Fantastic job from all the skoda team.Like to see Loix also in next rounds.
Solowow:We drove behind Betti for 20 kilometers a he did not let us go in front! And then we got a puncture, because we did not see a road in his dust." :vader:
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Fantastic job from all the skoda team.Like to see Loix also in next rounds.
Solowow:We drove behind Betti for 20 kilometers a he did not let us go in front! And then we got a puncture, because we did not see a road in his dust." :vader:
Snijers retired at last ss due to engine failure :eek:
Stéphane Lhonnay, only third in Group N before the final stage, wins in Group N. Mathias Viane had a puncture in the last special stage and Alexandre Romain lost time too.
well, Skoda has theoretical chance to secure manufacturer title in Madeira. That is four rounds before the end of season! If they will get 18 points in Acores then no mater in which positions Peugeots are they are only 1 point from the title (that means Peugeot should should be first and second in every remaining round).
By the way our JWRC driver Kruuda reached to the finish (6th in 2WD class) without any major mistakes and looks like the other Estonian, Kangur retired (was holding 4th place in IRC 2WD class) on the second last stage (it was their first ever tarmac rally).
She also crash badly with a Fiesta ST last year or two years ago?Quote:
Originally Posted by muscrae
What happened to the tv programme last night? Grrr. It's supposed to be on again this morning and then the magazine programme this evening so I will try again!
Some positives and negatives of this rally for me:
+ Great performance of Freddy Loix and the new Evo Skoda
+ Thierry Neuville maturing (last year he was perhaps faster but crashed)
+ Competitive entry with guys at the front pushing very very hard
+ Eurosport TV footage I have seen so far was excellent
+ New Evo Skoda looks nicer :)
- Sarrazin and Hanninen's early crashes. Would have expected both to challenge for a podium.
- Proton's engine failures. Would have bee nice to see one of them sneak into the top 10 at the end.
- Mikkelsen's pace a bit disappointing. Very hard to say though how much was him, how much was the car and how much the tyres.
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Peugeot UK Day 2 video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwlFk0Js5HE
I dont find Mikkelsen pace diappointing at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
-Its his first event on tarmac since Costa Brava last year.
-He has never driven Ypres before which is important if you shall fight in top three.
-Local knowledge is important(It was three belgians in the top 4)
-He has never driven the Fiesta on Tarmac
-Its Hankooks first tarmac event with the Fiesta
-He is young, became 21 last week.
His goal before the event was a sixth place.
Everyone in his team is satisfied.
My photos from yesterday
http://foto.zita.be/5624954789
Neuville drove impressive, and will with enough money (again) reach far !
My photos are online! :)
http://www.rallymedia.nl/images/2010...uville%201.jpg
http://www.rallymedia.nl/images/2010...sowicz%204.jpg
http://www.rallymedia.nl/images/2010...opecky%205.jpg
Click for more!
The video will follow today ;)
MY VIDEO OF THE GEKO YPRES RALLY :
http://www.rallyandraces.com/index.p...010&Itemid=121
GREAT EVENT !
The end result was good for sure, but I still find the pace disappointing. It's not that the performance was that bad, I just expected more from him...Quote:
Originally Posted by VFTS
I'm sure it will go better on gravel events.
Turkisch 207:
http://www.autosportforum.be/showthr...l=1#post196952
Before that happend I saw them passing on Heuveland with the rear windscreen broken and a missing rear wing.
That looks really bad, I hope they are ok - at least physicallyQuote:
Originally Posted by HaCo
Just returned, great rally. Hope to go back again next year! Big thanks to our Belgian friends for guiding through very nice and really fast places :)
Kris Meeke said on local Belgian radio that he felt he had no chance with Peugeot this season. He said that he wouldn't have spoken about the speed of car if there was some Peugeot driver faster than him but there has been none so far. I think that it's quite obvious already for some time but hearing that on public means that he really is very disappointed.
By the way works Skoda were running reasonably longer gears than others, especially Ford.
So, some interesting statistics for tire freaks:-)
Abbring was driving with BF Goodrich rubber in Ypres and Kruuda was using Pirelli Control tires (to test for Bulgaria). Kruuda lost 2.11 s/km during the first day, 1.17 on next 3 stages, 1.03 sek/km from stages 10-13; 1.04 sek/km on 14-19 stage and 1.78 sek/km on last three stages (seems that there was some problem on the last stage , without that he lost 0.73 sek/km. You can compare their speed in Bulgaria and see what is the difference there. We can say that Kruuda was roughly 1 sek slover per km compared to Abbring by the end of rally.
thanks bluford :)Quote:
Originally Posted by bluuford
there is Sarrazin
http://picasaweb.google.be/T.Goudese...15202996155938
In brief,,,had a great week ourselves, must be Ypres for a long time
Our plan was for a finish, after the last 2 attempts in the Fiesta,, so were off the pace somewhat, but the car ran well, with no problems, bar the intercom volume !! a couple of bent rims, big stall at the bales in Nieuwkerke, etc etc
The first couple of stages, had dead and bent cars all over the place, along with a fair bit of scenery damage were others had regained the road !!
If anyone has any pictures of the S1600 Fiesta, a link would be appreciated,
TIA
Quote:
Originally Posted by 'Mirek Fric [Cze
The M-Sport Fiesta/Mikkelsen used a gearbox with maximum topspeed of 172. The other gearbox they could have used had a topspeed of 180-182. But they didnt change it.
I'm not sure about that but I think that Skodas were using gearbox with 182-184 km/h top speed. Peugeot 175 as usual I think. On long straights before places were I was works Skodas were always last in rpm limiter compared to good drivers on other cars. Fords on the other hand were first in rpm limiter.
It was also interesting that Mikkelsen's works car had completely different soud to Fiestas of Solowow and Oleksowicz.
Also driving through deep cuts was interesting. Where Fabias and especially Fiestas had all four wheel on the ground exiting cuts, Peugeots and especially Protons were kicked in the air.
http://oldtimerke2.freehostia.com/2010/ypres/Quote:
Originally Posted by MK2 BDG
http://oldtimerke2.freehostia.com/2010/ypres/
Saw the 2 girls saturday after they got back to service park, they where ok but still shakenQuote:
Originally Posted by Wittmanello
Also Oliviera had big one and his co-driver has to stay in Ypres hospital at least till tuesday.
2 207S2000 with lots of damage, 3 if you also count Meeke
Tsjoen's one is also very much damaged, so 4.
No problem now as Peugeot has about 14 cars in stock with 'everybody' buying Fiesta or Fabia :DQuote:
Originally Posted by 'Mirek Fric [Cze
Before you had to wait if you wanted one, now there are cars in stock.
Said before Ypres, still want to see a car beating the 207S2000 on tarmac, saw it this weekend :D Well done Skoda with the evolution.
Bad luck for Proton and now the boys are on their way to Whangarei in NZ for APRC and same engine spec there too... hopefully the big bosses of Proton who where in Ypres and where impressed, give the team some more support to get the engine right.
If Peugeot give a next evolution of the engine to Meeke and Magelhaes in Azores it could be interesting too.
I heard that Protons had problems with broken valve springs. Can anyone confirm? If that's true it's quite classic problem for high-rpm engines which all teams had during development and had to solve out.
Thats what iRally was reportingQuote:
Originally Posted by 'Mirek Fric [Cze
Yes, all three cars on the same cylinder on every car on the same stage. Chris Mellors said "that's precision engineering" :DQuote:
Originally Posted by 'Mirek Fric [Cze
I still think the Peugeot will be more than competitive on the smoother tarmac events to come (Madeira and Sanremo) The Skoda's big advantage seems to be when the going is rouger or there are ditches to traverse as Mirek touched on - Reiger suspension of the Ford and Skoda keeps all the wheels in contact with the ground!Quote:
Originally Posted by ProRally
I guess this is an advantage of the Skoda's super-torquey engine. They can maintain decent accelleration whilst having a higher top speed.Quote:
Originally Posted by 'Mirek Fric [Cze
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tobikaz...7624350552536/Quote:
Originally Posted by MK2 BDG
Video of the rally!
http://i47.tinypic.com/28lt5s5.png
HD on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40ZdAz2LlPQ&hd=1
Onboards Černý SS7 and SS8: http://www.mediasport.cz/rally-cz/onboard-irc-videa
Kris and Paul before the crash. Some very very crazy moments!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVwvdeCuzDk
Video from very nice places: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azJ5J-PHXbw
This is insane!!!
http://www.ewrc.cz/images/2010/irc/y...agalhaes_2.jpg