Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2012

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Originally Posted by mousti

Can't explain it perfectly in english.

But if he don't turn to abruptly he maybe could back on the right, u never know..

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I think we know what you are trying to say here, we'll never know, as he did not try it. In the video it looks too steep for sure, you would think he would try to parallel the road first and if it didn't seem like he'd make it then straight line down.

When it's like that they try not to stop the car, keep it moving, so to do that he tries going straight down. What bad luck, he goes off, runs over a pretty big rock, then runs through a ditch hitting a MUCH larger rock.

I can also understand Mousti's point. It's clear that Tanak attempted to regain the road without losing momentum (and time) and unless you're in the seat you don't know what he saw. With the benefit of video, and hindsight, there was possibly an opportunity to stop soon after leaving the road and back up ... I don't know so much about 'turning'.
One thing a bit of age & experience teaches you is that once you've left the road you've already lost time. Take a few moments to get a breath, survey the scene and make the best decision. Of course if he had have regained the raod it would have been a brilliant manouevre.
It's easy from an arm chair isn't it?

My photos from yesterday:

SuperMotores | Rally, Fórmula 1, WRC

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Originally Posted by Rallyper

Turning around...?? There´s to many PC-drivers on this forum.

Man, you have to deliver better comments.

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Va fan! You just don't know, dooooood... Here's the solution on the works cars:
http://ww2.justanswer.com/uploads/dr...6_160655_1.gif

And everything is all better. eller...?

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Originally Posted by janvanvurpa

Va fan! You just don't know, dooooood... Here's the solution on the works cars:
http://ww2.justanswer.com/uploads/dr...6_160655_1.gif

And everything is all better. eller...?

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Couldn't agree more. If i understand you correctly, you are saying that the framus intersects with the ramistan approximately at the pater noster. Right?

Great true rallying in Portugal. Real drivers manage these conditions. Rally is again RALLY.

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Originally Posted by COD

Some hingsight observations:

BIG SPECLATION: Had DMack taken big risk and taken tyres they used in Wales, who knows where Ketomaa could have been...

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Ketooma used Michelin's for shakedown and qualification.
I'm not sure about the whole race.

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Originally Posted by aykutbilir

Ketooma used Michelin's for shakedown and qualification.
I'm not sure about the whole race.

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Someone mentioned earlier that because of the regulations you must use the same brand of tire through the entire rally. I think dmacks plan to compared their tire to Michelin on this rally will backfire as this isn't a usual condition so the data they will collect wont be overly relevant to the surface where dmack needs the most improvement.

Here is the link about Ketooma DMACK and Michelin :)
Ketomaa na Michelinach - Rallyonline.pl - rajdy samochodowe!

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Originally Posted by aykutbilir

Ketooma used Michelin's for shakedown and qualification.
I'm not sure about the whole race.

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the photos i ve see.are all without the brand at the side of tyre.So probably Michelins.