Again? :D How you can roll with puncture tyre?

[EstWRC]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DAL3GZ1UwAAKjNh.jpg

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Seems all accidents today are Citroen's.

[KKS]

Paddon lost time again.... 2nd stage in a row lost time at the end

[EstWRC]

Meeke also joint fastest, wtf, man this compeittion is tight

[abxyz]

Jesus Christ Kris

[satukata]

Latvala leading after morning stages! Big positive surprise!

[KKS]

wow Meeke...

[er88]

What a last split from the man from Dungannon ....

Great to see the drivers so close

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[Eli]

Wow this is incredible, 3 times identical!!! & they're stage winners, when was the last time this has happened? has it happened in the past???

[dimviii]

Lol Meeke same time as Tanak and Breen

[Eli]

Meeke also joint fastest, wtf, man this compeittion is tight

You bet it is, wow truly, what an amazing sport we have :)

[EstWRC]

TOP4 drivers in 1.4 seconds in overall!

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Ogier will be delighted, less than 5 sec off the lead after the loop and ahead of Neuville.

[abxyz]

Did something happen to Mads?

[BigWorm]

Wow this is incredible, 3 times identical!!! & they're stage winners, when was the last time this has happened? has it happened in the past???
Happened last year, Australia

[Eli]

Happened last year, Australia
Seems like such a long time ago...

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[dimviii]

Fri 12:24 - SS4: Meeke
Kris matches the fastest times of Breen and Tanak. So that's a three-way tie. "Happy. A good run. People talk about road cleaning here but there is none. I'm struggling in the ruts. It's tricky to drive this far back in the start order."

[satukata]

Top 8 in 10,7sec!

[abxyz]

Lefebvre holding Mads and Esapekka up ..

[EstWRC]

Lappi very pissed off at Lefebvre, that man is a complete joke

[er88]

Get this joker out. Now causing other drivers problems....

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[BigWorm]

Seems like such a long time ago...

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That one was a super special though ;)

[Eli]

That one was a super special though ;)

Aha, so that's why I didn't remember it ;)

[EstWRC]

4 stages so far and on every stage we have had a different winner, Neuville, Paddon, Latvala, Tänak-Breen and Meeke

[Sulland]

Is it a big blinking blue light in the dashboards in these cars, to warn slow drivers that they are about to be overtaken by people from behind?
Not easy to see in the dust on dry sand/gravel like it is here.

[Mintexmemory]

Well that's been interesting. I thought JML would make more capital this morning but only a 4 second gap to Ogier and the ruts are now the same for everyone in the afternoon. I expect it to get harder for the drivers below position 3. So Ogier and Latvala (in anyone's guess order) to be 1-2 at the end of the day!

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Ridiculous time gap til the next loop starts... why is it necessary to have such a break ??

[Eli]

Beats me...

[AnttiL]

Ridiculous time gap til the next loop starts... why is it necessary to have such a break ??

Street Stage recce is in between

[seb_sh]

Ridiculous time gap til the next loop starts... why is it necessary to have such a break ??

They said on the radio the crews will recce tonight's street stage on their way to service. Maybe that's why.

[Tarmop]

From SS4 they went to recce tonights superspecials...+ time for service, lunch, break and driving to the correct spot.

[Lundefaret]

4 stages so far and on every stage we have had a different winner, Neuville, Paddon, Latvala, Tänak-Breen and Meeke

Have to correct you, Mads and Neuville shared SS1:)
So Østberg, Neuville, Paddon, Tänak, Latvala, Breen and Meeke makes it seven winners in the first four stages. Is this a record Gary Boyd?

[spiderem]

3 Hyundai's in 0.5s

[mknight]

Quick thoughts

- Breen very good start
- Ogier loosing very little, Latvala also very good
- all 3 Hyundais surprisingly slow (even without Paddons engine issue)
- DMACK tires not so epic here
- Lappi better than expected imo, and already ahead of Hanninen
- Lefevbre has now crashed in all 4 rallies with C3 and not a single time has he shown a good pace, honestly can't remember any manu. driver with consistently worse performance (Duval was at least fast and Hirvonen at Subaru didn't crash every rally)
- Mikkelsen 36s ahead after 4 stages, while Evans was about even with the same people in R5s whole last year, was expecting he'd have some competition here, but he clearly seems to be a level above

[N.O.T]

Quick thoughts

- Breen very good start
- Ogier loosing very little, Latvala also very good
- all 3 Hyundais surprisingly slow (even without Paddons engine issue)
- DMACK tires not so epic here
- Lappi better than expected imo, and already ahead of Hanninen
- Lefevbre has now crashed in all 4 rallies with C3 and not a single time has he shown a good pace, honestly can't remember any manu. driver with consistently worse performance (Duval was at least fast and Hirvonen at Subaru didn't crash every rally)
- Mikkelsen 36s ahead after 4 stages, while Evans was about even with the same people in R5s whole last year, was expecting he'd have some competition here, but he clearly seems to be a level above

how long did you spend thinking to make those remarks ???

something tells me you are british...

[tomhlord]

Quick thoughts
- Ogier loosing very little, Latvala also very good
- all 3 Hyundais surprisingly slow (even without Paddons engine issue)
e

Expected more of Hyundai too, let's see how Paddon goes this afternoon. Also agree that Ogier and JML are doing a stellar job so far.

[KiwiWRCfan]

Have to correct you, Mads and Neuville shared SS1:)
So Østberg, Neuville, Paddon, Tänak, Latvala, Breen and Meeke makes it seven winners in the first four stages. Is this a record Gary Boyd?

I do not know if 7 different stage winners within 4 stages is a record or not. It is certainly a very unusual situation and highly unlikely to have occurred peviously

[N.O.T]

Neuville was 20 seconds from 2nd latvala after he first loop in Argentina... but he is slow here... surprisingly slow...

is it painful to be like that in real life for you as well ??? because people around you are sure suffering...

[N.O.T]

#Tyre info: afternoon loop 1/2
Meeke: 3 Michelin LTX Force H4 +2 S5
Breen/Lefebvre: 4S+2H
Ogier/Tanak/Neuville/Paddon: 2H+3S

[dimviii]

#Tyre info: afternoon loop 2/2
Sordo: 4 Michelin LTX Force S5 + 1H
Latvala/Hanninen: 5 S

[EstWRC]

Latvala with only softs? gonna be interesting, i think the cross over is the right choice

[KKS]

Strange choice from Latvala

[satukata]

Great battle continue! Any facebook live?

[N.O.T]

Ogier 2 sec faster on split 1 than this morning...

[steve.mandzij]

Insanely close gaps!

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[satukata]

Go Toyotaboys!!

[KKS]

Latvala should saving his tyres, cuz end of loop can be hard... especially for him

[dimviii]

Latvala ss5

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DAMwM-7XsAAVEv9.jpg

[abxyz]

Nvm

[dimviii]

4,5 faster from morning pass Ogier

[Eli]

I'm confused, they're saying Ogier was quicker than Latvala, but the times shown on wrc.com say something different.

[EightGear]

I'm confused, they're saying Ogier was quicker than Latvala, but the times shown on wrc.com say something different.

Becs was wrong.

[KKS]

Meeke?

[tomhlord]

Meeke?

You beat me to it. No splits or off?

[Eli]

Meeke?

Yes I haven't seen his splits yet, hope he's ok & not off...

[Eli]

Becs was wrong.

That's what I figured.
Paddon on a flyer.

[tomhlord]

Meeke still running according to WRC+ maps.

[KKS]

Ohh.. don't worry now speed on wrc+ is live... all OK

[tomhlord]

Ohh.. don't worry now speed on wrc+ is live... all OK

With KM, it's always a worry! :)

[dimviii]

DMACK Tyres‏*@DMACK_Tyres
Tyre info: Evans five DMACK GS62 soft compound, Ostberg and Prokop six DMACK GS62 soft compound.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Yes I haven't seen his splits yet, hope he's ok & not off...

Splits working fine here for Meeke.

You cant judge much from the splits on this one anyway, they are all up and down... wait til they finish.

[satukata]

Latvala ss5

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DAMwM-7XsAAVEv9.jpg

live video?

[EstWRC]

damn Tänak, already had Latvala middle of the stage but terrible last split

[EightGear]

Wow, Breen made up a lot of time in the last section after the last split.

[KKS]

Ostberg in trouble

[EightGear]

Paddon with a massive time.

[tomhlord]

Many people quicker than Ogier here, going to be around 10th fastest at this rate.

[Eli]

Splits working fine here for Meeke.

You cant judge much from the splits on this one anyway, they are all up and down... wait til they finish.

Yes, they worked like 2 minutes after I posted, and this does look like we will have an intriguing battle this afternoon.

[Myrvold]

Holy Sh*t! Are they both ok?! It looks like an hard front impact.

One with a fractured femur and one airlifted to hospital is what I've heard.

[KKS]

Wow, Breen made up a lot of time in the last section after the last split.
And Paddon even faster by 0.4

[tomhlord]

The overall standings are so close, great to see!

[EstWRC]

get in Paddon, what a time

[Francis44]

One with a fractured femur and one airlifted to hospital is what I've heard.

Thanks for the update, hope both are okay!.

[KKS]

Meeke on a lead! :)

[EightGear]

Meeke takes the lead.

[EstWRC]

and Meeke now leading, lol, where did that time come from, he was way down in splits?

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Kris leads ! :)

[stefanvv]

Meeke on a lead! :)

The worries begin.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

and Meeke now leading, lol, where did that time come from, he was way down in splits?

Wait for the finish times !

[KKS]

The worries begin.
Totally agree!

[wrc2017]

Hard tyres

[wrc2017]

Totally agree! you guys have little faith..!! :)

[EstWRC]

what combination Meeke had? all hards?

[dimviii]

and Meeke now leading, lol, where did that time come from, he was way down in splits?

was very fast at last split as previous stage too. Only Paddon was faster at last split

[Eli]

Ostberg stopped 20k's into the stage...shame.

[KKS]

you guys have little faith..!! :)
Jesus Christ Kris! :D

[KKS]

was very fast at last split as previous stage too. Only Paddon was faster at last split
And Breen. Meeke was 3rd fastest on last sector

[KKS]

Ostberg choose a puncture-like DMacks?

[dimviii]

what combination Meeke had? all hards?

Fri 16:44 - SS5: Meeke
Third quickest here and Meeke takes the rally lead by two-tenths. His car's front tyres are badly worn but he is carrying two spares. "Let's see how we can manage them over the loop," he says. "I have two spare tyres to bring into play. Let's see how it plays out."

[Fast Eddie WRC]

krismeeke.com‏ @krismeeke 35s35 seconds ago
SS5
⏱15:40.7 (leading the rally by 0.2s)
Front tyres are badly worn, I have 2 spare tyres to bring into play. Let's see.

[dimviii]

gaps are closing,first 8 drivers inside 12,2 sec!

[wrc2017]

what combination Meeke had? all hards? wrc live text says 3h and 2s, but he says he has 2 spares, so i think he has 4h ans 2s and had the softs on the front for that stage if they are so badly worn

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Ostberg punctured and had to change it.. :(

'Ostberg reaches the finish but he's lost more than 3min to the leaders. He holds his head in his hands. What happened? "We had a puncture. A slow one. I thought we could go to the end but we couldn't. After 1km we were on the rim. We had to stop and change it. The rim was broken so it took a long time."'

[N.O.T]

Ogier same time as this morning on split 1

[ujtik1]

live https://www.facebook.com/PedroDuarte1980/videos/10154828245586713/

[steve.mandzij]

Latvala falling back

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[AL14]

Ogier same time as this morning on split 1

So not much sweeping effect as he says all the time. Or at least it is balanced by the creation of ruts

[AL14]

I want Tanak, Paddon, Latvala and Breen to win this rally.

[stefanvv]

I want Tanak, Paddon, Latvala and Breen to win this rally.

You know that's impossible, right?

[AL14]

You know that's impossible, right?

:(

[stefanvv]

:(

There can be only one winner:)

[KKS]

Latvala each stage one place down :(

[AL14]

There can be only one winner:)

:bigcry:

[er88]

Tanak thinks he's bent something in the front of the car...

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[steve.mandzij]

Latvala each stage one place down :(
He's been saving his tires, maybe for a late final stage push?

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[EstWRC]

damn some issues for Tänak, i hope it isnt serious

[AL14]

He's been saving his tires, maybe for a late final stage push?

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He struggled on that stage in the first loop, if that's his strategy I don't think it will be the right one. But maybe he knows what he's doing... Let's see

[stefanvv]

Neuville & Evans on the attack.

[er88]

damn some issues for Tänak, i hope it isnt serious
The guy has the opportunity to finally win his first rally here, let's hope its nothing serious because he will be wanting to break that duck as soon as possible and show he can win events

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[stefanvv]

Most drivers slower 2nd split, except Evans, D-Mack are working better again?

[er88]

Despite his worries Tanak could be into the lead here, Meeke slow

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[KKS]

Meeke now at Sunday driving mode and it's - GREAT! Just stay on the road.

[EstWRC]

Tänak into the lead, wohhoooooo

[KKS]

Meeke have two pucntures at prev. stage?

[er88]

Meeke tactical driving, you know he's going to push like hell now in the next stage..., let's just hope he doesn't bin it!

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[EstWRC]

Tänak still not moving, im getting worried

E: just started to go now

[KKS]

he's going to push like hell now
And now I start a bit worrying...

[KKS]

Lappi down to Haninnen with damaged intercooler.

Some one want to scrap Hanninen cuz of bad results and EP will better.... and NO they nearly equal.

[seb_sh]

What a rally, again!

[mknight]

Lappi down to Haninnen with damaged intercooler.

Some one want to scrap Hanninen cuz of bad results and EP will better.... and NO they nearly equal.

It's Lappi's first rally in WRC car and until he got this damage he was faster than him. Even if they have exactly the same speed, that is not a good news for Hanninen in any way.

(this comes from someone who is not Lappi's fan by any means)

[mknight]

On WRC+ Latvala almost goes out in first corner of SS2.

[KKS]

aaaahhh noooo! Latvala!

[Francis44]

I think Latvala has been off.

[Allez Andruet]

Some one want to scrap Hanninen cuz of bad results and EP will better.... and NO they nearly equal.

I think the comparison of Lappi and Hänninen vs. Latvala is extremely unfair. Ok, ok, they all have the same car, and teammates are always compared against each other, but this on-form Latvala is an animal. There aren't too many drivers in the world who could match him at the moment.

[er88]

Could be Jari's championship hopes in tatters

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[satukata]

Poor jm!!

[BigWorm]

Is Latvala holding up Neuville?

[EightGear]

Neuville losing time as well...

[Eli]

Neuville losing time as well...

Being held by Latvala...shame, however Thierry has passed Jari.

[steve.mandzij]

Could be Jari's championship hopes in tatters

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Everyone said the same about Neuville.

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[er88]

Horrible for Neuville, being held up by Jari. It's like Jari still thinks he's Ogiers teammate ;)

[EstWRC]

damn latvala you are riuning neuvilles and tanaks race

[Mise]

Think he may slow Tanak too

[stefanvv]

Ogier is making good stage it seems

[steve.mandzij]

Damn iiiiiiiiitttttt

First rally he's been properly ahead of the field and bam...

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[er88]

Jari you idiot. Pull over you mug

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[EightGear]

Damn iiiiiiiiitttttt

First rally he's been properly ahead of the field and bam...

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You sound surprised?

[EstWRC]

at least he let Tänak past but he already lost some second sin the dust

[car]

On WRC+ Latvala almost goes out in first corner of SS2.

How were you watching on WRC+ mate? It tells me there is no live coverage for just under an hour...

Thanks

[abxyz]

Great split by Hayden!