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Very good time or Lappi
But Taka even faster by 1,1, good drive by him
Pajari loses some more aero to balance out Friday.
I think Taka got this PS tbh
Is there any website that runs/ displays the Sunday cumulative times/ positions for WRC?
Press "Leg 3" on EWRC:Quote:
Originally Posted by Humber
https://www.ewrc-results.com/leg/855...nd-2024/?leg=3
Leg 3 - Lappi and Katsuta tied for same leg3 time. Is there a tie decider?
To get to the finish, you have to "keep it between the trees". Very accurate comment from RallyTV.
Good run for Neuville, second fastest
Should be Lappi then. Fastest on first stage today.Quote:
Originally Posted by Humber
Is it me or Ogier had open door on the start right now?
Alltough he was level with Taka halfway trough the stage, Ogiers sets only fifth time on PS
Thats a lot of points lost for Ogier here
Weird (no)reactions from Toyota team people..
Of course they lost on the big scale, Neuville lead by almost one full rally points and in many Hyundai lead by 20. That's disaster for themQuote:
Originally Posted by TypeR
https://rally-base.com/2024/secto-ra...4/?ssGroupId=6Quote:
Originally Posted by Humber
This years finish is completely opposite to last years on Himos. For Toyota it is.
Toyota TOP 3 after Friday but in the end it is 19 points lost to Hyundai. Disasterous weekend. Ogi lost like 7 points on PS..
They can't be expected to be happy to just scrap a win after a rally where they held all podium spots and then a 1-2 until the penultimate stage. Plus, the massive swing in manufacturer title...
Knew I wouldn’t put Ogier for the win here and he’d take it….regarding him losing those points in the power stage, assuming he continues to Acropolis he’ll still benefit from his road position, assuming it doesn’t rain like here. All this giving me 2018 vibes, with the same top 3 (only Ogier hunting this time round).
Neuville has to take it.. 27 points advantage is a lot.
Neuville 168? points Ogier 141? points Tanak 137 Evans 132
Does Ogier go to Acropolis to pull rocks out for Tanak on the first day?
Yeah, my pickems were great until Saturday, then its a disaster againQuote:
Originally Posted by Eli
No, he goes there for the title.. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Humber
Neuville 46; Tanak 33; Evans 28; Ogier 49
this is the ranking after the 3 fast races on gravel where it is speculated that Neuville will lose in advance due to the starting place. I think he is the big favorite for the title, only Ogier would still have a chance
If only we had Deutschland and Wales to spice things up…the events Neuville never managed to win….and maybe have Turkey after Acropolis…but that’s just day dreaming at this point…Quote:
Originally Posted by cosmin_sb
That was crazy rally. Heartbreaking to Ott, Elfyn and Kalle but Ogier joining fight for title against eternal runner-up Neuville makes me very excited. I am cheering for Thierry, it's now or never.
Crazy how the two tarmac/slow gravel drivers outscored the two fast gravel drivers by this amount.
Similarly Fourmaux scored three of his four podiums on fast events, yet he is seen as a tarmac driver.
Also fast rallies used to be bad for Ogier in all of Fiesta, C3 and Yaris WRC.Quote:
Originally Posted by cosmin_sb
Without the road accident in Poland, Ogier would be the favourite for the title. He could still be, depending on how Greece and Chile goes. Right now, Neuville appears to be the strongest.
Fourmaux himself explained why it's a great effort and result by him here...
"I'm really pleased it ended up like that after a difficult start for us with no test and no preparation. The fourth podium is always good, especially in Finland."
Very positive result for Neuville. Now, the only thing he needs is an Ogier DNF, but good luck with that :D
Apart from that, championship is very open still. One technical trouble or a mistake and someone's going to be level with Thierry, or almost. Rough Acropolis is yet to come, slippery and wet asphalt is yet to come.
The only thing that can deny Neuville WDC is his own head, and the car.
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That is a positive attitude!Quote:
Originally Posted by macebig
But even if they were mobile, if they had a smashed windscreen or broken wheels/tyres, or they had informed HQ of their own retirement then it wouldn't have happened.
So after opening the rally 5 times in a row, neuville increased his lead over evans from 6 points to 34. His lead over tank decreased from 33 to 29.
But his lead over ogier decreased from 41 points after croatia to 28 after finland.
But now ogier will be second on the road in greece, so let's see how fast he will be without position advantage.
Odd words from Seb at the end "I have to see if we do a full campaign but it looks like I have no other option. It is not my priority anymore but we'll see."
Is he contractually obliged to do more events if Toyota require it?
Well, that was a dramatic rally. Thank you, mighty rain gods.
It was a terrible rally for an Evans fan like me. I thought he was generally driving well, as I hoped since he's good at Finland and rain. But there was the technical issue, and then on Sunday he had no Saturday to lose and things were a bit desperate in the championship and he went too fast and binned it.
Tanak, maybe even worse, he just went off early.
Fourmaux did a proper professional drive, he continues to look like a driver worth (re)hiring.
Rovanpera looked like the boss until there was a rock in the road. Ogier and Neuville both looked very good in their circumstances.
Lappi... oi. He's quick, but not quite reliable enough. For years, I thought he looked like he could be good with another 25 rallies to build experience/consistency. But now I feel like he's had all the chances he deserves. He's on borrowed time now.
Solberg has been looking like a consistent pro, who would be worth a try in WRC1 if somebody needed a third driver who might move up later.
Pajari managed to crash without crashing, twice. Supposedly Napolean said of a promising general "All this may be so, but is he lucky?" So far, so good. Also won a stage (with cleaning and road position) on Friday afternoon, so there is pace.
I think that from what we saw last year everything is possible in CER and Japan if the weather is similar like last year.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eli
Thierry Neuville is a tough rally driver!
And king of the PowerStages with 5 PS wins this year