Meeke and Neuville playing for the Ashes of the 2017 season... Howzat ! ;)
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DOZG2q0WsAAI6T7.jpg
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Meeke and Neuville playing for the Ashes of the 2017 season... Howzat ! ;)
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DOZG2q0WsAAI6T7.jpg
some photos of testing
from local paper Coffs Advocate https://www.coffscoastadvocate.com.a...ting/58261/#/0
From Racerviews http://www.racerviews.com/2017/11/13...h-wrc-and-arc/
AP4 specs
Some good photos from testing. Even included some of the Daihatsu Charade that we built, this years NSW Rallysprint champion. Will be interesting to see how the Yaris goes as it has had a heap of teething problems but also plenty of local testing. Also will be good to see how Richie Dalton goes in the Skoda.
MSport cars spent some time at the beach today. Also involved M-Sport Ranger and M-Sport Transit Van.
Photo gallery by Sam Tickell http://www.racerviews.com/2017/11/14...lly-australia/
So what are the expectations? It seems we will have a rainy weekend. I’m expecting a great rally because now the drivers have no pressure anymore and they can push hard. At least Tänak seems to refer in his blog that he will hold nothing back and after wales he was joking with Estonian journalist that they don’t have to bring the car back anymore :p.
It will be Breens first time so I’m keen to see what he can do here and mikkelsen and meeke have superb starting positions to make big gains on first day if it doesn’t rain.
Shake is live,Ogier completed his first run
https://www.ewrc-results.com/shake/3...ustralia-2017/
Wow, Tänak currently 2,6 seconds faster than anyone else
Tanak with a blistering time in his first pass.
https://www.ewrc-results.com/shake/3...ustralia-2017/
his first pass is with clean road.
Meeke
https://twitter.com/AaronBeardIzzy/s...07623943168000
Breen
https://twitter.com/AaronBeardIzzy/s...08181852753920
Paddon
https://twitter.com/AaronBeardIzzy/s...08782409814016
Tanak
https://twitter.com/AaronBeardIzzy/s...09238787842048
Mikkelsen
https://twitter.com/AaronBeardIzzy/s...09901064364032
Lappi
https://twitter.com/AaronBeardIzzy/s...10358973194240
Lefebvre
https://twitter.com/AaronBeardIzzy/s...10673009238016
Kris very aggressive and spectacular
No Nueville time yet
Yeah, wonder what happen to TN.
Rovanperas times very good...Ogier has already made 3 passes.
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⚠️ After having a mechanical issue on the road section we will bring @thierryneuville's car back to service to repair it and he will run in the #Shakedown later on this morning. #WRC #HyundaiWRC #RallyAustralia
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Shakedown of @rallyaustralia done by @JariMattiWRC - and with an impressive time! Actually - he did this without his regular co-driver @MiikkaAnttila, he had a VIP co-driver onboard for a spin... #WatchOut
Michelin have this pic a 8min ago and still no TN on results
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DOtmUKuXcAAKhS3.jpg
So seems like ewrc just lost Neuville... but Leferbve, r u serious? fastest?
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DOtr7bkVAAA9KDq.jpg
Lefebvre taking risks per Mattons request??
Clearly the road now swept clean accounting for Lefebvre & Neuville's pace.
Quite interesting shakedown results, hard to really make any predictions. I was expecting Paddon to be strong here. He will have a good starting position and will be used to the conditions if we get a sudden rain.
Yes, shakedown times have limited meaning in general for rally predictions but even less today. The 3 fastest times were all set by drivers going back out for another run (or in Neuvilles case all their runs due to problems earlier) later on a very swept road after the WRC2 cars had been through as well, so its hard to compare those with the rest.
It will be a novelty for me to check WRC+ during the daytime!
WRC2 cars? You mean Kalle Rovanperä..
Neuville had an oil leak apparently. He didn't turn up till at least an hour after Ogier who was first car. So yes, slightly swept road, although the road was fairly hard packed. Andreas looked one of the fastest, but results and the fact that he had 5 runs say otherwise.
Andreas car also had a welder being used under it in service after, not sure that's a great sign!?
Lefebvre was a bit ragged where we watched, and Paddon looked aggressive, but very different results!
Rovanpera looked tidy but unspectacular, which is probably a good thing. Interestingly of the Australians, the fastest looked to be Dalton in the Skoda R5, followed by Reeves in the Mazda AP4, with both looking more aggressive than Rovanpera. Time will tell which ones of them make the finish I guess.
Overall a nice day out, but yes the Aussie marshalls are very by the book, friendly but no ability to think about what is realistically safe, just focused on what they have been told by their bosses, which is a little sad. Tomorrow we will try find some good spots and get a few videos and photos as todays spot was pretty poor with too many trees in the way!
Couple of pics, definitely need some more practice!
https://image.ibb.co/evOaSm/DSC02808.jpg
https://image.ibb.co/e8Ojnm/DSC02812.jpg
https://image.ibb.co/gVCzL6/DSC02795.jpg
Some pics of the Toyota spares:
https://image.ibb.co/f9Mb06/DSC02857.jpg
https://image.ibb.co/iFDOf6/DSC02855.jpg
Toyota sump guard vs Hyundai:
https://image.ibb.co/noMtf6/DSC02866.jpg
https://image.ibb.co/hNzPnm/DSC02863.jpg
And the bare front end of the Hyundai, the adjustable angle to the splitter is particularly cool:
https://image.ibb.co/ez8606/DSC02862.jpg
Thanks for sharing Munkvy. Marshall’s in Aus can be difficult if you’re trying to go “out of the ropes areas”.
Hope you can get to your spots early enough to wander in. Enjoy!
Final semi technical pic:
And the rather complex intake setup from the Toyota. Not sure what the sensor in it is?
https://image.ibb.co/hdAm06/DSC02868.jpg
And some of the support cars:
Interior of a former SA S2000 Corolla:
https://image.ibb.co/cqWyDR/DSC02897.jpg
Former ARC winning Celica:
https://image.ibb.co/b4NS7m/DSC02906.jpg
Beautiful engine bay of a 150wkw FWD Corolla in ARC2:
https://image.ibb.co/munG06/DSC02838.jpg
Brendan Reeves AP4 car from NZ, on Pirellis:
https://image.ibb.co/jaXunm/DSC02892.jpg
https://image.ibb.co/jkLrYR/DSC02931.jpg
A rare sort of rally car down here:
https://image.ibb.co/i3RyDR/DSC02914.jpg
Just plain rare now:
https://image.ibb.co/juR9L6/DSC02926.jpg
@YvesMatton
Very good level of performance from our 3 crews! Interesting as this shakedown is really representative of the rally... https://t.co/nnVJdbGrhI
Nice shots of the typical road surfaces:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4576/3...bde1c55b_b.jpg
https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4535/3...0745d83f_b.jpg
"so, how is that 2018 Toyota with new aero feeling?"
"Not gonna tell youuu"
https://scontent-arn2-1.xx.fbcdn.net...9c&oe=5A939AC8
"I was wondering how good is the 2018 Toyota?"
"Get lost"
https://scontent-arn2-1.xx.fbcdn.net...a2&oe=5AAECD66