have you see Pedder? pretty fast today btw,seems can have easily a podium
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have you see Pedder? pretty fast today btw,seems can have easily a podium
https://www.instagram.com/p/BFraua8PzWW/
I count swedish way, not greek:Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
SS3 0,5 s/km from Evans
SS4 0,7 s/km from Tidemand
SS5 0,2 s/km from Tidemand
These stages (not counting Mickey Mouse as you did) were only troublefree stages (what I know)
For me that counts as speed regarding his first outing.
you sould stick at Greek way.To help you understand why.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
at ss 3 Evans had clutch problems,except the handling problems(not excuses here)
"Really struggling with the feeling here and now I have a bigger problem - I don't have a clutch."
http://www.ewrc-results.com/results....-Portugal-2016
From Tidemand he was more than 1 sec/km slower
at ss4 you find promising the 0,7 sec per km? this is plenty of minutes at a rally.Not so promising.
at ss 5 Berqvist had the national time because of Paddons crash
http://www.ewrc-results.com/results....-Portugal-2016
so the fastest stage time you find is because he get National time.
Thats the way you have to judge stage times,regardless the Nationality of driver.
Berqvist has show very good speed and consistesy with adam opel,but that another level and we have to wait to see if he can be capable.
So dont try to name him fast,before he has some trouble free rides for some rallies.
Is it enough, with 4 stages to go?Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
imho without flat tyres or mechanical problems, yes they are enough,as its only 67 kmsQuote:
Originally Posted by RAS007
For me, Sirmacis' performance on Acropolis was more impressive, in his very first event in an R5 car. Although to be fair it is a better one than what Emil drives.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
Should overtake Aasen tomorrow.Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
Is that Pedder in the photo? I presumed he was a young person.
Not considering flat tyres or crashes, yes, in theory it should be enough.Quote:
Originally Posted by RAS007
But I think, if Ogier is smart, we will see him do some great times on this last day and close the gap and secure 2nd place and be in a position to benefit from any mistake from Meeke. Due to the rules he is at a disadvantage the first 2 days so IMO he should prepare the stages from the last day the best to maximize the km on good conditions, plus he can get powerstage points from these stages
My Finnish way to count:Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
Compare Emil to Aasen, I believe Aasen has same amount or maybe even less 4wd experience and he is currently 3rd with Dmackīs...
Italian way to count:Quote:
Originally Posted by pantealex
Berkvist should eat pasta al ragų during midday service instead of hamburgers and will be 0,5s/km faster
he is 40 years old.Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
Fafe stage, an hour ago. People is already pushing hard. :)
http://i68.tinypic.com/ea0gsy.jpg
I didnīt remember and you didnīt read FB of more than Evans. On SS3 Emil drove steering with one hand because of door didnīt lock. SS5 should be SS7. My bad.Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
However this doesnīt lead anywhere. Letīs wait and see.
My swedish way of counting has itīs correspondences in other countries for sure. Eating hamburgeers is not good. Should be sallads and pasta thatīs true.
Aasen, who said he wasnīt good?
Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
Ah. so a young one.
Per..you're right on the way to count and compare.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
Place means nothing in the day in rally, place only means something in points..
In my sport---moto-cross---place meant everything... 5th was 5th and 9th was 9th and it didn't matter if i was one half wheel behind going accross the line or if I was 1 full lap down..8th was 8th and 9th was 9th..
Rally is all about the time difference...
When i started rally I would search for some useful tool so I could get an idea of how much I needed to try for what kind of results and so I look at "average miles per hour" (since we still use English miles) but the MPH was not satisfying..too too abstract...
And I can't think or see difference between 55 and 55.3mph.
Finally the standard "differnce second per km or mile" thing was explained to me--and even with all the beer in me, it was one of those things like silly movie where a ray of light falls on me and you hear the voices of angels in a choir"
I GOT it!!
So difficult to talk when people don't understand the need for consistant method of expression..
Even today you have geniuses--EXPERTS!! who have drive as many as 7 or 8 events "explain" It is always the FASTest car that wins, naturally! Harumph!
And you have to explain they give no awards for the fastest car except at Bonneville, rally is about the shortest time, the quickest to do the route...
Pooor us...Go have a beer.. I'll have an :beer:other cup of tea..
0,7 sek/km is pretty good..
(look way down around 65th and see the best American who has been approx 3 to 3.5 sek/km off the best in class...that's not too encouraging.)
The nice thing on s/km is that the numbers are small. 0,7 s/km looks very nice, I agree. But, but how do You like 4 minutes and 17 seconds per Rally Portugal? It's the exact same thing You know... statistics, I love them. You can twist them whatever You like without actually lying. That's genial :)
@bluuford, a little question if possible... What will be the weather like tomorrow in Vieira do Minho? Just for the second run. Thanks in advance.
I'm also a fan of Bergkvist (and especially his choice of car since I am possibly the only Scandinavian die hard fan of PSA), but I am realistic. He has had some problems sure but his pace has not blown me off the chair yet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
In South Swedish rally, sure... He almost matched an ex WRC contender with Skoda Fabia WRC in a group n Mitsubishi.
Here and in sweden I was expecting more from him.
Hope he ups his pace a bit soon... Not everything is the cars fault although I know it is the slowest of the R5's.
No need to crown or discard Bergkvist after two rounds of WRC2.
This year he should be learning 4WD and the rallies. Hopefully he can show flashes of pace. Ideally he can get some kind of development deal or maybe into a Skoda should Lappi and Tidemand move up. He needs to remain in R5. It's a difficult situation for him, as with his tricky financial situation he must surely feel the pressure to be winning stages now.
I'm afraid the seats in Škoda for next season are already full...
Well done to Camilli, finally proving he can actually drive reasonably well and stay on the road for more than one day!
this statement makes me sad...Quote:
Originally Posted by Munkvy
According to Mads, he has a gearshift issue. it won't do downshifts always, and that hampering him alot. He had this problem all season, and tried several solutions to the problem.
What can this be? Is he to violent to the car/gearlevel?
He also struggle with confidence, both on the car and himself. He probably struggles alot more than it seems.
Weird, he done some norwegian rallies with a R5 and been normal fast, against competitors as Eyvind Brynhildsen and Anders grøndal. Can the swaps between cars been a problem?
Kopecky, Kreim and ???Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
Yeah yeah but as a driver I can conceive of 1 second every km --you know a tool is measured by its utility...its usefulness. And its a question of if its useful to the driver...And aside for 3-4 times co-driving in my advance years, I'm a driver and think like a driver---if it passes for thinking--you know what they say!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
And in any cause I always remember what I learned dealing with bureaucrats and customs agents and der polizei
"never lie when half the truth will do"
In the absolute top of the sport little fractions are or can be decisive...but down amongt the normal humans and beginners having a clear target to carry along every meter of the event is good "just 0,7s"
That can be one time delying braking for (click) that much--every km (over the years I have found my attention span when on SS is about 0,5 seconds..I can retain thoughts for that long, then they're gone because the next corner is rushing up and that requires all the little brain power I have, then the next corner is rushing up..
It's kind of like in combat. You think of the few meters in front of your hole..Not the divisions positions, or the army's or the Front, not the campaign. Not "rodinu!" but the few meters in front of your nose.
no,its just an excuse.Quote:
Originally Posted by skarderud
''the issues that we are having with the downshifts isn’t really a problem''
http://www.m-sport.co.uk/m-sport-new...l-section-four
no the problem is when switcing competitors ,from Grondal to Ogier.Quote:
Originally Posted by skarderud
Rain should mostly stop in next few hours, maybe some light rain in the morning as well, just before the stage. Temperature will be quite low, for the second pass it should be between +9..+13 degrees, 4-5 m/s wind from NW, which should make the feeling quite cold. Higher part of the stage might be in low clouds, so, bad visibility.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kielder
First drivers might benefit here and in powerstage, I belive it is Neuville who will be first on the road tomorrow?
While I understand the sentiment, he's currently the top Ford driver, over 3 minutes off the pace, in 5th place. I'm sure M-Sport will be tweeting about how great this is, but its actually quite the opposite.Quote:
Originally Posted by Munkvy
Certainly hope you're right.Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
Easily enough (problems aside) considering how well Meeke has been driving. He was beating Ogier on the second run through the stages on friday, and was in cruise mode on the 2nd pass of the stages yesterday, so he'll be fine. Just have to hope he keeps his concentration and drives cleanly. He can afford to take 2 spares which is goodQuote:
Originally Posted by RAS007
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Whoever does the sound editing on the WRC daily review programme needs shooting. I am constantly having to turn the volume up and down.
Is Berqvist using an evo DS3?
The rain stoped like two hours ago. I'm about 30 km's away from Fafe. The weather should not be a problem in the next stages, unless the fog appears, there are big chances.
And helicopters are already in the air. Just eard one a few minutes ago.
Colin Clark @voiceofrally
Morning rally friends. Early start to drive Fafe stage. Wee bit damp and slippy but not wet. Great crowd already
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CjCbLjtXAAA7zmr.jpg:large
MICHELIN Motorsport @michelin_sport
#tyre info: all #wrc Michelin drivers with 5 LTX S4 #RallyPortugal
#RallyPortugal Start Order
Lefebvre
Neuville
Solberg
Al Qassimi
Gorban
Al Rahji
Prokop
Ostberg
Latvala
Camilli
Sordo
Mikkelsen
Ogier
Meeke
For sure. I had big expectations too, but realisticly in the first outing on gravel combined with problems, the outcome is quite normal this time. However he did good in my opinion as long as he could drive normally.Quote:
Originally Posted by Simmi
Cheering Bergkvist is just the same everyone else does with their new young upcoming country fellowmendrivers. Same moaning from many of these guys here on the forum when I was talking about Tidemand a couple of years ago.
From looking at the pictures, no. The Evo's radiator and intercooler are tilted backwards, whereas the original car's are tilted forward, at least it's like that on the 208, but I guess it will be the same for the Citroën if they ever manage to put out a kit this season...Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
That's perfect, although I'm going to the highest part of the stage, so I'll find bad visibility. Thanks again!Quote:
Originally Posted by bluuford
Lefebvre goes first on the road. Here is the start list for today:
https://t.co/282DmddUyO
Gilbert havent got evo ds3s at Portugal?
Watch Mikkelsens 1st split