that looks like body work only. no damage to roll cage there. the car only has damadge on the front.part. plastic parts. i hope he returnsQuote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
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that looks like body work only. no damage to roll cage there. the car only has damadge on the front.part. plastic parts. i hope he returnsQuote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
Colin Clark @voiceofrally 5 λεπτά
FIA currently checking @JariMattiWRC's car in service. Front left is very bent. Some very concerned faces around
car has for sure chassis damage,and roll cage damage at front tower(upper suspension mount point)Quote:
Originally Posted by andyone
Lets see what fia will decide.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BkZqMCfIcAA9ikF.jpg
Colin Clark @voiceofrally 2 λεπτά
The covers go on @JariMattiWRC's car while discussions are had and decisions are made
Colin Clark @voiceofrally 3 λεπτά
FIA have cleared @JariMattiWRC's car for repair. Big discussions within team as to wether repairs are possible! Decision - lets give it a go
What an impressive first day! Good to see some pace from Hyundai, including Neuville proving that it wasn't a fluke with a stage win too. Interesting Sordos comment about needing more power. Given he has driven almost all the current field of factory cars I imagine he would know exactly how much they are behind Citroen and Ford at least.
Great to see Tanak proving he has still got it, I hope this helps to groom him for potentially replacing Mikko later on if he can find some consistency. I imagine his sponsors will be pretty happy with his work so far!
VW won't be so happy, going from 1,2,3 to 3rd and 8th only.
Good to see Mikko picking up and taking his opportunities, but what is going to happen tomorrow? I really hope he can at least have a proper battle with Ogier, rather than his recent tendancy to back down from a fight. I think he needs this to get the confidence just like JML did (not that that has ended well!).
And the weirdest stat for the day that I can see? Hyundai are the only team to have all their cars still on the road at the end of the first day... How odd is that?
Ohh and good on Al-Attiyah for making things interesting in WRC2! I have always thought he was a good driver, but for some reason he never seems to have come to grips with the WRC cars the same way as he has driven WRC2 cars in the past?
Gracy guys..they have 3.5 hours? Ilike to see it :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
Colin Clark @voiceofrally 42 δευτερόλεπτα
So @vwrallytheworld have 3hrs from when the clock starts ticking to repair @JariMattiWRC car. A mini crane and forklift being put in place!
Surely VW make their own roll cage though, so just like M-Sport they are allowed to repair it in some situations? Also, if it's forward of the interior there is a chance it's not safety critical necessarily. So may well mean it's easier to repair, or not as important potentially.Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
watch the video for stages 4-7 at wrc com,includes crashes from Latvala,Kubica,Evans
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BkZuAGNIYAAY5pR.jpg:large
Colin Clark @voiceofrally 6 λεπ.
That's the crane on the left and the forklift on the right. There's going to be some pushing and pulling going on!!
when are they showing live stages (along with live streams)?
No, Kenneth Eriksson in an Accent WRC was leading the Rally New Zealand in 2001 after the first day: http://www.ewrc-results.com/results....w-Zealand-2001Quote:
Originally Posted by makinen_fan
Of course Eriksson was leading due to tactics, but still he did.
That were real rallies and there were a lot of manufacturers and the level of drivers was much higher than now. It is so predictable, with Meeke, Kubica and Latvala crashing and we know since 10 years the champion even before the WRC season begins...
But this season is much better than a few years ago. Back then we only had Loeb, Latvala, Hirvonen and Sordo fighting for the top spots. Now we can add Mikkelsen, Ogier, Ostberg, Meeke, Evans, Kubica, Neuville, etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wim_Impreza
They switch to Jari's car now and then on the live stream, they just started working on it.
Meeke, Evans and Kubica for top spots? I don't see them win one WRC rally. They just have luck that there is SupeRally, Rally 2 or whatever the name is and Mikkelsen is rather disappointing, apart from snow.Quote:
Originally Posted by EightGear
give us a link for live stream mate
http://www.wrc.com/live-ticker/live_popup_stream.htmlQuote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
thanks mates!
During the rally they have some interviews in service and the top three end of day press conference too,Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
for those who haven't used it before.
pitty the camera is at back of the car and cant see the mechanics workinghttp://www.4tforum.gr/phpBB3/images/...thumbsdown.gif
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BkZSGqLCMAAzt1I.jpg
The usual suspects ... :rolleyes:
Saturday: Malhão 1 (RTP1) and Malhão 2 (RTP2)Quote:
Originally Posted by Eli
Not only his car needs a thorough checking tonight ...
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BkZLPVDIAAAFmAY.jpg
The leader looks more relaxed however..
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BkZFlYkCYAIlUeP.jpg
Not really top spots, but they earn their seats and aren't paying for it (except Kubica maybe). What I'm trying to say is that the level of competiton has improved and there are more genuinely fast drivers. You can't judge about Evans yet this year.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wim_Impreza
Does anybody knows why so many Portuguese drivers retired after last service of the day?
http://www.wrc.com/en/wrc/results/po...6-229-8--.html
They didn't retire. Today ended the National Championship event, which is part of the WRC event.Quote:
Originally Posted by harriswrc
I wish whoever was controlling the live stream would just focus on VW rather than all the empty stalls.
I didn't get why Hänninen got so strange time on SS 4 ?
19:44.0
+03:12.2
Did he manage to pass Kubica who blocked the road? Or how it was calculated?
Hanninen at this stage had stopped for about 2 minutes to change tyre before blocked from Kubica.Probably they calculated these 2 minutes?Quote:
Originally Posted by uranium
It might be, but i'm just curious HOW it was calculated ? :) What is the formula?
OK, by letting them work all night long with the car it might be ready. But they for sure have been bending and welding quite a lot on that car...
they have 3 hours only.
They calculated somehow with result of re-run a stage. So SS4 times depends SS7 times.
How? I don't know :D
COC Decision 2 - 321kb
COC Decision 6 - 648kb
Need a few joker rules for servicing i.e 1 all nighter service per year per car entered.