I belive it was Ken Torn
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Originally Posted by Mirek
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I belive it was Ken Torn
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Originally Posted by Mirek
I watched stage end interviews till Herczig, so Ostberg was only one who complained, so if there was more drivers, ok, my bad. It was just sooo dramatic by him (and if the place was so crazy dangerous) then they should cancelled the stage immediately.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
Nobody cancels any stage based on a youtube interview. Stages are being canceled when problems are reported by marshals or stewards. When there are no marshals, nobody reports anything (that was the case here). Compains from drivers are being addressed by stewards only ex-post and only if handed in a more official way than talking on youtube.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lead
Isnt there marshals in heli ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
I dont know which exact place in the stage Ostberg or other drivers reffered to, but if it was that place seen from heli (a long straight with people near the road), marshals (in heli) could make decision?
EDIT: I'm always for safety first.
Marshall for sure not and most likely not even any steward or safety official. That is rather rare thing. I haven't visited many ERC events but a safety helicopter used to be only used in Ypres and a very long time ago in Barum (more than ten years ago).Quote:
Originally Posted by Lead
Anyway you need marshalls on stage to keep order not in a helicopter. Helicopter doesn't work because everybody simply waits until it passes (that's how it worked in Ypres). You have to take into account that a safety helicopter can not just hoower over one stage. It needs to check the whole loop hence why it works in a same way as a safety crew driving the stage before start. The only advantage of the helicopter is better visibility but sometimes also with misleading angle of view.
Brutal time from Cais!
He had small engine issues during the first loop and now it should be all ok.
Awesome stage by Cais and he takes the lead o/a ! :)
Cais changing wheel
Cais :(
Vinyes crashed on a live heli cam. LR wheel torn away. Csomós also punctured.
Its crazy how many punctures drivers are getting...
Mikkelsen had a puncture and if I am not mistaken he's not yet a champion after the leg 1.
Velenczei also puncture.
Bonato and Cais again warning spectators (in the same place as in the first run).
Ostberg up to 3rd, Mikkelsen down to 7th.
According to rules, he could not be a champion today, unless Llarena retired from the whole rally. Points for leg 1 are given when car is in final parc ferme.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
Shame about Cais’ puncture, he seems to be the real deal. Very fast here, on Catalunya and of course on Barum.
M-Sport @MSportLtd
Showing the true speed of the Fiesta Rally2 @CaisRally has been fighting hard for stage wins on @FIAERC @RallyHungary.
Taking the lead after SS5 until a puncture after SS6 :( There’s still a long way to go and he’s showing no signs of giving up yet
Herzig crashed and the stage is interrupted. Torn retired with technical problems.
Bonato Yoann - Boulloud Benjamin
"I think this rally is a joke, we had an ambulance in the stage, we had no red flag, no marshalls giving signals. It was funny driving behind the ambualnce, but its driver was not fast enough to win the rally..."
:DQuote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
P.S. Mikkelsen doing everything to make his life harder.
Ostberg yesterday high speed mistake... was very lucky to escape that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilGGkDLfL-Q&t=9s
shitty pirellis not grip at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lead
Nobody went to help him?
Looking for Herczig's crashed Skoda...
https://www.instagram.com/p/CVaOLolD...medium=twitter
https://www.fiaerc.com/erc-home-hero...under-the-car/
That's funny, but to be honest Bonato is not fast enough either :)Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
He has a few top5 times in last stages, so the pace has improved. But dont want to see ambulance driver anymore :) (I'm glad Herczig and his co-driver is Ok).Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
Its Gryazin's rally to loose now.
Pajari seems to have improved on tarmac, I thought it would be complicated for him in JWRC andERC3 Junior as there were only tarmac events.
Still, the title is not done in ERC3 Junior as it is best 5 out of 6 and Franceschi had a retirement (so a best improvement margin in Canarias).
I would have a small preference for Franceschi as Pajari has yet won some drives for next year thanks to JWRC and Franceschi had some issues to build a budget for this year (+ would show Clio is a good car so would strengthen the competition in Rally4 car).
Good job by Gryazin; for Mikkelsen, he cannot do maximum attack today as he lost the daily top 5 yesterday because of his late puncture (would have clinched the title).
Cais what a speed for his experience; if he can become consistent, he will be a WRC driver quite early (a couple of years).
They just showed stage side and on board clips on ERC Live on Youtube, Mikkelsen had an issue there too. Unlucky such a relatively minor accident caused such injuries to the co-driver.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Chris Rawes @chrisrawes
Today we close an incredible 9 year @FIAERC chapter.
@The_Rally_Guru this is the last time we will work together reporting the sport we love in the current format.
Julian it has been an absolute honour to work with you, thank you for everything.
Mikkelsen now just 0.1s ahead of Llarena.
I am curious to see what is coming next year for ERC under the new promoter, hopefully they'll continue to produce excellent videos like this as well as continuing/improving the live Youtube stuff:Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
https://youtu.be/Go6MWm9ckQk
I hope so too, although I fear it going behind another paywall..Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
Hungary in the Fall :cool:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FCeBD08X...pg&name=medium
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FCeBHBwX...pg&name=medium
And at sun-down...
https://d2np1px3e8f3t5.cloudfront.ne...07138b781d1297
https://d2np1px3e8f3t5.cloudfront.ne...fb69f5d6199369
https://www.fiaerc.com/photos/?fid=1425-rally-hungary
15 minutes Penalty for Gryazin:
https://storage.googleapis.com/downl...6109&alt=media
Wow... what a way to loose a rally win. This was because he didnt stop to make sure Herczig's co-driver is Ok?Quote:
Originally Posted by m-ast
Ramón, Herczig's codriver sustained a fractured rib, but he was released from the hospital. A longer video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WC44INRyAhY
And his son in the same place: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twDzdFgHxb0
Bassas crash: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgeaVVjrzN4
A crazy video from a crazy event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igEciesak90
Had a great event too, will post some photos and short resume later tonight. Video from my mate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-0I937nJWM
Paywall or not, whatever their plans are for ERC I personally wish WRC would absorb the visual stopline radio/monologue-style now and again, even just one stage a day. It's been said many times before that rally-radio is preferable, because it works. 100% commentary and footage is obviously good but it's mostly rally racing with rather formulaic stage end interviews. I think Chris and Julian better present the area, the challenge of the rally and roads when talking to themselves and they also get so much more out of the drivers in this format. It's enjoyable even when talking about the Azorean dairy industry or wandering off to have a look at a ski-lift whilst waiting for the first car but maybe I'm alone in that. Personally I hope WRC.P sign Chris up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
So small resume. First time at Rally Hungary for me. From last two years the stages looked amazing, and they didn't disappoint. A lot of variety. Shakedown was relatively boring, with a lot of straights and junctions, I thought. It was a surprise to arrive at some gravel section from which you'd think you are in a rally in The Netherlands. Some tightening medium-fast lefthander with a lot of gravel made things very interesting for the qualifying. Friday night the superspecial was quite nice, never been a fan of it, but it was really enjoyable. On saturday we did 2x the SS Ujhuta on a gravel section, and SS Mad in the vineyards. Some amazing action on both stages, the only place that was less interesting than expected was some left-right-left combination, well-known from many videos from last years. Action in the vineyards was amazing, at one long fast lefthander with a big cut, the road was full of gravel, Ostberg had some huge moment there. Sunday ended with 3x SS Erdobenye, all nice places, once on the wide road, once on the narrow part towards the finish, it resembles some Barum-roads (like Trojak) quite a lot. On one spot the tarmac was extremely slippy, Ostberg had some big moment there as well. All in all great event, and fantastic action from RC2-cars (also the locals) and from the junior drivers. The level of competition in ERC is very, very high.
Only small downside to the event was that in terms of organization it was a complete disaster. I haven't seen anything worse in my life. On shakedown they started dropping off a few marshalls around time the stage should have normally started. When we arrived at stage you could easily drive onto it if you wanted to, maybe 15 minutes before the start. Then some car from the fire brigade passed, and 5-10 minutes later Gryazin was on the stage. Before qualifying the only safety car was 000. On saturday's 4 stages combined I saw one marshall. I was also at one place where the drivers complained about, rightly so. There were more than 100 people at a fast downhill corner, no stewards in sight, even while there was an access road to that place. Few minutes before the first car people started standing less than a meter from the road, some were completely drunk. After a few cars I stowed away my camera and started just watching a bit further away. Sunday was a bit better, also less spectators than on Saturday, on the places we were. Maybe half of them had a headache from drinking too much the day before.
Some photos:
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https://scontent.fbru4-1.fna.fbcdn.n...de&oe=619C757B
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My album: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...72731156072046
ERC Rally Radio is over after Rally Islas Canarias...Quote:
Originally Posted by WRCStan