[WRC] Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2018 (18/21-May)

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Meeke is stopped on the road section. Let's see if he gets going.

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Originally Posted by the sniper

It's got to be something like this, completely bizarre but has to be some kind of policy thing to not say anything if they think someone is injured...? Up until now All Live was great, but the handling of this is nonsensical! To have the rally leader go off, block the stage, and only first have it mentioned, in passing, by Julian Porter once they'd gone back to the studio... WTF?!

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I have the sneaking suspicion that Oliver Ciesla grew up in East Germany.

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SS7 update: Car #6 suffered an impact after 2.4km and blocked the stage. Crew exited the car on their own. @HaydenPaddon being taken to hospital for precautionary check. Updates to follow. #WRC #HMSGOfficial #RallydePortugal @sebmarshall

Evans clip
https://twitter.com/yagorv25/status/997502949143252994

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Big shout-out to our mechanics again who did a great job. We are happy to announce that @JariMattiWRC and @MiikkaAnttila will restart tomorrow under Rally 2 regulations. ��⚙️��

Crazy crazy day... has there ever been more retirements, punctures, incidents and leaderboard changes in one day ???

Glad I paid for WRC+ now. :D

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Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC

Glad I paid for WRC+ now. :D

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Well some things they spot right away, but the amount of mistakes where they "overlook" extremely obvious things is incredible.

Appart from missing half of the stopped cars here they also watched Mikkelsens first 30s in stage where he was breaking 50 meters ahead of the usual spot on every corner and didn't use handbrake or go sideways on 2 (almost) hairpins and declared his powersteering was fine.

Yeah but imagine following all that happened just with radio...

Meeke puncture running in highway. No spare tyres to SSS?

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Originally Posted by Andre Oliveira

Meeke puncture running in highway. No spare tyres to SSS?

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No spares, he had delaminated tire from the stage. So yeah wonder what happens in SSS.

please Neuville, don't do a remake of Sweden 2017 in the SSS... (although i secretly hope he screw up again as Ogier is off)

https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/1...portugal-crash

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Originally Posted by mknight

Appart from missing half of the stopped cars here they also watched Mikkelsens first 30s in stage where he was breaking 50 meters ahead of the usual spot on every corner and didn't use handbrake or go sideways on 2 (almost) hairpins and declared his powersteering was fine.

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You expect too much them to analyze everything on the moment. They make some mistakes, also with split times, but Porter is doing fine job in general.

Tell someone to Jon that capital of Portugal is Lisbon, not Porto.

So Suninen and Ostberg are now like 26 minutes behind? Is that the definitive time they get?

I hate the doughnuts on the SS stage.
I hate the whole concept of the SS stages full stop.
“Bring it to the people, let them see rallying up close”
Absolute BS.... give them no choice but to go see it in the forests and be blown away by what these guys do. Watching it go past on a narrow cobbled street doesn’t convey the sport in its true light at all.
I just can’t see the benefit.

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Originally Posted by Watson

So Suninen and Ostberg are now like 26 minutes behind? Is that the definitive time they get?

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That's their stage time, but the stage was canceled.

btw, I think the rock Tanak hit was avoidable. Just bad judgment I guess.

Neuville & Sordo are on "slicks". They should be quick:D

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Originally Posted by stefanvv

That's their stage time, but the stage was canceled.

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I know but shouldn't they get more representative times? It was hardly their fault that the stage was cancelled.

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Originally Posted by Watson

I know but shouldn't they get more representative times? It was hardly their fault that the stage was cancelled.

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will get notional times later

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Originally Posted by T16

“Bring it to the people, let them see rallying up close”
Absolute BS.... give them no choice but to go see it in the forests and be blown away by what these guys do. Watching it go past on a narrow cobbled street doesn’t convey the sport in its true light at all.
I just can’t see the benefit.

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Look at this side - where else they will see Meeke throwing sparks driving on 3 tyres and a rim, hmmm?

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Originally Posted by Watson

I know but shouldn't they get more representative times? It was hardly their fault that the stage was cancelled.

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It's just an automated system. Will be fixed.

Tanak also lost damper oil in Argentina and I think Latvala did at some point before.

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Originally Posted by T16

I hate the doughnuts on the SS stage.
I hate the whole concept of the SS stages full stop.
“Bring it to the people, let them see rallying up close”
Absolute BS.... give them no choice but to go see it in the forests and be blown away by what these guys do. Watching it go past on a narrow cobbled street doesn’t convey the sport in its true light at all.
I just can’t see the benefit.

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sss are not for the rally fans. they are for people who want to go out on friday evening, drink some beer, and see cars passing by while they get drunk. its not about being blown away, its about socializing.

sss are a good idea, since they attract lots of people who otherwise wouldn't even consider watching rally. people who perhaps even wouldn't know there's a rally going on.

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Originally Posted by jparker

btw, I think the rock Tanak hit was avoidable. Just bad judgment I guess.

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lol

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Originally Posted by stefanvv

Look at this side - where else they will see Meeke throwing sparks driving on 3 tyres and a rim, hmmm?

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At half speed!

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Originally Posted by jparker

btw, I think the rock Tanak hit was avoidable. Just bad judgment I guess.

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The only bad judgement is you thinking he could have avoided it.

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Originally Posted by jparker

btw, I think the rock Tanak hit was avoidable. Just bad judgment I guess.

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You should be a driver!

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Originally Posted by stefanvv

It's just an automated system. Will be fixed.

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Alright. Cheers.

The Hyundais on soft "slicks" gain more time on these two stages than on 3 gravel stages during the whole afternoon.

After stage 6 Suninen and Evans had same overall time, so Suninen should be very high now...

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Originally Posted by mknight

The Hyundais on soft "slicks" gain more time on these two stages than on 3 gravel stages during the whole afternoon.

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Good strategy, isn't it?

Wow what a loss the others have to neuville

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Originally Posted by stefanvv

Good strategy, isn't it?

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I'm quite sure this is not what they had in mind when picking them. Neuville now surprised about that in interview.

whybthw hell is Desbrough introducing Sordo as ‘Hollywood’??
What a complete cock.

How far into the road section can Meeke go before they have to put the tyre on though? Since you can't work on the car in the TC section right.

Looks like Østberg and Suninen got Lappi's time. Which imo is fair considering Evans did very good time in that stage and they avoided possible time loss due to punctures or tirewear.

Suninen should be third after the day?