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Following #RallydePortugal, @EsapekkaLappi has been handed a 10-second penalty for hitting and displacing one of three dividing bales at roundabout 3 on SS9 in Porto on Friday evening.
It drops him to 5th overall, but doesn't take away his great finish today!
I think the stewards have really set a messy precedent now with these two super special bale penalties. I mean these are insults to rallying in the first place, let alone when you start penalising drivers for moving them. And then to penalise the drivers one and two days after the incidents respectively - the second clearly due to an enquiry from Hyundai. Embarrassing really.
I guess it's all sort of fallout from the Ogier issue in Mexico but it shouldn't be these mickey mouse elements creating talking points.
SS19 Montim 2 - 10:35 first car
Regroup in - 10:55
regroup out - 11:55
as we see first on a road for PS was Leferbve with start time 12:18 his regroup out time should be 11:55 and regroup in time - 11:28. So minimum regroup time was 28min
If Ogier was late to check in for SS19 (stage before regroup) for 28 min for example, he should start at 11:27 so new time to arrive to regroup is 11:47.
It's such a long regroup here (1 hrs) and he still was early than first car out regroup, but on rallys where regroup before PS was shorter - it could be a solution for another cheat from Ogier
11(!!!) different stage winners
#Neuville 6
Latvala 3
Evans 2
Ogier 2
Lappi 2
Meeke 2
Paddon 1
Tanak 1
Suninen 1
Breen 1
#Sordo 1
only Mikkelsen and Ostberg didnt won stages
Just don't see why you would just point this out. Hyundai (Sordo) was clearly targeted by M-sport before that ... and M-sport was by Hyundai in Mexico.. which was a response to Ogier asking before PS after seeing Neuville... and we can go on like this forever.
I actually agree that you need penalties for this, but they need to be very clearly defined. what is a penalty and what is not. Mirek mentioned some rulebook from CZ with 5s and 10s penalties for clearly specified things.
Well fine, be equal and give penalties to everyone, but give them straightaway. I think both Sordo and Lappi would have driven differently yesterday, had they had 10 seconds to get back.
But another puncture on SS14 then proved costly: the wheel locked, resulting in a broken transmission on Amarante, the longest stage of the rally (37.60km).
http://media.citroenracing.com/en/c3...gravel-licence
"I used to share a team with Sebastien Loeb. He was that kind of guy as well. He was able to go for points and we did it this weekend."
https://www.fia.com/news/wrc-neuvill...ke-win-weekend
donuts with reverse speed
https://twitter.com/fernischumi/stat...82451729502208
Final assistance: Decision of Ford M-Sport to withdraw Sébastien Ogier's Fiesta Wrc: car parts changes for the next events (sealed and sealed parts: Article 64.2 FIA).
https://twitter.com/planetemarcus/st...90602990153729
watch Meekes tyre explosion at high speed part,as Suninens hot moment at same point.
https://youtu.be/w6OKb7pNHew
watch at 0,55 how unstable is Meekes c3 compared to various cars at same point
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqoGcYD8joQ
Great videos so far from portugal... very nice and of course not a single professional photo guy or camera crew on these spots...
ok after seeing the videos i must say that this sport is far too dangerous and too beautiful to be legal... please ban it because someone might get killed.
Neuville's car still in scrutineering?
A bit more from Dave & Jase after their roll
https://www.facebook.com/DaveHolderR...8158295211066/
3 fantastic days of Rally de Portugal, with even more spectators than in previous years; we’re not far from having RdP as a national public holiday!
Despite Tanak early retirement and Friday afternoon havoc, the rally was quite enjoyable to watch as it allowed drivers like Evans, Suninen, Lappi and Sordo to be at their best. Paddon and Meeke were flying till crashing and Breen was great to watch, although his SS times hardly reveal it (road opener on day 2 and 3).
In WRC2 Tidemand and the Fabia looked always fast (that guy really deserves a WRC seat) but the C3 seems competitive, especially considering Lefebvre lower skills on gravel. Pieniazek pace was a nice surprise; Greensmith confirmed his speed but Nordgen, Loubet or Huttunen somehow failed to impress. Junior top guys did their best, particularly the 2 Swedes and the Estonian, beating several R5 crews but R2 Fiesta’s always look (and sound) less spectacular than the 208’s.
Eventually it’s great to have a new leader on the series and hopefully Tanak will soon be able to catch Neuville and Ogier at the top. Fingers crossed!
PS: forgot to mention Neuville; amazing show from him; mega fast and hyper consistent. Well done!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aMvvDljOWg
call the FIA someone... file a report.
first they increase the power of the cars... then that hooligan tanak goes sideways on one corner on the road section and now this ???
Someone stop this madness before the sport becomes popular again....
All that joy beating Evans? Wow, can't imagine what would be beating Ogier....
For 5 stages, yes
Huttunen was disappointing. I'm still thinking it was a mistake to go to Hyundai because the car is so unreliable and uncompetitive, but at least he gets valuable kms and experience of the rallies.
Nordgren showed nice speed when his tyres kept intact, considering this was his eighth 4WD rally ever. For example third on SS3, SS12, SS15, SS16 and second on SS4, SS10 and SS20.
Fantastic event from Greensmith, just unlucky.
Although, there's just no comparison to Tidemand. An incredible comeback after being set back by two minutes of punctures.
why not then 2017 WRC but with restricted suspension travel?
The Clerk of the courses of Rally Finland have also expressed their concern for the speed of the current cars and said it would be awesome to have the current engines and safety equipment with less suspension travel and aeros and without center diffs, resulting in lower cornering speed and more sideways driving.
Also combined with tyres with less grip maybe?
It´s also my concern over the speed, however rallying never was a harmless sport. Not even in the 60´s having 80-90 hp.
But thinking of the consequences of a fatal accident among one of the cars in the top, for example in Finland, make me shiver.