84km in KenyaQuote:
Originally Posted by Eli
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84km in KenyaQuote:
Originally Posted by Eli
Yes, they could also run Thursdays to Saturdays with Thursday being a full day.Quote:
Originally Posted by jonkka
And they needed special permission right?Quote:
Originally Posted by Tauri_J
That wouldn't be popular with people who have to work during the week.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eli
Today it would have been sensible to only run PS STAGE twice.
Let them correct the notes the first time and then a push run on second run.
Embarrassing to watch this cruising. Kalle even saying he could have gone slower
Dont really know, probably not because power stage still starts like it used to. Maybe some special permission about the total distance of the rally because its over 360kms.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eli
Yes I was referring to the total amount of competitive kilometers in the rally.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tauri_J
Still better than ridiculous Hyundai twitter account…
About the red flag situation yesterday
Estonian commentator called different experts yesterday and the answer was from all that the red flag notice in the car is the A and O for the drivers, not the one that Marshall shows.
So that’s what made the confusion and there wasn’t any penalties.
And btw the Marshall didn’t show it for Loubet but did for Breen and Tänak
M-Sport guys need to attack on the next stage, this is their PR chance :)
Lately they seemed to have reduced this 2021 habbit.Quote:
Originally Posted by meh
Or it might be that Fourmaux who usually did this last year rarely runs on Sunday these days.
Any Red flag must be taken seriously, whichever happens first.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
Else you can bin the marshals with physical flags.
Just have a TFZ before PS in every rally....four more tyres is such a big expense???Quote:
Originally Posted by Tauri_J
where Kiri ?
This is not the point.Quote:
Originally Posted by trifonvl
Suggest that for the people who have rejoined under Super Rally they must finish each stage on the Sunday before the powerstage within 5% of the fastest time or they won't be eligible to score any powerstage points. That may stop the crap that Neuville and others are doing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tauri_J
This situation is nothing new. Back in the day when events were much longer, drivers were just driving to get to the finish much more. The gaps were many minutes between cars are there were few 'battles' to the very end of rallies. Just accept it as part of the endurance element of the sport.
300km is no endurance.
Something with the kid it seemed likeQuote:
Originally Posted by RS2500
thanks for reply . Was wondering why she not there . Molly petit is good too but Kiri has it all down patQuote:
Originally Posted by SubaruNorway
Great drive and result for Chris Ingram in WRC2 / WRC2 Junior.
Well, much more mixed review IMOQuote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Jan Solans was above him almost all the weekend and Huttunen was able to catch him in spite of two punctures and Fiesta Rally2. The two were much more interesting here according to me.
Not saying it’s a bad race from him but it’s quite logical with the beginning of his season: consistant yes, but clearly lacks a bit of speed against the best in class.
Fast (enough) and mature drive by Gryazin.
Weird weekend for Toksport/Skoda. Car was fast and won the category but mechanical problems too.
Lappi flying!
And for sure, he was not quoted here but Pajari did really good for a first WRC Rally2 outing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Danny0405
Neuville comes like through some pin-ball came
Ingram was driving for the WRC2 Junior championship. He will push more on future events now he has solid points on the board.Quote:
Originally Posted by Danny0405
It wasn't even 300km.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tauri_J
However long a rally is the last day will be one to consolidate...
Tanak: "Today the priority is to drive through and bring the car home."
Nice result by Breen and M-Sport. They both needed that.
Happy for Tanak. Very good!!
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Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Told ya ! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Eli
460 something days of agony over finally
Almost in tears, feels like a first win again, brilliant drive this week. Reminded Toyota days
Quite boring sunday... but... from estonian perspective, this time actually I don't complain about it :)
I’m so glad they manage to get that win. It’s been a long time coming! Also really happy for Breen & Paul for their second place.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Great for Tänak & Hyundai! Enjoy the moment all the estonians.
Great rally from Tänak. He showed some masterclass here. Small minus that he wasn’t pushing in the power stage and lost points but on the other hand first win after Sweden 2021 and maybe he thinks WRC will be done already.
Breen was good. So was Sordo. Good pace during the rally but they drove slow Power Stage as always.
Loubet was surprisingly good. Interesting to see his performance in upcoming rallies.
Rovanperä looked like C class driver this weekend. Okay, starting position wasn’t good but he didn’t have pace here at all.
Greensmith and Katsuta performed as expected. Really slow. 😁
Neuville, Evans and Lappi drove too as expected. Quite fast but with many errors.
Formaux wants to drive WRC2 next year. Solid performance again to reach that target!
Finally the drought from 2021 has ended and Hyundai (& of course Tänak) are finally on that top step on the podium and making some headway in Toyota's lead, I really hope they can now start and develop (as much as possible) the car and get faster, in any case, they have now some basis to rely on. Still Rovanperä has a commanding lead but at least now 2 drivers are now on the hunt for him and his first spot. Clever rally by Rovanperä, never really felt comfortable with the car yet still managed to keep his nose clean, get 5th place and 4 points from the power stage so he actually extended his gap to Neuville to 55 points. I'm aware Neuville said he wasn't going to wait until everybody else falters, but in this case I think he was wrong, if he has any serious intentions about getting this year's championship, every point counts, and with Fourmaux's mistake yesterday he could’ve gotten 8 extra points from finishing 6th so at least he has a fighting chance when that car will be as reliable as that Toyota.
Good for Tanak, finally a win. But let's not forget he was extremely lucky for the 2 cancelled stages when he was having transmission troubles. If those stages weren't cancelled, we would be probably talking about once again how crap Hyundai's reliability is. But for once luck smiled to Tanak and he deserves it.
Rovanpera did what he had to do, with Finland and Estonia yet to come, he can cruise with no problems and extend his lead.
It makes me smile reading criticism of Neuville for not settling for yet another 5th-6th place or so, as if that would matter for the championship. Nobody driving a Hyundai can seriously challenge for the title this year. And probably not even Evans.
Impressed by Loubet in 4th.
Do you think his script changed for this year?Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC