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Was it better for Manfred though? He loves swinging the car around, and the oversteery 307 matched that style exactly, and was a match for the works cars during almost the entire season. I think he struggled for pace much more with the Xsara, especially in 2007, when he crashed a lot (Catalunya, Finland comes to my mind instantly).Quote:
Originally Posted by Myrvold
Msport can be as furious as they like with Suninen, but he's actually just shown the car (with a few updates) can still be on the top pace. And this is far from Suninen's ideal conditions.
If Msport want to get money from Mikkelsen or any other driver later in the season, drivers like that would rather see fast pace/ good stage times than a pair of Msport cars losing 30-40secs each stage.
Mikkelsen has openly admitted he has budget this season, and that's reflected in him doing WRC and ERC, so I can imagine he was wary about putting money into Msport just to drive an old car that isn't competitive.
Suninen driving the wheels off the car in the events he does this season, will be better for them than Greensmith crawling through stages (and still crashing anyway).
Better yet they could just let Lappi or Mikkelsen (even Paddon) drive some events for free. There's been rumours they've started pricing out even the drivers who have a lot of budget, due to their excessive demands.
I'm started to wonder if Malcolm has lost his love/appetite for the sport, or those titles won with Ogier were enough for him ( and now it's purely about money/profit only, instead of even trying to win). If Greensmith wasn't putting in millions, would Msport even be here this season?
That's quite the impressive read in to 19km of stage where he's clearly proven he was over-driving the car....
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Well it's difficult when the championship only runs 2 & a half manufacturers, the FIA should really get a move on...but I wouldn't trust they'd make the right decisions as they have up to this point.Quote:
Originally Posted by Myrvold
stop talking about Paddon.. he has been away years (last WRC start 2018 Aussie). He is there and will stay there (NZ).
And secondly I would bet money on Tänak or Ogier being regularly in Top3 with Fiesta (without mistakes or faults obviously).
rigostyle video
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Oliver Solberg
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SS2 went much better - 3rd fastest R5 car!
Taking no risks at all, but the i20 R5 felt really good on that one and happy with the time while driving sensibly!
lol
Gerard Quinn
@WRCgerardquinn
On a more positive note that Ford "oval" survived the impact with a tree and remained adhered to the rear door. Impressive adhesive!!
#RallyeMonteCarlo
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seems Neuville is not happy with the change.
Thierry Neuville
@thierryneuville
After Day 1
It went quite well! We miss a little bit of communication and the sound is not optimum in the intercom. We will improve that. @MWydaeghe
has been doing a really good job and we went through the day with a good rhythm but without taking risks.
Several years ago my colleague had a bad accident on German motorway. When they brough the wreck of his car (Octavia III) back, they found a BMW "propeller" stuck in the rear door of the Octavia :DQuote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
so not so good adhesive at bmws badges.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
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Originally Posted by dimviii
Same corner entry speed as Evans?
I wonder what the difference was. I remember thinking what Evans was doing sounded a little weird when he was sliding (seemed to keep a fair bit of throttle on, but with brakes too - not normal left foot braking I don't think). Suninen maybe lifted a little more and that caused more of a drift over?
You mean intercom or co-driver?Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
Suninens left tyres are on the white line,maybe more slippy?Quote:
Originally Posted by T16
co driver.Remember he didnt stop for interview at stage stop of ss 2Quote:
Originally Posted by T16
maybe - hard to tell. I think more the difference in the way they tried to control it.Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
Yeah - but his quote in your post says he is? Anyway, they've done well I think.Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
There is clearly different line of both cars coming into the corner. It looks like Evans took wider line coming from the previous corner which logically means he could pass the corner with higher speed.Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
Personally I'm a bit tired and confused of all this Suninen hype. Every time when he was showing good times on gravel rallies from good starting position he was "a Friday hero" but he was nowhere next day or overdrive and made mistake because wasn't able to keep the pace with other from level starting position.
Every time he is showing SOME good splits he will be "what if he could reach to the finish" hero.
He did NOT reach to finish. He did NOT keep the pace with equal starting position. Don't take things out of context.
And to be clear with that - I don't have anything against Suninen and I really hope he can deliver good results... without taking stupid risks.
Somebody tell that man that stickers don't fall off when someone crashes. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
There will be interesting challenge for Greensmith - can he be fastest M-Sport driver at the end of the rally. Because he is not at the moment.
"I must say that this day went quite well, underlined Thierry Neuville at the microphone of WRC All Live. Everything was quite new for Martijn in the car, these WRCs are very fast. We did not really know what is going on. wait, because we didn't have a shakedown or practice session together to prepare. But in the end, everything went pretty well, we just lacked a little communication because the sound of the intercom was not great. We have to improve on this point throughout the weekend. But Martijn did a very good job, I was able to drive at a pretty good pace, without taking big risks. The main objective was to be at the finish of this first day, maybe we lost a little too much time in the last special of the day, but I rode at my own pace, I felt comfortable. Tomorrow will be a much longer day, more tricky too, and the choice of tires will be more complicated! But we are looking forward to it. It will not be easy, but o We will pursue our goal while trying to further improve our collaboration, so that everything is perfect at the end of the day tomorrow! "Quote:
Originally Posted by T16
https://www.rtbf.be/sport/moteurs/ra...DBF5BFlT-GfLZY
about M-sport and their drivers...
cmon guys, its just the first and hardest event of the season, who knows what can happen rest of the season, i really hope they get some really good results too.
Also today first two stages showed why shakedown is vital, to iron out all the small problems which some of the guys had. Maybe Suninen had also gone a tad slower when he had got the feeling on shakedown.
Colin and David about Day 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grvcEQgPyhU
Have I missed something or where is Adamo?
What is the weatherforcast and roadconditions for tomorrows stages?
From what we have learned, tomorrow's stages will be difficult.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sulland
The SS3 has some areas with a lot of snow, as opposed to the SS4, while the SS5 mixes dry sections and others with some snow.
Keep in mind that tomorrow it will rain in Gap.
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but i guess we will be smarter in the morning
You're not making sense. both quotes you have posted indicate that Neuville IS happy with how it went. You initially posted that he wasn't happy with how it went.... didn't you?Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
Nice first day of the season. Hats off to the ACM for taking the rally to the road and to the French authorities for allowing it.
''we have to improve on this point through the weekend''Quote:
Originally Posted by T16
''while trying to further improve our collaboration, so that everything is perfect at the end of the day tomorrow! "
what do you undertand from these quotes?
that they will try to fix the intercom for all the weekend?
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Originally Posted by dimviii
I see the bit where he says everything went pretty well.
The results say so too.
come on,you know that he cant say the truth,but he has to ''smooth'' it.Quote:
Originally Posted by T16
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Do you really think Neuville expected it to be perfect with no testing, no shakedown? Of course not, he’s merely saying what everyone knew would be the case, they need to work on the situation to make it better. Just because it’s not perfect doesn’t mean he isn’t happy given the circumstances.Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
I’m sure whatever frustration he has isn’t with today, it’s with the circumstances that have lead up to this.
nobody said that their co operation will be perfect from km 1Quote:
Originally Posted by doubled1978
I just answered to T16 that he said ''everything went pretty well''
It's obvious that Neuville can't push as much as usual for this event, even he said that 2 days ago, so for sure he didn't expect to be in front. "We have to improve" could be either an objective statement (= we need to improve because we worked very little together, we need to be faster but so far so good) or it could be that Neuville is disappointed because he was even slower/more uncomfortable than expected, but he's not criticizing Wydaeghe to not demoralize him. I tend to believe the first option, but I think it's not possible to know what Thierry truly means, so far.
Morning guys
from dupanton: SS3 conditions: SS3. The conditions should be roughly the same as yesterday: damp in the first 10km. Than they pass over the top of a mountain, with about 8km of ice(patches). Final 2km are damp again.