How about that? In his current form, you just can't bet against this guy.
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How about that? In his current form, you just can't bet against this guy.
Amazing drive by Kalle ! Seemingly effortless progress into the lead and again with no issues or punctures.
Maybe we have another brilliant dominant driver in the making who will also get 'lucky' while others fall away?
Stage end interviews by... Marcus Grönholm! And Breen became a used car salesman, offering a Focus WRC to him.
Salesman of the weekend - Breen :D
Special price for you, my friend Grönholm :D
Breen's father has the last Ford Focus that Grönholm drove
Over the jumps the Puma 'lands like a cat' :D
Some drive by Sordo to take such time on a SSS.
"Did I do one lap less ?" :D
Sordo didn't believe own time over Neuville at the stage end: "are you sure I didn't do one lap less?"
If road conditions are improving that fast, we will see WRC2 car winning the stage probably
Kalle is doing donuts with doctor precision..
Drifting and other categories make sense!
The rest of the guys can hang up their helmets. Kalle Will dominate for next 5-10 years
Kalle can even do best on the tricky street stages. Pure talent.
Done. Suninen fastest so far.Quote:
Originally Posted by meh
Next 15-20 years.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
Depends when he'll want to retire.Quote:
Originally Posted by rp
If he will not decide to go to Hyundai or something...Quote:
Originally Posted by rp
youre getting greedyQuote:
Originally Posted by rp
Teemu best Hyundai :D :D
You mean as long as he decides not to go to Hyundai ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by meh
Maybe it´s too much. Probably Kalle will want to try also some other series like Loeb & Ogier, but he can decide what to do after 10 WRC titles.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
even more greedyQuote:
Originally Posted by rp
you never know what can happen, the team can leave, he can choose wrong team, lack of motivation etc
Hold your horses guys, we still don't know if we'll get another 'Rovanperä' who will beat him when he's older. Maybe the WRC will die altogether by the end of the decade, way too early to predict anything beyond the next couple of season IMHO.
Fast Eddie WRC, put the party on, Ingram beated all WRC guys ;)
theres whole bunch of guys faster than rally1 guys
How on earth did neuville and tanak lose so much in 3 km?
Rovanpera really is impressive.
Evans has driven well today, but the lad has just been faster, Brilliant performance.
Him & Katsuta, both really stepped up their game here. As for Rovanperä, I think the competition will have a hard time against him in Sardegna to say the least.Quote:
Originally Posted by doubled1978
They drove on wet cobbles, it dried and cleaned car by car.Quote:
Originally Posted by denkimi
Skoda 1-2-3 on stage, mark it down for some trivia :)
and best WRC car is... 10th.
edit: "unmarking"
Hyndai RC2 won the stage, best WRC car 13th.
Now unmark it? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by meh
Storm at fafe https://twitter.com/fakehinkelstein/...XV-NT_6t1_0_Kw
Speaking to DirtFish, M-Sport team principal Richard Millener explained that there were advantages to the team for not sending Loeb back out on Sunday.
“There’s advantages to if you retire, you get your engine transmission link,” Millener said.
“You have the option of a new transmission link, or your free joker transmission link and engine for the season.”
https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/loeb-...ally-portugal/
Hyundai used the same reason when retiring Tänak at Monte
Interesting to see what will happen tomorrow with the rain.
Especially two points:
- what will happen in Toyota tonight? A guaranteed 1-2 with the leader of the championship in the lead. Would clearly be a big hit for Evans if team orders.
- will Katsuta be able to win the battle with Sordo, the Spaniard being back in the game thanks to the Mickey Mouse stage? Even if containing Neuville is important, it is sure that Toyota will let him push. Big opportunity to show he can be in contention for the manufacturer spot next year.
In WRC-2, Suninen and Rossel are doing the job so far. Good drive, at a lower level, for Kajto and Ingram also even if Pietarinen and Cais may limit the loss in WRC-2 Junior thanks to all the withdrawals.
In WRC-3 Junior, big mess that should benefit to Pajari to come back in the championship.
And, after his series of 18 titles,we will have Kalle Jaaskalainen to win the championships between 2040 and 2049, even better than the two Sebs :DQuote:
Originally Posted by rp
In the end Josh McErlean won the Porto street stage, with 2.7s gap to Gryazin. Robert Virves with Rally3 was faster than Kalle, the fastest Rally1.
Yesterday morning Kalle said he was using two used softs from Friday, so he should have now more fresh ones left than Elfyn? Only 8 are allocated for the whole rally.
Evans 6S, Kalle 5S+1H.
As AnttiL mentioned maybe will decide who has more new tyres.
will Ogier do tricks again today?
Have to say this stage really reminds me the stages in Australia when it rained there too.