Dude, chill.Quote:
Originally Posted by KKS
They've got nothing to gain from rolling through the stages and possibly break the car, so better so save it and do some testing tomorrow.
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Dude, chill.Quote:
Originally Posted by KKS
They've got nothing to gain from rolling through the stages and possibly break the car, so better so save it and do some testing tomorrow.
Yep, I'm a bit high on it... but now he doing a 110-113kph on a public road with "huge damaged suspension that could not continue a rally"... are he serious?Quote:
Originally Posted by SubaruNorway
Matton will be not glad at all
If there that damaged bridge that causing a stage cancellation?
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DO380ZoVAAAe4xO.jpg
Heard he was told to bring the car backQuote:
Originally Posted by KKS
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Is the super special stage being livestreamed on facebook? or does the broadcast rights stop that?
Michelin video leg 2
https://youtu.be/42kVZWclsHs
https://www.motorsport.com/wrc/news/...-crash-980016/Quote:
Originally Posted by KKS
Quote:
The crash is unrelated to a damaged wooden bridge on the Newry stage, which forced organisers to cancel the second pass through the 20-kilometre test for both WRC and Australian Rally Championship competitors.
Shame we aren't getting an 8th winner this year, but what an exciting season and I didn't expect 7winners at the start of the year, that's for sure. Thierry has chucked this championship away big time though when you see how fast he's been on most events
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Where did Rovanperä dissapear? Can’t find reason
Punctures https://twitter.com/KalleRovanpera/s...55052288675840Quote:
Originally Posted by COD
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DO5CPqeWsAA3KXW.jpg
Very impressive from Neuville. Latvala seemed to have the momentum and confidence, but Thierry banged in those two big stage times after service. Stepping up just at the right time.
Gaps are quite big now at the top but with some weather around tomorrow it could change things.
Random stato question. Are the Aussie national drivers (Quinn, Herridge etc) eligible to take that last world championship point? Or am I right in thinking it has to go to a car in one of the FIA homologated classes?
I really don't get drivers taking only one spare on a rally like this.
So Meeke's done it again... :(
I'm afraid no matter how much Citroen improve the C3, their main driver is too inconsistent to get them results.
If Mikkelsen brought 2 he would be easily caught by the others, the spot he punctured would be fine 9 out of 10 times anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by A FONDO
It's not a very rough rally really, just lots of small banks instead of ditches.
Yeah. I was just going to say the same. How on earth do they dare taking only one spare, when you can have two? Look what came out of the wrong decisions!!Quote:
Originally Posted by A FONDO
Rough enough for only one spare!!Quote:
Originally Posted by SubaruNorway
@M-SportLtd
With all three Ford Fiesta WRC drivers climbing the standings today, @OttTanak has moved into podium position and the team are on course to secure their goals at this weekend's rally.
https://t.co/0n5Ym2CrLJ https://t.co/VKE9KoCinW
These 2017 cars seem ideal matches with a current day version of the mousse tyre. (4 mousse tyres per rough gravel event to be used strategically? who would risk taking no spare at all (if road rules allow)?
Who would be willing to produce such meaningless amount of mousse tyres?
Because you won't win with two spares and that's what everyone is driving for in this rally :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
What caused the guys further down the field to puncture was the entry to the bridge that made them cancelled the stage, the rally itself is probably smoother than Finland.
When you see these roads, you don't think of needing a lot of spares, they are mostly smooth, fast and flowing. Not a huge amount of things to hit as long as you stay on the forestry roads. It's pushing past the limits or the parts where the surface changes that things become a problem from what I could see of walking stages today.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
We went to the 1st stage, the 3rd and the last proper stage today and had mixed success. The first stage there was reasonably heavy rain on the way in, which eased as soon as we arrived. We watched from 2-3km into the stage which is the longest of the weekend. Again the Citroens looked very loose and it was definitely wet but drying, however certainly some wet points in the 2-300m we could see, but the WRC cars all seemed to get through ok, got a few pics from this stage, but as it was a spectator zone we didn't really have a good place to actually watch from!
Andreas was definitely quite sideways:
https://image.ibb.co/kcaqCm/DSC03207.jpg
Evans from Australia rejoined, and although it's a very ugly car, he was looking quick and committed:
https://image.ibb.co/mchqdR/DSC03228.jpg
Once again Mike Young was committed, good to see someone properly sliding a FWD:
https://image.ibb.co/b3AnQ6/DSC03233.jpg
Not sure who this was from the State field, but looked very committed, just right at the limit of the camera range, he did this for 2-3 corners until he got close to us:
https://image.ibb.co/ixzxQ6/DSC03290.jpg
We then went to SS12, where there was a couple of Breen fans, and sat about 1.5-2m above the road right at the end of a fast, flowing section of road:
There were a couple of Toyota fans here specifically because they had GT4 Celicas and wanted to see WRC Toyotas, man they loved seeing this:
https://image.ibb.co/gMJDyR/DSC03313.jpg
https://image.ibb.co/diiwJR/DSC03314.jpg
Evans was also tidy, right in the right lines:
https://image.ibb.co/gGv456/DSC03319.jpg
Strangely Ogier was quite wide:
https://image.ibb.co/hgEaCm/DSC03325.jpg
https://image.ibb.co/mRdP56/DSC03328.jpg
Interestingly, Paddon and Meeke looked the fastest, but stage times didn't agree. One of the other very quick drivers was Nathan Quinn in the Evo 9 in the ARC field, who looked like he was really pushing along well, carrying lots of speed. Sorry in advance for the poor videos!
Paddon:
https://youtu.be/TkSxqe_z79k
Meeke:
https://youtu.be/Z113mxUeN2I
Quinn:
https://youtu.be/J4L2mimVKFQ
this from re-group before SSS? Cuz he try continue go slow on road sectionQuote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
And finally, what not to do if you don't own the car...
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https://image.ibb.co/kZtrk6/DSC03338.jpg
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https://image.ibb.co/nsj8Xm/DSC03335.jpg
Poor Brendan was doing well as the lead Aussie until the first stage today.
Munkvy, your photo-heavy posts are causing havoc loading the forum on my phone !
more cars from same place at Tanaks jump
https://youtu.be/bfoDNdGWrCc
Just saw the daily highlights.
Mikkelsens' mistake was not on same spot as Ogier/Neuville/Meeke. It was quite innocent touch-up that you see with every driver on just about every stage, this kind would usually end with puncture if it's against rock/concrete but against sidebanks it typically does nothing. Double puncture from that is quite some luck.
I can´t really follow the line of thinking here.Quote:
Originally Posted by SubaruNorway
One spare, two punctures = you won´t win
Two spares, two punctures = still in the game.
Knowing you have only one spare, shouldn´t it make you drive more careful? Loosing time also, maybe?
There´s also a car and a driver and also what happens in their interaction, eg. skillness is more important than a car going 0,1 sec slower with two spare.
So, no I don´t follow. And smooth roads and still a whole chunk of punctures?
Michelin tyres are bad as it is this year. More punctures...Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
But with two spares you need to push harder to not loose too much time to those who has one so...Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
It didn't work for the Citroëns with two spares, losing loads of time with 16 and 33sec behind in Nambucca in the first loop then Meek hits a bridge pushing too hard.
Hasn't been many punctures here, Breen had one off the rim?
These bridges are quite tricky, you can easily loose a lot. It's better step back a little and get to the finish maybe sec slower and still be in the game. He is experienced enough and could know that... In the RBR (game) I was often crash into the bridge and lose all. And pretty muh every bridge was behind some corner and I push pretty much and not get t the finish.. Guys I know is the game but similar in the reality..
Edit: My computer gone mad.
Still, Mikkelsen lost his lead, and no win. Bcs only one spare.Quote:
Originally Posted by SubaruNorway
Well he would have lost the lead and likely the win regardless of whether he had another spare in the boot.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
These decisions always look horrible in hindsight. But you play the percentages and sport is always about taking calculated risks. I know you know that.
watch how unlucky was Meeke,and how lucky was Ogier.Nice different camera catch at Tanaks nice jump.
https://youtu.be/g9SnXa1a-0w