Imagine being a spectator on this stage ffs
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Imagine being a spectator on this stage ffs
We still have podium positions to decide (and Evans crashing out was a part of that)Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
Agreed;Quote:
Originally Posted by MTA
1. New tyres for all for power stage.
2. 1 point for all stage wins on sunday.
3. PS points 3-2-1, to have people fight also on sundays. 5 points is too much.
So Sundays is alright for you, then?Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
Is Lappi driving for team points?
Gryazin never learns....
Yes.Quote:
Originally Posted by T.Maanteiden kuningas
Veiby lost a lot,now +22 sec from Mikkelsen
"I gave it my all. It's disappointing. I really tried but I hit a snowbank and spun around - I was quite lucky. That's rallying, but it's been a great fight with Andreas all weekend, That's how it goes sometimes."
Veiby into a bank, briefly.
What happened with Gryazin?
i was thinking at previous stage,that Gryazin had a good rally so far without exits etc....Quote:
Originally Posted by er88
Gryazin offQuote:
Originally Posted by wwbroe
Podium = gone. The youngster ran wide on a left-hander and his Fabia is beached on a snowbank.
He's gutted.
No splits for Huttunen?
Now let's see if Ott can grab 5 points.
Power Stage prediction:
1 Rovanpera (even without hybrid)
2 Tänak
3 Neuville
4 Lappi
5 Katsuta
nice photo from Kalle
https://cdn-1.motorsport.com/images/...-halttune.webp
It’s rallying.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
impossible with those ruts and just some WRC2 cars in frontQuote:
Originally Posted by Rally Hokkaido
Why just not do Power Sunday? Let’s just count Sunday’s SS times together and by the end of the day 5 points for the winner, 4 points to 2nd, 3 points to 3rd, 2 points for 4th and 1 point for 5th.
Then it wouldn’t make any sense to just wait and save tyres for the last Power Stage.
maybe not enough tv drama for the last stage. i'd go more with point reward for any ss and keep the ps pointQuote:
Originally Posted by Hüttünen
How about the power stage as the last stage on Saturday? with 3,2,1 points. On the Sunday have a joker points stage among the last stages. The stage that counted announced at the podium 3,2,1 points. The drivers would have to drive the Sunday consistently and not save the tyres/ effort for one power stage.
:) Well... not driving full speed?Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
Because its all about the promoter wanting the last stage power stage drama - for live TV. Every Sunday lunchtime.Quote:
Originally Posted by Humber
Its why we have these identikit mickey mouse Sundays nowadays. Anyone who watches the power stage live would watch it whether it was 11am or 5pm, so I wish we could go back to full days on Sunday.
But that won't happen, and I doubt the promoter/ FIA will even want to hand out a point for every stage win on Sunday either.
The best we can hope for imo is new tyres being allocated before the power stage, but even then they'll moan about costs...
What are the issues Thierry is reporting back to the team? Anybody here knows?
Lol there was a big dick drawed on the snow on the field in the helicopter shot
The juvenile in me did have a chuckle when the helicopter just flew over a massive penis drawn in the snow on the power stage!
:D
Reinforces old stereotypical view that Finns have of Swedes. All they think about is phallus. No offence meant.
Zero points for Breen is a painful blow after the Monte podium.
Fair job by Greensmith given some early car issues. Some important Manu points too after the team-mates nil scores.
Very strong showing from Hyundais even without ideal set-up yet
Bodes well for upcoming gravel rallies with their jokers
Evans confirms he fixed the car after the damage but had to retire due to no hybrid green light...
https://twitter.com/RalioS4C/status/...UX4d_dLgwA2Udw
Very happy for Rovanperä!
And respect for being only one who mentioned Ukraine and didn't want to celebrate so much..
Emil Lindholm fastest WRC2 car on PS. Way faster than 2nd.
Great job by Rovanpera, good from Neuville. Sorry for Tanak. Very bad start of the season for Evans, is the pressure of being Toyota #1 getting to him?
I confirm my feelings that Hyundai is not slow, but as usual more unreliable than at least Toyota.
Looking at the standings, Rovanpera has a very good chance this year. I think a lot will be played on how consistent he will be. Evans and Tanak have almost 0 points after 2 rounds, Neuville is doing good but Hyundai's reliability is what it is...
Btw after 2 rounds, I would have never expected to see Loeb in 3rd and Greensmith in 4th in the standings :D
Remember the good old days? With proper Safari and proper rallies not this 300km cloverleaf jokes we got today? What do you reckon Alen, Blomquist,.... did in a stage when the gaps were 5 minutes plus?Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
Rallying was never flat out all the way, it was allways about the balance.
it bodes well speed wise, but if they don't sort out reliability the championship will be again a Toyota dealQuote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
Paradoxically, not a bad rally for Hyundai. Yeah, 2 big issues again (but one not necessarily coming from Hyundai) but their main chance to do something this year (Neuville in WDC) is the most spared driver for the moment. Neuville is not that far from Rovanpera in the WDC so if he can limit the loss in Croatia, he could be in the game after that with the series of gravel rallies.
The rhythm was quite good sometimes and Tanak will have good road positions for gravel (more to achieve wins that the championship IMO). For Solberg, the rally is rather good even if a drop in form + a technical issue on Day 2.
For Cinderella M-Sport, the coach is again a pumpkin. If some people seriously thought they could win a title this year, they’re back to reality.
Breen is not championship-material (especially with so few rallies driven in the last years) and Fourmaux and Greensmith are too soft.
Greensmith did a fair job as he was quite bad on snow and a pity for Fourmaux whose negative streak is still going even if not his fault this time.
The next 3-4 rallies will be complicated for them with Breen not having done the gravel ones for a while (and not convincing in Croatia last year) + Fourmaux who will need to finish first + Greensmith not having that good road position (neither do Breen compared with Ogier, Tanak or Evans).
More worrying, two engine failures.
For Toyota, it is clearly confirmed that the manufacturer title is in their pocket already,
Evans clearly disappointing so far: his «*new approach*» is clearly not working and the leadership is the team is at stake.
Great job by Rovanpera, let’s see if he can avoid a negative streak now.
Fair job by Lappi for a 1st drive this year, I think Toyota should have put him in Monte instead of Katsuta because he could have played a larger role; but ok, he brings the points needed.
Again a mistake for Katsuta but not a negative rally for him; he ends a negative streak with an average result and this time, he does not fail to take manufacturers points to Ford and Hyundai. Croatia will be complicated for him but with a steady drive there, it could give him back confidence for the gravel part.
In WRC-2, quite mitigated result; Mikkelsen has already put one hand on the title; the young Skoda bunch has already lost a lot of ground (2 bad results for Bulacia, 1 for Lindholm and Gryazin, 1 low result for Ingram in MC) so Toksport will need to follow with Mikkelsen to secure the title against Suninen, Rossel, Huttunen, Ostberg (not sure it was the initial plan).
For M-Sport, not that good also: Huttunen 3rd but no big rhythm and Adielsson DNF so a big loss in team championship.
Good drive from Veiby but too much at the limit.
In WRC-3, big fight between Armstrong and Joona won by the British which is a big blow.