74th PZM Rally Poland

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Originally Posted by krzaki

Does anybody know what technical problems had Latvala?

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they didn't said what problem was at Toyota press release.

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Originally Posted by itix

Great rally from the sporting perspective with many close battles and excitement all the way through. Poor Tänak to suffer from the polish syndrome 2nd year in a row.

Horrible rally from a safety perspective. Even the south european and south/north american rounds look safe and well managed in comparison. I'd be surprised to see it back on the calendar. With all the rally enthusiasm there is in Poland, you'd expect the marshals wanting to do a good job as to keep the round in the WRC but you get the sense they couldn't care less about the task that was given them.

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I think basically 70% of the marshals had good viewing points chosen out beforehand and left their jobs as soon as the stage begun.

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Originally Posted by stefanvv

He was, but from the onboard it seemed like trying to avoid a watersplash, he did but the speed was too high already.

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I just watched Neuville onboard from SS21 when sees this corner 20 m ahead his reaction is "Ou la-la".

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Originally Posted by onemanband

I think basically 70% of the marshals had good viewing points chosen out beforehand and left their jobs as soon as the stage begun.

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The guy with the fire truck was epic... "Oh, here comes a fire truck when the stage is running, I'll just wave my hand a little... He didn't stop... Oh whatever"

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Originally Posted by EstWRC

agreed, i think without the watersplash he would have gotten away

better quality https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJT_N37YssE

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If you look at the entry into the watersplash, you can see that one part of front left aeradynamics is badly hanging off. I am just wondering how much such thing affects handling into such a fast corner?

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Originally Posted by BigWorm

I still expected Tidemand to win here.

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Me too. Either Vieby is quick or Tidemand is slow.

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Originally Posted by krzaki

Does anybody know what technical problems had Latvala?

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Seemed like the throttle stuck on braking into the junction and then something in the transmission broke when he released the clutch on the rev limiter to try and stall it

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Originally Posted by itix

Me too. Either Vieby is quick or Tidemand is slow.

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Is Tidemand actually good? Even though he's won four events he's never faced too stiff of a competition. With Veiby now beating him and Mikkelsen having nearly won in Portugal I slightly doubt how good he really is.

Also, moving on to JWRC, how good is Solans really? Hats off to him for winning all events so far, but could it be that his competition isn't very stiff at all?

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I am still puzzled by the starting order for PS (Breen-Hanninen-Mikkelsen-Latvala(rally2)-Evans). Double-checking in Portugal it was (Paddon (rally2) - Meeke (rally 2) - Al Quasimi - Lefebvre ... ).

Just can't find any explanation and nobody seems to care. Latvala jumped Tanak in the standings due to the powerstage win. I'd say he probably wouldn't be able to win it from first place on the road.

If his starting position was correct, then why was it different in Portugal.