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Thanks Tolis11!
You are welcome Barreis!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Barreis
Well, just got back from Leon and I have to say that despite the thin entry list it was a very nice rally, with good competition on day 1 and some nice surprises, specially novikovs pace on day 1 and 2 before had to retire.
I went to shakedow on thursday and at first was very dissapointed with the speed of the new WRC cars, but after a couple of passes you could see the real potential of these cars, of course in sweden grip was a little bit more tricky, but here you could see the speed these cars can handle when entering a corner, In my opinion the citroens are still faster, they have torque when leaving a corner, and can handle just a little bit more speed when going in.
The street stage on thursday evening was a very pleasant surprise, I wasnt expecting much, but where I was located (near a roundabout), the environment was great, I dont know how many people gathered near that place but it was at least 5,000 and when Ostberg rolled in with a mexican flag on the roof everyone went crazy.
Friday I got to see three stages and even though the Fords looked fast, it was evident they were struggling for grip, I was in a steep uphill section and the DS3's were coping with gravity and altitude much better than the fiestas. Back in service I heard henning complaining about the suspension and how the dampers were afecting the handling of the fiesta. Also petter looked very dissapointed.
Saturday we saw a twisty uphill section where Ogier was very spectacular, Mikko was pushing and Novikov was very quick, unfortunately on the next stage we found his car stopped just after the stage finnish, the cooling system had a big impact and Novikov seemed very angry and dissapointed. Later that day we went to the place were Kuipers rolled (a downhill tricky section) and Petter was pushing like hell, also Nasser was impressive on that section, being faster than several WRC's
Sunday we just saw the jump on the power stage, so cannot tell much on that, just that Block finished the rally with a massive jump which pleased fans a lot.
Overall I think citroens are still faster, maybe in a lesser proportion but they seem to get more torque from the new regs, cars are more spectacular and lowder, however the gap with S2000 cars has shortened a lot, still I hope rallys in lower altitude give us closer fights.
About the rally, very good organization again, security was better this year, red zones were mostly people free but were also forbidden even for photographers in some places, which was a little bit odd, FIA security delegates were very aggresive on stage one, and they even delayed it for a while, guess it was just for safety reasons. My biggest complaint will be (again) the lack of signs leading to the stages, there are some around the big roads, but once you get onto gravel there is nothing that will tell you were you need to go. Also, I didnt see anyone throwin rocks this year, which is good.
^ Good post. Thanks Jonas! Nice to hear you had great rally.
also in the media room I heard several interesting comments from some drivers:
Ostberg: Very difficult to drive and trying to find grip, seems like he was testing several settings on the fiesta (on request from M. Wilson) after he lost time on friday to get ready for other gravel rallyes.
Henning: "Suspension is too soft and feels heavy on the back, loosing preassure on the dampers"
Elena: (to ford engineers after they said the DS3 is very small): "you have the Ipad and we have the Iphone, almost the same but smaller..."
Nasser (after someone asked him if we would see him next year with VW): "Eerrr mmhm eeh, I dont know, I cant say, maybe after portugal there's something new"
AND there was a rummor going around that VW is approaching Petter, who knows....
Very sporting from Elena!Quote:
Originally Posted by jonas_mcrae
And for the Petter/VW rumours, I think he'd suit VW very well!
Well, one day after the rally I come to forum and I can see that Nasser is DQF again. Again means that he tends to walk on a very thin line all the time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
Couple of years ago he was DQF in Dakar, because his BMW was overheating and he decided to skip a few checkpoints.
He was initially DQF in 2009 in PWRC, in Greece but later thanks to appeal he was given the last place of the rally (I dont remember the exact reason, something with engine?).
Couple of years before that (2006?) he got something like 5 minutes of penalties in Greece again (if I am not wrong?) for not following the rally route! He went straight on the junction, decided not to reverse ( he said that he was afraid of colliding with the following car in the dust) and continued straight until he was back on the SS. By the way, he still won that rally if I am not mistaken?
And now this, some people tend to have more troubles than the others.
hi:
This is the link to my own WRC Rally Mexico 2011 video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf2vMsTrt9g
i hope you like it!
Was an awesome video after the welcome :)Quote:
Originally Posted by charro_wrc
Really looks like a great rally, have to go one day