ADAC Rallye Deutschland 2013

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Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC

Thierry Neuville interview:

“It was a difficult afternoon. Where we had the problem on SS12, I was already 20km/h slower than usual but I think we should have probably been another 20km/h slower than that! We were very lucky because it could have been easy to lose the whole rally there.

“Jari-Matti [Latvala] had brought a lot of mud onto the road which sent me sliding wide. We hit a log pile which damaged the exhaust and left us slightly down-on-power for the remainder of the loop. But I think we managed the situation well and we achieved the maximum in the circumstances.

“We are definitely going to push tomorrow and we will attack from the start. But we won’t take any unnecessary risks – especially if the weather is as tricky as it was this afternoon. We need to be clever and keep all four wheels on the road. It will not be an easy day, but we are ready to fight and give it our all.”

Good luck Thierry, I think we all hope you beat Sordo... ;)

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Good luck Dany you deserve it

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Start list to last leg - ADAC Rallye Deutschland 2013 - Start order - leg 4 - Rally-Base

Sordo or Nuville to win tomorrow?

excellent video with well choosen spots
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...L8-pJiR4#t=209

A brief review from today...

First of all my condolences to friends and families of the victims...

We started the day with a fast place on SS Stein & Wein (see photo of Neuville), had quite a good overview, seeing 3 proper corners. It was clear that Latvala had an advantage by being first on the road, he did a huge cut in the corner, and threw a lot of dust on the road. Nobody managed to get the same speed as he had in that corner. Hayden Paddon was very fast but had some moment only 2 corners after us, we could see him going in sideways and heard a lot of noise from the tyres, but he kept it on the road. The second place was Panzerplatte (see photo of Riedemann), it was a combination of some corners. Fast right corner with cut into long fast left corner (photo) that ended with a little jump (for the fastest drivers) before going into another left corner with a cut. Very nice place to watch, especially DS3's were impressive (as on all places in fact). Then we went off to Stein & Wein 2, we were in some long medium right corner with a big cut. With the heavy rain it resulted in a lot of mud (see Paddon's photo). Latvala was struggling, Anttila holding the door... Sordo very fast there, he looked really confident in the slippery conditions. Some 100m after the corner there was some bump. It was interesting to see that both VW and DS3 were much more stabile than the Fiesta's there, Fiesta's were kicked in the air much more (especially Ostberg, but that was due to his driving line as well). There we left for Panzerplatte but had to change plans after we heard the unfortunate news...

Something else, we've seen the gravel crew of Andreas Mikkelsen on the road section (which was already strange), and heard a rumor that they were working for Tidemand as Mikkelsen did not start. Gravel crews are strictly forbidden for JWRC... Anyone heard more about it?

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Tomorrow the last day. Let's hope for a great fight between Sordo and Neuville. Of course Thierry is my favourite... :)

Hope all goes better tomorrow, my thoughts and prayers are with the families of the victims.

Good luck to Dani, after all of those podiums it is time for him to win a rally already!!! :D

A sad day indeed. Thought and best wishes to family and friends.

I know, to finish first you have to finish but crazy attrition rate today and Dani backs himself into P1. If Thierry beats him tomorrow Matton may well take a dim view. Perhaps France (perhaps not quite because of you know who....) and Spain will offer another chance but is he just buying time? Whatever happens, there's be one or possibly 2 new faces at Citroen Racing next season. I suspect 2 new faces......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=WrwcpR8HxBIbetter view at Neuvilles exit

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https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=590793550963461 Kościuszko "crash"

Good luck to Dani, I know a lot of people are hoping for Thierry to get his first win, but I can't help but feel for Dani - he has been waiting so much longer! Plus I feel he has driven a very smart rally, driven at his own pace and built up speed as needed, but kept out of pushing to the max and getting embroiled in the fight too soon.

Also very interesting to note that he was only person who seemed to enjoy the slippery conditions according to the end of stage comments? What is the forecast for tomorrow?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L87kB7LtA54

^^ There's are really big moment at 2:45 in the above video, could have seen a couple spectators injured.

Hope for a good fight today, I must say I am a Neuville supporter today :)

Yeah, little dangerous footage

How are the weather conditions today?

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Originally Posted by Fiat-131-Abarth

How are the weather conditions today?

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There was no rain overnight on the stage. temperature is not very high (currently between +14..+15, later a few degrees more), clody, foggy, nearly no wind. No rain for today stages, most probably.

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Originally Posted by Fiat-131-Abarth

How are the weather conditions today?

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Malcolm Wilson just said on WRClive that there could be a chance of rain later today. TN on hard tyres for this first stage today

Interesting information from WRR:
Split strategy for Sordo (4x Hards and 2x Softs) and Neuville (5x Hards). Rain predicted around noon.
So rain might decide the battle! With rain, I'm afraid Sordo will win it. But I want Neuville to take his first win :D Go Go Thierry and Nicolas!

Edit: Now they say Sordo is on 5x Hards anyway!

Any chance for a livestream of the powerstage? :) As there was a german channel that broadcasted the finnish Powerstage, I hope there will be!

Good morning at all.
Exciting time this morning and that the best wins.
Fight you, kill you but stay alive...!

Neuville up by 0.8 by the first split :D

Remember that Sordo will be more experienced in wet conditions.

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Originally Posted by Langdale Forest

Remember that Sordo will be more experienced in wet conditions.

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I doubt that :)

Edit: Sordo answers!

Sordo responds - diff now -0.3 ... really exciting :)

It's gonna be close

Classic IRC finish! I'm dying :-)

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Sordo is pulling away

Neuville now -1.3 behind Sordo on split 4

Latvala???

Will be interesting to see if Ogier breaks the times of Sordo and Neuville, who will be really in full attack mode on the last SS. Now he's taking it easy I guess.

Will there be a livestream somewhere of the powerstage?

My nails are gone.

If Sordo win this rally, will be a nice performance of Citroen in the Volkswagen garden.. :)

That will be not easy now for Neuville with 3 sec. There is no service between the two runs I'm right?
It's just shame that one of them will be dissapointed at the end - both deserve a victory (a quicker a bit more)

And Sordo take it! Goood! :)

Look at Kubica's first split.

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Originally Posted by Fiat-131-Abarth

Look at Kubica's first split.

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Ehhh- that's a big push, same than Hirvonen and Östberg etc

VW is getting nice lesson in Germany. Citroen is doing great job.

Robert said they backed off in the second part of the stage, pretty impressive time though.

Actually, not. They are way faster than Citroen and Ford, just made mistakes, that happens. Unfortunately things will be boring again in France if you look at the times of Ogier here.

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