WRC Croatia Rally 2021

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23rd April 2021, 19:47
EstWRC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whuD4Tb4rsc
23rd April 2021, 20:13
AnttiL

Quote:

Originally Posted by dimviii

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virtual #WRC drivers points at end of day Friday

Neuville 35 + 25 = 60
Ogier 31 + 18 = 49
Evans 31 + 15 = 46
Tanak 27 + 12 = 39
Rovanpera 39+0= 39
Breen 16 + 10 = 26
Katsuta 16 + 2 = 18
Greensmith 6 +6 = 12

edit Kalle from leader to 4th-5th!

Good road position to Portugal ;)
23rd April 2021, 20:16
AnttiL

Quote:

Originally Posted by EstWRC

so day 1 done and TOP3 covered just by 8 seconds.

Neuville - super, very very good speed like always from him on tarmac, on second loop wasnt so fast but i guess it was bcs the conditions were more even.
Ogier - the old fox has habit these days to get up to speed stage by stage, reminds me of Monte this year and still is my pickem for the win - afternoon loop was very good from him.
Evans - like always, quietly minding his own business but very good day also from him.
Tänak - 2015 Rally Corsica springs to my mind, where Evans was second and Tänak 10th overall, 3 minutes down from his teammate Evans. i have noticed These kind of tarmac rallies doesnt suit him at first, but he gets up to speed eventually.
Breen - good debut with this car on such a level, exactly the performance i expected.
Formaux - super debut IMO, very good stage times.
Greensmith - quite okay actually for his standards IMO, at least trouble free day.
Loubet - same as Greensmith
Katsuta - many mistakes again unfortunately.

I think Neuville, Ogier and Evans have been doing what we expected them to do. Super fast, every stage, all the time.
Tänak has been a bit behind them except for SS5. Maybe he is struggling with the Hyundai on tarmac?
Breen is also a bit lost. These stages should suit him, but he's just losing time on every stage. Also struggling with Hyundai?
Fourmaux has been superb on his WRC debut on a difficult rally.
Greensmith has also been above his usual level, difficult to say is it because of the new engine, new co-driver or full tarmac rally (he was also relatively good in Deutschland 2019)
Loubet has been the usual Loubet, but none of the surprise pace like in Monte and Arctic, no mistakes either.
Katsuta has been below his usual level.
23rd April 2021, 20:43
Integrale

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfyjGBUrmL0

Some nice spots from today
23rd April 2021, 22:10
SubaruNorway

Do they use salt on the roads in winter? Maybe that's why the section Rovanperä went off was so slippy as it makes the roads more dirty and not much rain yet to clean them
23rd April 2021, 22:38
PLuto

Quote:

Originally Posted by SubaruNorway

Do they use salt on the roads in winter? Maybe that's why the section Rovanperä went off was so slippy as it makes the roads more dirty and not much rain yet to clean them

Lot of roads in Croatia are very slippery. It is also because of type of tarmac.
23rd April 2021, 22:58
dimviii

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EzsPvq0W...jpg&name=small
24th April 2021, 06:26
dimviii

#CroatiaRally Tyre info:
OGIER/FOURMAUX/KATSUTA/EVANS/GREENSMITH:
5x hard compound

TÄNAK/NEUVILLE/BREEN:
2x hard compound, 3x soft compound

LOUBET:
4x hard compound, 2x soft compound
24th April 2021, 06:27
wwbroe

Good morning guys, so all three Hyundai's with same tyrechoice this morning.
24th April 2021, 06:33
wwbroe

Quote:

Originally Posted by matija_1988

Good morning from SS11/15 https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...c4989900b1.jpg

Poslano sa mog M2007J17G koristei Tapatalk

Goog morning, and have a great day out there.
24th April 2021, 06:34
Mirek

Quote:

Originally Posted by SubaruNorway

Do they use salt on the roads in winter? Maybe that's why the section Rovanperä went off was so slippy as it makes the roads more dirty and not much rain yet to clean them

The reason why the local asphalt (especially old one) is so slippery is that they used limestone gravel for it. You can be sure as hell that the real fun starts when it rains.
24th April 2021, 06:34
Lead

Looks like sunny day ahead of us.
24th April 2021, 06:36
wwbroe

Isn't stage 9 not supposed to be started yet, no images on all live?
24th April 2021, 06:36
Mirek

Nicky Mayr-Melnhof retired with broken engine.
24th April 2021, 06:37
wwbroe

Now live;)
24th April 2021, 06:38
Mirek

Tommeke told me few days ago that this stage was crazy. So let's see :)
24th April 2021, 06:42
Rallyper

Morning guys.
24th April 2021, 06:44
Eli

I don't recall the starting order of day 2 on tarmac events is reversed for the crews, I mean, drivers down the leader-board will make it polluted to the cars in front. I thought only gravel events do that.
24th April 2021, 06:47
meh

WRC+ stream plays nice and smoothly or freezes out?
24th April 2021, 06:48
Eli

Quote:

Originally Posted by meh

WRC+ stream plays nice and smoothly or freezes out?

For now playing nicely, just can't shut up the commentary.
24th April 2021, 06:49
Päss1928

Quote:

Originally Posted by meh

WRC+ stream plays nice and smoothly or freezes out?

Freezing like yesterday, close to unwatchable, have to refresh constantly.
24th April 2021, 06:49
TypeR

Quote:

Originally Posted by meh

WRC+ stream plays nice and smoothly or freezes out?

nice relaxing orange worm moving around in a white circle :)
24th April 2021, 06:52
Mirek

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eli

For now playing nicely, just can't shut up the commentary.

For me it's playing ok and per an advice from Katvala I swirtched to German commentary. It's not that annoying.
24th April 2021, 06:53
EstWRC

what happened with Breen?
24th April 2021, 06:54
SubaruNorway

Quote:

Originally Posted by EstWRC

what happened with Breen?

Hit the curb in the silly roundabout at the start i guess, Loubet nudged it
24th April 2021, 06:55
EstWRC

Tänak cant even beat Gus and Formaux in the splits....
24th April 2021, 06:55
KKS

Loubet soft kiss a curb on a roundabout at the beginning ... assume Breen touch them harder and broke a wheel/cause a puncture
24th April 2021, 07:00
EstWRC

not the fastest beginning for Ogier also
24th April 2021, 07:01
Eli

Quote:

Originally Posted by EstWRC

Tänak cant even beat Gus and Formaux in the splits....

At least he didn't get a puncture 100 meters into the stage :/ and lost 2 minutes for it.
24th April 2021, 07:02
EstWRC

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eli

At least he didn't get a puncture 100 meters into the stage :/ and lost 2 minutes for it.

he has upped his tempo now, fastest so far between spl1 and spl2
24th April 2021, 07:04
TypeR

lol, Fourmaux beating Tänak with huge 4.8s
24th April 2021, 07:06
EstWRC

Ogier going for ittttttt
24th April 2021, 07:07
dimviii

Quote:

Originally Posted by TypeR

lol, Fourmaux beating Tänak with huge 4.8s

and Evans
24th April 2021, 07:09
EstWRC

Neuville +7.3 at spl2
24th April 2021, 07:11
EstWRC

not the best morning for hyundais
24th April 2021, 07:12
Rallyper

Smth wrong with Neuville? This is not normal drive.

Edit: wrong tyre choice! How can it happen?
24th April 2021, 07:15
meh

F*cking WRC+ just can not handle the visitor-load. Does not work even when watching m3u8 stream directly, because it's failing loading junks (information about new pieces of stream).
24th April 2021, 07:15
dimviii

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rallyper

Smth wrong with Neuville? This is not normal drive.

Edit: wrong tyre choice! How can it happen?

it happens Per!
Fourmaux mentioned that he lost the tyres towards the end,and he is on hards.Go figure now with Hyundais choice.
24th April 2021, 07:15
EstWRC

again Hyundai fail with tyre choice, unbelievable
24th April 2021, 07:16
er88

Class drive from Fourmaux.

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