Less than 48h to make your Pickems for Sardegna, guys.
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Less than 48h to make your Pickems for Sardegna, guys.
Will be a nice tyre gamble again.. 24 tyres allowed (24 hards, 8 softs)
Warmer weather + rougher roads..
(Very) Wet gravel is very much a different surface. Some drivers (and cars) like that more than others. Sordo for example has never been good on wet gravel. So it might cost him the win. On the car side Fiesta was often good on wet gravel and Hyundai often struggles with big setup changes.Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
Well that is true. As well as the tyres.Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
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Ready for shakedown !
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Weatherforcast now showing rain early Saturday morning and whole Sunday.
Wow that's an odd shakedown stage. Quite a bit of tarmac on it
very weird indeed, that stage seems far off from the actual rally
not surprised at all they cant top the Ogiers time, that tarmac part is getting really dirty
The new PowerStage has quite a bit of tarmac doesn't it?
Yeah there's three small tarmac on power stage and a similar dusty tarmac bit on SS1+3. Also some small tarmac bits on almost every stage...Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
so many spectators...
Tänak finally back to open-helmet :D
Probably it's too hot there, no point to boil your brain with that.Quote:
Originally Posted by TypeR
tyre saving already....
Has anyone heard any explanation why Gryazin is not entered in WRC2 classification here?
His own choice probably. But not going for teams at least is quite surprising. Now he has the same "status" as Oliver Solberg in Monte.
Gryazin was also "not nominated" in Monte.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tom K
It's a bit confusing still. Now on alllive they talk all the time that he is "WRC2" but in all documents and shakedown startlist he is listed as not WRC2.
That should mean that he starts tomorrow after all WRC2 and all WRC3 which would mean very different road conditions (cleaner from soft gravel, but also likely very rough)
He was nominated for Teams and was not for Drivers/Co-drivers.
if anybody is wondering where is Kalles time then he was having some problems already and returned to service
He is "P2" just like Oliver has done. And will get "TV-time"Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
But not for any points.
I was wondering about the starting position. But it seems that in monte he and Solberg actually did start with WRC2 point scorers on normal stages, just not on PS. Then it's more ok for him to compare speed.Quote:
Originally Posted by pantealex
Yes.Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
All P2 drivers start before P3 (WRC3) drivers.
Kalle finally got a time onboard
Problems with power steering before the first run
Ogier seems to really like this stage, on every run with the fastest time
He is usually good on tarmac with gravel tires (like that stage on Friday in Catalunya used to be). So he should do well on PS here.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
and Tänak ruined it now
This is a completely different "tarmac on gravel tires", here it's a narrow and rugged road with a lot of dust and rocks on top. In Catalunya it's like a racing circuit with kerbs, not much pollution. In Catalunya he's good because he can preserve the tyres. After that tarmac stretch you have still many kilometres to go on gravel.Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
EDIT: I didn't notice you meant the power stage. Well, that's also a narrow road which will likely get polluted, and the stage is so short that there's no tyre preserving issues.
Suninen got up to speed finally :D
I like it. it's nice that sardinia adds some flavor. maybe they want to add some uniqueness (like some hidden mixed surface character) to stay in the calendar for the future...
No. Gryazin is P2, only not scoring points in WRC2. So starting order will be normal.Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
"This is the usual refrain for me: we arrive at an event where we will certainly have great difficulties in opening the road. Over time, I learned to take a step back from this situation. I put it into perspective, but we knows it's not going to be a pleasant weekend. It's going to be difficult to find portions to our advantage. It's no use torturing your mind with this, you'll have to fight and take risks to go look for points despite everything, "says Sébastien Ogier at our microphone.
The French still occupies the head of the world championship. He won in Sardinia in 2013, 2014 and 2015. "I haven't won for a few years here, partly because of the sweep, but also because there were some fights, like with Neuville in 2018. The Power Stage completely stoned is no longer there, I admit I won't miss it. They announce little wind, we risk being far from the outposts from the first day. There are quite a few difficulties with it. the tires now. There are concerns about their survival this weekend. No one is immune, but if there are unforeseen events with the tires, maybe it can help us to compensate for the fact of opening the road. We changed things on the car from Portugal. I'm confident enough to say that it will be better here, "he continues.
Before concluding: "We are expecting a lot of heat, but there are not too many long specials this year. Physically, I am not preparing myself more specifically for this rally than for another. It is a regular training. I'm not worried, it should do it. I'm not too much of a runner. For cardio, I prefer cycling. I see a coach regularly to do muscle building and avoid pain suffered by the body with shocks and constraints."
https://www.rtbf.be/sport/moteurs/ra...le?id=10774963
After all those years we still have ogier complaining that he's in the lead of the championship.
Perhaps he could try to crash out some in monte carlo more if he doesn't like to be at the front.