The codriver Nas de tourris endures several fractured bones and a head traumatism. Even if wounds are important, there is not vital dangerQuote:
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The codriver Nas de tourris endures several fractured bones and a head traumatism. Even if wounds are important, there is not vital dangerQuote:
Originally Posted by fegh
Tom do you know where i can find a live camera at Quesnels face?lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Tom206wrc
I am sure that Quesnel cant understant how Malcolm won MC with Mikko,while something like that can t happen this year with Petter. and 207.
It is difficult t accept that when in wrc ''have them'' easy.
It's early days yet... A few things to consider; Mikko drove well but wasn't that quick and took quite a lucky win last year. This year Hanninen doesn't have to think about the title and can drive a bit harder. Petter has still been very fast even if he hasn't won a stage yet.Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
+1Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
we have also to see that after ss2 and while Juho has a gap of 35,6 sec going to ss3 make the gap 45,2.This is a good time margin to drive risky in ss4.So in ss4 he is just some tenths slower to another fabia this of Loix.He seems that he has some more if he has to use.
Also that about he is not going to participate at hole championship for Juho,this is the same for Petter...He can also attack without risking championship points.
My view is just like last year.Wrc big boys are not faster than irc drivers with s2000 cars.Works cars for Hirvonen and Solberg with a lot of testing and everything they need.
I am not considering who is going to win,as we saw last year in Monte doesn t win the faster.Just pure speed through the stages,the stages without obvious problems for both of course.
Have you seen the merged footage of Hanninen vs Solberg?
The one from the twisty part shown again on eurosport now in the evening showed Solberg gaining a bit on braking in each of 5-6 corners in a row. How much of a difference on braking does a car make how much a driver?
The second one from last part of SS4 showed Hanninen gaining tons of time due to higher topspeed of the Fabia (both on rev limiter). Solberg lost 10 seconds in about as many kms at the end of both stage 3 and 4 in a flat-out section. How much of a difference does a car and a driver make in a section with few corners on rev-limiter?
In my opinion Hanninen is a driver that compares well with the top 6 WRC drivers, Loix was driving in WRC before so we could see how he did, same is true for Sarrazin, Kopecky and Vuilloz. That kind of leaves only Bouffier as an unknown, but aren't there enough "known" drivers around him in IRC to compare against?
Btw. some people claim that most of Hirvonens last year victory on Monte was down to him using "special" Pirelli tires made for Monte while everyone else had to use normal BFGoodrich ones.
All todays ss had sections running at limiter? Don t think so.The gap is very big for a faultless drive for both.Quote:
Originally Posted by ridder
Also they used different tyres so splits can t say the truth in terms which car/driver has advantage in brakes etc.
Except that you can compare differences between Petter/Sarrazin to see that it is not the difference you see from a works driver to a second class driver(ie Solberg P vs Villagra or Sordo vs Henning we see at wrc)
photos from stages
http://www.ircseries.com/html/Galler...rlo+2011&id=31
Read half of a post, take out a conclusion which isn't there then strike back at it. Add something extra that completely ridicules the other side and end the post by something which is at least a bit true because that part mostly remains in peoples heads.
Hard to answer to a post like that, cause it would involve writing my previous one once more as you apparently didn't read much of it.
Well done I see you learn from the best over there in Greece.
Except personal insulting something about Monte?Quote:
Originally Posted by ridder
Hi guys, I have just returned from stages. I could see SS1, 3, 4. It's really bloody fast in dry but the temperature goes down a lot. On Saint Bonnet we were at four huge crashes of Boetti, Cinotto, Ihle and Gendre. All four cars are gone in my opinion. In all cases they lost control over a bump in high speed and landed deep under the road. Boetti had some health problem because after some ten minutes after his crash, from which he walked away, they called him ambulance and in the end even helicopter. I hope he's ok soon.
Go Juho Go _:-))))
Hey guys, don't forget that Juho is driving with Skoda for a third year in a row and Peter has his first driving in s2000 car on Monte. I'm very pleased by Juho's pace, he show that he can be very fast on tarmac, but Peter is faster than the others 207's after just 4 stages. I think that tomorrow he will be much more confident with the car and we can expect really fast stage times from him.
Michele Boetti before the big crash
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNp4a...layer_embedded
Pulled off a real Kresta there!Quote:
Originally Posted by RICARDO75
:( videos on IRC site will not play for me.
Was great to watch stage 1 & 2 live, due to time zone had to get some sleep and not watch the others lol
Mikkelsen Crash coverage from Eurosport
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z61qSvD1_1I
Crash day on Saint Bonnet: http://www.autosport.cz/clanek.php?cl=11626
Watched the first three stages on tv last night (via stream) with a few mates. We had our own little Monte party last night, however, didn't even get to see Atkinson at all pretty much, most annoyed. However, really loved the coverage from Eurosport and Rally Radio, including the much cooler virtual spectator! Be interesting to see how Solberg goes now he has started to get used to the car, but also the big shock for me was Delecour near the front, excellent work by the old master. Will be watching again tonight, bugger the WRC now, IRC FTW!!!
And also video from first day made by Nedbis - http://www.autosport.cz/clanek.php?cl=11629
Tight fight btw the Clio R3, DS3 R3T and Pug 207 R3T.
That promises for a exiting 2wd IRC in 2011.
Weather forecast for today?
Juho looked like he was having a lot of fun yesterday. Should be another interesting day today; let's see if Petter can get more from the 207, he looked like he was pushing pretty hard.
Petter needs a higher 6th gear ! almost 10 km/h topspeed difference is a lot, when they are maxing out for longer periods.Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
Unfortunately I do not have time to make new weather prediction, but quick look says that there should plenty of white stuff and temperature on minus side on most of today stages. Luckily the wind is not as strong as initially expected.Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
Did they change something in the rear diff, to address this issue with slow top speed ?Quote:
Originally Posted by piquet20
Where do we find videostreams today ?
mypremium.tv for the second telecast for english, however still trying to find one for the first as its not on the UK Stream :/
Is it so that the Peugeot has a different kind of gearbox than Skoda and Ford? If so, could that be the reason for the difference in top speed? Not just the difference in choosing a gearbox with high vs. low gearing? I suspect that the Peugeot with high gearing would loose a lot to the Skoda in the twisty sections we saw yesterday, where Petter was the quickest driver in both passings.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sulland
Actually I misread the times. mypremium.tv will still have both telecasts at 12:15 (Eurosport 2) and 16:00 (Eurosport 1), though the site is being a little dodgy at the moment...
Still should work once the stage is live
http://videos.eurosport.com/irc/rall...c-player.shtml
Exactly, if you put longer gears on to achieve higher top speed then you will lose some in acceleration. I believe the Skoda can run higher top speeds without sacrificing too much acceleration because it has a very torquey engine.Quote:
Originally Posted by nr7wave
live is up!
Solberg is the sole peugeot driver that went for soft tyres for todays stages...lets see.
Hello guys!