[WRC] Rally Italia Sardegna 2021

Huttunen already got a mistake or something. PS would be hot :)

Great drive by Østberg, but Fourmaux isn't that much slower on splits. Huttunen taking it way too easy?

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Originally Posted by pantealex

Yep, Mads was Michelin user last year. Many others have way more experience with Pirelli.

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More importantly he was actually paid by Michelin last year.

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Originally Posted by skarderud

This "TBT willage team" is it paid by Citröen to run theire rallyefforts?
Seems they are not at the right level.

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TRT has been a Peugeot/Citroën support/partner team for about 15 years now, starting in 2007 with the 207 S2000. They debuted the 208 T16 in the WRC in 2014, here, in Sardinia with Kruuda. They are well prepared, have tons of experience, they are also one of the 2/3 teams that are entrusted by PSA to build the new 208 Rally4s. Also, this year they already had 2 engine problems with the new Rally2 engine - Ostberg had to retire once, next time he was able to nurse it to the finish. So maybe the new C3 parts are to blame for some of these issues, not necessarily the team.

SS19 stopped. Probably Georg Linnamea off.

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Originally Posted by mknight

Great drive by Østberg, but Fourmaux isn't that much slower on splits. Huttunen taking it way too easy?

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Huttunen has 6 hards, Ostberg has 5 softs according to WRC+.
Maybe not taking easy as much. More like playing it safe which seemed to be a wise decision.

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Originally Posted by Mise

Huttunen has 6 hards, Ostberg has 5 softs according to WRC+.
Maybe not taking easy as much. More like playing it safe which seemed to be a wise decision.

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Thx for tire info. If Østberg had 5 tires and only has 4 now after puncture that's quite a risk to take.

Has this sight been hacked or something. When pushing the like button there´s an advertise coming up...

Yes quite hard on a fast section..https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...9480442d79.jpg

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Rain started. Maybe we get Rally2 stage win?

Wow to Huttunen to hards. Amazing rally after the non-existing start of season.

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Originally Posted by dupanton

Bulacia rolled the car, finished 0.4s off the scratch and than gives the calmest interview ever :p

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He's been really impressive this weekend. Times improving every stage. Super calm and controlled. And only 20.

Puncture for Katsuta or some other issue on LF I think.

Puncture Katsuta?

EDIT: Just cruising through.

Porter speculating makes me want to punch my monitor

Evans's engine stalled in the ford!

What happened to Ingram on SS19?

The master shows how its done... again.

Reason for Ogier's slow 1st split - got also misfire after watersplash.

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Originally Posted by Lead

The master shows how its done... again.

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Every time Ogier leads the rally you are confident that he will get the win. Weird things can happen once in a blue moon but in general when Ogier is leading you know there wont be any trouble.

Master.

Cant say that for any other driver unfortunately. Him and Loeb absolute masters in finishing things off.

Neuville got 20 points over Evans 18 due to the watersplash. Some luck.

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What happened to Ingram on SS19?

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Retired with mechanical issue according to ewrc

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Originally Posted by Got Mail

What happened to Ingram on SS19?

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Had to stop to fix a water leak but got a notional time due to an accident in the stage.

But the repair was not possible and he is out. :(

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E3MbAuFX...jpg&name=small

And the massive rain comes right after PS.

Btw. Sordo got manu points for 4th overall, 21 mins behind..

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Originally Posted by mknight

Neuville got 20 points over Evans 18 due to the watersplash. Some luck.

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A bit oil to this fire here - if Neuville and/or Tänak could get troubles from watersplash, you could call it driver bad decision or mistake, instead of bad luck? :)

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A bit oil to this fire here - if Neuville and/or Tänak could get troubles from watersplash, you could call it driver bad decision or mistake, instead of bad luck? :)

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No. That's about car design.

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Originally Posted by meh

A bit oil to this fire here - if Neuville and/or Tänak could get troubles from watersplash, you could call it driver bad decision or mistake, instead of bad luck? :)

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Obviously... pushing too hard :D

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Originally Posted by Essaj

Porter speculating makes me want to punch my monitor

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Amen. His incessant speculation about absolutely everything drives me up the wall.

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A bit oil to this fire here - if Neuville and/or Tänak could get troubles from watersplash, you could call it driver bad decision or mistake, instead of bad luck? :)

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If it happens continuously in watersplashes...

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A bit oil to this fire here - if Neuville and/or Tänak could get troubles from watersplash, you could call it driver bad decision or mistake, instead of bad luck? :)

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it definitely wouldnt have been as quiet here

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A bit oil to this fire here - if Neuville and/or Tänak could get troubles from watersplash, you could call it driver bad decision or mistake, instead of bad luck? :)

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That's easy:
Neuville -driver mistake
Tanak - weak car
Sordo - bad luck

At Toyota it's:
Evans -bad luck
Ogier - stupid organisers/bad car
Rovanpera - driver mistake

Summing up the general pre-assumptions about each driver.;)

Ostberg got a €1000 fine for the swear words at stage end + 25 points penalty with suspension.

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Originally Posted by meh

A bit oil to this fire here - if Neuville and/or Tänak could get troubles from watersplash, you could call it driver bad decision or mistake, instead of bad luck? :)

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That's a codrivers error.

https://youtu.be/AVYSaDoJaqE

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Originally Posted by dupanton

Ostberg got a €1000 fine for the swear words at stage end + 25 points penalty with suspension.

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That's reasonable. 1000 euro is nothing while 25 points is huge. So a heads up not to do it. Was by far not the first time and was not just one word that slipped.

25 point suspension? Fkn h3ll..
will start to hear less stage end comments if such things start to happen...

better to drive with open strapped helmet or causing accidents on roads..

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Had to stop to fix a water leak but got a notional time due to an accident in the stage.

But the repair was not possible and he is out. :(

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E3MbAuFX...jpg&name=small

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According to the teammanager the engine is broken..

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25 point suspension? Fkn h3ll..
will start to hear less stage end comments if such things start to happen...

better to drive with open strapped helmet or causing accidents on roads..

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Year by year WRC is becoming more of a joke! If one can't be allowed to express true emotions without getting penalized, what is the whole point of having incar cameras facing to drivers, or having incar driver sounds or stage end interviews, etc. On stage ends WRC+ could just as well then start to play different PR and advertising scripts send by manufacturers PR departments. To my opinion they should give +25 points to Mads for being human, not a stupid PR robot.

5 swear words in one interview in English and before that about as many in Norwegian without turning audio off.

Pirelli in F1.. two max speed punctures and heavy crashes for Stroll and now Verstappen.