I would say it's one of the best stages ever by Evans, impressssive time!!
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I would say it's one of the best stages ever by Evans, impressssive time!!
Suninen cut 22.9sec from Sordo on this stage and difference for PowerStage - 18.8sec Another possible battle!?
Sure but Neuville likely can't outscore neither Tanak nor Ogier and former needs four points more than Ogier to get the honour - so all odds are that Ogier will be championship leader after Corsica.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
Great stage by Evans. I'm not buying the fact that Thierry doesn't know what the problem is though...
All quite strange.
It's not over yet, hope Evans has one more good stage and some tyres left. The overall gap is still not massive.
But, wow, 8.8 seconds clear of everyone else, on fire!
Lead change for WRC2 Andolfi down to 2nd.
Poor Rich Millener's heart!
It looks quite clear that the main problem is the car. Hyundai has always struggled on fast stages, more so on tarmac fast stages. Surprisingly yesterday they had good speed in the two runs in the mid-stage but now all 3 are slow.Quote:
Originally Posted by Simmi
Well, happy faces at MSport. Well deserved!
Ogier : 76 pts
Tanak : 73 pts
Neuville : 73 pts
Veiby - out. Parked at side of a road with 0kph
Ole Christian Veiby @OCVeiby 3m3 minutes agoMoreQuote:
Originally Posted by KKS
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/26a0.png Sadly we are parked up road-side on SS13, with a broken rear left wheel..... #TourdeCorse #WRC2 #WRC #WrcLive
lets see if there is another steering case.Quote:
Originally Posted by KKS
So he was not even on the stage. Not on splitlist.Quote:
Originally Posted by KKS
Edit: Maybe retired before first split?
And Gryazin to 1st!Quote:
Originally Posted by KKS
very strange the slowness of Sordo and Neuville.
Sordo commented that he had midstage brake problems,while he is slow at first split.
Neuville he didnt explain his slow time.
Probably Adamo ordered to finish?
Was leading the rally and Adamo ordered to finish? Yes, sure.Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
Yes he retired before first split but in the stage.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
Adamo has demane wins for the past 3 events, now in this position to secure a podium...hard to believe, but maybe after Toyota`s bad event there is some logic in that.
so how you explain Neuvilles(leader of the rally) the 0,5sec/km from Evans?Quote:
Originally Posted by krissucool
Sordo 1 sec/km?
Radstorm taking so many time from Kristensson yesterday but today lost 15sec and droped from JWRC lead battle. Tannert doing well, cut another 2.3sec and lead of Kristensson down to 4sec.
Lead battles in WRC2 and JWRC going to last stage. Let's hope we can see 3 RC4 and 2 RC2 cars live.
there is logic.Take a look at manufacture pointsQuote:
Originally Posted by Tarmop
Hyundai 77 + 18 + 12 = 107
Citroen 78 + 15 + 6 = 99
Toyota 83 + 8 + 4 = 95
M-Sport 48 + 25 + 10 = 83
Nature of stage not narrow and twisty as Huyndai like and like near all rally so far. Loeb down on pace tooQuote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
Sordo had brake problems and we know that Hyundai is completely shit on this fast stages. Loeb said it too friday.
Adamo wants only wins so i really doubt he said to Neuville that just bring the 2nd place home. He just cant push with this car on fast stages, well he can but the time goes away with slidng all the time
Heard Julian say Kris eying the championship this year. While it's a team sport, it's also an individual championship. Early days in season, I'm sure when it comes to the point Kris has to start helping Ott in the power stage, he will.Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
"We've done absolutely everything we can [at the helper]," Williams told Motorsport.com. "We have new brakes, new shocks, everything."
"To put it simply, the engine guy is not going to sleep tonight, the chassis guy is not going to sleep tonight, we're going to pull out all we can [to gain weight]. "
Evans assured that he would "give it all" to finish this rally where he already impressed in 2015, pocketing what was then his best result with a third place - on behalf of the same team and in dantesque conditions.
"We did not provide all these efforts to be second"
"I still do not understand how we lost all this time in the last stage," said the Welshman who has been co-driver since the start of the season, Scott Martin with whom he won a podium in the previous round in Mexico . "It did not seem too bad to me, I would have been surprised if we conceded five seconds."
And to add: "I like the specials of tomorrow, it looks like Ireland - it will suit me."
English team director Rich Millener said the 32-kilometer Zilia Waters Special, which will open Sunday, will be crucial.
"He [Evans] needs to take some time back from Thierry," he said. "Thierry knows that Elfyn was faster than him on this rally and he can do it again tomorrow."
"We have not done all that to finish second - we want him to win and we know he can do it."
https://fr.motorsport.com/wrc/news/m...ville/4361976/
first day with the wide stages Neuville was 3rd 9,8 sec from leader after 121 stage kms....Quote:
Originally Posted by KKS
gap at todays stage is huge and cant explained with logic.
What a weekend (at home) at the rally!
Question for the technical geeks here in the forums.
If Neuville had a service with no "set-up" change in the car, yet today compared to yesterday he's a bit off and the car is a tad wild, would new parts or replaced parts but keeping the same set-up effect his car? Could they not tune new parts to the way they were the day before?
I know Evans has new brakes today... Where Richard (Team Principle) noted that they've put in without Wilson "knowing" does that mean M-Sport don't give new parts all the time?
Question for the technical geeks here in the forums.
If Neuville had a service with no "set-up" change in the car, yet today compared to yesterday he's a bit off and the car is a tad wild, would new parts or replaced parts but keeping the same set-up effect his car? Could they not tune new parts to the way they were the day before?
I know Evans has new brakes today... Where Richard (Team Principle) stated on TV, that they've put in without Wilson "knowing" does that mean M-Sport, don't give new parts all the time during service?
Tidemand, Bertelli, Tuohino, Gronholm and soon Greensmith this year. Also notice the "bring more" ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
Well I pointed this apparent disagreement already in December when Meeke was signed and in the press release said that his main goal is to help Toyota win manu championship yet in an interview just a few days later he said something else. Now he talks about driver championship...Quote:
Originally Posted by Norm75
How "soon" you should start prioritizing drivers for points is a good question.
M-Sport did it already on 2nd rally last year and it did matter in the end. (2-3 more points to Neuville and he wouldn't need to push to try to finish ahead of Ogier in Australia). But some of M-Sport prioritizing looked slightly retarded and pointless (dropping Evans and Suninen two times in Finland so that Ogier drives 5th instead of 4th on the road for example). As a result Neuville was very vocal about this before start of this season and Hyundai also started prioritizing very early (Mikkelsen didn't push on PS in Sweden where he took points off Neuville the year before and was much faster on the first run this year)).
Toyota is clearly not prioritizing and it already cost them 2 points for Tanak, though only one of them (Mexico) made a difference relative to Ogier. I am not saying they should or should not, just stating what is happening.
watch Meekes rim at 1,13min and how Suninen get away without puncture or bend suspension at 2,13 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TM3tWbff-w
any live link for PS?
if i find one i will sent you a pmQuote:
Originally Posted by Barreis
https://scontent.flgg1-1.fna.fbcdn.n...e7&oe=5D11944E
hard core rally girl
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D25Y2D-X0AAJRfk.jpg
yes they can change parts with same setup as previous sets.Quote:
Originally Posted by GigiGalliNo1
all racings parts have a ''safe life'' of use.Quote:
Originally Posted by GigiGalliNo1
Changing earlier parts,you dismiss this very small percentage that something can go wrong.even inside this safe period of use.
What does it say?!
Quite big moment from Suninen yes, that could have ended very badly for him, haven't seen it mentioned elsewhere.Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
None of them starts regularly. Hardly very relevant for the mousse or no mousse decision. Also as somebody already pointed out mousse is not that expensive when compared to overall and other particular expenses.Quote:
Originally Posted by SubaruNorway