Exactly, which was my point.Quote:
Originally Posted by KKS
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Exactly, which was my point.Quote:
Originally Posted by KKS
Sébastien Ogier @SebOgier
"This afternoon I've been on the limit & pushed as hard as I could. We have to analyse why but I can't go faster. I was hoping for better."
Were there any more details on the Lappi retirement? All the pictures I see were with what seemed to be collapsed suspension but no other visible damage...
But the story is that Meeke & Breen wanted similar changes and Matton wouldnt consider them. Then Mikkelsen comes in and gets them.Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
man so good to listen Tänak nowadays, night and day with his oldself....didnt even push and took it safe the last stages today (according to him in radio) and is just 1.5 secs from the lead.
Come on, Sébastien. Quit the excuses, please. In 35Ks Tanak was 25sec faster than you. No excuse for that. Get your head down and try to drive.
Crap, Latvala falls back to third now. The rally is still young though! What a tense battle!
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Tänak on his famous "Tänak" jump https://www.facebook.com/WRCNewsOffi...c_ref=NEWSFEED
How exactly it was internally is something we wont ever know for sure.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Facts are:
- Mikkelsen came with 2017 Polo and Hyundai experience
- said the car doesn't suit his driving style at all
- changes were made
- Mikkelsen tested them
After this if only one car should get them you'd give them to Breen only? Really?
M-Sport @MSportLtd 4m ago
ℹ @GreensmithGus and @craigparry2 are stopped on SS8. Both are okay and more info to follow as we have it...
one tricky corner https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=P...&v=V0FAR0xW7lE
If that was how it happened then fair enough. But I dont believe they had to wait for AM to tell them the car needed serious changes. Meeke has been made a scapegoat and Breen just treated like a kid even though he has done a great job all things considered.Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
That's the C3 all over. It can be really quick but the drivers don't seem to have confidence that it will handle the same from one corner to the next.Quote:
Originally Posted by René
Tanak is starting to finally show what a decent driver he is, Ogier is being left a bit red-faced :p:
Very happy with Suninen's performance. He could have made a second stage win on SS9 if it wasn't for overshooting a junction and having to reverse. With that, he was only as fast as Latvala. And throughout the day he's been half a minute faster than Østberg in the similar car and same brand tyres. And also faster than Hänninen, even without the 10 sec penalty. He's made some mistakes but it's good that he's exploring the limits of the WRC17 car. I'm expecting him to be really quick in Finland, although he's still prone for mistakes.
Suninens mistake on last stage https://twitter.com/KristapsUsvils/s...18544258240512
cost him stage win IMO
Great battles ahead... Paddon just 4 behind Ogier and the battle for the win is open, lets see who makes a mistake tomorrow.
I agree he did well, however the bolded part of your post is important by comparing him with drivers with same road position and over the whole day.Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
It's his first rally in a WRC with very little testing. I don't think we need to get too hung up on road position at this stage.Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
It's like sweden! using the (snow) banks!Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
Surprisingly, the C3 looked the most tidy IMO...
Yeesh! That's so slippery it makes Rally GB look like it's held on a nicely rubbered in bit of tarmac :shock:Quote:
Originally Posted by spiderem
Breen again "very very petrified of crashing"
"Worst day of my career"
Mikkelsen on the other hand feeling good.
Thumbs up Craig Breen! The most honest stage end interview I've heard in a long time, maybe ever.
"I do a good day"
Only you think so Lefebvre... Only you.
Watching the live stage Ogier's suspension looked extremely soft and the car wallowing in the corners. All the other cars had much better body control.
I guess it was set up so soft to improve grip and traction but he must be losing time in every corner with the car like that...
Hats off! It’s unbelievable how these guys can go so fast in such tricky conditions. Amazing job from the top 3 and the brave Suninen. Bad luck for Breen, Lappi and Greensmith. Nice work from Veiby in WRC2 and Solans in JWRC. It’s been a heck of a rally!
So it's Breen and Mikkelsen opening the road tomorrow?
Yes, whether that's an advantage or disadvantage is pretty much a lottery atm.Quote:
Originally Posted by Integrale
I hate when rallydrivers complain about conditions! That should be rreserved to F1 ballerinas.
Positively surprised by Suninen, good job boy! Nice to see Tanak again in top fightd Ogiers almost slowest Ford, strange! Interseting saturday ahead.
Ogier is 2nd fastest Ford out of 5 and he is almost slowest?
Suninen off very similar to Mikkelsen. But huge difference with a result of it.
Leading Citroen at the end of leg one and fastest of the three on four out of seven proper stages today, not too bad I think.Quote:
Originally Posted by itix
Colin McMaster*@colmcklein
Did an evening recce of #WRC @rajdpolski SS11 [1st up on Saturday morning] - it's slippery as all Hell in the forest. Should be interesting.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DDlzCdNXkAAaswd.jpg
Given the fact that he has loads more experience than Mikkelsen and a very favorable road position, he should really have been able to do more.Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
His best stage time, not counting the super special was 7th and his average would be around 9th. Breen had 2wd and Mikkelsen hit a tree. He beat his team mates only because they had problems on at least two of those stages.
And on purpose I omitted Evans, Breen and Mikkelsen. Well Lefebvre I could have mentioned, he didn't complain about his car.Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
https://twitter.com/nicolasgilsoul/s...23663653560320
Michelin video day 1
https://youtu.be/_sWkLq83Q5E
what the fk, Lappi can't restart tomorrow? Didn't he have small suspension damage?