Finally, when we look at the ranking tonight, there are 17 world championships ahead and the rest behind. Nothing illogical!
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Finally, when we look at the ranking tonight, there are 17 world championships ahead and the rest behind. Nothing illogical!
I think Breen was being a little cautious tonight, not entirely a surprise all things considered.Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
Rovanpera’s comment about not being able to cope with understeer is a bit of a worry.
Yes he sounded quite hopeless.Quote:
Originally Posted by doubled1978
He drove the Fabia R5 a lot though and that one supposedly has understeering nature. Hopefully he can adapt.
What did he do?Quote:
Originally Posted by the sniper
Half-spin at the peak of Turini.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sulland
Last night I was speechless.
The two retired Sebs, awesome, especially for Loeb to just come from Dakar and a year off WRC. And we were ready to write him off after the Hyundai years.
The Fords were amazing, I'm so happy to see them back at the pace. And nice to see Greensmith so high on the stage times although he had different tyres. In fact Breen was slightly disappointing by being the slowest one. Fourmaux doing more or less what I expected.
As for Toyota, it seems the car is fast but doesn't fit Kalle's driving style. As he said at the end of SS2 it understeers and it's difficult for him. Hopefully he can learn to change his style quickly (as he has done before) or they can do something about the setup (now with no centre diff it's difficult to make changes). Also interesting that they've agreed to do the whole year with that diff setup that's so hard for him, the must have noticed this time loss on the tests? But apparently it fits Elfyn (and Seb) better. Based on what happened with Citroen in 2019, this setup will not fit Esapekka.
Hyundais...they were the slowest but then again all cars had issues. Hopefully they can get the package together, shakedown pace was promising but like I said, it was a very slow stage so it didn't tell anything about corners with higher speed, long straights, big accelerations and brakings.
And finally, none of the cars retired! And Rally2 cars didn't win stages!
PS: I won a beer from Miika Wuorela because back in May (when Compact Dynamics pulled back their hybrid units from tests) he wanted to bet big money on Rally1 hybrid cars not happening in 2022. I agreed but I said I never gamble on bigger bets than "a beer" so that's what we agreed on. :D
Miika now been proven wrong on many cases he predicted ;)
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Don’t get your hopes high with Hyundai Antti
Tänak saying to Estonian media that the car just isn’t ready yet and they knew that coming to Monte and he is happy that he survived yesterday. Also says that there’s lack of parts and they can’t set the car like they want to for such a dry monte. Hoped they can fix the bigger problems overnight and keep the car going to get the data
Gonna be another tough year for Estonians i guess
Yeah, just saying that we don't yet know the performance of the car since they all had some issues.
They could also have the same lack of spare parts as Suninen mentioned about the Rally2 car, the pandemic makes everything slower. For example, getting spare derailleurs for normal bikes has been difficult, everything is sold out and warehouse stocks empty. I can only imagine how it is for something more specialized.
The lack of parts etc sound a bit bs.. One of the biggest car manus in the world and can't set up/build 3-5 race cars + spare parts?
It's not like they have to build tens of them every week.
Tänak: ,,We cannot be completely disappointed with the first day. We made it through both stages.''
That can't be what he or any champion racedriver really thinks..
It's a disaster tbh.
Impressive how they keep themselves motivated. Let's only hope they can(all Hyundais) recover and get their stuff together in the team.
TypeR, Antti just explained the lack of parts thing
Tänak mentioned it already during that long interview last week
It’s not that manufactures are super men and they get only the parts and others not
I know the lack of parts thing in the world.
And I also said that building so few cars by such a manufacturer can't/shouldn't be a problem.
They kinda are. They have huge budgets, connections and especially leverage.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
For example, the lack of chips should be a problem if you need a million of them cheaply, not if you need a few dozens.
Everything is still available if you need only small quantities, just harder and more expensive to come by.
Also it makes a difference if you can wait for a month or two for something to be shipped from the other side of the world
I think Hyundai have been in crysis mode since they started developing the car too late and what we see comes from that. Still it's not horribly slow so far. If they can get it sorted by Portugal not all is lost.
I just want that they could do at least some stages today without problems to see what speed they have
BTW was Thierry running without hybrid on SS2? The telemetry said so.
Tanak made a horrible decision leaving Toyota when on top, but having had a bad two years at Hyundai and then signing a new multi year contract on the back of that, could arguably prove to be an even bigger mistake....
Let's hope for Tanak and Neuville that Hyundai can recover this situation and it's just a case of increasing the development - through more parts being available/ designed and hopefully lots of appearances at local rallies to ramp up the testing.
Let's hope they can have some trouble free stages today and show a bit more pace.
I remember Estonian commentators saying also that he used it weirdly or something like thatQuote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
Quote:
Originally Posted by er88
Dont forget that Ott was very fast last year and he won most stages,I'm sure they will be back.
Mornin´
Good day ahead.
I believe that Loeb can catch Ogier at first loop
Today's stages are easier than yesterdays, and with some faster sections (SS3 one of the fastest/smoothest/widest in this rally)
And it´s not dark, which would´ve harmed Loeb more yesterday evening (age)
Lucky there Seb again
Ogier going wide 500 m from finish!!
Looks slippery. Ogier with quite a moment towards the end :eek:
Damage looks exact the same on both Toyotas... :)
Hyundai (last year version) could lose half of the rear for those impacts.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
TN describes his car as "a nightmare" "never been so scared in my life..."
Devastating comment from Thierry. They don't seem ready.
Ott says hybrid not working, dead weight he's carrying in the car. lol. corpos at WRC promoter and FIA won't like that
Not a bad time from Ott without the hybrid
Gus starting to look quite good
Breen just 0.3 faster than Ott with no problems
Gus has lost a lot in spl2
One must feel happy for him, honestly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Norm75
(Not only bcs of swedish co-driver, that is...)
Moment before the finish there! I’ll keep quiet now lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
Yes, I'm sure the improved pace comes from his co-driver being Swedish. His stage didn't end so well, though. Maybe a wrong note? Must be that Swedish co-driver.
RIP Fourmaux.