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Imagine if Taka had crashed into the 0 car... Must have broken down?
That changes nothing on those points. The fail to attract new manufacturers is not caused by switching to space frames. Switching to production bodyshells would not make it any better but only worse.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Comedy
So the zero car was on stage without any reason?
But it was only brought in for the very purpose of attracting new manufacturers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
Zero car still standing here, I totally don't understand
Joke of a rally. I'm off to bed.
Rally basically decided after 3 stages and now this is happening..
Yeah much better to not change and gamble on the few that are still there leaving.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
On a serious note, M Sport would be toast if the Rally1 car was based on a roadcar.
That's not true. The main reason was hybrids.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Anyway you shall look at it from the other side and ask why they didn't manage to bring new manufacturers despite that move, i.e. search for the true reason... and that is that WRC simply don't have the marketing value worth joining.
Looking at the tracking map, Lappi is almost at the finish of the stage, he was the last one to start, Rovanpera is still at the start....... Just restarted
Why was it parked on the racing line?Quote:
Originally Posted by becher
Remember last year with the civilian car? This is probably just as shambolic, and other events would certainly be kicked out the calendar for two calamity rallies in a row.
Very weird decision to let Kalle in racing mode. If such fuck up was up to me I would cancel it for all WRC and let only WRC2 in race mode. Now they need to give notional times to 2/3 WRC cars.
With Rally2s in the mix, it's easier to set with finishers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
What about next stage? Will be delayed or gaps will be longer?
I'd reckon it will be delayed to close the gap between EP and Kalle
I didn't see it, is there footage of the incident?Quote:
Originally Posted by WRCStan
Last year? Not the car, but plenty of reports and caused a red flag that we did see Pajari and Lindholm stopped in the stage chatting about it.Quote:
Originally Posted by becher
This year? It was a parked car, not very interesting. Try RallyTV.
This silly exF1Renault goon annoys me.
Plant the seed that the expectations are win or nothing before the event, then act shocked when the only driver in your team capable of winning, bins it while fighting for the lead in the most difficult conditions imaginable. How is Thierry's mistake here anything like the Greece retirement anyway? Totally different. We know Thierry can crack under pressure granted, but there was none here and dont blame a driver for mechanical failures like in Greece. Common knowledge the Hyundai is flimsy.
Abitebouls views change daily whatever side of bed he wakes up on. One day the drivers will get it, next it'll be the mechanics, then engineers or meteo crew. He is an erratic man, who's personality causes instability throughout a team. Its common knowledge he managed Renault shockingly in F1, its public. But i know 3 folk who worked under him in various roles during that time, so have more info than most on how he manages people/emotions when things aren't perfect. And I can tell you it isnt good, to say the least. All 3 friends of mine can't be wrong, and two of them still work for alpine so clearly have a bit about them and found working conditions better since....
Will be a laugh next season when the pressure is on bigtime to win both titles, while Cyril manages two tier1 drivers while fighting Toyota in a sport he doesn't really know. With one arrogant driver (Neuville) who thinks the team is his but cracks under championship pressure..., and the other a sulky Estonian who wasn't even happy in his championship winning year driving the best car he will ever have..., nevermind when swallowing his pride and returning to a team/car that didnt suit his picky needs just over a year ago........
https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/abite...shed-approach/Quote:
Originally Posted by er88
what a farce of an event....we have new zealand and argentinia ...classic events and what we get...Japan
they should organise a show event with 24 Stadium stages each day but not real stages
What the hell has Katsuta being eating during this rally. Where this speed suddenly comes
Neuville, Katsuta and Tanak got thru basically dry, Lappi and all others got rain and snow :D
Must be nice surprise with slick tyres :D
Wow. Someone having a bad mood it seemsQuote:
Originally Posted by er88
Its weird that they were surprised of snow, it was on the forecast.Quote:
Originally Posted by TypeR
Fujiwara's special tofuQuote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
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https://businessf1magazine.com/march...digital-issue/Quote:
Originally Posted by er88
One of the arguments against Rally2 cars was just that local heroes would be start winning against factory drivers. Which I just pointed never will happen if so.Quote:
Originally Posted by WRCStan
I´m still not happy with Rally1 hybrid cars. Too fast, too expensive.
Rule number one: keep things simple.
Let the competition be exciting.
Enjoy.
The main problem in Japan is the extreme fear to do something wrong, they end up doing nothing if a boss hasen't told them what to do.Quote:
Originally Posted by WRC1
Noone do anything, even if its obvious that a parked car in the road will hinder the rally, they will just go around the car and be stressed untill a boss shows up and tell them to move it.
A friend of mine mounting toilets on boats and was in Japan to do so, when the premade mountingholes didn't fit. He started to made new ones, as any sane person just do, was denied of the japanese people there, he had to wait a half day before a CEO come by and said ok.
A country run like this will never be able to host anything that needs local decitions as its 1000's of in a rally.
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Nice battle going on between Mikkelsen and Munster. Munster had to stop and restart the car, but could take good amount back on next stage..
Katsuta took also a lot back from Tanak. Will see if Tanak can keep up with him as podium isn't too impossible(requires some ,,help'' from the top3 tho)..
Taka will definitely get Tänak. He took 22 seconds out of the gap today.
I wouldn’t even rule out he will catch Lappi. He also admitted it’s his mission to get 4th
Notional times were changed for SS9(revised after SS13).
Tanak's time was cut off by 10.2s and Lappi's by 4.6s. So the gap between Tanak and Katsuta is 13.8 and Lappi is 24.5s ahead of Tanak before SS16.
I seriously doubt Tanak is anywhere near his best. If he wants the position, he will keep it. No doubt. Though, he and Taka are buddies. . .Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
Is it going to be freezing overnight? Probably yes. Early start at 7 o clock. Can we see some Ice?
First stage of the morning is around the river, this could mean some ice
Thanks for the info!Quote:
Originally Posted by TypeR
That changes the situation a lot
Yep and the stages are more up in the mountains.Quote:
Originally Posted by CeskyOndra
Could be interesting morning
Speaking about the WRX S4, does it basically a Group N with sequential gearbox??
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Out of 15 driven stages, Rovanperä has been in top3 stage times once (SS15). It probably was not predicted before the rally.