I think Oliver should stop with these small excuses all the time, especially when leading :p
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I think Oliver should stop with these small excuses all the time, especially when leading :p
It's a good point of view, but a little bit on the risky side for them.Quote:
Originally Posted by doubled1978
To Sordo would be good to have some points to the starting order in Croatia or Canarias
Poor coverage in this rally so far, not showing so many incidents live and hardly any stage side cameras.
Exactly. Getting a little cocky alreadyQuote:
Originally Posted by erikli2
Imo Paddon should have stayed away from Rally1
Gryazin is just 1,5 minutes behind paddon right now.Quote:
Originally Posted by JAM
Gutted for Jon Armstrong getting a puncture and having to stop and lose loads of time. He was catching Paddon again showing he would've done a good time otherwise.
A really positive surprise. Better performence then Josh hadQuote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
There is still time for everybody else to get punctures and even things out.
Name a part time driver in Hyundai after Loeb and Sordo who has made descent result(s)?Quote:
Originally Posted by NoBudgetWRT
1. Lappi.
That's the list.
It's terrible car to drive and lower your confidence.
The conditions have counted against Paddon. A dry rally and he'd have done much better.
Evens I could see he was going too fast there
I’m hoping Msport gets proper drivers for next year
Crazy time by Eric Camilli on SS8 :crazy:
Now he's back second WRC2 30" behind Léo Rossel ;)
Neuville off.
He really explored that ditch.
I'm not sure about that. Paddon just has no experience here. He basically has driven here once, 10 years ago. In 2017 he did the recce, but had a fatal accident on the first stage and retired.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Even in the dry he would have had a tough time.
Ogier finally woke up today, very strong afternoon
To be honest he was hindered a lot by his road position yesterday and today morning
I think Paddon is not doing great but not actually terrible either. He's seventh, and if Neuville/Fourmaux went out he'd be 6th, which is ok for a third driver in a second rate team in his first drive in the car.
Hats off to Katsuta to survive this
Same for Josh McErlean :sQuote:
Originally Posted by jonkka
It's only friday, but so far Lancia is the only manufacturer with a 1-2-3 on the Monte?
vw 2015
Ohh well I completely forgot about those years....Quote:
Originally Posted by imskln
And Renault-Alpine in 1973 and Audi in 1984 and Citroen in 2003.
...and forgot about Citroen in 03.Quote:
Originally Posted by imskln
Ford 2022
What?Quote:
Originally Posted by WRCStan
That was Ford-Toyota-Ford.Quote:
Originally Posted by WRCStan
Loading this forum is haemorrhaging time
Less than 2" between Camilli and Gryazin in WRC2...tomorrow fight will continue ;)
Breen if only for one rally, truly sad he’s gone now…Quote:
Originally Posted by Dontcut
Maybe in WRC3Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
They probably through it wouldn’t be enough points to make much difference after the others have done Sweden and Safari. Also, Canarias doesn’t matter about road position, might even be better to be further back with rubber on the road and no cutting.
As others have said, they could have picked a Loeb or whatever for this rally, but nobody would be beating the front 3 Toyotas, so with AF and TN 4th and 5th, if Paddon gets ahead of Armstrong, that’s all anyone else would be allowed to do anyway.
I doubt Loeb would agree to drive that thing. Realistically, if he wanted to drive a rally car, he would've been doing so already.
If he called up any of the teams and said he'd drive their car, they're not going to say no, are they?
With a Rally2 car and with orders to attack, with a Rally1 would be another story with orders to finish.Quote:
Originally Posted by denkimi
Before Canarias we have CroatiaQuote:
Originally Posted by doubled1978
A year and a half ago Hyundai said they would for the future always avoid things like Lappi (in Latvia) and Mikkelsen (in Monte).
Meaning part time driver starting a rally with little to no prep.
Last year Fourmaux got a test rally before Monte as only Hyundai driver and because of that had actually advantage vs other Hyundai as only one with Hankook experience.
Now this year they are back to the old ways. Paddon who last drove Monte 9 years ago gets a minimal test. No surprise it goes like this.
M-Sport Recce cars had tough day, 2 Focus RS went to the ditch during reconnaissance
Starting order: so again some events have their own rules?
Wow, Solberg. I admit, I thought he would be one-off kid in Estonia last year. But driving this awesone on Monte... MONTE... Beating the most experienced and the best driver ever on this roads... And also considering he was ''avoiding'' tarmac rallies for some years now. Hats off. He deserves to win this.
As the Evans... Again. Great drive... at the start and slowly losing ground towards the end. Ogier will grind him all over again... As always.
Neuville somehow it seems is the luckiest bastard again. In funny tone. So much troubles and nowhere in speed but being so high on leaderboard. It would not surprise me if he would end on podium.
As the middle pack. Nothing special. Paddon maybe too careful, but he have bitter memories on that rally and sure doesn't want to experience that all over again. As him being picked for this rally. Of course that Sordo would be better, but what could he do better? Being better that Neuville and Fourmaux? They are in the middle and currently a long way from podium and if nobody out of front will make any mistake, it would be crazy unrealistic to decrease that gap, that both have.
And we are with Lancia and their debut. I honestly expect more from them, but right now Gyrazin is doing great job. Monte was always hard to win, and french specialists was always good there (just like Finland). So if he end up in podium it will be good for the team and also him. I believe that Leo and Camilli will not have this rich campaign as Lancia. I think the most angry here is his teammate, because he was always so competitive against him, that he would do anything just to be infront of him.
Oh I forgot to mention Munster. He deserves a word as this is probably his last WRC event. Sorry for his fans, but he once again proving he is not the right person for WRC.
Starting order to Leg 3 - https://rally-base.com/2026/rallye-m...imeTypeId=1785