two interviews with Loriaux today and not a single time he didnt mention Tänak IMO, only Thierry this, Thierry that
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two interviews with Loriaux today and not a single time he didnt mention Tänak IMO, only Thierry this, Thierry that
I lost my pickems, and I'm quite happy about it :DQuote:
Originally Posted by CeskyOndra
Did you guys catch who did Ott congratulate on a podium? Someone from his family.
At the stage-end interview, the daughter Mia earns a podium place on something.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eli
That’s what I thought, thanks for confirming.Quote:
Originally Posted by meh
In equestrianQuote:
Originally Posted by meh
Hopefully Hyundai won’t muck it up next time, but as long as Thierry is there I highly doubt it.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
That was crazy watching the time running on for Ogier and the commentary didnt seem to notice and I was shouting HE'S LOST IT !
Did you guys notice that there wasnt a team representative on the podium for team Hyundai?
Seems kinda silly, it was a 6 sec gap. Or maybe there was another reason who knows
Yeah I was yelling at estonian commentators. Ogier kinda looked sluggish after the downhill section and when there was about 20secs to go, I knew its gonna be really close.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Rewatching the stage-end interview with Ogier - right after losing a rally win with 0.2 seconds, I think he reacted really well and measured way.
Neuville has cca 1 event advantage, if he can get good solid points every weekend and Tanak will be dominating every weekend, then it will be pretty evenly matched before Greece.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
Tanak has lost almost all of his road position advantage after today, i doubt he will dominate the next rallies.Quote:
Originally Posted by CeskyOndra
It doesnt mater too much if you are 3rd or 2nd on the road. I dont know how big cleaning effect is in Poland and Latvia tho. We can expect rain.Quote:
Originally Posted by denkimi
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Originally Posted by "Username"
And the Japanese flag stayed up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tauri_J
Faster rallies dont have that huge cleaning effect, and a lot more chances for wet weather.Quote:
Originally Posted by denkimi
Tanak did everything right this weekend, now he'll get a slightly worse road position but he's good at fast gravel rallies, which this year are 3 instead of 2. Shame his 0,2 seconds win means a bit less than usual.
Another slow weekend from Evans, but he bagged good points nonetheless.
Neuville was very fast, surprised he was able to win Sunday + PS, but truly a waste that mistake...
Now Neuville and Evans must hope Tanak runs into some sort of trouble for the next 3 rallies, will be hard to beat him just with speed.
I noticed that too - but I checked and it was gone before the anthems actually started.Quote:
Originally Posted by GigiGalliNo1
Have not checked the stats, but it was probably the first weekend for Tänak when he earned fewer points than he could earn with the old scoring system (got 25 vs old 29).Quote:
Originally Posted by focus206
Tänak likes the fast stuff, we know he is good at it. What we don't know is how the current car suits him for delivering the result. It's too early to celebrate his dominance on the fast stuff. Evans has quite a good toy to play with for that.
Yes, setup / confidence is one of the troubles Neuville and Evans should hope Tanak has, for the next rounds.Quote:
Originally Posted by meh
Latvia will have massive cleaning issue - that surface is very different; more closer to average Estonia. Poland is soft, front runners might have advantage; those who has curiosity, suggest to study Pol and Lat ERC 2023 results, will gjve a lot of info, but beeing first in Lat is bad position.
Once again, amazing WRC rally with great action to see in Sardegna :)
https://youtu.be/D70_cK-4H5M
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Not my favorite rally but a good discovery :)
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7t-I...9scmVwZmh2cDRpQuote:
Originally Posted by Eli
So annoying WRC ‘all live’ aren’t showing us these scenes.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
https://x.com/dirtfishrally/status/1...839303598?s=61Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
At least we have dirtfish to thank for.
https://x.com/HMSGOfficial/status/1797286342163865645 - Hyundai's own video
The two guys head butting must have caused a concussion 😅
https://x.com/OfficialWRC/status/1797251796039045146 - link to Post-Event Press Conference
sad to listen ott saying that in the end, because ITS TRUE. this points systems is a joke.Quote:
Originally Posted by meh
ott is not even interested in "winning the rally", just want to score most points on sunday. thats just, aaahhh what a joke
So winning the rally doesn't matter ?Quote:
Originally Posted by saco0o
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GPEbfxhW...pg&name=medium
Passats de canto video
https://youtu.be/Boqpoy1VcLY?si=Qi7YLA1CN9CaflCb
Exactly.. If it really doesnt matter in any way, why is he celebrating so much?Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Yes, I bet he's also not caring about the big bonus cheque...Quote:
Originally Posted by CeskyOndra
Because he won, he got the most points in the end.Quote:
Originally Posted by CeskyOndra
Just a small note, being first on the road in powerstage (both passes) is big-big advantage, especially after Rally2 cars for second run. They are leveling the ruts a little and then this beach stage is getting more and more rutted/destroyed/ more stones are coming out. Simply the wheels are not reaching the ground anymore. It was also big advantage on first stage in the morning due to the heavy dust issue (most of the dust was not shown in live TV, also the loose gravel layer was rather thick, so the cleaning was very slow). Thierry had luck on his side on this Sunday, had disadvantage only in one stage :) And he used his advantage 100%.
I guess it's still nice feeling, although I believe him that his focus is championship points and he drove fast in sunday to beat Neuville, not Ogier. I assume he would not celebrate as much if he would be 1st with 21 points and Neuville would end 3rd with 24 points.Quote:
Originally Posted by CeskyOndra
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Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Sadly guys, you have completely missed the point here.Quote:
Originally Posted by CeskyOndra
1. On Saturday, he said that they discussed the situation with the team, and considering that he is so much behind in the DWC standings, the risk for getting extra 3 points vs collecting 15 was too much, especially as he didn't feel comfortable on the smoother and faster surface.
2. On Sunday morning he was 17.1 seconds behind Ogier (total distance 39.3 km). There was absolutely no need to catch Ogier and try to be about 0.5 s/km faster than him - you won't get any extra points for that. He only had to make sure that he is at least 2nd on Super Sunday and on Powerstage. And like bluuford said, there were better conditions for Neuville and he also went all in for those points (totally understandable). So questions from different journalists that are you trying to catch Ogier were completely nonsense. I believe everyone here would have said and done exactly this. Ott said it perfectly - Ogier is here for the rallies (wins), I'm here for the championship
3. So to sum up - was it important to win for Ott - not really (no extra points). Had someone asked that would he be happy if he won (stupid question of course) and Ott would have said of course. So yeah... he is happy as we can see but had Ogier been 0.3 seconds faster on the PS, Ott would have collected exactly the same points as he did.
Wow. Just great as alwaysQuote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC