yes that would explain the disadvantage comment and i doubt latvala reached the end to give interviews.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kalm
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yes that would explain the disadvantage comment and i doubt latvala reached the end to give interviews.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kalm
That is Ogier's comment after today, just watched ss10 onboards, it is frustrating how big the disadvantage is.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mariusz
I think Paddon can do it tomorrow... I'm not sure Ogier will risk too much to get the win.
not that big, considering he still has 2nd place.Quote:
Originally Posted by stefanvv
I'm watching the driving, not comparing with the rest of the field.Quote:
Originally Posted by denkimi
So lets all agree to this - even N.O.T ;)
We can talk about regulations, etc etc, but all WRC needs to be really interesting again is some proper fights for the victory. :)
Yes, let's hope that Paddon can fight the VW boys everywhere from now on. I have to say I'm also positively surprised with Hyundai speed here in those high altitudes.
I think Possum's best was 3rd with a number of top 5 placings, as has been said he never got many chances to compete outside NZ/OZ/APRC.Quote:
Originally Posted by stefanvv
Top Kiwi WRC placing prior to Paddon arriving on the scene would be Rod Millen with a 2nd place in the Mazda 323.
Fun and see that people who start a little low on the list may prove good at result today. But it gets worse for each round and finally we see it all means starting position as Ogier have claimed all along.
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Originally Posted by Lundefaret
You don't believe '17 regulations would provide this. FIA thinks so.
Hi boys and girls.. I am finally "properly" back from Australia, Great Barrier Reef and now back from Austria :) Had some filedwork to do and some conferences. I was following rally "slightly" for over a month and a half and this forum has been relly good to read all the information, unfortunately no possibility to post :/
I did some half-weather-prediction also for the rally and it seems that it worked..
Anyway, tomorrow we are having cold day where you should have soft tyres, on the mountains, the temperature should be +4..+6 degrees only and some light fog kind of rain might appear early in the morning. Weather should be mostly cloudy. And this rally has really narrow escape as the temperature is expected to drop as low as -4..-5 tomorrow evening and heavy snowfall is expected. Total accumulation on top of El Condor can be 20 cm of snow :) So, who stay longer, take your skis :P Snofall should start at around 7-8 in the evening :)
The other Kiwi drivers to have 2nd places (with Rod Millen) were Blair Robson (2nd to Hannu Mikkola on the 1979 Rally NZ) and Ray Wilson (2nd 1988 Rally NZ)
Possum Bourne's best was 3rd in 1987 (Rally NZ) behind Franz Wittmann and Kenneth Eriksson.
I rate Bourne's Asia Pacific title in 2000 as a privateer team on a small budget as a top effort, running a car with high cost active differentials. Asia is not an easy place to rally, one of the mechanics got legionaires one year. http://www.ewrc-results.com/profile....-Possum-Bourne
Paddon said it had taken about $4 million (NZ dollars?) about ($2million Euros) of his own sourced funding before he got behind a Hyundai steering wheel(?)
seems like the problem was the component between the seat and the steering wheel... as always, maybe it needs replacement.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-Jpt92dJ9M
Atleast the car stood straight this time so they got out easy (－‸ლ).
Did the steering on Latvala's car break hitting the rock in the ground?
edit - suspension through bonnet leading to crash
Was thinking of mentioning Millen...or Roddy as strangers seem comelled to call him like their besty mates.Quote:
Originally Posted by GravelBen
But Millens a odd one..I understand he went to Britain in the 70s and was doing Group 1 stuff is some car called an Ex-squirt or sumpin.. Then I don't know where but then by very early 80s he was settled in some snazzy Los Angeles suburb and fighting a brave fight with the only American ever to do anything worth a damn in Rally, John Buffum.. And great driving it was.. Beautiful how he danced the RX7 (that was all Escort Group 4 stuff but the body and engine) Now I guess he's back in New Zealand but 30 years in 'Merikuh, I dunno...Still a Kiwi or a California boy? (I reckon still a Ned Zedder cause when I last ran into him he still had a wicked quick sense of humor and well developed sarcasm--something unheard of in California cause that would "like...harsh their mellow, man" )
N.O.T. how does Ogier get a visual on Paddon's braking points tomorrow ?Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
You can find Rod here, nothings changed still the same as ever. http://www.leadfootfestival.com/Quote:
Originally Posted by janvanvurpa
Why do you even bother posting if you're going to talk rubbish? Or do you think the front right strut is betweeen the seat and the steering wheel, you can see pretty clearly what caused the crash here...Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w_vMvK3ZXo
It could have been Ogier! It could have been Paddon...
So say NOT, if it had happened to Ogier would the issue still be whats between the steering wheels and seat?
this time seems wasnt Latvalas fault. Pitty for him.
Strange that strut went through the bonnet.Didnt see any big rock hitting from video,neither was a big cut.
But there is a big hit at 0,45 sec at this video.
https://youtu.be/X-Jpt92dJ9M
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CgyhomyWsAAnHD-.jpg
borl day 2
https://youtu.be/PbuIVgRAb5M
Have no idea what others are talking about or even Latvala. He drove off the road into a ditch, hit a bump which wrecked his strut and launched his car. WTF is he looking for on the other side of the road? he was on two wheels by the time he got over there, a thimble could have tripped him by that time.
Hm, very unlucky, he didn't even cut the corner too deep. This one wasn't really his fault.Quote:
Originally Posted by GravelBen
As far as the final day goes, the only battle might be for 6th. It would be a decent recovery for Neuville if he got it.
"I was in a very fast section where there was a bit of bedrock on the road, and when we went over the bedrock suddenly the front-right top-mount broke and the damper came through the bonnet," he told wrc.com
"At that moment I couldn't steer the car any more, we went into a bank and we rolled."
Latvala, winner of the previous round in Mexico, could not explain why the top mount had come off.
"I'm really disappointed but I don't know what else I could have done," he said. "I had a good lead, it had been a controlled drive and I was in control on the stage. If I have to avoid every stone then we can go home - there is no point to come to the rally!
"You can't avoid every rock if you try to win. And this wasn't a loose rock, it was part of the road. I can't understand how it breaks. But that's how it is - very unlucky.
“My co-driver Miikka and I are both okay - that's the main thing. The car is very strong and I have to thank the team for that."
http://www.wrc.com/en/wrc/news/april...4--12-12-.html
you are talking about wrong corner,thats why.Suspension collapse was at previous left hand corner.Quote:
Originally Posted by litifeta
Big flat stone on right side, with two levels. Maybe 80mm difference in levels. Unlucky. I bet others went ovewr it without incident. Suggests that strut was going to fail anyway.
Latvalas polo at service trying to fix it in time
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cgxm-fFW4AEXVjd.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cgxm-8QWIAA6EnW.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cgxm_ndWMAEElTG.jpg
You are clearly shown the bedrock on the road in the TV coverage
bedrocks doesnt drive struts through bonnets.Except if it is about 20cm higher from road surface.
But something like that we havent see from video till now
C'mon, guys, it's Latvala, he never won two rallies in the row. Some drivers find rocks while some others not...
No, it was the right hand corner just before the left the car rolled.Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
of course but in the case of Ogier it would have been a mistake... in the case of Latvala is a habbit.Quote:
Originally Posted by GigiGalliNo1
So from all the competitors passing through that spot the car of a person who crashes every second event decided to fail on its own.... how convenient... and unlucky.
You know people Tennis is not that bad.
Here are shots from highlights video, no bedrocks I guess just a sharp compression, on the first Paddon's:Quote:
Originally Posted by stefanvv
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sorry i used wrong word by mistake.Yes was at right hand corner.Quote:
Originally Posted by stefanvv
This is a photo from a massive bedrock at Acropolis 2011 with Latvala at photo. Nobody had any problem driving through that.
http://www.ewrc.cz/images/2011/wrc/g...latvala_21.jpg
Loeb
http://www.ewrc.cz/images/2011/wrc/g..._30_loeb_6.jpg
Solberg
http://www.ewrc.cz/images/2011/wrc/g...solbergp_7.jpg
Ogier
http://www.ewrc.cz/images/2011/wrc/g...30_ogier_5.jpg
even s2000 cars
http://www.ewrc.cz/images/2011/wrc/g...lattiyah_1.jpg
So one could also say Ostberg on Hards have disadvantage. Must be. Before talking anything else.Quote:
Originally Posted by stefanvv
Too early comment in the light of what´s up lately.Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
yes,the difference is that Ogier is 30 sec at 2nd position,and Ostberg is 3minutes and 46 sec slower from leader at 5th position.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper