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15 - Lukyanuk Alexey / Arnautov Alexey): Power is here. The car is perfect, thanks to the team for an awesome car. We also try to match this level and push like hell. It is all the result of practice and analysis. May be it looks aggressive but on these kind of roads it works. We are really focused now, I am feeling much better than in the morning.
Crash Tushkanova: https://www.youtube.com/watch?annota...&v=Rs1vs4e8uZU
Great return to the ERC so far by Lukyanuk !
He really shows that its all about the driver not the car...
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CKNrHdsWoAAuJu5.jpg:large
tricky corner at ss7, incl. Salo's mistake - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9CvMBprNWI
Nasty crash for Björn Adolfsson/Mikael Johansson on SS8 (reason why stage was stopped) codriver complained pain in his back, so rescue desided to cut the cage to minimalize the change for further injures while gettin him out of the car : http://g1.nh.ee/images/pix/728x352/y...8-71943399.jpg
Some nasty accidents today:
ARSHANSKIY
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CKOK-gLUcAE4E9L.jpg
VIEBY
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CKNpbzdVEAA3H6r.jpg:large
Jeez. No small accidents on this rally it seems.
Short conclusion for today. Leading pack was driving completely in different level: Lukyanuk, Aus, Kaur, Kruuda, Kangur, Katjo, Plangi. Breen, Kõrge and Murakas looked pretty average, Salo looked slow everywhere. I think that partly it is the same I noted before the rally.. 208T16 is not yet fast car on such fast roads, car looks very unstabe and nervous, seems that drivers are not able to push them to 100%.
well, Tushkanova crashed on very fast spot where those drivers who do not listen legend are making mistakes.. famous crash place.
Kruuda and Radiator, I have heard this story several times.. Beautiful rally until that moment.
Arshansky was among two drivers who "lifted" on our corner in SS5, he was the onlyone who crashed on that stage, just a few minutes later on SS3.
Suninen: He was driving fast but sometimes a bit too fast, it ended soon.
Veiby: Was driving very badly, making many corrections, entering too fast into the corner and then correcting it several times.
Kaijto: Nearly perfect lines, very, very good drive!
Lukyanuk: Very clean lines, no crazy driving, just very fast.
Rain arrived by the city stage as initialy expected. Rain is over now and tomorrow it should be dry. There was not much rain, no dust but no mud as well.
Helicopter: Perfect lines, some extreme driving ;-)
Need to go to sleep now, very tired, did 4 stages today, nearly all cars.
To sleep now:
Kajto's impressions - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-eyUAlvmoc
They said on the tv coverage that Breen was using the long gearbox and that they then struggle with acceleration.
I don't know how functional it really is but maybe the big rear wing on the Mitsubishi helps with stability vs the R5 cars too?