WRC Rally Italia Sardegna 2025

[Atob WRC]

Hi all!

New edition for Rally Sardegna, this year based on Olbia.

Some new stages, like SS2 Telti - Calangianus - Berchidda, and SS14 Porto San Paolo, and one that return with some modifications, SS13 San Giacomo - Plebi, not present since 2013.

Also has been modified the end of the Tula Stage, with 2 new kms never been ran.

And the SD, will be the SSS celebrated in Olbia on 2022 and 2023.

Let's wait for this edition, hope with a good entry list!

Came on!!

https://www.rally-maps.com/Rally-Italia-Sardegna-2025

[Atob WRC]

Interesting video from the ACI. The new docuseries Dust to Dusk.

https://youtu.be/Yuwb9M2LGA0?si=2x-R474URCopZ8NV

[Atob WRC]

New launch from Dust to Dusk.

Episode 2: https://youtu.be/5XuAa58RG6o?si=8AN55rSGpgV0anIv

[Andre Oliveira]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gq0jLorWwAANs7f?format=jpg&name=large
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gq0jLoqXEAEiGbq?format=jpg&name=large
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gq0jLooWIAAMp__?format=jpg&name=large

[rallyfiend]

Strong entry list.

I think some people make way too much of problems in the WRC. The entry lists don't show that....

[Dimitris]

My Sardegna preview. Some new stuff again, I think SS2 will be interesting on the second pass, there's some very narrow and rough sections in there. I think the Monte Lerno stage this year has a great layout also

https://www.powerslideblog.com/wrc-route-previews/2025/rally-italia-sardegna-2025-route-preview

[EstWRC]

Recce interviews https://youtu.be/ZbRHrRTtefU?si=RAsTTa7kAMzd7aW0

[dimviii]

Retirement
#45 flag Loubet P. - Pascaud L. logo Ford Fiesta Rally2 Accident in recce

[Junninen]

Just noticed it as well, does anyone have any info about this? I really hope its nothing serious like it was with Ogier

[TypeR]

Loubet in instagram: Co-driver injured. Nothing too serious, but won't be fit for starting the rally.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

SD times:

https://www.wrc.com/en/events/wrc-rally-italia-sardegna-2025/results-wrc-rally-italia-sardegna-2025

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Times now on eWRC, with drivers doing 2 Runs:

https://www.ewrc-results.com/shake/90021-rally-italia-sardegna-2025/

[240RS]

Loubet story: https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/loubet-withdraws-from-sardinia-after-recce-crash/

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Autpsport: The big talking points ahead of WRC Rally Sardinia, including can M-Sport’s suspension upgrade move it closer to the pack ?

https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/the-big-talking-points-ahead-of-wrc-rally-sardinia/10729898/

[Rallyper]

Morning. Not very much excitement on these sardegna pages.
However Rally starts in these moments...

[Rallyper]

Ogier on the edge now. Outbursting Kalle and Evans!

EDIT: -10,3 sec faster! Ogier: "Could have gone quicker..."

[EstWRC]

Ogier was crazy there. Those cuttings and using a the road there. Won’t last long like this

Thierry the same

[Dontcut]

I hope that Tänak was saving tyres and best is yet to come.

[EstWRC]

Some people are crazy close to the road

[becher]

Morning, Mcearlen not bad eh?

[Rallyper]

Now things happens. Ott very fast. Kalle fastest over Evans.

[CeskyOndra]

Ogiers car behaving strange to me.

[stavrosGDB]

Hyundai stage??

[EstWRC]

Pleasure to watch Tänak. Very nice and tidy with the car

[Rallyper]

Ogiers car behaving strange to me.

Yeah. Me too. Looked like he didn´t push at the end...

[CeskyOndra]

Ogier probably just saving tires?

[focus206]

Hyundai stage this one it seems. Ogier said he was saving tyres, monster time incoming on SS3?

[EstWRC]

What they’re saving? The stage is so fast

[CeskyOndra]

Munster slowest Puma and still ripped the wheel off.

[EstWRC]

Ending hasn’t been the best from tanak. Everybody taking time back from last split to the end. Even Kalle and Evans

[focus206]

Disaster for M-Sport... especially Josh who was doing good, but fast on one stage is not enough.
And Sesks crashed!

[EstWRC]

Msport stage

[CeskyOndra]

3 Fords gone.

[stavrosGDB]

Serderidis left..

[Rallyper]

Man! Well, newcomers shouldn´t try to make fast times as the top guns...

[CeskyOndra]

Playing in to the hands of Evans and Rovanpera with 3 retirements already.

[Negaiss]

Munster 100% will not continue to stage 3. Serderidis to lead M-Sport team in 2026

[BlueStrike]

Look at that, Millener was right about something for once. Massive failure from all three drivers.

Don‘t think Sesks‘ Puma is going anywhere anymore this weekend either, other than the scrap heap.

[Rallyper]

sesks in a massive crash. Crew ok.

[TypeR]

M-Sport mechanics now have nice sunny Sardegna weekend :D if boys want to continue, let them repair :D

[focus206]

Carnage on this stage

[archie106]

McErlean, Sesks, Munster, Solberg, Korhonen so far

edit - now Heikkila as well

SS2 has bitten HARD

[Rallyper]

Oliver at finish, now. Seems he just got frustraded just after going off. Car working quit ok, Oliver said.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Must be the worst stage for one Team ever. Unbelievable.

[Rallyper]

Oliver at finish, now. Seems he just got frustrated just after going off. Car working quite ok, Oliver said.

[TypeR]

If he hurt his back, then it would be logical to retire and get it checked and fixed before next rallies and Finland flying festival

[archie106]

An event to forget for MSport - Loubet with the crash on recce as well!

Hopefully Serderidis keeps it going.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gsv9-oOXMAABu2f?format=jpg&name=medium

[Rallyper]

If he hurt his back, then it would be logical to retire and get it checked and fixed before next rallies and Finland flying festival

Who?

[TypeR]

Who?

Solberg. Said that he has a bit of a pain in his back

[Sal yet again]

Must be the worst stage for one Team ever. Unbelievable.

Ford had a worse time in Portugal 80 when both Mikkola and Vatenen crashed on the same corner barely feet apart

[Fast Eddie WRC]

They're trying to fix it...

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

[focus206]

Ford had a worse time in Portugal 80 when both Mikkola and Vatenen crashed on the same corner barely feet apart

Also Toyota at Acropolis 1992 had Alen and Schwarz crashing in the same corner, with Sainz who crashed few stages earlier.

https://img.speedweek.com/i/9/9166633224c84d63a13fd0008e7ffc7d.jpg?preset=i750

[djip]

Ford had a worse time in Portugal 80 when both Mikkola and Vatenen crashed on the same corner barely feet apart

Even worst : In 1974, locked in a big fight for the WRC with Lancia, Fiat enters 7 (!) 124 Abarth cars for the San Remo Rally (against 3 Lancias) - 4 of them crash on the very first stage ! Only 1 to finish and title lost ...

[Rallyper]

Also Hekkila seems out on that stage. Off road. Crew ok.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

So it seems it's not a first or worst by a Team in one stage. And at least M-Sport has the excuse of young drivers.

[denkimi]

So it seems it's not a first or worst by a Team in one stage. And at least M-Sport has the excuse of young drivers.
A valid excuse, as their old driver hasn't crashes yet.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Munster not moving unsurprisingly.

[EstWRC]

Like Tänak said after Portugal, there no guarantee that he will find the same sweet spot with the setup and sad reality is he hasn’t.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Impressive Taka, taking advantage of his road position but Fourmaux coming faster !

[denkimi]

It looks like once again the driving doesn't really matter, mostly just road position.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

It looks like once again the driving doesn't really matter, mostly just road position.

Not much road difference for the mid-runners but Tanak lost 6s

[spyros]

Hope Andrien keep it like this and manage his 1st win.

[becher]

You miss two stages because you're busy and suddenly total carnage.

[PLuto]

Morning. Not very much excitement on these sardegna pages.
However Rally starts in these moments...

Maybe people are on the stages watching the cars :)

[TypeR]

youngster Prokop 2nd overall in wrc2 after first loop

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Sesks says chances for tomorrow are 50/50. Hmmm.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GswD3A8XoAA3Yt9?format=jpg&name=medium

[MentalParadox]

If Serderidis doesn't get into the top 10, does that mean M-Sport's streak of 300+ consecutive points finishes since 2002 is terminated?

[TypeR]

Serderidis(Sesks and Katsuta also) isn't scoring manu's points and top10 overall doesn't matter..
(Top10 in RC1/rally1 cars driving for manu's points matter)
Munster or McErlean just has to cross finishline on Sunday to continue that..

[TypeR]

Neuville 4H 1S
Evans 5H
Tanak 5H
Fourmaux 5H
Rovanpera 3H 2S
Ogier 3H 2S
Katsuta 4H 1S
Pajari 5H

[Eli]

Tänak is going to go off/crash if he continues like this, it looks too quick (if there’s such a thing).

[EstWRC]

That middle tight part was crazy from Tänak

[Eli]

That middle tight part was crazy from Tänak

So crazy, I thought he was going to go off.

[philippebugalski]

That middle tight part was crazy from Tänak

I loved it, completely crazy!! :lips: Now let's see who adapts to the soft-hard tyre change best this afternoon.
Hyundais are looking good but it was expectable with the starting position advantage of theirs 3 guys, also they've been strong in Sardegna for years..

[Fast Eddie WRC]

It looks like once again the driving doesn't really matter, mostly just road position.

It's definitely about driving now (and tyres).

[BlueStrike]

I think the camera angle from between the seats either really highlights how hard a deiver is pushing or exaggerates it a bit, compared to the "normal" onboard cam directly behind the windscreen. Never quite sure which one it is. :D

Either way, it‘s fantastic.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Now a Hyundai 1-2-3 and just what they need. But can they maintain it...

[EstWRC]

This ss2/ss5 is amazing stage

[CeskyOndra]

Now a Hyundai 1-2-3 and just what they need. But can they maintain it...

Eddie you always call it, please do not write anything about Hyundai being on TOP :DDD

[Fast Eddie WRC]

This stage again...

[NoBudgetWRT]

unbelivable

[CeskyOndra]

..

[Eli]

Damn it, knew I shouldn’t have put Neuville first in the pickems…goodbye title chances for him…it would seem…

[Eli]

Now a Hyundai 1-2-3 and just what they need. But can they maintain it...

You some kind of misfortune teller or something?

[CeskyOndra]

I knew it already before the stage that something is gonna happen..

[CeskyOndra]

What a f*cking stage this is

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Taka now rolled. Crazy.

[EstWRC]

I said this is an amazing stage

Shows who has the balls and manages the risk

[jonkka]

SS2/SS5 claims victims right and left.

[CeskyOndra]

I wonder how much longer can Tanak-Ogier 1-2 streak in Portugal and Sardegna can last..

[EstWRC]

Kalle out of nowhere with a stage win

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Serderidis off. WTF.

[WRCStan]

Rossel there; getting time back for being forced to slow because of dust. Fine. But should he/whoever get time back for going off? Can't blame that on the dust, he was driving too fast?

[denkimi]

neuville back to his old habits.

[focus206]

This was Thierry's chance to get a strong result... with fast gravel events later in the summer and Kalle looking unstoppable on asphalt, not many rounds remain to win.

[EstWRC]

Interesting stage end comment from Fourmaux that he will talk with Tänak on the road section.

Talk what? Ogier is just 4.6 seconds from the lead so they have to keep going like they have done so far not let him pass

[NoBudgetWRT]

Shouldn't Katsuta be black flagged because of the cap between the door and frame?

[PLuto]

Interesting stage end comment from Fourmaux that he will talk with Tänak on the road section.

Talk what? Ogier is just 4.6 seconds from the lead so they have to keep going like they have done so far not let him pass

It was only answer to question if there will continue big fight with Ott.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Kalle destroying Evans on this stage now, when he was only 10sec faster this morning.

He must've found something with the set-up or Evans is taking it very easy.

[CeskyOndra]

Ogier destroying Tanak again.. No words needed

[Rallyper]

Broken damper for Tanak. That explains it.

[CeskyOndra]

Brokem bumper for Ott.

[CeskyOndra]

Brokem bumper for Ott.

damper*

[Rallyper]

Pajari is doing well today. Really.

[EstWRC]

Ott will win this if that car holds together

[linni]

Ott will win this if that car holds together

50/60 chance.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

M-Sport confirmed Sesks retirement with the Puma too damaged. :(

[becher]

It's days like these where the RB daily highlights were superbe.

[TypeR]

Rossel got 47.2s back from SS5


edit: U->O

[PLuto]

Russel got 47.2s back from SS5

Rossel. Russel is from different motorsport section ;)

[TypeR]

Rossel. Russel is from different motorsport section ;)
Lol, ofc Rossel.
Was just reading an article about this guy from another motorsport section and then saw the time correction..

Thanks :D

[trykmann]

Interesting comment from Tänak to Estonian media. He admitted the i20's balance is towards understeering and the effect is larger, when the roads are slippy. It doesn't suit his driving style and he has driven already such a long time and is not able to fully adapt to it anymore.

[EstWRC]

Interesting comment from Tänak to Estonian media. He admitted the i20's balance is towards understeering and the effect is larger, when the roads are slippy. It doesn't suit his driving style and he has driven already such a long time and is not able to fully adapt to it anymore.

I’m telling ya. If he ever gets a car that works like he wants, we will see 2018-2019 Tänak again (there’s been glimpses of it this season). Since 2020 he has been driving cars that doesn’t suit him 100%.

[EstWRC]

I this hasn’t been posted here

Neuvilles car after damage https://x.com/diegotesimracer/status/1931064510980202810?s=46&t=AWria8OgC1kV5QC61vX5Xg

[TypeR]

Neuville 3H 2S
Evans 1H 4S
Tanak 5S
Ogier 1H 4S
Fourmaux 1H 4S
Katsuta 2H 3S
Rovanpera 2H 3S
Munster, McErlean 3H 3S
Pajari 1H 4S

[Rallyper]

Bad weather in my part of Sweden, makes good for watching todays´ drama. Will Tanak do magic? Kalle? We already know what Ogier can do...

[CeskyOndra]

If there was Neuville, I would definitely bet on him, he is the fastest in Sardegna IMO.. But he is not there. So now, my bet is on Ogier, until Tanak finds something.

[TypeR]

Seems like Evans still off the pace.. losing a lot..

[EstWRC]

Seems that Kalle is also finding his way and setup on gravel now with Hankook

[Eli]

Kalle easily in the podium at the end of the rally if not challenging for the rally win….Evans still having to deal with Greece after this….

[EstWRC]

Ott will win this if that car holds together

Ok I will take my words back. Seem is dejavu from last year when Tänak faded away on Saturday

[Rallyper]

Ogier flying. Ok. 4 softs.

[Eli]

I know this is off topic, but it’s now more than 2 years since he joined the WRC+ team and I can’t hear Mike Chen anymore, same observations day in day out, why for all the reasons does P.K ask him to walk something through when he’s been longer than him in this sport?
Sorry, had to get this off my chest.

[trykmann]

Ok I will take my words back. Seem is dejavu from last year when Tänak faded away on Saturday

Lets see, Martin messed up the notes on this one and Ott lost his rythm.

[EstWRC]

Lets see, Martin messed up the notes on this one and Ott lost his rythm.

Did you hear what he exactly said to Martin at the end?

[Doon]

Ogier will run away with this one now.

Evans doesn’t look like he has the pace to keep his championship lead until the end of the season.

[trykmann]

Did you hear what he exactly said to Martin at the end?

It was hard to understand from all the commentators talking over them, but as far I heard Ott was telling basically the same thing: "If you mess up with the notes, I'ill loose my rythm". There was some more converisation, but this was already inaudible. It seems it happened somewhere in the middle of the stage, when the splits were a bit off. Towards the end of the stage it got better again.

[trykmann]

I know this is off topic, but it’s now more than 2 years since he joined the WRC+ team and I can’t hear Mike Chen anymore, same observations day in day out, why for all the reasons does P.K ask him to walk something through when he’s been longer than him in this sport?
Sorry, had to get this off my chest.


We should do a fundraiser with all the fans to hire Mads as a regular commentator. All the other all stating the obvious all the time and agreeing how all the super rally drivers are gaining valuable experience for the future.

[stavrosGDB]

Rovanpera is pushing.

[jonkka]

Rovanpera is pushing.

So is Tanak.

[CeskyOndra]

Fourmaux should've changed that... Definitely.. Another disaster for Hyundai.. What a boring season

[EstWRC]

This sucks so much for Hyundai

Again Tänak the only one against Toyotas

Evans and Kalle also benefiting

[BlueStrike]

Ogier may get stuck in the dust here.

[CeskyOndra]

Opportunity for Tanak to gain time killed by Ogier in the dust. Just everything is wrong.

[meh]

Ogier may get stuck in the dust here.

Now it takes some time to understand who is leading the rally, because Ogier's time will be reviewed for sure.

[EstWRC]

Ogier will get time back but this is stupid acting from Fourmaux, he should have let him pass right away.

My guess is Ogier will get a nominal time +5 seconds to Tänak like it was the last split before dust but we don’t know if Ogier would have lost more than 5 seconds

[CeskyOndra]

Ogier will get time back but this is stupid acting from Fourmaux, he should have let him pass right away.

My guess is Ogier will get a nominal time +5 seconds to Tänak like it was the last split before dust but we don’t know if Ogier would have lost more than 5 seconds

He would, Tanak was good in the last part. But we can't proof that

[jonkka]

Whatever time Ogier gets, it's rather academic if Tanak continues at this pace because he'll get the lead anyway. Ogier was already five seconds down on Tanak by split seven and his advantage over Tanak was 11 seconds.

[BlueStrike]

Obviously Fourmaux didn‘t know how Ogier was doing, but the latter might not be too annoyed once he sees the splits from Tänak vs everyone else on the last part of the stage.

[Rallyper]

Ogier should get a time somewhere between Kalle and Evans. Will make the fight just seconds between them.

[EstWRC]

He would, Tanak was good in the last part. But we can't proof that

Yep, he took 5 seconds from Kalle with the last splits.

[Eli]

Fourmaux being stupid and stubborn as usual, if you get the puncture a kilometre or two before the end, sure why not? carry on, but it’s in the beginning of the stage, you’re gonna lose the time anyways, this way he lost 30-40 seconds from carrying the tyre and then more time to change it…Honestly we can hand the trophy to Toyota in Estonia…

[archie106]

I don't think it was that stupid, the Hankooks have been remarkably resilient towards punctures and on a number of occasions this year drivers have driven a fair distance with a tyre off the rim without further issues.

In hindsight he should have stopped earlier, but lesson learned.

[WRCStan]

Elfyn's stage-mode face never ceases to make me smile.

[meh]

f*ck it again, tyre pressure alert for Tänak.

[EstWRC]

The rally gods don’t want Tänak to win this year

[CeskyOndra]

How Toyota is that lucky and Hyundai so unlucky?

[archie106]

Fourmaux off at Pajaris corner

[CeskyOndra]

Fourmaux proper off..

[meh]

How Toyota is that lucky and Hyundai so unlucky?

Luck is just a one component. It's also engineering and how you use the tools you have,

[CeskyOndra]

1 Hyundai left and has a puncture..

[EstWRC]

Ogier will get this 5 seconds back from here that he lost last stage.

So they are even at the end of the morning loop

[Eli]

A Toyota win this year…the quest for Hyundai’s first win this season continues…Well done for Ott, only losing half a second to Kalle.

[trykmann]

Someone should educate the commentators about the tyre sidewall structure. If there is a hole, then there is no air and only the sidewall holds it in the place.

[BlueStrike]

Ogier would likely have been faster here anyway. 2.9 up on the last comparable split. Expecting something like 7s to 8s at stage end…

[CeskyOndra]

Ogier will get this 5 seconds back from here that he lost last stage.

So they are even at the end of the morning loop

Thats gonna be even more, I predict 10 sec here

[Eli]

Someone should educate the commentators about the tyre sidewall structure. If there is a hole, then there is no air and only the sidewall holds it in the place.

We’ve been trying for 7 years running now….to no avail…

[CeskyOndra]

A Toyota win this year…the quest for Hyundai’s first win this season continues…Well done for Ott, only losing half a second to Kalle.

Quite insane that Hyundai doesn't have any win this season yet. With the drivers they have..

[meh]

Fourmaux tests the reliability for Huyndai properly

[EstWRC]

Thats gonna be even more, I predict 10 sec here

Yep. This is done now unfortunately

The gap is 16 seconds with Tänak

Sad

[trykmann]

Ogier will get this 5 seconds back from here that he lost last stage.

So they are even at the end of the morning loop

The notional time is 6.5s slower than Tänak, quite fair actually.

[CeskyOndra]

It is still possible for Tanak to come back. But with not that luck.

[meh]

Yep. This is done now unfortunately

The gap is 16 seconds with Tänak

Sad

There will be a rough 2nd pass, no one has gone through it yet.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Bonkers stage by Fourmaux trying too hard to get time back. Going down the side of the stage was weird.

[Eli]

Quite insane that Hyundai doesn't have any win this season yet. With the drivers they have..

You would think, but that car isn’t built like the Tank that is Toyota….and once Neuville got his title…he’s done his part and Ott thinking to himself, “why oh why did I ever leave Toyota at the end of ‘19?”

[bandit12]

...and Ott thinking to himself, “why oh why did I ever leave Toyota at the end of ‘19?”

And he should think about that every day!

[EstWRC]

Quite insane that Hyundai doesn't have any win this season yet. With the drivers they have..

Without car problems Tänak would have 3 wins possibly already and going for 4th one here. The 10 seconds loss with broken damper yesterday hurts a lot again

But was and is doesn’t count in real life and this rally isn’t over yet

[satnav]

On EWRC Ogier has got a new Nominal time for SS 8, 15:31:9 puts him 15 secs in the lead after SS 9, although i haven't seen any official information about that .

Just seen a new COC Notification for this;

The Clerk of the Course,
• having received a request from competitor No. 17 to consider the allocation of a new time for SS 8,
where they were delayed by car No. 16 which had stopped at km 17.4 to change a flat tyre and then
restarted in front of car No. 17
• having reviewed the live on-board video from car No. 17
• having examined the split times set by competitor No. 17 in SS 8
• having examined the tracking data available on cars No. 8 and 17 at km 17.1
• after due consideration
APPLIES
Art. 52.2 of the 2025 FIA WRC Sporting Regulations and corrects the time of competitor No. 17 in SS 8 from 15:55.1 to 15:31.9.

[archie106]

Rossel out, nightmare for his championship.

[satnav]

There will be more dramas on the 2nd pass over this stage

[EstWRC]

We will see. I don’t want anyone to have technical issues or punctures. Wanna see a straight fight

The morning was so messy it’s actually hard to tell who was the fastest.

[240RS]

If you take away Ogier from the last two events, Hyundai don't look all that bad. The Frenchman is definitely making a big difference and probably the most significant cause of opposing driver "errors"

[satnav]

We will see. I don’t want anyone to have technical issues or punctures. Wanna see a straight fight

The morning was so messy it’s actually hard to tell who was the fastest.

Unfortunately with these type of stages technical issues and punctures are going to happen, a straight fight for the lead is always better but i'll be surprised if it happens and by what everyone is saying tomorrows stages are even tougher. Then we have the small issue of Greece coming next.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Bonkers stage by Fourmaux trying too hard to get time back. Going down the side of the stage was weird.

Clip for anyone who missed it...

https://x.com/RalioS4C/status/1931313495191990437

[satnav]

Clip for anyone who missed it...

https://x.com/RalioS4C/status/1931313495191990437

Thx, hard to keep up today

[Rallyper]

Katsuta puncture front right. Stopped and changed.

[CeskyOndra]

I find this stage quite boring. I don't like the ending, every year, it's the same. Just a rallycross track. Is it just me?

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Great news for anyone with Discovery+ !

You can select Ambient sound only on the Rally.tv live stream and just hear the cars and the driver interview. No more annoying commentators talking non-stop ! :D

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gs2HSlLXMAA9Jhg?format=jpg&name=medium

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Noooo, Elfyn puncture :(

[TypeR]

Noooo, Elfyn puncture :(

For his luck, it doesn't change anything.. position-wise

[TypeR]

Reprtedly Fourmaux had 7G crash

[focus206]

Luckily for Evans, the puncture doesn't really matter.
Fourmaux crashed... what a rally for him...

[CeskyOndra]

Fourmaux just.... I don't know.. Feel bad for him

[BlueStrike]

I guess Ott and Seb both going past one stranded car evens things out…

[Danny0405]

I wouldn’t be surprised to see Hyundai calling back Sordo for Greece.

[EstWRC]

Nasty tactics from Toyota

[focus206]

Evans had a puncture but still overtook Pajari, Sami drove on the puncture for too long

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Did they show Fourmaux's crash ?

[meh]

I wonder if Tänak asked a few seconds back because of Pajari and if Ogier asked a few seconds back because of Fourmaux?

[EstWRC]

So Tänak lost about 2 seconds passing Pajari judging by ogiers splits

[meh]

Did they show Fourmaux's crash ?

Only the car on the roof from the Ogier board cam.

[NoBudgetWRT]

Did Ogier opened his belts before stage finish?

[EstWRC]

This is 7th! year in a row where Fourmaux doesn’t finish the rally at all or finishes with super rally.

He just has to let go that he can’t compete with Tänak and Neuville on the pace, which seems his main goal since Monte where he started off well, at least for me it seems so that he really wants show a place for Tänak and Neuville.

[focus206]

He just has to let go that he can’t compete with Tänak and Neuville on the pace, which seems his main goal since Monte where he started off well, at least for me it seems so that he really wants show a place for Tänak and Neuville.

I have the same feeling as well. Smart thing for him would have been a solid season made of many top 5 and some podiums. Either it's like you say or he just finds the i20 too unpredictable compared to the Puma, but I don't recall Fourmaux ever saying so.

[Rallyper]

Fourmaux is fast but not yet consistent. So he´d better drive his own rally with a pace that easily gives him a 4-6th place.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Fourmaux is fast but not yet consistent. So he´d better drive his own rally with a pace that easily gives him a 4-6th place.

"It's easier to make a fast driver consistent, than a consistent driver fast." :)

[BlueStrike]

Interesting that Ott referred to FWD multiple times today. Could mean that the car tends to push on through the corners, which would fit with the understeer tendency in low grip mentioned upthread.

Or maybe the Hyundai is just broken again, who knows. ;)

[meh]

Without Tänak vs Ogier it could be just cruising already. Without Super Sunday tomorrow, it could be boring like hell.

[EstWRC]

These two rallies have been such a dejavu from last season. Ogier won in Portugal last year because of Tanaks puncture and this year because of power steering.

And now Sardinia, last year the gap before Sunday was 17 seconds to Ogier and now it is 11 seconds while Tanak has had a broken damper and a slow puncture. On Sunday last year Tanak got the gap down to 6 seconds before the power stage.

Let’s see tomorrow how it plays out this year

[COD]

Fourmaux is fast but not yet consistent. So he´d better drive his own rally with a pace that easily gives him a 4-6th place.

I don’t think so, that would put him to same pace with Pajari, and with his experience he should do more. He has some really rotten luck this year, but also too many mistakes. But he is fast

[WRCStan]

Romet Jurgenson is the leading Ford. Then the second is a Rally3.

[Dontcut]

Formaux needs proper hairdryer treatment. All 3 guys can't be all out attack drivers. Hyundai needs Sordo or other 3rd-4th place quaranteed finisher.

[DionLv]

Anyone have video of Fourmaux crash?

[doubled1978]

I’m a believer in Fourmaux, but the way his day spiralled out of control after the puncture is not acceptable. Unless there was a mitigating factor, putting the car on it’s lid this afternoon was ridiculous.

[doubled1978]

I’m a believer in Fourmaux, but the way his day spiralled out of control after the puncture is not acceptable. Unless there was a mitigating factor, putting the car on it’s lid this afternoon was ridiculous.

[WRCStan]

He got a €2000 fine for not pressing OK so there's that too.

[EstWRC]

So Tänak is allowed to push tomorrow

https://www.motorsport.com/wrc/news/hyundai-promises-to-push-flat-out-for-wrc-sardinia-victory-to-end-winless-streak/10730563/

[AE1WRC]

Let's hope for another Ogier vs Tanak battle tomorrow.
However let me say this, that guy Ogier is still the boss in this sport. 41 years old and still on top of his game. Literally the definition of GOAT.

[focus206]

I think Tanak can do it tomorrow, without mistakes or technical trouble. And they say some sections will be very rough, so problems even for Toyota are not excluded.

[focus206]

However let me say this, that guy Ogier is still the boss in this sport. 41 years old and still on top of his game. Literally the definition of GOAT.

Last year I would have said he's way past his prime, binning the car 3 rallies in a row, something unheard from him (and even for the likes of Duval, Latvala...), and previously being beaten in Monte by Neuville and retired Loeb straight from Dakar. But this year, Ogier has been just great so far. Maybe he particularly likes this Hankook + hybridless car.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

I’m a believer in Fourmaux, but the way his day spiralled out of control after the puncture is not acceptable. Unless there was a mitigating factor, putting the car on it’s lid this afternoon was ridiculous.

And especially when Neuville was already out of it since Friday.

And we said when he left M-Sport to be a Third Driver at Hyundai he couldn't drive like this. But it seems he can...

[denkimi]

Let's hope for another Ogier vs Tanak battle tomorrow.
However let me say this, that guy Ogier is still the boss in this sport. 41 years old and still on top of his game. Literally the definition of GOAT.
If ogier would do a full season, he would probably be world champion again.

Kinda makes Evans and Rovanpera look bad.

[AE1WRC]

If ogier would do a full season, he would probably be world champion again.

Kinda makes Evans and Rovanpera look bad.

I don't think it makes them bad since we're comparing them to possibly the GOAT of this sport.

Rovanpera is a proven double world champion who is the only driver that has the potential to eclipse 2 Sebs. He is already one of the greatest rally drivers ever at 24. I don't think he ever will be better than 2 Sebs when he finishes his career (in terms of peak performance) and that is okay.

Evans also made Ogier work for 2 seasons 2020 and 2021. Those were exciting battles to watch.

[EstWRC]

We saw last year Ogier making 3 mistakes in a row when he had the pressure to fight for the title.

So I wouldn’t take it for granted he would win for sure.

Fourmaux car bleeding https://x.com/diegotesimracer/status/1931438733225529775?s=46&t=AWria8OgC1kV5QC61vX5Xg

[TypeR]

I wonder why Neuville is in front of Serderidis in starting list today?

[trykmann]

Last year was something strange. Ogier, Tänak and Rovanperä made quite a lot of driving mistakses and Neuville did only one.

[EstWRC]

Some hanging dust on the stage. A thing that usually Tänak doesn’t like at all

[Rallyper]

No, Fourmaux tried to be level with Ott and Seb but we all saw what happened. I mean he should´ve been more clever in his driving. For sure not consistent yet, however if he´s still learning to be fast, he learned a lot so far in this rally...

[meh]

Many rallies have smaller gaps per rally than differences on this stage.

[EstWRC]

Many rallies have smaller gaps per rally than differences on this stage.

Massive cleaning. Solberg with a 6th time, Jürgenson the fastest Ford

[EstWRC]

Damn the profile changed with the new stages today and Tänak doesn’t have any chance with the Hyundai which doesn’t have grip as we know

[Rallyper]

Lindholm!!! Man!!

[RS]

Well that was silly, Emil.

[Rallyper]

he had more or less a walk in the park today, and blew it...

[RS]

he had more or less a walk in the park today, and blew it...

A shame as he'd done a perfect job this weekend up to this point.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

he had more or less a walk in the park today, and blew it...

He wasnt even going for Sunday points, so maybe he lost concentration.

[Rallyper]

He wasnt even going for Sunday points, so maybe he lost concentration.

Yeah, but they are two in the car. Co-driver can either push or repeat warnings... Maybe both were thinking of the finish line. Happens now and then. Even to me back in the years...

[jcevc]

He wasnt even going for Sunday points, so maybe he lost concentration.

WRC2 has no powerstage points and super sunday points, only final classification points - from that point of view this mistake is even worse ...

[becher]

Last year I would have said he's way past his prime, binning the car 3 rallies in a row, something unheard from him (and even for the likes of Duval, Latvala...), and previously being beaten in Monte by Neuville and retired Loeb straight from Dakar. But this year, Ogier has been just great so far. Maybe he particularly likes this Hankook + hybridless car.
I'd say Ogier is made to look better than usual as it has been a weird season so far. Neuville is still in his winter break as it seems, Tänak has his usual stuff, Evans is just his usual, fast but not super fast and Rovanperä really isn't compatible with the Hancock tyres (which I honestly thought he was above such things).

[denkimi]

I'd say Ogier is made to look better than usual as it has been a weird season so far. Neuville is still in his winter break as it seems, Tänak has his usual stuff, Evans is just his usual, fast but not super fast and Rovanperä really isn't compatible with the Hancock tyres (which I honestly thought he was above such things).
kinda like it has been the last 15 years. ogier just wins and the rest thinks of reasons why they don't.

I always felt rovanpera has been overrated by many. he is good, among the best. but he has had the luck of a superior car and no ogier in equal machinery.
the same for tanak, he was lucky that ogier went to citroen and not toyota in 2019.

[EstWRC]

kinda like it has been the last 15 years. ogier just wins and the rest thinks of reasons why they don't.

I always felt rovanpera has been overrated by many. he is good, among the best. but he has had the luck of a superior car and no ogier in equal machinery.
the same for tanak, he was lucky that ogier went to citroen and not toyota in 2019.

I’m willing to bet that Ogier wouldn’t have beaten Tänak in 2019 in Toyota.

It’s still to this day the most dominant season in the last 6 years. Even Kalle in 2022 didn’t have such a numbers as Tänak in 2019. Overall points, stage wins and stage leads, both had 6 wins.

[TypeR]

kinda like it has been the last 15 years. ogier just wins and the rest thinks of reasons why they don't.

I always felt rovanpera has been overrated by many. he is good, among the best. but he has had the luck of a superior car and no ogier in equal machinery.
the same for tanak, he was lucky that ogier went to citroen and not toyota in 2019.

Good that Tanak was in Toyota when Kalle and Ogier won 2020-2023 right..?

If u start comparing cars, then compare everybody..

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Just watching SS14 again. Some fantastic images from the helicopter up and over the hills. Plus being able to watch with pure sound it was close to rally perfection. :)

[TypeR]

From live maps it seems like PS start order is same as all day today..?

So WRC+ doesn't show wrc2 winner on allLive?

Fantastic

[KKS]

From live maps it seems like PS start order is same as all day today..?

So WRC+ doesn't show wrc2 winner on allLive?

Fantastic

Very wise PS order, cuz wrc2 has a massive fight dow here. So making condition more equal - its good

[Kras]

Incredible insight from commentators - Apparently this is a man-made road

[Dontcut]

Tyre info for PS?

[NoBudgetWRT]

From live maps it seems like PS start order is same as all day today..?

So WRC+ doesn't show wrc2 winner on allLive?

Fantastic

Because of service and no time for regruop

[EstWRC]

Horrible driving from Fourmaux on PS. All over the place and missing the lines

[linni]

the same for tanak, he was lucky that ogier went to citroen and not toyota in 2019.

Only. Ott is having the same pace on Wartburg (called Hyundai) right now as Seb on Ferrari (sorry, Toyota).

[Eli]

Have to say, this is a pretty good power stage.

[CeskyOndra]

Good PS but awful lot of cleaning

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Great time Kalle !

[BlueStrike]

If Ogier has smashed the cooling package now…

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Wow Ogier nearly !!

[jonkka]

Tanak seems to be losing one position in Sunday standings.

[CeskyOndra]

Only if Tanak had a speed!!!!

[Kras]

Ogier has so much luck

[CeskyOndra]

7s now left for Ogier!

[becher]

That tree kind of saved him