Rossel appeal rejected
https://www.fia.com/news/wrc-3-ica-d...1-yohan-rossel
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Rossel appeal rejected
https://www.fia.com/news/wrc-3-ica-d...1-yohan-rossel
And I think Szczepaniak is already Champion co-driver.
Yes, that's true. Congratulations!
After years of competition with many different drivers in WRC he finally made it! :)
https://ocdn.eu/pulscms-transforms/1...zczepaniak.jpg
1st win for M-Sport in either WRC-2 Pro, WRC-2 or WRC-3 since Turkey 2019. But still quite far from RC2 class win.
Shows how far is the Fiesta Rally2 currently. The only positive is probably tarmac with Fourmaux in Canarias last year and Cais in Barum this year
Cais was leading also in Hungary before his puncture. All the named cases are anyway connected with slippery/wet/dirty asphalt. The car seems to struggle especially on gravel.
This win was mostly due to Mikkelsen's puncture and Bulacia's off, and otherwise short WRC2 entry list.
A win is a win!!... there are no if's, buts etc. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
See the context. The discussion was about the speed of Fiesta Mk.II. Even here in Monza the speed wasn't there.Quote:
Originally Posted by ictus
Cais was also quick on Catalunya.Quote:
Originally Posted by Danny0405
Very nice video of Yohan Rossel on the finish line of Rally Monza. He has just won WRC3 World Championship. Congratulations!
https://www.facebook.com/YohanRossel...4912801899388/
Ingram lost 3rd overall in WRC3 due to the time penalty, Lindholm takes it instead.
We could also speculate that Kajto could have won, had not Lindholm done the co-driver-swap-trickery in Spain (they took the highest points which Kajto would have otherwise gotten)
Not a fan of the «*what if*» in general because it could change a lot of things in the approach by the drivers, the risks taken (Rossel may have taken a lot more risks if win was needed in Monza), ...Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
In the what if category, there are also:
- What of Lopez engine did not broke in Spain?
- What if Rossel took a smaller penalty in Greece?
In the end, Rossel’s disqualification in Greece gives Kajto an advantage (having 7 rounds scoring possibilities instead of 6 for Rossel in the 5 out of 7 rule), Kajto was dominated in the «*real rally*» part of Monza and still has a chance thanks to the circuit: but he lost the fight in proper way in the last one where both had their chances (which was the only interest of this last stage).
Even if, on another point, I agree the driver rule should be precised to avoid that type of situation in the future (could have sense in the past but not anymore nowadays).
I'd say Monza was first really good rally for the new Hyundai, sure Crugnola is Monza expert and Mikkelsen was faster without the timeloss on puncture, but only by some 10s.
Too bad there doesn't seem to be onboard for Rossel (because he is WRC3 ?) from the PS.
Huttunen and Fiesta were quite disappointing.
Gryazin also seemed to struggle a lot on the circuit.
Yes, a very unfortunate rally for Chris Ingram. First he got a 1-minute penalty (I don't know why) and then he also got a 6-minute penalty for using too many tires:Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
https://www.motorsportforums.com/sho...=1#post1287292
But still, 4th place overall in WRC3 is not bad:
https://www.wrc.com/en/results-stand...1/wrc3/?mobile
I have just read Kajto's press release. He says only positive things about the season, but it must be a typical PR bullshit. I think he must be very disappointed with the final result:Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
This year’s World Rally Championship is coming to an end. This has been our best season since we started to compete among the fastest rally crews in the world. Three rally victories, six podium finishes in seven outings brought us this second place in the championship! Although the main goal was very close, I can return to Poland with my head held high.
source:
https://kajto.pl/en/2021/11/21/kajet...e-polish-crew/
Next year might be interesting in WRC-2 with the new rule, we may expect a lot of semi-official involvement from manufacturers:
- Skoda: Mikkelsen, Ingram, maybe Bulacia also and Lindholm
- Citroen: Ostberg, maybe Rossel and Camilli is also in discussion
- Hyundai: Suninen, López, probably at least on another driver to complete the squad.
- M-Sport: Huttunen, Cais, maybe some drives also from a Rally1 driver (Loubet?)
Also Gryazin’s status not clear.
Tbh Im still confused why Rossel won the wrc3 title. Both him and Kajto have 3 wins, two 2nds and one 3rd... Kajto has one P8 and Rossel has one DSQ. Kajto has more bonus points from those "last stage" (Damn I just forgot the name of that haha)... Why? I know they "delete" worst result but this cost him the title somehow, even have more points and more last stage points
"power stage" ..sorry
Scroll down to the points table. Two worst results are omitted so both are left with three wins and two second places, so power stage points decide. Namely Kajto having none in Estonia.
https://www.ewrc-results.com/season/2021/1681-wrc-3/
Another interesting point is that Lukyanuk’s one-off in Estonia robbed Kajto’s chance for max points (just like Lindholm with co-driver trickery in Spain)
Good point. Now that I think of it, Rossel was actually lucky that he didn't choose Estonia and Spain, where Lukyanuk and "fake" Lindholm were competing. Sometimes you need luck in life (and career).Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
Rossel was planning Spain, but after DSQ and long waiting for final verdict, he chose Monza.
Or turning it around he was extremely unlucky with the disqualification (for sure that wasn't any intentional change).Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
And for sure those grams didn’t affect his paceQuote:
Originally Posted by mknight
Rossel is a worthy Champion. He dominated WRC3 in the second half of the season, even taking overall RC2 wins. His DSQ in Acfopolis was a major blow. True that rules are rules, but there was no advantage gained and would this have not happened he would have ran away with the title. Also being able to handle pressure and turn tables as he did in the last Monza stage is a mark of true greats. I hope he keeps improving and does not hit a glass ceiling.like so many others semm to have done (Loubet ?)Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL