Rally Norway 2007

[PMM]

SS1 on the way (?)

[pino]

Btw here's Becs ( RallyRadio ) final predictions :

1st Henning
2nd Marcus
3rd Gigi

:eek:

[tribefiend]

Good morning to all of you in Europe, evening to all of us in the U.S. and elsewhere.

[aivan]

She's still asleep... as I am...

[Helstar]

Btw here's Becs ( RallyRadio ) final predictions :

1st Henning
2nd Marcus
3rd Gigi

:eek:
And 4th Wilson ? :asd:

[pino]

Hello Anim, no I don't know Don Johnson :p :

Ciao Helstar :D

[A.F.F.]

Speaking about Don Johnson, I listened his album the other day. While i moved to this paradise, I found a copy of C-casette with Don Johnson and his hit parade.

I'm still looking for a heartbeat after that :dozey:

:p :

[pino]

You guys have the splits ? I don't :s

[White Sauron]

Speaking about Don Johnson, I listened his album the other day. While i moved to this paradise, I found a copy of C-casette with Don Johnson and his hit parade.

I'm still looking for a heartbeat after that :dozey:

:p :

What Don Johnson you mean? The finnish Don Johnson Big Band? If it, then I like their single "Road" very much.

[A.F.F.]

I don't know about you guys but I can't see any splits ??

[Helstar]

Ciao Pino, ti sei divertito in Svezia ? (a parte l'uscita di strada ^^

Ci sarai per caso in Sardegna a Maggio ?

[A.F.F.]

What Don Johnson you mean? The finnish Don Johnson Big Band? If it, then I like their single "Road" very much.


Back in the 80's Don Johnson, the actor from hit TV-series Miami Vice made an album.

[Helstar]

Yes no split in every site :\

[A.F.F.]

BFG is the only result site what is active at the moment. Even SWRT site just informs "to run".

[Tomi]

mikko fastest so far

[PMM]

Yes no split in every site :\

Yup, it´s very quiet :(

[Helstar]

Hirvonen much faster than Loeb it seems ...

[animrallye]

I don't know about you guys but I can't see any splits ??
Nothing :mad:
http://www.zone.ee/wrcmasters/ : still in Sweden
http://www.nuclear.pri.ee/rally/index.php?by=first&stage=1&rally=Norway : No result for this stage !
http://wrc.ergo.pri.ee/splits.htm : SS20 Karlstad

[pino]

No splits for me neither :(

Helstar I PM you ;)

[White Sauron]

Back in the 80's Don Johnson, the actor from hit TV-series Miami Vice made an album.

Ok, thanks)

[jonkka]

Back in the 80's Don Johnson, the actor from hit TV-series Miami Vice made an album.

Hit? Or miss?

[aivan]

Not working for me..

[Helstar]

Big moment for Loeb in a snowbank

[pino]

Lucky Loeb :p :

[aivan]

Loeb said he nearly got off!!

[A.F.F.]

Miami Vice was/is a legend :hot:

My friend who is a doctor, still dresses like Don Johnson :D

[Mauri A]

mikko fastest so far
Keep us informed!

[Helstar]

5.8 sec Bosse better than Loeb

[PMM]

http://www.nuclear.pri.ee/rally/index.php?rally=Norway&stage=1 <- works now

[jonkka]

Look at Mikko?!?!

[tribefiend]

I can see splits here: http://www.nuclear.pri.ee/rally/index.php?by=&stage=1&rally=Norway

[aivan]

Marcus is nº1 in quotes word champ...

[Brother John]

Good morning to all rally freaks here! :D

[PMM]

Mikko!!!!!! Yes! :D

[Helstar]

Woho Hirvonen 17 seconds better than Loeb ! What a start !!

[Helstar]

And Sordo improves compared to first Sweden stage, only 33 sec off the pace ^^

[buffalo]

Good morning to all rally freaks here! :D


Goodevening from Australia !!

[Erki]

Marcus is nº1 in quotes word champ...

What did he say?

[Helstar]

V.Galli (Vittorio Galli ?!) on the road ... with a 19 as a car number ?! How come, where is the usual 25 O_o;

[Helstar]

Understeer problems for Atkinson ... Subaru is no good on these twisty roads

Still a better time than Sordo ^^

[aivan]

What did he say?

Cannot remember, goldfish memory here, but he was refering to Loeb not getting off.

[Helstar]

21.5 sec off the pace, damage behind the car, not a good start for Henning

[animrallye]

V.Galli (Vittorio Galli ?!) on the road ... with a 19 as a car number ?! How come, where is the usual 25 O_o;
Vincenzo, no Vittorio :p

[Helstar]

LOL that was my Sweden joke, maybe better we dump Vincenzo, no luck :p

Bad time for Carlsson...

[A.F.F.]

Mikko drove pretty conservatively this first stage ;)

[Helstar]

Mikko conservative ?! OMG =)
19 sec to P. Solberg too...

[aivan]

Mikko drove pretty conservatively this first stage ;)

Looks like he read "his thread" on the forum...

:up: Mikko

[pino]

where's Latvala ?

[Helstar]

I wonder how Garde is doing so good on these narrow roads with the huge old Lancer ?!

[A.F.F.]

Mikko has made a perfect tyre choise for this first stage or then he found a shortcut nobody else did.

[Woodeye]

Good morning all. :)

[Helstar]

Kopecky problems with engine or turbo, very slow infact...

[DonJippo]

where's Latvala ?

Still to finish the stage.

[Helstar]

Good time for Gigi too ! Only a few seconds off Loeb

[PMM]

LOL! Look at J-M! :D

[miksu]

I wonder how Garde is doing so good on these narrow roads with the huge old Lancer ?!

he is compensating the lack of power in the motor with his wrist!! ;)

[Brother John]

Good to see another start as usually. :up: I hope that this remains this way in the future! :D

[Mauri A]

I hope I had been able to listen Mikko´s and M Wilsons conversation after fist stage!

[Helstar]

Whoa look at JM ! GREAT !

Nooooo rally radio now there was Gigi puts the music ?! Damn !

[PMM]

1 HIRVONEN Ford 16:14.1 +00.0
2 GRÖNHOLM Ford 16:25.3 +11.2
3 LATVALA Ford 16:25.7 +11.6
4 LOEB Citroen 16:31.1 +17.0
5 GARDEMEISTER Mitsubishi 16:31.9 +17.8


Okay, now I really hope that the rest of the stages will be cancelled :D :D

[A.F.F.]

I still want Hänninen to top four ;) Then I'm satisfied.

[Woodeye]

Top three - Mikko, Marcus and J-M. I'm starting to like this rally... :)

[pino]

3rd fast time for Latvala :eek: :up:

[Helstar]

Impression after this stage ? I think some people put wrong tyres ... or others some better ones :)

Good = Hirvonen
Bad = Carlsson and H. Solberg (look at difference with Latvala !)

[miksu]

Marcus Gronholm
Ford "He was a little bit off at one place (Loeb), He was lucky." Gronholm faster than Loeb

Loeb lucky??!? :p

[Helstar]

Loeb always takes a good escape =) do you remember the Turkey huge risk in 2005, or the cow in Argentina, or the superrally on Monte 2006 at the last day stage and no damage to the car, etc. he's the superlucky man of WRC :)
But good luck goes to people who 'earn' it.

[PMM]

SS2 on the way...

[Helstar]

Pons is totally off his abilities on snow ... look at difference with Garde ... did you see the Sweden review ? After the off in the snowbank (stopping Galli and Carlsson behind) in one of the next stage he couldn't understand a note, it was an hairpin and simply went straight with no braking at all !
"Hijo de puta" and many others insults between him and the codriver lol ! (strangely not even 'beeped' by the TV)

[tribefiend]

1-2-3 for Ford right now! Are they the new Citroen?

[Helstar]

The C4 is too large for these narrow roads. Plus Ford has better specialists on snow.

[miksu]

where is marcus... :S

[Tom206wrc]

SS2 on the way :p :

[A.F.F.]

Let's not jump on to wallpapers just yet. I have a feeling Loeb takes it easy and tightens his pace very soon. As usual.

[Helstar]

No split for The Child maybe we have already get rid of him for today ! (kidding :)

Not a memorable start for Mikkelsen, maybe the emotion of his first WRC stage ...

EDIT:
15 MIKKELSEN Ford 17:00.9 +46.8
16 WILSON Ford 17:04.0 +49.9

Well, first WRC stage and Wilson is already behind =)))

[Wim_Impreza]

1-2-3 for Ford right now! Are they the new Citroen?

This is only the first stage. I expected a lot of surprises and some off's.

[Wim_Impreza]

1-2-3 for Ford right now! Are they the new Citroen?

This is only the first stage. I expect a lot of surprises and some off's.

[Helstar]

Mikko is already braking early in the corners :\ (he said that ...) Wilson strikes again BAH

[Wim_Impreza]

Not a memorable start for Mikkelsen, maybe the emotion of his first WRC stage ...

EDIT:
15 MIKKELSEN Ford 17:00.9 +46.8
16 WILSON Ford 17:04.0 +49.9

Well, first WRC stage and Wilson is already behind =)))

Wilson was slower than Mikkelsen in Wales Rally GB last year, the debut from Mikkelsen in the WRC :)

[mdesign]

"www.zone.ee/wrcmasters" doesn't seem to have norway splits?! any other site with splits?

[animrallye]

Splits : http://www.nuclear.pri.ee/rally/index.php?by=fastest&stage=2&rally=Norway

What happened to Schie in SS1 ???

[tribefiend]

This is only the first stage. I expect a lot of surprises and some off's.

I'm sure it will change but interesting to see to start a rally.

[Mauri A]

[quote="Helstar"]Mikko is already braking early in the corners :\ (he said that ...)
Got some orders?

[Wim_Impreza]

I'm sure it will change but interesting to see to start a rally.

I agree.

[Helstar]

Wilson was slower than Mikkelsen in Wales Rally GB last year, the debut from Mikkelsen in the WRC :)
Ops :D
I have followed a lot of WRC last year, that's obvious eh :) ?

[ttiirika]

The C4 is too large for these narrow roads. Plus Ford has better specialists on snow.

Come on!! Citroen C4 WRC: length 4274 mm, width 1800 mm and Ford Focus WRC: length 4442 mm, width 1770 mm.

[A.F.F.]

I agree with Wim. As I've understood the nature of Rally Norway can offer a lot of surprises to drivers. Hence, many moments and offs :mark:

[mdesign]

Splits : http://www.nuclear.pri.ee/rally/index.php?by=fastest&stage=2&rally=Norway


Thank you!

[Halvis]

Morning'. Interesting and surprising start to the rally! Now I'm on my way to see the rally live. Going for SS4 and 7, I think!

[Helstar]

Come on!! Citroen C4 WRC: length 4274 mm, width 1800 mm and Ford Focus WRC: length 4442 mm, width 1770 mm.
Eh, I know it's not a question of only being larger by cm or meters (lol), the truth is that C4 is more difficult to throw in the corners compared to Ford. Ask Pentti too ! ;)

[A.F.F.]

Have fun Halvis :)

[wacked]

how is everyone doin.. holiday for me today.. good thing.. now i can sit here and see wats happenin in the rally..

looks like a great start by Mikko..

[Helstar]

Carlsson went wide in a junction, damage in the back of the car (smashed a tree maybe)

[Brother John]

Mikko is already braking early in the corners :\ (he said that ...)
Got some orders?

Com on, Not on the first stage!!!

[Helstar]

Come on, Not on the first stage!!!
It was the second !

Bad split for Vittorio Galli :\

[Magnus]

Well, Carlsson has himself been piling up the pressure. He was fifth in Sweden but none the less said the results would wait for Norway. Guess he is a little bit nervous...

[turves]

Good morning everyone.

Just seen the leaderboard, its a bit of a surprise but nice to see. I expected Henning to be up there though.

[Brother John]

It was the second !

Bad split for Vittorio Galli :\

Yes the second one. ;) Maybe It´s better to take It easy in the first loop for Galli!

[Magnus]

Abt Henning: so did I. He is very talented, he has a good car, and he won last year. Hmmm...?

[Helstar]

Latvala totally missed a junction and drove on the side of the road, on much snow, for many seconds.

Gigi said he couldn't see anything (is it snowing ?!) and drove badly all the junctions.

[peterpz]

No splits on zone.ee?

[Magnus]

2/18
Mikko Hirvonen, Finland (Ford) 24.27,1
Marcus Grönholm, Finland (Ford) + 8,5
Sebastien Loeb, Frankrike (Citroën) + 12,4
Chris Atkinson, Australia (Subaru) + 37,4

2:
Sebastien Loeb, Frankrike (Citroën) 8.08,4
Marcus Grönholm, Finland (Ford) + 1,9
Mikko Hirvonen, Finland (Ford) + 4,6
Henning Solberg, Norge (Ford) + 6,3
Toni Gärdemeister, Finland (Mitsubishi) + 9,5

[Ranger]

zone.ee/wrcmasters isn't working at the moment... Is there any other livetiming sites that are currently up and running?

Cheers in advance.

[COD]

Wilks looses a lot even to Mikkelsen and Wilson on SS1. OK, it's his first rally in Focus, but if you compare to drivers like Hänninen in second WC-start, it is not hot at all.

Also what is wrong with Carlsson?

SS2 seems to put things back on the "normal order"

[A.F.F.]

zone.ee/wrcmasters isn't working at the moment... Is there any other livetiming sites that are currently up and running?

Cheers in advance.



http://www.nuclear.pri.ee/rally/index.php?by=fastest&stage=2&rally=Norway

This one works.

[animrallye]

zone.ee/wrcmasters isn't working at the moment... Is there any other livetiming sites that are currently up and running?

Cheers in advance.
http://www.nuclear.pri.ee/rally/index.php?by=fastest&stage=2&rally=Norway

[COD]

http://www.nuclear.pri.ee/rally/index.php?by=fastest&stage=2&rally=Norway

This one works.

This site is not as good as the zone one. The classifications are not up to date

[COD]

No result page is up to date. In the radio they are coming to finish, but no results

[Magnus]

Check http://sport.vg.no/rally/

[A.F.F.]

This site is not as good as the zone one. The classifications are not up to date

Yes, I agree.

[Wim_Impreza]

Also what is wrong with Carlsson?

Carlsson hit a snowbank last year and retired, probably he has no much trust now.

[animrallye]

This site is not as good as the zone one. The classifications are not up to date
For classifications : http://www.bfgoodrich.com

[A.F.F.]

I'm waiting for Hänninen to finish SS 2.

[DonJippo]

I'm waiting for Hänninen to finish SS 2.

He is long gone...

[COD]

I'm waiting for Hänninen to finish SS 2.

According to rallyradio he did that long time ago. Had stalled on one of the last junctions and lost time. But no results anywhere.

[René]

You have the splits time here too !

http://wrc.ergo.pri.ee/splits.htm

[Donney]

Pons is totally off his abilities on snow ... look at difference with Garde ... did you see the Sweden review ? After the off in the snowbank (stopping Galli and Carlsson behind) in one of the next stage he couldn't understand a note, it was an hairpin and simply went straight with no braking at all !
"Hijo de puta" and many others insults between him and the codriver lol ! (strangely not even 'beeped' by the TV)


Not that I consider POns a great snow driver or anything but hijo de puta was directed to the car, apparently the throttle stuck flat and could not brake.

[A.F.F.]

Ok. Cheers.

First service. Thanks to my strong coffee, I'm going to my traditional visit of aamupaska :wave:

Salute bignoses.

[COD]

You have the splits time here too !

http://wrc.ergo.pri.ee/splits.htm

All the sites seem to have stopped giving results after Schie. The organisers have some problems with the results system?

[Ranger]

http://www.nuclear.pri.ee/rally/index.php?by=fastest&stage=2&rally=Norway

This one works.

Cheers to you and others for putting this up.

[Wim_Impreza]

Thank you for that link, Jani.

[Donney]

Good morning rally people, I should not be here, because I'm working but anyway.... :)

Nice start of the first day, are conditions really difficult on the stages or is just a tires problem?

[AGA]

Go on, Mikko!

[Tomi]

nice start, have to say that expected a bit better from Hänninen, after all this is his first snowrally in a wrc, hopefully he improves.

[PMM]

I can´t see Hänninen´s time anywhere.

[Tomi]

he came to the stage finish

[teufel]

Morning guys,

it seems all the splits sites have gone crazy, it seems an exciting fight today, let hope that JML can keep it on the road and achieve a good result!

[WRC2006]

Morning Guys

[Wim_Impreza]

Guys, see the link that Jani has given:

http://www.nuclear.pri.ee/rally/index.php?by=fastest&stage=2&rally=Norway

Hänninen has the 11th time in SS2.

Standings after SS2:
1 HIRVONEN
Ford 16:14.1 +00.0

2 GRÖNHOLM
Ford 16:25.3 +11.2

3 LATVALA
Ford 16:25.7 +11.6

4 LOEB
Citroen 16:31.1 +17.0

5 GARDEMEISTER
Mitsubishi 16:31.9 +17.8

6 SOLBERG
Subaru 16:33.0 +18.9

7 GALLI
Citroen 16:33.4 +19.3

8 SOLBERG
Ford 16:35.6 +21.5

9 ATKINSON
Subaru 16:38.0 +23.9

10 STOHL
Citroen 16:41.3 +27.2

11 HÄNNINEN
Mitsubishi 16:47.3 +33.2

12 SORDO
Citroen 16:48.0 +33.9

13 ØSTBERG
Subaru 16:50.9 +36.8

14 CARLSSON
Citroen 16:52.8 +38.7

15 MIKKELSEN
Ford 17:00.9 +46.8

16 WILSON
Ford 17:04.0 +49.9

17 GRØNDAL
Subaru 17:06.0 +51.9

18 WILKS
FordFocus 17:10.2 +56.1

19 PONS
Mitsubishi 17:11.0 +56.9

20 KOPECKY
Skoda 17:11.8 +57.7

21 DALSJØ
Subaru 17:15.6 +01:01.5

22 LINNERUD
Peugeot 17:18.9 +01:04.8

23 FLODIN
Subaru 17:27.1 +01:13.0

24 KJAER
Peugeot 17:33.8 +01:19.7

25 BRYNILDSEN
Mitsubishi 17:38.7 +01:24.6

26 ANDERSSON
Suzuki 17:47.9 +01:33.8

27 AAVA
Suzuki 17:55.6 +01:41.5

28 SVEDLUND
Subaru 18:01.5 +01:47.4

29 KONGSRUD
Mitsubishi 18:03.3 +01:49.2

30 ERIKBRYNILD-
SEN 18:07.6 +01:53.5

31 NYBERG
Subaru 18:14.2 +02:00.1

32 AIGNER
Mitsubishi 18:22.6 +02:08.5

33 SANDELL
Renault 18:30.6 +02:16.5

34 WENG
Mitsubishi 18:32.2 +02:18.1

35 SULLAND
Subaru 18:37.2 +02:23.1

36 AugusSELMER
Ford 18:44.6 +02:30.5

37 MÖLDER
Suzuki 18:55.9 +02:41.8

38 CORTINOVIS
Renault 19:05.5 +02:51.4

39 SOLBERG
Subaru 19:18.0 +03:03.9

40 Burkart
Citroen 19:33.1 +03:19.0

42 ERLAND
Mitsubishi 19:33.4 +03:19.3

41 BETTEGA
Ford 19:33.4 +03:19.3

43 GudbrandSVE-
NKERUD 19:58.8 +03:44.7

44 GALLAGHER
Citroen 21:06.9 +04:52.8

45 PINOMÄKI
Renault 21:53.8 +05:39.7

46 SCHIE
Ford 29:22.9 +13:08.8

[Tomi]

those are from ss1

[Woodeye]

I think those are ste splits after SS1

[Wim_Impreza]

Indeed, sorry.

[DonJippo]

I think those are ste splits after SS1

So much about the link Jani gave.... ;)

[A.F.F.]

For god's sake, I never use it myself until now. The one COD mentioned is way better. Leeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaavvvvvveeeeeeee mmeeeeeeeee alllloooooooooooooneeee!

[WRC2006]

Try this men, it is working

http://www.nuclear.pri.ee/rally/index.php?by=fastest&stage=3&rally=Norway

[Tomi]

For god's sake, I never use it myself until now. The one COD mentioned is way better. Leeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaavvvvvveeeeeeee mmeeeeeeeee alllloooooooooooooneeee!

you could call the organiser, after all you gave the link :)

[A.F.F.]

That's it. I'm gonna tell my mom.

[JAM]

Pons is totally off his abilities on snow ... look at difference with Garde ... did you see the Sweden review ? After the off in the snowbank (stopping Galli and Carlsson behind) in one of the next stage he couldn't understand a note, it was an hairpin and simply went straight with no braking at all !
"Hijo de puta" and many others insults between him and the codriver lol ! (strangely not even 'beeped' by the TV)


Wrong. They went off because the trotle broken and stayed blocked. The TV masn forget the Beep :D or they didn't undrestood english. But in fact Pons is out of the pace on snow... and also on gravel... and also on tarmac. The surprise was his return at the end of 2006, a really good perfomance. But was only that.

[Mauri A]

From Finnish radio:
Henning, playing safe
Petter, driving with 99 %
Mikko, all well but Marcus and Seb will be coming
Marcus. taking it cautiously

[PMM]

Time for SS3

[WRC2006]

Time for SS3

11h300 Local time (GMT +1)

[WRC2006]

Sorry, 11h30

[Tom206wrc]

No split for SS3 yet :mad:
EDIT: OK, 11.30...

By the way, slow start from Anders Kjaer in the whale :mark:

[Mauri A]

Henning: The first cars have a big advantage because of the snowfall!

[PMM]

Sorry, 11h30

Hmmm... YLE says 11:24. Whatever :)

[Wim_Impreza]

No split for SS3 yet :mad:
EDIT: OK, 11.30...

By the way, slow start from Anders Kjaer in the whale :mark:

It is not the year of Peugeot.

[WRC2006]

Hmmm... YLE says 11:24. Whatever :)

This is the old time. They reviewed the time yesterday

[FabiaFan]

It is not the year of Peugeot.

When was the last one?!?

[WRC2006]

This is the old time. They reviewed the time yesterday

I am a bit confused now?!! Right, the correct time is 11:24.

Sorry men

[PMM]

This is the old time. They reviewed the time yesterday

Ah, OK! Thanks for the correction!

EDIT: LOL, We are a bit confused here ;)

[Tom206wrc]

The splits are late again :s

[Wim_Impreza]

When was the last one?!?

2002.

[Finni]

It would be nice to get splits from that long stage...

[FabiaFan]

2002.

Right!

[Donney]

It would be nice to get splits from that long stage...

It would be nice to get any splits at all.

[PMM]

Loeb finished the stage 5,6 secs faster than he did on the last run.

[Tom206wrc]

It would be nice to get splits from that long stage...



All drivers are on the splits but it seems they won't have them until end of stage :mad:

[PMM]

YEA!!!! Bosse! ;)

[Finni]

Grönholm -14.9.

[DonJippo]

Marcus 15 secs faster than Seb.

[Donney]

I see Gronholm is 14 secs faster than Loeb.

[Donney]

Hirvonen beats them all.

[DonJippo]

Mikko even faster than Marcus.

[FabiaFan]

Hirvo by 0,7 better!!!

[PMM]

This looks quite good ATM ;)

[Finni]

Is it really disclosing that C4 is a bit difficult on narrow roads..?? we can well remember that 307 for instance was not good on narrow stages. Also current Subaru is not good in such roads.

[FabiaFan]

Messages with echoes ... :-)))

[CABAIO E'LONA]

Gronholm faster than Loeb -1 sec.

[Mauri A]

Where is Latvala from the list?

[jonas_mcrae]

the fords flying

[DonJippo]

:bounce: we got first split...for Kopecky

[FabiaFan]

Allow me to ask THIS question: Is Hirvonen driving too conservatively?!?!?!!!!
:-)))))))

[teufel]

Henning has chance to catch Seb :)

[mdesign]

Nice start for ford! A podium full of ford's would be great :D

[Finni]

I have to really admit that Mikko is surprising. It seems that Ford has very good cards for double win now, Grönholm as winner.

[PMM]

Splits are back.

[JAM]

I think Hirvonen is making more than Wilsons boss wants :D

[COD]

If Hirvonen stays on the road at that speed, that will be a surprise

[Finni]

Galli is doing fine, only 4 sec behind Hirvonen after nine minutes driving..

[FabiaFan]

Garde with serious problems after a crash in the last left corner???

[Finni]

Now Galli only 2 sec behind Grönholm..

[WRC2006]

If Hirvonen stays on the road at that speed, that will be a surprise

I think Mikko is aware now of the thread here about him then he want to prove us wrong?!!!!

Hope he will stay on the road!!!

[jiipee64]

Latvalas first split fastest!!!!!!!

[Woodeye]

Miiiiik-koo Hiiirvoneeen, Mikko Hirvonen! (sang of the note... ) :D

[Isthmus]

Why you all guys are so hapy when the rally is being everything, less competitive? Next time, when Loeb´s in front, come saying that you want Loeb get an off or a puncture because you want a competitive rally..yee sure -)) eheh

btw, nice pace by Mikko!

[FabiaFan]

A festival of Fords...

[FabiaFan]

Latvala's losing...

[Finni]

Hänninen is doing quite decent stage. Only 12 sec behind grönholm in fourth split.

[FabiaFan]

Kopecky has crashed :-((( Lost 3,5 min.

[CABAIO E'LONA]

Kopecky with problems...

[Wim_Impreza]

Kopecky has crashed :-((( Lost 3,5 min.

It isn't his rally until now. I hope he has much more luck the next stages.

[M.Olsson]

What's wrong with Carlsson?
Bad tire choice?

[Finni]

Did Galli overtake Kopecky in the last stage?

[DonJippo]

No.

[Wim_Impreza]

Østberg lost time too.

[peterpz]

Where's Latvala?

[DonJippo]

At the finish of the stage.

[Tom206wrc]

Splits are again stopped ??? :mark:

[COD]

What's wrong with Carlsson?
Bad tire choice?


Maybe it was not a good idea to change co-driver? Especially to a Frechman :D

[Tomi]

vitun, vitun, vittu, j-m 30sec penalty

[Tom206wrc]

What happened to Anders Grondal ?? He has no time... :s

[WRC2006]

Splits are again stopped ??? :mark:

How possible that at http://www.zone.ee split page still in Sweden while the front page (home page) the results are updated every 60 sec?!

[WRC2006]

Maybe it was not a good idea to change co-driver? Especially to a Frechman :D

Do you mean that Loeb should have non french co-driver to win this rally?!

[COD]

vitun, vitun, vittu, j-m 30sec penalty

Even more. First he was late from service, then late again to the stage start

[GigiGalliNo1]

Hello all! just got back from work (taking photos haha) how is veryone (forumers and of course the rally drivers! :D )

Live stage has been and gone? broad cast?

Matt :)

[Mauri A]

j-m 30sec penalty
for what?

[Brother John]

At the finish of the stage.
Can I open the bottle this weekend Don?

[DonJippo]

vitun, vitun, vittu, j-m 30sec penalty

Jari-Matti was 6min late from the service so he got 60sec penalty not 30sec.

[peterpz]

vitun, vitun, vittu, j-m 30sec penalty

Fot what? :/

[Tomi]

for what?

he said 3 min late out from service, they changed powersteering.

[WRC2006]

for what?

For not respecting time to check in or out.

[DonJippo]

Can I open the bottle this weekend Don?

If that is a bottle of Jack then yes ofcourse :p

[Mauri A]

Loeb has stepped on it!

[GigiGalliNo1]

Loeb has stepped on it!

pppfffttt

[Brother John]

I have to wait till sunday!!! Have a meeting with municipality this afternoon! :laugh:

[DonJippo]

I have to wait till sunday!!! Have a meeting with municipality this afternoon! :laugh:

Meetings will always go better if you take a bit of Jack before ... ;)

[CABAIO E'LONA]

Loeb faster than Gronholm and Hirvonen...

[WRC2006]

What would happen if all drivers were not having the split times in their car? I think we would have more show than today?!!

"I didn't have split times so I didn't know how I was doing. But I did ok." 10 seconds faster than Loeb" (Marcus G)

[Brother John]

That´s the point! Loeb without splits has more problems! thus prohibit that in the future......please F.I.A.

[seph]

Non scandinavian guys (Loeb is everywhere's native) are so slow here...

[WRC2006]

Is Petter going to win this at least?

[Donney]

Solberg looks fast.

[jonkka]

That´s the point! Loeb without splits has more problems! thus prohibit that in the future......please F.I.A.

I do like splits and want to see those. Besides, if officially clocked splits would be banned, teams would send their own teams to stages to do that. Remember how Burns went off in Cyprus 2001 or 2002 when he was shown Colins split time on pit board... :eek:

[Donney]

Solberg missed.

[WRC2006]

That´s the point! Loeb without splits has more problems! thus prohibit that in the future......please F.I.A.

I would wish to see FIA baning the spilt time in WRC cars for 2008.

Because it is boaring now and the rally is finished already by the middle of the second day.

[Magnus]

First I read: Loeb stopped on it... ie. the stage - but that is impossible of course...
Ostberg had problems with servo. Henning no studs. Garde no studs, and a bit afraid as well acc. to VG.

[WRC2006]

Solberg missed.

Time for the Impreza 06 to retire.

[Finni]

Ah, Galli is charging again!

[seph]

Gigi goes for it!

[pino]

Great 1st split for Gigi :D

[seph]

Iceman Gigi

[Magnus]

Solberg also a bit scared after the last pass: says he gives it all for the moment, can not go any faster.

[GigiGalliNo1]

Iceman Gigi

:D

[Brother John]

I do like splits and want to see those. Besides, if officially clocked splits would be banned, teams would send their own teams to stages to do that. Remember how Burns went off in Cyprus 2001 or 2002 when he was shown Colins split time on pit board... :eek:

Split times is ok for us on the internet :s mokin: but I would like to see FIA baning the spilt time in WRC cars for 2008.

[pino]

Gigi only.09 behind, damn :p :

[Brother John]

Gigi only.09 behind, damn :p :

You are a lucky man now Pino! Nice.... :D

[GigiGalliNo1]

galli sure fast!! +0:00.9 slower then Loe

[GigiGalliNo1]

You are a lucky man now Pino! Nice.... :D

and mee ? =P

[Patwrc]

Sorry everyone. Are there any sources that allow me to see the split times?

[Brother John]

and mee ? =P
I mean all the GigiGalli fans! :p : ;)

[Brother John]

Sorry everyone. Are there any sources that allow me to see the split times?


http://www.nuclear.pri.ee/rally/index.php?by=0&stage=4&rally=Norway

[WRC2006]

But another problem is how to control this while some of us are close to the official team or the official team would hire people to follow the splits for them on internet and then adjust follwing the times. Difficult to control then?

[GigiGalliNo1]

just noticed: mikko is LEADING?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? I wasn;t even paying attention to the top 2!! ahh my bad!! eekk

[kabouter]

A shame he wasn't a second faster, but another great stage from Gigi. The question is of course: is this his normal speed on these roads, or is he pushing too much to keep up with the leaders and is he going to get stuck in a snow wall on the next stage?

So far Gigi's having an excellent start to the rally, almost caught up with Henning Solberg again, matching the times of Loeb in the C4 on some stages and being faster than the other Xsaras.

And Mikko is showing what he can do when he's pushing - but also in his case we'll have to see if he's going to be able to keep this pace throughout the event.

[JAM]

But another problem is how to control this while some of us are close to the official team or the official team would hire people to follow the splits for them on internet and then adjust follwing the times. Difficult to control then?


Impossible to control. To end splits on internet would increas the teams costs, because they would have to have more people and more cars on the road. Let's stop dreaming, splits are good and useful.

[WRC2006]

And Mikko is showing what he can do when he's pushing - but also in his case we'll have to see if he's going to be able to keep this pace throughout the event.

It seems no team order today for him? Or he decided to ignore Malcom?!!

Hope he stays on road till sunday.

[Brother John]

Impossible to control. To end splits on internet would increas the teams costs, because they would have to have more people and more cars on the road. Let's stop dreaming, splits are good and useful.
Useful for Loeb you mean! :down:

[WRC2006]

Impossible to control. To end splits on internet would increas the teams costs, because they would have to have more people and more cars on the road. Let's stop dreaming, splits are good and useful.

You are right but are not good for us fans because we have less show on stage.

In almost all the time the rally is decided at the end of Leg2. Unless the stupid driver who can make a mistake on day 3 and retire otherwise everyone on day 3 is trying to secure his position (at least for those in top 8)

[KKS]

anybody knows Rally Norway will be translated online video from SS6? like it's be at Sweden?

[Tomi]

Hänninen a small improvment maybe

[Madeira]

Useful for Loeb you mean! :down:
They are equal in this kind of resources, and what's the problem...?