Oliver now 8.7 behind Gus, should be pretty close at the end!
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Oliver now 8.7 behind Gus, should be pretty close at the end!
Solberg with the monster time and now just 8sec away from Greensmith! You know its been tough rally when a guy who changed puncture on stage is 3rd overall in WRC2.
I wonder if Gus' problem is actually real or he is just controlling it and saving tyres for PS? Seems a strange power steering problem that only slows you down a little bit.
It can be intermittent.Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
At least we'll get full All Live coverage of the battle on the PS.Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
He answered: "It's just faster way to the end" and "Seems that no one else is driving"Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
Compared to usual powerstage: no Evans, Ogier, Neuville fighting for PS points and Tänak with hybrid issues. So it's basically 4 places won for others.
Neuville is starting first on PS, before a bunch of Rally 2 cars, that is a little strange isn't it?
That's strange yes, but probably because of his problems this is done to avoid having a big time gap to let Neuville crawl through the stageQuote:
Originally Posted by wwbroe
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I suppose that could be the reasonQuote:
Originally Posted by Katvala
They don't even show him?
They are nowQuote:
Originally Posted by wwbroe
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Neuville is kind of lucky that all the WRC2 cars had issues or punctures or he'd be out of the points altogether.
Might we have a WRC2 car getting overall WRC points? I'm only watching to see if Solberg can get back into 1st in WRC2 to be honest. This is a beautiful rally but this year it was very dissappointing. Especially in Rally2 it seems like a waste of a great entry list.
For sure, it happens quite regularly these days with thin Rally1 entry lists.Quote:
Originally Posted by seb_sh
Nice words from Thierry for organisers and spectators
Yes, 5 cars. Only 5 R1 are finishing this rally in top 10Quote:
Originally Posted by seb_sh
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sorry I meant on the power stage, WRC2 car getting overall power stage points :P
Some footage of Evans getting out of the car and the fire (1.00 minute in)
https://twitter.com/i/status/1657706447566667779
That's not very likely, even if Neuville is slow. There are enough Rally1 cars to fill up the top five stage times (six without counting Neuville).Quote:
Originally Posted by seb_sh
Solberg really desperate for the win !
Massive attack from Solberg
Nice drive from Solberg, whatever happens it was a good rally for him, silly mistake with the donuts but otherwise nice controlled drive and now a good pushat the end.
Tanak's hybrid working again right on time for the PS.
Tanak's hybrid has made miraculous comeback?!
Turned it off in the morning to save it for PS :D
Nice words from Dani Sordo. #ForCraig
Brilliant drive from Kalle. Big congrats! To the new Master.
Wunderkid isn’t unbeatable at all
Ott has the pace and knows when is the time to push. Totally opposite to Neuville. Cant even remember when was the last time he had a proper crash.
Most consistent and reliable driver out there.
Congrats to Kalle, great drive this weekend.
Interesting that he alluded to a personal issue he has been struggling with, I wouldn’t want to speculate, but let’s hope he has it under control or is coping ok whatever the issue.
A bit torn on the WRC2 class as Solberg drove great, but you have to say that he was actually pretty lucky they didn’t impose the mandated 5 minute penalty in the rule book.
When half of the top 10 is filled by the support catagory on a popular event like Portugal, it’s time to call it a day for WRC1. 3 head to head races at the super special last night….3. That’s not very exciting even for hardcore fans. All the casual rally fans I know have switched off completely now. It doesn’t matter how fast the top cars are when the variety in competition is so poor.
I watched only 3 stages throughout the whole rally, lost interest on Saturday and didn't bother even with PSQuote:
Originally Posted by Doon
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Yes, it is really bad craftsmansship from the promoter. What on earth are they doing? Nothing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Doon
Cut the manufacturer-rule, open up for private tuners, it will take like 1 week before 3-4 energy-poison-drink-team are ready to set up a team.
Several good tuners will also give it a go if the rules is good.
Yes, Hyundai will probably leave, but Toyota and M-sport will keep up, if 3 more teams coming it is much better than today.
If pirelli also can make good tires, we know they can, this kind of rallies will be exiting.
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Well, PS is always exciting. Even today as it was head to head in both categories. If you don´t like to see that, what would you actually like to watch?
Just watching the MotoGP in Le-Mans on tv, wayyyyy more interesting, as much as I love rallying, there's a need of a serious shakeup from the promoter & the FIA, or else I don't think we'll have a championship beyond 2029 and I'm being kind by saying 2029.Quote:
Originally Posted by Doon
Agree, the whining from the hardcore fans is sometimes unbearable. Every rally it is "the most boring rally ever". Nobody watches it for the driving brilliance anymore?Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
+1Quote:
Originally Posted by becher
For me the biggest problem is Sundays, something has to be done with those, IMO there is two options - to loose it after all and lets end saturday with PS stage (i remember there were some kind of talks about this couple of years ago) or make just 2-3 shorter (11-13km) stages on Sundays and give also points on those for TOP3. PS stage is brilliant IMO, todays stage was again very exciting and proved it.
For Portugal it would be better to switch the days, Saturday and Friday, so we dont have all the action on Day1 and then nothing after that like it was this year and also last year.
The powerstage was pretty good, it's just a shame Toyota's competitors were hampered by reliability issues, 'cause I'm sure if M-Sport can sort their car out we'll have a very interesting fight between Tänak & Rovanperä.Quote:
Originally Posted by becher