[WRC] Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2019

Meeke retirement

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BG5AgIgHC8

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Originally Posted by AnttiL

Meeke retirement

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BG5AgIgHC8

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fuck that.... that was a nothing mistake

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D8HuZdXWwAARiF_.jpg

very good vid https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_c...&v=l8JnxO1PfVQ

List of issues and incidents

Tänak: Brake issues, broken damper, one slide to the side of the road
Neuville: One stall of engine
Ogier: -
Suninen: Brake issues
Evans: Electrical fault - stopped in the stage
Latvala: Broken damper - rally 2
Sordo: Fuel pressure issue - stopped in the stage
Loeb: Fuel pressure issue - stopped in the stage, damaged suspension - retired
Greensmith: Engine issues, off road - rally2, broken suspension and crash - retired
Meeke: Intercom issues, handbrake issues, damper problems, spin, hit a stone - retired
Lappi: Puncture, rolled, damaged suspension - retired

In 2018 and 2017 it was as eventful. Maybe it's the combination of heat, roughness and speed of this event that makes it so difficult to get to the finish without issues?

Didn’t Meeke also have Damper problems that were found out later? I think I read that somewhere...

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Originally Posted by mknight

And we are back in 2018.... Eddie saying how Ogier "had to" do what he did, cause he felt bad.....anyway that's not what we are talking about.


This year (2019) in Sweden Ogier did exactly the same thing as Hyundai did here.
He drove on purpose after Neuville/Loeb and before Lappi... to disadvantage Neuville/Loeb (less roadcleaning) and give advantage Lappi (more road cleaning). 100% exactly same situation.

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I dont remember any big controversy in Sweden 2019. Ogier said he just wanted a better road position to use the remainder of the rally as a test for his new car.

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Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC

I dont remember any big controversy in Sweden 2019. Ogier said he just wanted a better road position to use the remainder of the rally as a test for his new car.

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But the point is that Ogier invented this kind of tactics, which Hyundai now used to greater extent. He was able to help Lappi as well in getting second position.

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Originally Posted by doubled1978

Didn’t Meeke also have Damper problems that were found out later? I think I read that somewhere...

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And handbrake stopped working

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Originally Posted by AnttiL

List of issues and incidents

Tänak: Brake issues, broken damper, one slide to the side of the road
Neuville: One stall of engine
Ogier: -
Suninen: Brake issues
Evans: Electrical fault - stopped in the stage
Latvala: Broken damper - rally 2
Sordo: Fuel pressure issue - stopped in the stage
Loeb: Fuel pressure issue - stopped in the stage, damaged suspension - retired
Greensmith: Engine issues, off road - rally2, broken suspension and crash - retired
Meeke: Intercom issues, handbrake issues, damper problems, spin, hit a stone - retired
Lappi: Puncture, rolled, damaged suspension - retired

In 2018 and 2017 it was as eventful. Maybe it's the combination of heat, roughness and speed of this event that makes it so difficult to get to the finish without issues?

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Neuville had broken radiator a the end of SS13. Sordo had puncture on SS5
SS 12 and 13 were real car destroyers, really big exposed bedrocks, concrete edges on line, metal settling wells (20-30 cm high in the ruts). If you look further back in the list, you can see many-many problems..