New car, make it to the end of each rally regardless of positions?????
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New car, make it to the end of each rally regardless of positions?????
wow Meeke made it on the 2nd part
Sordo, missing less than 1second after three days of rallying....Ostberg made it....
Overall a good event for Meeke. Still learning, still maturing.
What?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ucci
Edit: Ostberg did what?
Shame Meeke missed the podium but a good display to consolidate his confidence.
oh my, Ogier smashed
Yes Jari-Matti !! Winner again !! :)
Ostberg retained his position in front of Dani. But just 0,7 sec separates them.Quote:
Originally Posted by jonkka
Well done Latvala.
Well done Jari-Matti & Miikka. A VW 1-2-3, and a PowerStage 1-2-3, if that's not domination, then I don't know what is.
A good solid drive from Kris, best of the rest.
You're looking stage times. In overall, Dani is 4,3 secs ahead of Ostberg, at least on wrc.com.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ucci
Great job Latvala and Tänak! pickem result gonna be great :P
Sun 11:52 - SS16: Ogier
A huge final stage push! He's a full 4sec quicker than Mikkelsen but it's surely second place for the champ. Ogier however is out of the car and on the roof in celebration . And he's in a mischievous mood. "I know it will be a happy event for some people - some people will be happy because the best didn't win."
Well done Latvala. A deserved and flawless win. May be Ogier took it little easy at moments, may be not.
edit: but perhaps Latvala also took it little easy at the beginning, so it's 50:50
Congratulations Jari-Matti - Hope Sardinia goes as well.
Soooo I got 2 things wrong: Mikkelsen did beat Meeke and the Champ did get into the top 3
However someone else, who will be nameless, got (at least) 3 things wrong (to the extreme):
Latvala showed he will not be competing at Crufts in the near future!!!!!
Ogier did not win.
VW clearly did not issue team orders
;-)
Hope the chopper pilot knew the height of the turbines, looked very dangerous at times.
Great job Jari Matti. He deserved a smile finally!
Good time by Lappi on the final stage. Solid start for the Fabia R5 in WRC, maybe expecting more but at the end of the day they are the first two R5 home.
And now be prepared to a three weeks of moaning like there's no tomorrow
Latvala should just give up and move sports (some would say)..
Latvala did what he had to do. And he knew that for him self. Good performance today on long stage.
Big congrat to JML and Mika.
I doubt that, if the Champ finishes in the top 3 on all remaining events he will be champ again. If he loses the lead through a DNF (seriously is any one going to get within 28 points?) then he won't be first on the road, his nearest rival will be - cue taking back the series lead again.Quote:
Originally Posted by AL14
Still why let facts get in the way of prejudices !!!
More importantly we must see where our schedules for 10-15 /6 coincide because I am really looking forward to the mirto!! See you in Sarde
Big congrats to Jari M.Latvala! I didn't expect a victory from him, after disastrous season he had I thought he won't be pshicialy prepared to fight at the top. Even Ogier was surprised about team mate speed.
For me a positive surprise also young Mikkelsen, no mistakes, solid speed, can challenge Ogier in the future.
Meeke-he is missing so little to be in a contact with VW. But I supose he decided for a safe mode, didn't risk and the fourth place is still a nice result. Tanak also on a safe mode, nothing else was a choice...
Hyundai:except Paddon a race to forget for them.
M-Sport and a new car: sholud be better than the old one, also both private drivers Kubica and Prokop without technical troubles finished the rally and got some points.
He will moan no matter everything you said. he has done it even when being first was an advantage...Now that it has affected him I predict a lot of rain near Gap.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mintexmemory
Regarding the mirto I've warned my parents to keep one bottle for me ;)
Somebody said he had broken rear anti-roll bar so he could hardly go faster.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ucci
Prokop had a lot of technical problems. I think only today was without them. He said everything was too much in a hurry and the car was prepared in the last minute before the rally without any test and therefore a lot of issues appeared.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ucci
Well summed up, Mirek already said what was wrong with Meeke today. The new Ford looks promising as engine torque, I still they had to do something about those suspension breaks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ucci
Well done Jari-Matti - hopefully this is the start of a great summer for him!
What I have summed up about Prokop - he had difficulties with under&over steering. But this is just a matter of preparations and test, has nothiing to do with technical side(engine,electrics, gearbox....).
I have no idea what You have summed up and how but it doesn't change reality... Especially first day was full of problems mainly with brakes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ucci
Real shame for Meeke breaking his RARB... must make a missive difference to the handling and his confidence. I uprated the RARB on my Focus ST and the improvement was huge, so cant imagine a car with a broken one !
Nice to see that VW let them fight, did not expect that for sure and also did not expect that Latvala could take the win. Lets see if Latvala can keep this momentum.
I was one of the few spectators who thought that it was better watching Vieira do Minho once than Fafe twice. I realized that in the WRC is difficult watching something better than the jumps of Sordo and Meeke that I could see on the Rally Sprint. These are the pics of Vieira do Minho:
http://i1231.photobucket.com/albums/...ps0vcyo4jv.jpg
http://i1231.photobucket.com/albums/...psb4q9ob6j.jpg
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Wow, really wonderful spots to see rally cars, and very nice pictures as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kielder
congrats to Latvala-Antilla for a well deserved win.
Was waiting Ogier to push till last km ,but he didnt.Strange while he has a good margin at championship points against Latvala his main rival,and was pushing hard 2 1/2 days for the win.
His comments at power stage stop are laughable(nothing new)
the nice surprise imho was Mikkelsen.Was very close/on par ,when Latvala Ogier pushed.
Not a good rally for Neuville.
A good one for Paddon.
About Fords didn t notice any improovement.
About Meeke,best of the rest.At same road position dont see any luck at all.
Fabias r5 made a well debut,and with very little troubles managed to finish a wrc round,not something easy from r5 cars at past.
Was waiting much more from Lappi and Tidemand,against Nasser and Kruuda who were clearly faster.
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Good to have a live stage on Saturday too, but why oh why can they not show the end of WRC2 on their online coverage of a powerstage? It would hardly cost anything extra for them to produce - I understand TV restrictions for the main package, but just go back to it after the TV wrapup is done. Not to mention, this noon/11am finish time is utterly ridiculous.
Pity to see VW whitewash another event. Every time Ford or Citroen shout about how good a new component is going to be, it makes me wonder how much quicker the VWs will be, and there is no beating them without mistakes or failures on their behalf.
Great credit to Meeke again, and Ostberg showed really good pace too. For Meeke and Tanak, I have given them a lot of stick for their inconsistency and seeming ability to hit everything in sight before, so it's only fair I commend each on an apparently near-faultless drive this weekend.
Well, Meeke had a few moments AFAIR, but he is truly maturing and consolidates his results already. For sure a victory gives him lot of confidence for future development.
Tanak on the other hand was driving to finish. Nothing impressive, but well justified considering his previous results (mostly bad luck probably, but anyway it is important to score now).