Rally Liepaja 2019

[sindroms]

25.-26th of May. This year novelty - 1st day around Talsi, new stages for ERC but absolutely golden classic from Rally Talsi roads. 2nd day around Liepāja as usual.

Entry list are open - http://autorally.lv/?m=21&l=2
Martins Sesks will be there on Škoda R5 - https://www.fiaerc.com/erc-junior-champion-sesks-to-make-prize-drive-r5-debut-at-home/
Ralfs Sirmacis is making his comeback. This time in ERC2 category on Evo X from ASRT. Quite a lot of talks and rumours about who might be in Liepāja.
National championship entries - http://autorally.lv/?m=22&l=2

[PLuto]

25.-26th of May. This year novelty - 1st day around Talsi, new stages for ERC but absolutely golden classic from Rally Talsi roads. 2nd day around Liepāja as usual.

Entry list are open - http://autorally.lv/?m=21&l=2
Martins Sesks will be there on Škoda R5 - https://www.fiaerc.com/erc-junior-champion-sesks-to-make-prize-drive-r5-debut-at-home/
Ralfs Sirmacis is making his comeback. This time in ERC2 category on Evo X from ASRT. Quite a lot of talks and rumours about who might be in Liepāja.
National championship entries - http://autorally.lv/?m=22&l=2

Tell us the rumours ;)

[sindroms]

Tell us the rumours ;)

:D I don't know how much there is rally fans wishes and how many rumours but still - Ostberg, O.Solberg, Gryazin, Žala on R5(Lithuania) - could be big surprise speed wise if true and he is at least spectacular as Lukyanuk. Short remind about Žala - https://youtu.be/u1LKD7s6k3I

[PLuto]

Žala will start, I think he also announced it

[sindroms]

Žala will start, I think he also announced it

And seems like he did it today - https://ej.uz/15min_lt
Great news :)

[Jarek Z]

Tibor Erdi jr (Skoda Fabia R5) confirmed his presence in Liepaja here:
https://pl.motorsport.com/erc/news/erdi-wystartuje-w-mikolajkach/4373694/

[br21]

Ketomaa also should come

[Jarek Z]

After skipping Rally Islas Canarias Mattias Adielsson should be back in ERC in Latvia and Poland:
https://www.fiaerc.com/mission-gravel-adielsson-targets-more-erc-success/

[RS]

:D I don't know how much there is rally fans wishes and how many rumours but still - Ostberg, O.Solberg, Gryazin, Žala on R5(Lithuania) - could be big surprise speed wise if true and he is at least spectacular as Lukyanuk. Short remind about Žala - https://youtu.be/u1LKD7s6k3I

Ostberg vs. Lukyanuk vs. Gryazin on this event could be very interesting indeed.

[dimviii]

Karlip


Hiroki Arai registered for #RallyLiepaja 2019 in a @CitroenRacing C3 R5

[RS]

It seems Ingram is going to Latvia too.

[tommeke_B]

It seems Ingram is going to Latvia too.

Nice! The only minor side-effect is that every third post in this topic will be about Ingram once the rally gets going...

[RS]

Nice! The only minor side-effect is that every third post in this topic will be about Ingram once the rally gets going...

Nothing wrong with being enthusiastic :)

Besides, partly the rest of our fault for not being so active on the ERC forum these days.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Nice! The only minor side-effect is that every third post in this topic will be about Ingram once the rally gets going...

You see why I support him when he takes a brilliant second place in Canarias with limited resources and so little recent mileage.

[Jarek Z]

The only minor side-effect is that every third post in this topic will be about Ingram once the rally gets going...

What's wrong with being enthusiastic about great results of a driver from one's own country? Do you prefer this forum to be dead?

[Jarek Z]

It seems Ingram is going to Latvia too.

And Habaj as well.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Habaj and Ingram have a big points gap over the other ERC regulars already. So it's great they are both here in Liepaja. Should be a good battle.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

ERC Standings:
1 Lukasz HABAJ 58
2 Chris INGRAM 50
3 José María LÓPEZ 35
4 Ricardo MOURA 28
5 Bruno MAGALHÃES 18
6 Marijan GRIEBEL 18
7 Ricardo TEODÓSIO 17
7 Norbert HERCZIG 17
9 Pierre Louis LOUBET 15
10 Alexey LUKYANUK 14

[RS]

Entries for ERC part of the Liepāja can be found here (I don’t know if entries have closed or whether this is the complete list):

http://2019.lvrally.com/eng/rally-liepaja/competitors/ec

Notable things:

- Von thurn und Taxis with Polo R5
- Griebel with Fabia again
- Brynildsen with Toksport Fabia
- Sesks with Fabia R5
- Oliver Solberg with Polo R5
- Mares with Fabia R5
- Sadly no sign of Gryazin or Ostberg on entry list as rumoured

[PLuto]

- Sadly no sign of Gryazin or Ostberg on entry list as rumoured

It was really only rumour. I dont know about their real interest to start.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Shame to see Ralfs Sirmacis only here in an old Evo X.

[Andre Oliveira]

Final entry list: https://www.ewrc-results.com/entries/54924-rally-liepaja-2019/

[Andre Oliveira]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D6ocO5OX4AAx2VW?format=jpg&name=medium

[PLuto]

Final entry list to Liepaja - http://2019.lvrally.com/eng/rally-liepaja/competitors/ec

[Fast Eddie WRC]

https://www.fiaerc.com/ingram-to-build-on-2018-pace-when-he-makes-erc-liepaja-return/

[KKSF]

Tests before rally (Ingram, Brynildsen, Sesks etc.) with P.Nobre off.
KKSF HD video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEc4U_bc9o0

[dimviii]

I was surprised that C3 is easier to ride than I expected... R5 was so fast. Set is also ready to change to super fast gravel specification! Why is it hotter than Japan Latvia? It was completely midsummer today. Lol

https://twitter.com/Hiroki_Arai82/status/1131266461861855232

[PLuto]

Erik Cais crashed on test today. His quote: During our 2 days pre event test we had crash and our Fiesta was not in good shape to start in the Liepaja. But thanks to great relationship between Orsak Rallysport and M-Sport we are allowed to start with a new car! Thanks everyone involved in this!!!

More info including picture here - http://www.autosport.cz/clanek.php?cl=20597

[sindroms]

I was surprised that C3 is easier to ride than I expected... R5 was so fast. Set is also ready to change to super fast gravel specification! Why is it hotter than Japan Latvia? It was completely midsummer today. Lol

https://twitter.com/Hiroki_Arai82/status/1131266461861855232

Weekend is going to have more lower temperature - around plus 15-17 degrees and rain. It could be good news for a drivers because due to rain these high-speed roads will become slower, so less chanches to crash. (Load of crashes in Liepaja 2018 in my opinon was caused by extremely dry weather when surface had a high level grip converted in high speeds.)
Not so good for spectators - some of my spots are under threat if so :)

[PLuto]

Dont forget to make pickems, last day available !

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Oliver Solberg's Polo R5

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D7PY7rWWwAEDYCE.jpg

http://2019.lvrally.com/eng/news/194

[Rally Power]

Nitiss 124 also looks great. Fingers crossed for him!

https://scontent.fopo1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/60532571_2315489358669202_7713246292742242304_n.jp g?_nc_cat=111&_nc_ht=scontent.fopo1-1.fna&oh=b78fd3a2aeab92415b2b60706a19b20d&oe=5D682752

[Tom206wrc]

Can't wait to follow Hiroki Arai performances this Week-end :)

[sindroms]

Free practice is on.
Live results on - http://lrc.lv/?m=41&l=2 (I strongly recommend this site over ERC official result page for a whole rally)
GPS tracking - http://gps.autorally.lv/

[Fast Eddie WRC]

I'm happy with Rally-Base:
https://m.rally-base.com/2019/rally-liepaja-2019

[Fast Eddie WRC]

No FP runs by Lukyanuk ?

[sindroms]

It's good to have a rally in your home otherwise... http://lrc.lv/files/r175/stewards_decision_No1.pdf
Short brief - Sesk's car have no original documents.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Lukyanuk finally did a FP run - 2nd fastest.

[Rallyper]

Oliver in good shape...

[RS]

Sesks claims he stalled on start and lost a few seconds. If so then he is looking pretty quick here too.

Good time by Mares too.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

The “M” on the back window denotes that the driver is a learner for the public highway and doesn’t have a full driving licence....that learner driver Oliver Solberg went fastest in qualifying for Rally Liepāja today.

The kid is fast !

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D7VdlN8XsAAFL7C.jpg

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Jarno Saari @SaariJarno

#RallyLiepaja feelings.

Who is this in a Fiesta WRC ?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D7VdlO4WwAA793P.jpg

[mousti]

Jarno Saari @SaariJarno

#RallyLiepaja feelings.

Who is this in a Fiesta WRC ?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D7VdlO4WwAA793P.jpgGeorg Gross. Thought he bought that Fiesta WRC. Is a backer also of Tanak I think. Drives often with Ford WRC Cars.

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[Fast Eddie WRC]

Solberg with a Latvian licence ?


Wiki:
"Due to his young age, Solberg runs a Latvian license. Latvia has a lower age limit than Norway for both rally and rallycross , while in Sweden it is possible to run rally from 16 years but not in similar motor-strong cars as it is allowed in Latvia."

Plus I didnt realise he had done much of his rallying in Latvia. Might explain this speed here.

[skarderud]

Wiki:
"Due to his young age, Solberg runs a Latvian license. Latvia has a lower age limit than Norway for both rally and rallycross , while in Sweden it is possible to run rally from 16 years but not in similar motor-strong cars as it is allowed in Latvia."

Plus I didnt realise he had done much of his rallying in Latvia. Might explain this speed here.He started in Latvia age 15, its 16 yrs in both Norway and sweden, but in cars like R1 and Fiesta ST, he has driven a Peugeot R2 in Latvia last years.
But in Norway the codriver has to drive the car between the stages, don't know how it is in Latvia?

But a quite decent start by Oliver, 3,5s in front of Brynhildsen that was on "maximum attack ".
Hopefully he has an other gear to put in this weekend.


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[Fast Eddie WRC]

He started in Latvia age 15, its 16 yrs in both Norway and sweden, but in cars like R1 and Fiesta ST, he has driven a Peugeot R2 in Latvia last years.
But in Norway the codriver has to drive the car between the stages, don't know how it is in Latvia?

But a quite decent start by Oliver, 3,5s in front of Brynhildsen that was on "maximum attack ".
Hopefully he has an other gear to put in this weekend.




Thanks. I'm afraid I was confusing him with Oscar Solberg who appeared in the British Rally Ch'ship a few times.

[skarderud]

Thanks. I'm afraid I was confusing him with Oscar Solberg who appeared in the British Rally Ch'ship a few times.Oscar is Henning's son, he is 20 yrs old, pontus' halfbrother. It is just a little bit of motorsport in that family

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[liposh]

4 Solbergs + 1 Tidemand in one big family is a way too confusing for all mortals :-)

[skarderud]

+ a couple of walfridson's on olivers side to

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[skarderud]

But, tomorrow is exiting to see if solberg can be up there with "the big boys"!

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[olemann]

I think he is faster than most people believe
on fast gravel roads

https://www.subarujhb.co.za/first-u-s-victory-for-oliver-solberg/

And Latvia is not quite unknown to him.
The boy is young but he should not be underestimated

[skarderud]

I think he is faster than most people believe
on fast gravel roads

https://www.subarujhb.co.za/first-u-s-victory-for-oliver-solberg/

And Latvia is not quite unknown to him.
The boy is young but he should not be underestimatedYes, me too.
He is fast, exiting to see!
Wellknown roads, first gravelrally with this car, good driver. I think he can be up there!

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[Tom206wrc]

Go for SS1 right now :cool:

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Žala done a good one !

[RS]

Great time by this Zala dude!

[Fast Eddie WRC]

No splits for Mareš ?

Ah last one has come in now.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Ingram fastest so far but Solberg is first one faster on splits. Sesks also pips him.

[RS]

Seems there is quite a big cleaning affect here, judging by the poor times of Brynildsen and Griebel.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Stunning time by Solberg !

[RS]

Strong start by youngsters Sesks and Solberg. Has Sesks driven R5 before?

[RS]

Just checked ewrc-results, looks like this is a Sesks first start with R5. Solberg has done two others in Latvia with Polo this year.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Has Sesks driven R5 before?

No first time ! This is his prize drive for U27 Junior win in 2018.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Sesks
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D7ZyBUxXYAImSqv.jpg

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Ralfs Sirmacis beating some of the R5's in his old Evo X.

[KKS]

Svedas should be faster ;)

[KKS]

Another great time by Sesks. And you know what... I follow Baltic rally championship closely more that 3 yrs and not wounder at all. He been so fast with R2 car and now straight away posting fastest times one by one.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Stage 1 was live on FB https://www.facebook.com/FiaEuropeanRallyChampionship

Didnt watch as thought it would be just stage end but there was actual live heli ...

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

[KKS]

Svedas should be faster ;)
and he off :(

[dimviii]

and he off :(

https://twitter.com/Karlip1/status/1132234155658534912

[KKS]

On http://gps.autorally.lv/- "gearbox" message for Svedas

[JUF]

+ a couple of walfridson's on olivers side to

A couple :D? I count at least nine: Per-Inge, Lars-Erik, Stig-Olov, Pernilla, Linda, Jimmie, Lukas, Jonathan and Felicia. Did I forget somebody ;)?

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Lukyanuk is back on it and fastest on the long stage.

Solberg spun but still quick. Him and Sesks have been amazing.

[KKS]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D7aR-Y3XYAYFMqm.jpg

[KKS]

In LRC- Gross start to attack Solberg leading place. -3.7 on first split SS03

[KKS]

Gorban hit a deer on SS03

[Sulland]

Number of quality pairs (driver & co-driver) goes up as soon as series is back on mainland Europe. Good to see!

The youngsters give Luky a good fight for the top spot. Who will keep cars on the road all the way.
Guess Sesks have been training with 4wd before this one, and is impressive, so also Solberg, that started 4wd in rally this season, but has supercar experience.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

SS4 live on FB - https://www.facebook.com/FiaEuropeanRallyChampionship

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D7appMUXkAEtuYW.jpg:large

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Solberg already 6s faster than Ingram at Split 2. Amazing.

[Jarek Z]

Strong start by youngsters Sesks and Solberg. Has Sesks driven R5 before?

Solberg is actually saving honour of the Scandinavian drivers in this rally. Why are Brynildsen and Adielsson so very slow?

[RS]

Great footage, they have put SS1 on Youtube now as well: https://youtu.be/rO_1HoL6YB4

Would be nice if they could do the live stream on Youtube too, since a lot of people have Youtube apps on their tv.

[Jarek Z]

SS4 live on FB - https://www.facebook.com/FiaEuropeanRallyChampionship

Thanks for the link! It was interesting to hear Ingram commenting his own driving - "I need to stop having so much fun on those stages and start thinking about what is fast" ;)

[Jarek Z]

LOL :) Russian driver Artur Muradian, who is driving an R5 car for the first time, says that it is like flying a Mig-29 :)

https://www.mojehobby.pl/zdjecia/9/7/6/115_rd.jpg

[olemann]

Where are split times displayed

[KKS]

Where are split times displayed
http://autorally.lv/?m=41&ft=9

[olemann]

Thank you ;-)

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Solberg is actually saving honour of the Scandinavin drivers in this rally. Why are Brynildsen and Adielsson so very slow?

Bad road positions on the first loop and then maybe they dont have much confidence...

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Ingram with a good time on the final stage of the day.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D7a6c74WkAAkejk.jpg:large

[Jarek Z]

Ingram with a good time on the final stage of the day.

But not as good as Solberg and Lukyanuk!

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Incredible day for the kid. I think a star is born ! :hot:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D7a9MfrX4AAvFe2.jpg:large

[Fast Eddie WRC]

AND he lost some time here !

https://twitter.com/OliverSolberg01/status/1132265247178448897

[JUF]

This is a embarrassing for guys like Ingram or Griebel. I know that Solberg knows the roads in Latvia really well plus he is testing a lot. But some who wants to step up to WRC one day shouldn't be so far behind.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

I think Solberg is pretty special though, if he can even also do this to Lukyanuk. And I mean, just look at him !

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D7bAv0DWkAAwuwh.jpg

[RS]

This is a embarrassing for guys like Ingram or Griebel. I know that Solberg knows the roads in Latvia really well plus he is testing a lot. But some who wants to step up to WRC one day shouldn't be so far behind.

Griebel yes, but Ingram isn't too far back.

I don't want to take anything away from Solberg at all because he is doing a fantastic job but we should also remember he's driving the Polo which has a stronger engine than 'old' Fabia, and this is a high speed rally..

[mknight]

This is about the first time I am really impressed by young Solberg. He certainly trives much more in R5 or Impreza than the R2.

[KKS]

Yep it's being first gravel rally with R5 for him, but Oliver win two first snow Latvian rally. So it's no something new in Liepaja.

[Sulland]

Yokohama rubber seems to work fine for Arai on the first day.
Maybe more people should give them a go.

[Jarek Z]

Just checked ewrc-results, looks like this is a Sesks first start with R5.

Yes, it is Sesks' debut in an R5 car. Rally Liepaja is the first of two prize drives for winning the Junior ERC3 last year:
https://www.fiaerc.com/erc-junior-champion-sesks-to-make-prize-drive-r5-debut-at-home/

[Jarek Z]

Rally Liepaja will be broadcasted live on Facebook on Sunday:
- SS7 at 8:30 AM CET
- SS13 at 16:45 CET

[olemann]

Hello. Arai no novice so I'm a little unsure of what you mean when you say "Yokohama rubber seems to work fine for Arai on the first day.
Maybe more people should give them a go". He are already 50 seconds behind the best after 5 stages. I'm sorry if I have mixed up in something that has to do with business.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Sensational Solberg shows Lukyanuk the way on ERC Rally Liepāja https://t.co/cUHVgGVs14
#FIAERC #RallyLiepāja

[Jarek Z]

17-year-old kid is shaking, cannot believe it, doesn’t know what to say and is almost crying after beating his own hero:
https://www.fiaerc.com/solberg-beating-my-hero-lukyanuk-in-the-erc-is-unbelievable/

[Jarek Z]

Remember - the "M" on a rear window means an inexperienced driver who is still learning how to drive a car :D

https://wrc.net.pl/app/uploads/2019/05/9281f7967e83b8115cf77cc6d2cf192c.jpg

[KKS]

Despite such good pace for Oliver - third round of Latvian Championship (actually Talsi rally) win a Gross on Fiesta WRC17 by 4.1sec!
http://autorally.lv/?m=42&ft=1

[harriswrc]

What a mess with leg2 starting list...
The organisers put Arai to start 6th despite he finished 8th in the leg and he should have been 3th in starting list.
http://2019.lvrally.com/upload/files/rallyliepaja2019_start_list_leg2.pdf
Of course that is unfair for Alex Tsouloftas, Mares and Habaj who should have a better starting position.
The regulations are clear:
45.4.1 In ERC and ERT, the start order for subsequent Legs shall be based on the classification at the
finish of the final special stage of the previous Leg excluding any super special stage if run at the end of the
Leg.
45.4.2 The first 10 cars in the overall classification will re-start as a merged group in reverse order
according to their classification in Art. 45.4.1. (ERC only)

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Good to see ERC YT channel showing some pure sound videos like: https://youtu.be/w2rOzJdQ1-I

[RS]

Good to see ERC YT channel showing some pure sound videos like: https://youtu.be/w2rOzJdQ1-I

Nice footage. Also qualy stage (posted rather late): https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EPb89UGCVYs

[KKS]

What a mess with leg2 starting list...
The organisers put Arai to start 6th despite he finished 8th in the leg and he should have been 3th in starting list.
http://2019.lvrally.com/upload/files/rallyliepaja2019_start_list_leg2.pdf
Of course that is unfair for Alex Tsouloftas, Mares and Habaj who should have a better starting position.
The regulations are clear:
45.4.1 In ERC and ERT, the start order for subsequent Legs shall be based on the classification at the
finish of the final special stage of the previous Leg excluding any super special stage if run at the end of the
Leg.
45.4.2 The first 10 cars in the overall classification will re-start as a merged group in reverse order
according to their classification in Art. 45.4.1. (ERC only)
seems they not count 70sec penalty for being late

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Solberg looking good for the win now - Luky says he's under big pressure from the team not to push.

[mknight]

Didn't take long to get the "next world champion" comments. (On twitter, not here)

Every time a young driver does something good he is already a world champion Rovanpera, Suninen, Lappi etc. etc. While I certainly admire good results I just hate this kind of talk.
Pat them on the back and encourage them to keep working hard. There is a long road to actually winning the championship. Imo this talk of how great they are is more often than not counter-productive. I dare say Lappi from 2017 to now is a good example. Pissed off unless he is winning stages instead of focusing on steady progress.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Bad road positions on the first loop and then maybe they dont have much confidence...

Much better road position today for @E_Brynildsen... and a much better time ! 4th quickest through ! https://t.co/bU8An6d14w

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Now Žala sets a 2nd fastest time showing the benefit of a cleaner road.

[skarderud]

Much better road position today for @E_Brynildsen... and a much better time ! 4th quickest through ! https://t.co/bU8An6d14wBrynhildsen is a good example of what the level has been in any toplevel rallying series, 3 months since last time in the car, 1 day testing, then he use first day to find out of settings and pace, when the others are on the pace from start.

Some years ago some drivers could jump in and do decent results, those days are over.

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[Fast Eddie WRC]

Eurosport comms is getting no better, calling Solberg a Swede and his car a Golf GTI...

[skarderud]

Eurosport comms is getting no better, calling Solberg a Swede and his car a Golf GTI...Well, he is half swedish actually, his mother is Pernilla, born walfridson. Petter and Pernilla has a house at the boarder between Norway and sweden, one of the stages at rally sweden is really close to this place, oliver was at the school in Torsby to.
So the golf was the most wrong part:)

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[dimviii]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D7fRjBOXoAEjyeG.png

[PLuto]

Eurosport comms is getting no better, calling Solberg a Swede and his car a Golf GTI...

According to the documents, Oliver has swedish nationality...

[PLuto]

What a mess with leg2 starting list...
The organisers put Arai to start 6th despite he finished 8th in the leg and he should have been 3th in starting list.
http://2019.lvrally.com/upload/files/rallyliepaja2019_start_list_leg2.pdf
Of course that is unfair for Alex Tsouloftas, Mares and Habaj who should have a better starting position.
The regulations are clear:
45.4.1 In ERC and ERT, the start order for subsequent Legs shall be based on the classification at the
finish of the final special stage of the previous Leg excluding any super special stage if run at the end of the
Leg.
45.4.2 The first 10 cars in the overall classification will re-start as a merged group in reverse order
according to their classification in Art. 45.4.1. (ERC only)

You were checking old regulations.
Since last year it is: 45.4 START ORDER FOR SUBSEQUENT LEGS The start order for subsequent Legs shall be based on the classification according to stage times at the finish of the final special stage of the previous Leg excluding any time penalties and any super special stage if run at the end of the Leg.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

According to the documents, Oliver has swedish nationality...

How strange when born in Norway with a Norwegian father.

Wiki also has him as a Norge and eWRC.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D7fRjBOXoAEjyeG.png

Ouch !!

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Photo promoting Action for Road Safety.... and Lukyanuk is looking away (far right) !

https://d2np1px3e8f3t5.cloudfront.net/d6/1100x800_max/d68db1e55d251ac2740debf9caf3f05e

[pantealex]

How strange when born in Norway with a Norwegian father.

Wiki also has him as a Norge and eWRC.

He has probably both Norway and Sweden nationality. (just like youngest U.K royalty, he has also USA nationality)

[JUF]

Colin Clark saying that Alexey should have been excluded: https://twitter.com/voiceofrally/status/1132609134711459840

I fully agree with him. Alexey showed an unacceptable behavior here.

[skarderud]

He has probably both Norway and Sweden nationality. (just like youngest U.K royalty, he has also USA nationality)He has both, and live just on the swedish side of the boarder:)

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[Fast Eddie WRC]

Shiiiiiiiiiiiit... Ingram's radiator holed ! :(

[AnttiL]

EDIT: nothing

[mknight]

Colin Clark saying that Alexey should have been excluded: https://twitter.com/voiceofrally/status/1132609134711459840

I fully agree with him. Alexey showed an unacceptable behavior here.

Ogier did 170 km/h in 90 zone i Poland 2017 and then took a roundabout wrong way to get around it faster and get to TC on time. He was fined for the roundabout but not for speeding even though everyone could see it on allive.
Don't recall C. Clark saying a word back then.

Note that Haninen did same kind of speeding in Finland the same year with suspension held together by straps.

[JUF]

But it is... Golf GTI R5

The Polo might be almost as long as a Golf IV, but it´s still a Polo ;).

[AnttiL]

Right. Just realized :)

[Fast Eddie WRC]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Volkswagen_Polo_GTI_R5.jpg/1024px-Volkswagen_Polo_GTI_R5.jpg

[RS]

Judging by stage end comments, Lukyanuk doesn't feel too happy in this team. I suppose they want him to secure some points after not finishing the first two events and he wants to fight for the win.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Ingram is moving on the tracker ! Come on Chris !

[Fast Eddie WRC]

He's finished the stage - great job Chris & Ross ! :)

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D7gEw4vXYAYzScp.jpg

[Fast Eddie WRC]

:champion:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D7gJkI0XkAEjtIm.jpg

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D7gKSwOX4AAwUtU.jpg

[Sulland]

Hello. Arai no novice so I'm a little unsure of what you mean when you say "Yokohama rubber seems to work fine for Arai on the first day.
Maybe more people should give them a go". He are already 50 seconds behind the best after 5 stages. I'm sorry if I have mixed up in something that has to do with business.


Without the time penalty, he would have been 5th at the finsh. When did that happen with Yokohama in an international rally?

It has nothing to do with the brand, but important to have more options for competitors to choose from.

[Sulland]

The kid won, and had his international breakthrough!

Congrats Oliver, and the rest of the Solberg/Walfridsson klan!

Not many have the same profile on e-wrc
https://www.ewrc-results.com/profile/142084-oliver-solberg/

[RS]

Congratulations to Solberg, fantastic performance, would be nice to see more of him in ERC.

Solid job by Lukyanuk but all does not seem well in his camp.

Sesks possibly as impressive as Solberg given that it was his first event in an R5 car.

Great rally and scenery again. ERC facebook live worked pretty well here, would be nice to see them develop it further.

[Jarek Z]

Photo promoting Action for Road Safety.... and Lukyanuk is looking away (far right) !

Hahahaha :D You made my day! :D

[Jarek Z]

Solid job by Lukyanuk but all does not seem well in his camp.

3 rallies, 0 wins. No wonder that his team wants him to stop crashing...

Provisional ERC standings after Liepaja:
Habaj (71)
Ingram (70)
Lukyanuk (44)
Solberg (39)
Lopez (35),
Moura (28),
Griebel (26)
Sesks (25).

[Fast Eddie WRC]

He has probably both Norway and Sweden nationality. (just like youngest U.K royalty, he has also USA nationality)

He's definitely Norwegian ! ;)

Oliver Solberg @OliverSolberg01
Good fun celebrating Norway's National Day with all the family today, back in my father's hometown! #17mai

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D6yB59RXkAEaL5y.jpg

[mousti]

Ogier did 170 km/h in 90 zone i Poland 2017 and then took a roundabout wrong way to get around it faster and get to TC on time. He was fined for the roundabout but not for speeding even though everyone could see it on allive.
Don't recall C. Clark saying a word back then.

Note that Haninen did same kind of speeding in Finland the same year with suspension held together by straps.Luky responds

Hi! Where are many questions regarding todays stewards decision and the penalty we’ve got. Anyone who ever tried to participate in rally knows what the fast repair between the stages means.

We had to stop on the road section to fix the brakes - the pedal was too soft. The time for liason was pretty small, as the average speed was higher then 60kmh including refuel, tire marking and multiple inhabited areas, with 50kmh speed limit. If you have no repairs or no tire change, when you just hardly arrive on time. We’ve checked that on the second loop. So we spend 15 minutes to fix the brakes and had to keep average well over 100kmh to be on schedule. In a rush we have exceeded in several points excessively and it was measures by gps. So we got penalty. We are really sorry for this situation, but the time allowed was not enough even for tire change. It was sunday morning with no traffic so we increased our speed. I understand that we broke the speed limits, but it is really hard to be under pressure when you can loose the position and the team relies on you.

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[Myrvold]

That's no bloody excuse for those speeds. He should consider himself lucky that the FIA have a constant inability to actually punish drivers in any series in a way that they might learn from.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

He's "Luky" in another way too... youngster Sesks taking points off both Habaj & Ingram here.

Lukyanuk now less than 30 pts the behind them despite only 1 in 3 rally finishes.

[mknight]

Luky responds

Hi! Where are many questions regarding todays stewards decision and the penalty we’ve got. Anyone who ever tried to participate in rally knows what the fast repair between the stages means.

We had to stop on the road section to fix the brakes - the pedal was too soft. The time for liason was pretty small, as the average speed was higher then 60kmh including refuel, tire marking and multiple inhabited areas, with 50kmh speed limit. If you have no repairs or no tire change, when you just hardly arrive on time. We’ve checked that on the second loop. So we spend 15 minutes to fix the brakes and had to keep average well over 100kmh to be on schedule. In a rush we have exceeded in several points excessively and it was measures by gps. So we got penalty. We are really sorry for this situation, but the time allowed was not enough even for tire change. It was sunday morning with no traffic so we increased our speed. I understand that we broke the speed limits, but it is really hard to be under pressure when you can loose the position and the team relies on you.

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That's exactly the problem with this kind of behavior. When you have a problem with the car that takes long time to fix then you just have to accept you arrive late in next TC.

FIA should start giving them time penalties for this that are higher than those they would get by getting late to TC. I am not saying they should punish them for doing 55 in 50 zone, but anything over 40% faster should be punished hard.
Problem is they should have started with this already when GPS tracking started a number of years ago.

[EstWRC]

10 days of public for Luky and DSQ from rally http://autorally.lv/files/r175/stewards_decision_No15.pdf

[Rallyper]

Well, if anyone on this forum never heard of such stories in rallies before, just raise your hand.
No excuses for what happened, but high speeds on liasions happens all the time in all rallies, and will happen again.

I´ve heard stories much worse than what happened to Luky.
Suddenly one guy have to wear all shame for something going on for ages. And not even organizer made it to keep average speed under limits on liasion...

[RS]

10 days of public for Luky and DSQ from rally http://autorally.lv/files/r175/stewards_decision_No15.pdf

Stripping of points is a suspended sentence.

[EstWRC]

yeah my bad

[tommeke_B]

In some way you cannot accept speeding like this. But from the other side, why are organizers not giving a bit more time for road sections? I think the crews (especially later runners) could use some more margin sometimes... ;)

[Fast Eddie WRC]

He does have some excuse with the liaison timing.

And it was also clear how stressed he was, saying over and over how much pressure he was under from the team.

After two DNF's he really had to finish, and finish well, to have any chance of the Championship.

I'm sure he has learned his lesson and this extreme speeding wont be repeated.

[Rally Power]

Well, if anyone on this forum never heard of such stories in rallies before, just raise your hand.
No excuses for what happened, but high speeds on liasions happens all the time in all rallies, and will happen again.

I´ve heard stories much worse than what happened to Luky.
Suddenly one guy have to wear all shame for something going on for ages. And not even organizer made it to keep average speed under limits on liasion...

Spot on. Besides, once Luky was previously fined by the rally clerck why are the FIA stewards giving him an extra penalty? Are they trying to make an example just to respond to some negative comments in the social media? If so, that’s a real shame.

Btw, huge congrats to the young Solberg.

[dimviii]

Btw, huge congrats to the young Ostberg.
Solberg?

[Rally Power]

Yep. One gets dizzy with FIA stupidity.

[dimviii]

https://www.fia.com/news/erc-erc-liepaja-post-event-press-conference

[KKSF]

Tricky Jump, Top guys, Crash
KKSF HD video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpy-vGtiYTI

[martini2771]

Video from Liepaja 2019:
http://motorsunsports.lv/video/rally-liepaja-2019

[sindroms]

Just to clarify situation with Lukyanuk's speeding regarding to opinions "he should have been penalized by driver licence deprivation" (don't mix it up with exclusion from rally). Driver license could be deprived only by public power act. In Latvian law (as in other European countries I suppose) one and only proof of speeding is measurements made by police with certificated devices/speed cameras. And vice versa - court doesn't not recognize as evidence any others measurements (private persons on-board cameras, cars gps-tracking systems, etc) made by non-police/official speed cameras. So if Lukyanuk were caught by police his rally would be ended right now - +51km/h speeding is penalized by taking driver license away immediately (decision about final penalty is made after that).

About rally itself. Deserved victory for Solberg junior. It was obvious that VW Polo R5 in decent driver hands are most powerful R5 and Oliver know how to use it. His driving style is very similar to his father style - aggressive one, throwing car in sideways in bends exit. In other hand I must admit that Kalle Rovanpera at that stage (first races on R5) made way more impression on me. Lukyanuk seemed to me switched to result delivering mode. In some way it was nice surprise - turns out he can be precise, smooth with precise lines and nice rhythm. There were no signs of his usual flamboyant style. There were others spectacular Citroen's - Adielsson and Arai. Solid and mature drive for Ingram. Good debut for Mārtiņš Sesks on R5. No wow effect just very solid drive just how it should be on home ground.

[dimviii]

https://www.fiaerc.com/michelin-introduces-new-ltx-force-t-tyre-on-erc-rally-liepaja/

[faateris]

Rally Liepāja 2019' - photos - http://janisasaris.com/jaunumi

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