Yep, ideal for weather experts ;). Codrivers title probably went to Eremeev, Luky codriver until this event.Quote:
Originally Posted by bluuford
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Yep, ideal for weather experts ;). Codrivers title probably went to Eremeev, Luky codriver until this event.Quote:
Originally Posted by bluuford
Lukyanuk didn’t seem delighted with his title but he did seem quite emotional. Perhaps something going on with him we don’t know about.
Didn’t quite seem himself all year tbh, maybe the toll of having to constantly worry about budget and drive with caution in mind when he’s naturally more of a ‘fighter’
imho it was that he couldnt drive as he wanted.Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
I can understand him.
WRCantabria video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByxmYBUbCnU
The weather conditions were a real shame here, not so much that it rained but that it became such a lottery. Could have been an epic battle had it been dry and we’d have had more helicopter footage too. But under the circumstances we should be happy the rally happened at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
Maybe if Luky carries on next year he should drive for wins instead of thinking about the championship title, he’d probably enjoy it more.
Lol you just messed things completely.Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
a) The results you mention are from SS16, I was talking about SS15 which he won by 6s, largest gap of any stage win in the rally.
b) The 3 drivers you mentioned were on 4 slicks whole afternoon...and still they didn't beat him on those two stages in full dry while he and everyone else in top 10 had 2 wet tires.
c) Mikkelsen's "almost zero" pace today resulted in him winning 2nd leg on speed. (without the 20s TC penalty)
d) Mikkelsen is not a WRC regular for 15 months now and this was his second rally in those 15 months. Check where WRC regular Breen ended.
Sure after 2 wrong tire choices yesterday the morning pace was uninspired. Afternoon was fine.
Congratulations to Lukyanuk, well deserved title. I'm glad he didn't throw it away like last year. Nice season for Oliver too.
And good job to Eurosport Events, ERC and every organizer for managing to run a good championship.
exactly the same i wrote applies for ss 15Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
second overall was Munster,third was Devine,Fourmaux was 13th for example.
So Mikkelsen good times were when nobody pushed for both stages.
Breen has the extenuation of unprooven tyres.We dont know how good were his mrf.
Mikkelsen was on pirellis as Ares and Luky and Solberg.
As you don't read lets write it again:Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
- SS15, win by 6s largest gap in rally, for sure nobody out og the 25 cars was pushing...
- won 2nd leg
- 3 stage wins, same as Luykanuk, more than Formaux, Bonato, Ares. Only Solans has 4.
You know, you could just admit that you made a mistake and didn't follow the afternoon but that seems to be too hard.
οκ Mikkelsen won same stages as Luky,more than Fourmaux and Ares.Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
Amazing pace when everybody cruised.
If its ok for you,i havent anything else to ad.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/En8DDipW...png&name=small
Passats de canto video,at first seconds Olivers moment.
https://youtu.be/C1gpD7WznRQ
So it seems night will be long in gran canaria, lots of rumours about pernia car in spanish media, and it has a mark in provisional results along other four cars
ADRacing video
https://youtu.be/D5bvlvj_0Wk
keep us informed mate.Quote:
Originally Posted by m-ast
For now, only car Nş50 disqualified due to weight, and protest of Solans rejected due to being lateQuote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
He made it to service but was disqualified later as he received outside assistance after last stage (ice cubes bag for cooling the engine down).Quote:
Originally Posted by Got Mail
I agree. I read his comments after the rally when he said he was not happy with his driving today and that Islas Canarias should be Round 1 of ERC.Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
Αny Spain speaking mate to tell us what Pernia said in this interview?
Why Pernia tried so much to keep behind Solans?
https://youtu.be/zmxQm8idn_8
He said that he didn't want to be in the middle of that war, but he was trying to reach the podium for the Spanish Championship and also, he had the tyres, so he wanted to win a stage in the ERC, so he go for it. He already had tried on the second to last stage, but Mikkelsen won by 1sec, so he tried again in the last one.
Bassas and co-driver Alex Coronado were later excluded for using a bag of ice cubes in the engine bay, a violation of Article 2.13 of the Regional Rally sporting regulations which prohibits “the use or receipt by the crew of any manufactured materials (solid or liquid)”.
It is the second time in as many years that the ERC3 Junior finale outcome between Rally Team Spain and Orsák Rally Sport has been decided by rally officials.
The 2019 ERC3 Junior finale on Barum Rally Zlín ended in acrimony, as Jean-Baptiste Franceschi was demoted from first to fourth after the finish with a notional time slower than the rest of the drivers in his class, handing Efrén Llarena victory and the title with it.
Franceschi had suffered a puncture on Kašava, which had been red flagged for a serious accident involving Martin Vlček after Franceschi had already entered the stage.
Given his slower split times from the puncture, Franceschi’s stage time was adjusted upwards by one minute after the finish, giving Llarena victory and costing Franceschi’s Orsák team-mate Ken Torn the ERC3 Junior title.
This time around Torn was the beneficiary.
Having already wrapped up the ERC3 and ERC3 Junior titles before the Canary Islands Rally, Torn added a fourth win to his 2020 tally, moving from second to first with Bassas’ exclusion.
https://dirtfish.com/rally/erc/fourm...c-win-on-foot/
Well, to be fair, it was the right call. I had the impression last year that the Spanish Team had benefits for Llarena's title. But last year was kind of strange, except for the ERC Juniors, the Champions were not the fastest guys on the classes
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End of the Canarias rally, without a doubt the worst rally of my life. We went for a dry setup and slick wheels thinking it was going to dry, and clearly we got confused, I lost confidence with the car, and I haven't been able to find it again the whole rally. There are no excuses, it's my fault
That was pretty big crash.
Next time they should avoid doing forbidden actions right in front of Eurosport camera in the live stream.Quote:
Originally Posted by bluuford
same i was thinking when i was watching it live.Huge mistake.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
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Originally Posted by RS
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Originally Posted by dimviii
I'm afraid that is the only way to go for Lukyanuk. If anybody allows him to be himself and "drive as he wants" he may lose everything again. We saw it in recent years when he lost 3 times to Kajto and once to Ingram. The only titles that he ever won were when somebody was controlling him and/or he had to worry about budget...Quote:
Originally Posted by Rally Hokkaido
Ahh I see, Mikkelsen's complete lack of pace on 2 wet tires meant that Pernia that wasn't pushing on his 4 slicks wasn't able to beat him.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheFlyingTuga
For a moment there I was a bit confused.
I believe it wasn’t yet told: Pernia kept his result in the rally, as nothing wrong was found on his tyres barcodes.
https://www.revistascratch.com/s-cer...l-solans-59331
Final classification: https://atodomotor.blob.core.windows...s/FinalFIA.pdf
Pernia was at Saturday stages 16th,16th,14th,12th,15th,6th,2nd,2nd.Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
at Friday was 18th,23th,37th,23th,5th,5th,11th,13th,11th
it is easy to understand that he was fast when nobody pushed,exactly like Mikkelsen .
So he is not the driver at this rally to measure Mikkelsens speed.
Mikkelsen's tyre choices f***** his chances:
https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/the-t...-monza-warm-up
Mikkelsen showing what his issues are on this rally. Whenever he doesn't have optimum feeling with the car/ setup/tyres, his times can plummet massively along with his confidence.
This is one of the reasons why he hasn't kicked on like Neuville, Tanak etc. In rallying you will be on the wrong tyres, you will have the wrong setup or the car won't be at it's best at times, but the best drivers make the most of it.
Andreas Mikkelsen has published the second part of his My Life video from Canarias. He hoped for a good tyre choice...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhvdbNPtKsc
indeed. the ability to go fast when things are not right is what separates the good from the best drivers.Quote:
Originally Posted by er88
latvala was just the same.
Somehow I agree you can point this to his WRC career, but looking back to this exact rally and Mikkelsen's point of view (as also he explained in his video series) - after friday first loop stages, his chances for high result were gone (lost almost 2min) and further bad tyre choices didnt elevate his confidence either, so there was no point of taking any unnecesary risks during the rest of the rally (damaging the car or even crashing out pushing for really nothing). He had absolutely nothing to prove here. We all know he can be fast, this just wasnt his weekend and thats that. The main thing here is - what can you as driver take from this bad experience (or poor decision making tyre choices) and use it in good way to your future starts.Quote:
Originally Posted by er88
And this time we dont have to wait long... the Monza rally is just around the corner. Lets see what lessons he has learned and how can he will adapt to new circumstances.
EDIT: Tyre choice is really tricky thing when you have conditions like last weekend. In WRC there is a weather crew working for you on that, but when you are on your own with incomplete information, thats different. He went for risk and it didnt work out. That happens.
The following is not exactly about Mikkelsen since I don't know his conditons.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lead
This is a thing many people tend to overlook. Things like this play huge role and of course to have them properly sorted costs money. A lot of money which is not dedicated to the cost of the car and its running and which is therefore often ignored in discussions about budgets and cost saving. The thing however is that often it is better to spend much more and get the result instead of spending less and getting nothing back. In other words to succeed from time to time with limited budget is possible but to succeed systematically in a long run needs more than a driver and a car.
When tricky conditions, it is always smart to "spy" on the best local drivers to see what kind of tires they put on.
They have driven same kind of roads many times before, and have good weather intel from friends out on the stages.
Exactly, thats a thing I always wonder about. If not sure, you can always seek more info from local drivers. Who else would know better?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sulland
we used to do it even with just rally fans they happened to be friends.They were spread at many stages,and plenty of times we had usefull weather info real time from various parts of stages.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lead