Done & Dusted for Jari this time round...shame:
https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/1...y-italy-battle
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Done & Dusted for Jari this time round...shame:
https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/1...y-italy-battle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0R2BiaWZPQs
Michelin Day2 video
At least Hyundai will benefit from this (if stays like this). Damn! Paddon bring that car to the finish in one piece.
Nice video from leg 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKPtWfqasMQ
Great video! Thanks for posting. Judging from this video one might say this rally is not as brutal as the number of retirements shows.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
Ogier stalled at the start of 13 and hit a rock during the final stage.
Even better videoQuote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cyvRiC17_s
If he's leading Finland and retires with the same again, I'll flip my shit.Quote:
Originally Posted by KKS
Toyota is now seriously under pressure to improve.
Estonian fans helping Latvala :) https://instagram.com/p/Bj0BG_FF-Up/
If It's true that the knock from hitting the rock broke the battery It's just a freak accident reallyQuote:
Originally Posted by steve.mandzij
with Veiby hot moment at start
https://youtu.be/ukbKQ5fvTqo
Surely! But it's a freak accident that shouldn't happen, like the suspension breaking the engine on Latvala's car in Argentina.Quote:
Originally Posted by SubaruNorway
the rock didnt hit the battery,hit the alternator that stopped to charge the batteryQuote:
Originally Posted by SubaruNorway
Toyota obviosuly has an issue when under compression. The engine and cooling components sit fairly low which is great for COG, but you compromise with clearance. They have damaged a sh!t load of components under hard compression or hitting rocks which the other cars have done and gotten away with.Quote:
Originally Posted by steve.mandzij
It seems they will have to modify the front of the car. The car seems to be only good on smooth flowing roads similar to that of Finnish roads, but that does not cut it to be WRC champs.
Also that big rock on SS16 in the middle of the road was odd, but maybe the cars digged up this 30lb boulder??
I think it's a same fairytale as Citroen care about Meeke safety. It's surely some issue with a car, but for PR reasons they blame a rock.Quote:
Originally Posted by SubaruNorway
I didn't say it hit the battery but the knock probably damaged the battery internally which is not very common. Julian was told it was the battery in the studio and from what i saw they weren't working near the alternator. Sounds correct since they couldn't even push start it with help.Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
He did say something about "today's batteries are very good" in the autosport article; maybe I didn't pay too close attention to the article but I thought that quote was a little out of place compared to the other stuff he said, so maybe I read it wrong and he spoke about the battery taking a knock.Quote:
Originally Posted by SubaruNorway
Good evening from New Zealand, could be an interesting few hours coming up
Their press release mentions alternator problem https://toyotagazooracing.com/releas...rd07-day3.htmlQuote:
Originally Posted by SubaruNorway
and:
" We are still investigating exactly what happened, but we know that he had low battery voltage when he got to the end of the stage"
"I got to the end of the stage, but we had an alternator warning and eventually we ran out of battery on the road section."
EDIT: All Live interview this morning says they don't know exacty what went wrong.
And good evening to you from a few hours further south. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mk2 RS2000
Be nice if Hayden could do to the French what the All Blacks did last nightQuote:
Originally Posted by GravelBen
Good morning lads, let's enjoy the battle and hope our title contenders stay on the road. Very exciting this! Rally could be decided on this one.
#Tyre info - Final day
All the Michelin #WRC drivers with 5 MICHELIN LTX Force S5 except
Latvala and Lappi with 4S +1H
Good morning guys!
Ott Tänak
Last day of @Rally_d_Italia has started! We will go for a maximum attack and take everything that we can from the Powerstage!
Ogier has got this i think, the stage is cleaning and not so many kms left for Neuville to catch
but we will see
Judging by what Ostberg said the Citroëns were instructed to finish as they are, even though he wanted to fight with Paddon.
They just say that they can throw facts into Meeke's face.Quote:
Originally Posted by TWRC
Ogier 0.4 sec quicker in spl2
Neuville with amazing splits.
NOT you will lost the bet with beers.
edit are splits for real? -12 for Ogier at 1st split?
Ogier +0.1 in spl3...oh man!!!
Clearly a wrong time on the splits. It's fixed now. I was wondering about it as well...Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
mistake from a Tänak, saw his speed just 3km/h for a second and you can see it in second split
What a battle (for the lead) on our hands we have coming into Sunday, can't remember the last time this happened.
and Neuville takes 0.8!!
Still 3.1...does Neuville have enough kilometeres to catch the world champion?? will be interesting to watch.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
Argentina 2017. Where were you?Quote:
Originally Posted by Eli
What a stage! The championship contenders s/km faster than everyone else but still fighting for tenths between each other. On a road that's barely car wide with walls on both side.
Based on that speed, no. They just used 1/3 of day's kilometers and by that logic, Neuville takes only 1.6 secs out. But differences are way too small to predict it that way and besides I expect that Ogier will go on to win PS, screwing that logic anyhow.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eli
Mikkelsen again in trouble?
That car number 4 bring nothing but a bad luck...Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek