Totally agree, and btw Ogier didn't change his mind since... so he still that not good guy as he be 6 years(or so) ago.
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Neuville hurt his neck yesterday on a big compression... wonder if it'll effect him today.
Would have been nice for a RedBull advertising.
"RedBull gives you wings"
There is no reason to suspect that it's photoshoped. It's 150kph corner, the car is only some 1.5-2m meters in the air and seems to have gotten there due to the small hill on the left. It's just the background that makes it look a bit more dramatic.
Tommi got similar height there in 2002 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGvnvfWlwqc (last roll after the front hit)
Hehe, true. But Ogier, Tänak, Evans, Østberg, Neuville, Sordo, Paddon and Latvala have all been fast. And why not Breen, nothing to lose although he didn't really show speed first day. And then there is Hänninen...well he can have bursts of speed after being constantly slowest works driver, although it seems unlikely in this rally.
Would be nice if RBMH shows the 2 El Condor passes today.
Power Stage will be interesting but i'm mostly psyched about the fight between Evans and Neuville. Evans should be able to keep Neuville behind with his car fully fixed judging by the previous days but you never know. Either might lose their nerves and have a moment if they both push a lot. Evans should be more free to go hard since M-Sport look like they will have two cars on the podium anyway.
Interesting day starts now. Come on Elfyn!!!!
Narrow twisty stages have been dominated by Hyundai this year. I expect them on top of the power stage. Evans result will depend on the tires more than ever.
One split for this stages is rubbish!
We don’t know how much Ogier would cost to Citroen and I wouldn’t be surprised to know that Citroen’s budget is the lowest of all WRC teams (including MSport; I know you won’t agree Eddie…). During ’16 Matton said several times he was interested in Neuville and in same occasions the Belgium didn’t look happy on the Korean team: why didn’t Matton catch him? Probably he wasn’t able to match Hyundai numbers and, most likely, the same happened with Ogier.
We also don’t know if Mikkelsen wouldn’t crash at the wheel of the C3 if, like Meeke is, he was fighting with main rivals for victory. It may sound basic or stupid, but I see the new cars as wild horses: they need to be properly tamed in order to deliver their full potential. Who knows, maybe the C3 is the one with largest potential and the hardest to tame…either way, we shouldn't be too harsh on the rider for trying the best he knows!
Looks like Sordo did really good stage.
Sordo's pace as 1st on the road now quickest... it's raining here? Or what cause that?
Saving tyres, no cleaning, sunny, Ott going faster
why no cleaning? this is first run of stage, or it have some just specific road?
Neuville slower than Tanak, unexpected.
Come on Elfyn !!
Evans split not good for victory fighting
uuuhh fantastic time by Ott!!!
Tanak is the man.
Go Tänak!
Ott clearly on a mission
Neuville just 1.3 slower
And that TV idiots streaming this stage aswell, but not sharing with all world....
Evans +2,5 sec from Neuville
gap now 9 sec
and brake issue for Evans, Neuville is gonan take it im gonna say
Evans has done well to limit losses there with brake issues. Hopefully it's sorted for the next two. All we want is an even fight.
DMACK Tyres*@DMACK_Tyres
Brake probs for @ElfynEvans , no brake pedal for first half of the stage but amazing he only drops 2.5s to Neuville
Not a bad time for Evans considering...
9 seconds! Going to be tight! But I think Neuville is going to nick it.