If I need to bet, then no. I think there is some road cleaning to do for him this time.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
But I don't mind if he can do it again :)
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If I need to bet, then no. I think there is some road cleaning to do for him this time.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
But I don't mind if he can do it again :)
On tarmac sure. But on gravel he still has a way to go. Both in terms of speed and experience. Better use the money to drive as many gravel events as possible.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Evans taken some brave pills..
... and will come some Toyota's stage I think.
Katsuta really loves this stage.
and I guess at the moment, that I could loose this bet. Taka - the King of Croatian forest roads ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by meh
Chapeau Katsuta-san !
the times are so close between the TOp4 for second stage in a row, awesome
Gryazin with working power steering on this stage.
Quite a "swing" in Katsuta vs Fourmaux times
SS13, 20.30km, Fourmaux 20.3sec faster
SS14, 20.77km, Katsuta 8.7sec faster
JWRC leder Koči reportedly stopped for some times before being able to continue.
Some more delay as it seems. Greensamith started only when Katsuta was in finish.
Has Taka found another favourite stage? His SS15 time is a second quicker than the first run.
It seems there was a rock pulled out on the middle of the road after that left hander, it looked like Loubet wanted to change the a line a little bit, but speed was too fast so he lost the control of the car. Just my theory :)
It is only because of missing Loubet after crash on previous stage. With 3 min gaps any missing car means huge break...Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
second stage in a row TOP4 guys were separated by 3.1 secs
What a great rally!
Haha I love that part no spectators allowed... :D
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Looks like the die was cast with the wrong tyre choice by Hyundai this morning. No way to take that time back everything else being equal.
Neuville trying his best though.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EzvzfL-X...name=4096x4096
Nice to see Chris Ingram showing his true pace now that he doesn't have to worry about crashing anymore :rolleyes:
Pretty wild driving from Taka :)
After 16 months out of the car this is basically a glorified test. He needs to get all the seat-time and kilometres he can here. No point in going crazy trying to compete with the others yet and throwing it off.Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
I think he can show much more. This is clever drive...Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
Greensmith faster than Breen (and Fourmaux) on this stage.
Very disappointing from the Irishman who loves tarmac.
Breen Craig - Nagle Paul
"I actually don't know what to tell you. I think it's quite clear that I am far away from where I should be."
day 2 https://www.ewrc-results.com/leg/672...ly-2021/?leg=2
Katsuta and Formaux the drivers of the day for me, Suninen again showing good pace today
Breen very disappointing to be honest, same goes for Loubet
All the rest the same story what i wrote yesterday with the exception that Tänak today showed a lot better speed today, like i said he will eventually get there.
I'm curious, why has Sunninen shown pace?Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
He ought to be running away with it and Millner said before the rally he expected him to win to show off the pace of the rally 2 machine.
Not trying to be critical, just genuinely curious why we have such a different take on things.
Suninen is +- on pace of Ostberg and Gryazin. He lost yesterday about 40 with ditch excursion on SS 4 and also has 10 sec penalty. For me he is one of the biggest surprises of this rally.Quote:
Originally Posted by itix
because he struggled with the R5 car in the past and the speed hasnt been the best, i definitely didnt expect him to run awayQuote:
Originally Posted by itix
Team bosses always say a lot of things.
E: what Pluto said
Breen has been the biggest disappoinment of the rally for me. Tänak has been also disappointing because his usual standard is so high.
I think after what happened to him (Breen) this morning he lost the already small amount of confidence he had in the car, and mind you he hasn't done a tarmac event since Spain 2018, let alone with the i20 as this is his first time with the Hyundai on the sealed surface. I just hope he gets to do Ypres and get (some of) his confidence back (on Tarmac) over there. Regarding yesterday, I think he was overwhelmed a bit with the car, not being used to drive a WRC car on tarmac for such a long time, takes time to get back the feeling I guess, and he (& Hyundai) didn't have the best tyre choice to say the least.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
I'm not trying to protect him or anything and I'm sure he's just as gutted as we are with his performance, but some rallies are like that, even when you look at Tanak this rally and compare him to last time out, he seems a bit like a fish out of water here. I just hope Thierry doesn't muck it up tomorrow and crash when he goes for some points (& positions). Also side-note, I'm guessing they're still getting used to those Pirelli's (and I'm sure it takes time after 10 years with Michelin on all 4 rims).
Must be a mistake in the live results system ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Rally Hokkaido
Or he has found a shortcut ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
Hyundai on tarmac. Surely better than when Loeb still drove it but certainly not an allround easy to drive car.Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
After Spain 2018 Breen did at least 17 asphalt events. Not with the i20 WRC but he was sitting in the car pretty much all the time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eli
I also think Suninen is doing ok. Never expected him to be able to fight for the top here. Just behind the top 2 in speed is ok.Quote:
Originally Posted by itix
What Milner said was never realistic in the first place. Can't believe he actually meant it for anything else than motivation.
I'm aware of the fact he's done a lot of tarmac rallying during this period of time, but he said it himself yesterday, the whole experience feels alien to him and everything is coming much faster than in the i20R5/PoloR5/younameitR5.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
Besides, there's a difference doing an ERC event (or a local championship event) with an R5 car and doing a WRC event with a WRC car against guys like Tanak, Neuville (who's done every tarmac event with the i20WRC since 2017), Ogier and Evans (who did compete in 2019 on the tarmac of Corsica & Spain).
He did the Belgian rally last year in i20 WRC.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
But he never got any good result in a WRC rally on tarmac, even when C3 was winning rallies on it with Meeke and Loeb. So I am not convinced of his tarmac skills in that kind of car.
You claimed he didn't do an asphalt event in last 2,5 years, I told you he did a lot of them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eli
Plus there is Fourmaux.
Good point, I think if he gets to do another tarmac rally, we'll have a better idea of his tarmac skills. Now that he knows the car (wayyy) better than he did just a couple of days ago, and has some experience.Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
I claimed he didn't do a tarmac event for 2.5 years with a WRC car on a WRC event.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
As for Fourmaux, I have to say he's really impressed, and I really hope we'll get to see him more with the car this year (whether it's a tarmac or a gravel event).