you forgot the money.Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
Yaris at different league.Worth to watch.
https://youtu.be/Ks-aAcvrwKI
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you forgot the money.Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
Yaris at different league.Worth to watch.
https://youtu.be/Ks-aAcvrwKI
"I am satisfied with our performance in the car, I think we did a good job, assured Thierry Neuville at the microphone of Olivier Gaspard, the RTBF's special envoy to Monte-Carlo. We felt quite comfortable, but we realized during the afternoon, when our choice of tires was more or less the same as that of the Toyotas, that we couldn't compete with them and that we always took a few tenths, even a few seconds. We are not going to change our strategy, we are going to follow our plan in terms of tire management and we will take stock at the end of the weekend. My outing on Thursday evening? We know that in Monte Carlo people can throw snow on the road. But here there was not even any. We did not expect at all that people would wet the road and that it's freezing, and in the information we had, it was 100% dry, there was no risk of frost or anything. It almost cost us dearly, and it can be dangerous."
https://www.rtbf.be/article/thierry-...rhVqVDHYsejju8
Very impressive.Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
I remember Lappi as a quite wining guy from previous years so I wonder, does he have some certain clause in contract on the topic.Quote:
Originally Posted by becher
more vids of today https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BU-Ifa_iEZE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tahlHpARNc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yf3rIS4nflk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yxAgHEsKtI
The Toyota is just joy to watch, reacts so well to everything
Ott Tanak says his World Rally Championship M-Sport Ford Puma is lacking outright speed in Monte Carlo, but is confident its potential can be unlocked in time.
https://www.motorsport.com/wrc/news/...-yet/10423108/
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fm8VKFPX...pg&name=medium
https://www.facebook.com/rallypl/pho...6167095748848/
Close call for Gryazin, and such a cool photo
What’s the reason for not having midday service today and tomorrow?
It’s getting a bit ridiculous. I get it you don’t have it on one day but not at all?
And video of it https://www.facebook.com/reel/715966...?fs=e&s=TIeQ9VQuote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
Going to Monaco would take a long time, and the busy streets of the city would take even more time. They should move the service park to Nice or something.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
Or perhaps return to Gap or Valance? then perhaps we'd be graced by more challenging conditions? then add service at least or Saturday which is usually the longest (in today's terms anyhow) day of the rally.
"I would say we were definitely not prepared for this condition."Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Going back to Gap would also ensure more snowy conditions
This!Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
And the shakedown was also a lot better there
The teams wanted the service for the whole event to be in Monaco. So here we are. How many didn’t survive small problems that a service would have sorted?
very boring rally... monte must be the worst rally in the calendar without snow.
ok with snowy conditions its more about luck than driving... but still this is ridiculously boring.
the only thing i enjoy is that in none of the videos we have footage of that sack of fat serderidis... he does not deserve the slightest credit, he is a disgrace, the WRC always had clowns parading their money... but he is on a different level... disgraceful to the point of disgust with the sport that allows someone like him near a WRC car.
He is a proud Greek driver, you should cheer him on NOT ;)
the sport is dead for some time now, that is evident...Quote:
Originally Posted by J4MIE
but having "people" like him driving a wrc car gives a new meaning to the word "dead"
You can also ignore him if you want….rallying isn’t about one person.
If it wasn't for you whining about him i would hardly have noticed he is even there.Quote:
Originally Posted by NOT
Loubet done
Seems Lappi has found something
Because of icemakers? Or own fault?Quote:
Originally Posted by Tauri_J
Hit a bridge with no spectators in sightQuote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
Ice on a bridge, I guess he did not have that in his notes. But the frenchspeaking need to verify.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
Yeah. Got it. Icemakers were on Thursday night only icy corner.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tauri_J
Let the Toyota solo show begin….
Now that there's no Gus/Solberg/Formaux, Loubet has much better drivers to compare to. Hope he doesn't break under pressure
MORE ON LOUBET
His day is over. While the Frenchman is able to change the damaged rear link arm, his Puma's hub bracket is also broken.
The new Skoda must be way ahead of the Citroen C3. Rossel and Lefebvre are faster...
Gryazin +4,9 from Sordo.
The Puma doesn’t look nice to drive, but Loubet needs to watch Tanak’s onboards and how he is much calmer with his inputs. He (Loubet) is making so many small inputs that are upsetting the car, whereas Tanak is just accepting that it understeers mid corner but carves a much smoother turn in with minimal inputs. Tanak knows it’s slow, but isn’t trying to fight it.
The Puma in tarmac spec reminds me a bit of the 2017 spec Hyundai to watch.
It's amazing how a 2023. spaceframe car can understeer so much. What the hell are they doing at M-sport?Quote:
Originally Posted by doubled1978
A bit early but seems Huyndai´s long term strategy is failing...Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
The only thing I can think of is that the 2017 spec Fiesta was the opposite, very unstable at the rear and you could always see the drivers fighting it, and they tried to make sure the Puma was not like that, but have gone too far.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kras
Does anyone know if there is still jokers left to update the C3 or have they used all of them?Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper