It's an answer to all you why Evans no2 Ford, and Ott not
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It's an answer to all you why Evans no2 Ford, and Ott not
Ogier bringing out the reserve now. Oh man...
Seems Mikko and Ketomaa came trough the blocking. So what now? Mikko loosing the race because of circumstances he´s not responsible for? Is there any rule for notional time here?
Now there's an interesting setting for stewards to come up with notional time for Mikko. Either way, someone's bound to be unhappy.
Al-Attyiah overtake Mikko Hirvonen and Jari Ketomaa.
Even Ketomaa of course.
Tanak crash same place as Latvala crash 2009
there was yellow flags. so Mikko and Ketomaa get notional time .... Battle continue!!Quote:
Originally Posted by jonkka
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58CiU2VNT1I
5.10 in for the 2009 crash
Even with notional time for Mikko it looks like Ogier has this in the bag. It was a nice rally so far, too bad a good part of the main contenders went off. Also Hyundai doing well, looks like they'll be on the same level with Citroen and Ford before midseason.
http://www.wrc.com/live-ticker/live_popup_stream.html
liveTV and INTERVIEWS now from service
so how does the leaderboard stand right now?
They aren't very good at finding drivers to speak to though so better with the radio interviewsQuote:
Originally Posted by satukata
Tänak had a broken anti rollbar from previous stage, there is a little crest and then sequence of corners.. looks like despite taking it more easy, car still lost the direction:
http://distilleryimage0.s3.amazonaws...c9d3cf84_8.jpg
Tanak out, Hirvonen lost almost 6 minutes. Rally over.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eli
No its not over yet.Quote:
Originally Posted by RAS007
Sébastien Ogier@SebOgier1m
Hirvonen's notional time is the same than Seb's one on SS10. O/A 1 OGIER, 2 Hirvo +2.4s, 3 Øst +34.9s, 4 Sordo +52.4s, 5 Neuville +1’20.1
excuse me??? thats really what u think??? there was a yellow flag there, no 6 minutes lost for hirvonen. Sometimes people really surprise me!Quote:
Originally Posted by RAS007
Ok, great. Sorry, my mistake.Quote:
Originally Posted by makinen_fan
Interviews from service:
Mikkos co-driver Jarmo talks about Otts crash on SS10 at Rally de Portugal. #rallydeportugal
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=621102247982672
Pontus Tidemand ( on Swedish)
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=621100951316135
" He is happy for the third place because no testing before, not the easiest rally to learn a new car "
Neuville 3 Soft 2 Hard
Hanninen/Ostberg/Latvala 5 hard
Sordo/Hirvonen/Evans 6 soft
Ogier: 5 soft
Mikkelsen: 4Hard 2S
Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
evans (soft) faster than latvala (hard)
Mikkelsen any kind of problems? slow splits.
Kubi at second exit of road
http://images.wrc.com/News/2418_kubi...6_592x333.jpg?
power steering problems...Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
What's going on here ???
World Rally Championship drivers ordered not to talk to TV crews
By David Evans Saturday, April 5th 2014, 13:45 GMT
Manufacturer drivers have been ordered not to speak to television crews in Portugal in the latest escalation in the dispute between the World Rally Championship teams and promoter.
The teams are not happy that they were denied television footage by the WRC Promoter last night and decided unanimously to instruct their drivers and co-drivers not to give interviews to the WRC television crews.
AUTOSPORT understands that in order to get footage from Friday, the teams were required to sign a contract with the promoter. This contract is at the centre of the dispute.
WRC Promoter chief Oliver Ciesla said he was baffled by the manufacturers' stance and implied that those who signed the contract in question would receive it.
"I cannot answer why they are doing this. I simply do not understand it," he said.
"In regard to the footage they are entitled to get by the underlying agreements and in line in what they ask us for before the event - and let's not forget, this footage does not fall out of the sky, we need time to carve it out - whoever ordered it, gets it."
One team member said: "It's a crazy situation, but we had no option. They say we cannot have the clip, so we say: 'OK, so you cannot have the words from the drivers.'
"We don't want to do this, but we have not option."
The teams and the promoter are meeting again this afternoon to try to find a solution.
All of the leading drivers confirmed to AUTOSPORT that they had not given exclusive interviews with WRC television, but they had spoken with WRC Live radio reporters Colin Clark and George Donaldson.
Why only Henning and Prokop gave interviews at media zone stream today http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/113294
Ha-haaa... What a farce!
leak of water or oil for Sordo :(
Oh dear - and still the promotion issues go on. Do Red Bull/ Ciesla actually understand the WRC? They would prefer identikit events - which is not the way to go.
i know it's not the most important thing right now, but if this season continues like this Ogier will take this championship hands down, long time before the end of the season...
2nd quickest time for Mikko in SS11. But losing 7.4s on Ogier ...
Mikko after SS11 : "I couldn't do any better than that. Tires are suffering. I will go flat out as long as the tires are lasting!"
Mikko tyres after finish
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BkdxXS7IUAARGjZ.jpg
Hanninen again puncture.How many he had till now? 4?
3 i beliveQuote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
Tanak said he was too fast for the corner & rolled 3/4 times. He thought he was going to go over the same barrier as Latvala did in 2009.
Car is almost fixed already.. there was not too much damage:Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
https://twitter.com/OfficialWRC/stat...461825/photo/1
Sry, this is photo from yesterday :-)
Would Hyundai want Neuville to move ahead of Sordo? If so, are they doing it gradually so nobody would suspect anything? Or has Neuville just found his speed?
very fishy indeed...Quote:
Originally Posted by jonkka