Meeke fastest again.
BTW, cant believe what happened to Neuville... any confirmed explanation yet ?
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Meeke fastest again.
BTW, cant believe what happened to Neuville... any confirmed explanation yet ?
wow watch 1st split for Meeke
No he is not 'really' fast he is just faster than Sordo (in a superior car for the conditions) - Meeke is the yardstick for 'really fast' today.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eric
Meeke isn't driving under same conditions as the rest of the drivers. Look at the first 5-6 drivers and you will se that Mikkelsen is doing a great job todayQuote:
Originally Posted by Mintexmemory
Camilli seems to be getting a bit too confident. It's good he's not broken after the start of the season, but I hope he won't crash again. He's almost a second faster than Ogier on second split:-D
Only Sordo is really competing in the top6 on the road (experience and something to drive for). Mikkelsen is under-performing consistently
he was driving under the same conditions on the repeated stages yesterday and the result was not much differentQuote:
Originally Posted by Eric
Ogier after ss12
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ci-f3KtWUAAvS8g.jpg
very nice drive by meeke so far... lets hope it stays that way, he can afford to relax a bit now.
Evans reported to be stopped.
If Ogier doesn't win, it will be the first time since he's joined VW that he's not won a rally for 3 events in a row.
Evans rolled. Nobody opposing Škodas left in WRC2...
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Originally Posted by Mirek
M-Sport @MSportLtd 2 λεπτάΠριν από 2 λεπτά
Unfortunately, it's not so good for @ElfynEvans - he's clipped a tree stump and broken the front suspension on SS12 #WRC2
Bergvist on problems
Both Mikkelsen, Ogier, Sordo and Meeke are driving great, and they are all in the fight for the win :)
Very bad for Evans for the championship. With Kopecký out of the points he was in a good position even being behind Tidemand. He will regret the lost points.Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
Difference between Evans and Sunninen. Evans on charge Sunninen no pressure.
Anybody knows what happened to Bergkvist?
EDIT: Campos ok, only missing split.
EDIT2: Ptaszek was stopped, continues.
Anyone else have problem with wrc.com?
No times or radiostream for me.
No radiostream is a blessing not a problem.Quote:
Originally Posted by skarderud
SS15 will be live at RTP2 as well.
Andolfi also has a great rally at wrc3 even he is on 208 r2 car
They are all doing well but this rally is Meek's to lose, if he doesn't crash or have technical problems I think he will have enough advantage tomorrow. And Ogier should be able to secure 2nd tomorrow.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lundefaret
Bergkvist finish SS12. Lost around 4 mins to Tidemand. Don´t know what´s wrong.
You can find it on rally-base: (57 - Bergkvist Emil / Sjöberg Joakim): Disaster. First we had a puncture. We stopped to change it, then I missed a pace note, went off and hit a tree. We damaged the rear of the car. For sure it's fixable.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
I guess, they already forgot about Kubica.Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
Rally Portugal is a harsh mistress, and just to bring a car to the finish, especially when there is tight competition, is a feat in its self.Quote:
Originally Posted by seb_sh
Really nice to see Mikkelsen with some real fighting spirit, Sordo is doing a very good job, Ogier is a given, but even sweeping the road he is the "best of the rest." Meeke has so far driven an amazing event, and has off course taken full advantage of the starting position, but there are so many corners yet to face, so nothing should be taken for granted.
Another great rally from a spectators point of view (tough I my self really would loved to see Paddon all the way to the finish.)
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Originally Posted by seb_sh
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Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
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Sordo-Mikkelsen the battle now... other places look settled unless people have problems.
Dont think they will catch Ogier with tomorrows stages to come.
MICHELIN Motorsport @michelin_sport
#tyre info: Meeke: 4 LTX Force S4+2H
Sordo: 3S+2H
Ogier: 4S+1H
Latvala/Mikkelsen: 2H+3S
M-Sport: 3S+3H
#RallyPortugal #wrc
I have to say that after hearing some comments from friends who went to see Meeke testing before the rally, it was pretty clear that he was a candidate to win the event. Watching him from the side of the road, you can feel that forgotten feeling of a driver driving on "there's no tomorrow" way. It obvious that his lead is based on his starting position, but there are other drivers who now and in the past have started from similar positions without any chances to win. The only one who could have been fighting against him is Ogier, as we all know. We couldn't enjoy that battle here, it's not fair. For the first since I've watched him live in 2010, I had the sensation that he is driving like somebody who has orders, not because it's the best thing you can do in the world (dressed:)). I can't add much more that you haven't seen on the videos. Mikkelsen is replacing Latvala as VW's second driver, Camilli is still too green, Tidemand is crying out for a WRC car on more events...Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
On the other hand, yesterday I was twice at a very fast section. It's palpable that next year's changes are needed. For example, I enjoyed more watching Ogier or Mikkelsen testing last week with their Polo 2017 than watching some stages yesterday. Nowadays, you have the sensation that many drivers are just trying to bring the car to the finish line. Last year I went with some friends to recognise all the stages, so I knew that today many of them will be out of the rally due to the hard conditions of the roads. It's sad to say, but sometimes it's bigger the spectacle at home than at the stages. Moreover, there is the GNR issue; it was really a nightmare to avoid the roads blocked and to walk calmly at the stages without having any of them near. All in all, that's why I decided to stay at home today. I'm not going either to get up tomorrow at 5AM to see the first run of Vieira do Minho. I've been to about fifteen Rallies of Portugal, but yesterday it was harder than ever to see four stages. It happened almost the same last year on Saturday, so I am not spending five hours of my life driving today to see only two stages. Missing Algarve forever...
To end, it was a shame what happened to Paddon. I was talking yesterday with people who were where he crashed during the first run. The drivers did that zone of Ponte de Lima 1 without any problem, clean lines. So, I believe that something like gravel crews between loops are needed. In the past, they were forbidden to reduce costs, but it's hard to find higher costs than cars burnt.
Great to see Mikkelsen with some fighting spirit :) He is in on the fight for victory.
Mikkelsen going hard on the first stage after noon... Sordo well beaten !
Kielder, it's normal that testing is more spectacular than the normal rally. They do the same road again and again and again. It would be seriously wrong if they weren't crazy spectacular in testing ;)
Sordo is now the only remaining Hyundai driver out of four. Maybe he has orders to finish at all cost.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
An anecdote, yesterday I heard many times people saying "that's Latvala" after watching Mikkelsen passing by and "that's Mikkelsen" after Latvala. It isn't casual... ;)
Tanaks incar from crash
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Camilli faster than Ostberg again.