another crazy day tommorow... the ford team could easily climb a lot of places and be on top 6 by the end of the rally.
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another crazy day tommorow... the ford team could easily climb a lot of places and be on top 6 by the end of the rally.
If Petter has no more issues or idiotic mistakes then he'll finish 4th at worst. he's only 4:30 behind Sandell and I'd expect him to make that up easily, especially with his road position. And I would be very surprised if both Mads and Evgeny get to the end of the rally without a problem! A podium is still very possible.Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
the thing is that conditions are the same for everyone so i see no reason why Latvala or solberg will not be caught again.... we will see...overall the rally is interesting but for the wrong reasons...
Currently many rainclouds are queueing up to go to the stages, so, the night might be very wet againQuote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
Tomorrow is a tricky thing. Maps are a bit biased here. One one hand it looks like tomorrow will be much better weather. Somehow I think it is not fully correct. I expect first stage to be better, second stage little bit more rain and third the worst.
Afternoon might be better weather, only the third stage looks bit worse again. So, I expect drivers to use their softs for morning loop and maybe hards for afternoon. (because of the rain overnight).
Sunday morning looks dry, but afternoon looks like today. So, I expect the last soft tires to be used there. But the weather changes his mind like a lady, so this (Sunday) is not very reliable yet.
I had two differing opinions after reading this:Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
1) Good on him for wanting to challenge himself even though he's now got the most to lose. If I was in his boots I'd be delighted they were cancelled and my lead still safely intact!
2) Complete ignorance and naivety towards the other cars - yes he could probably cope in these conditions, but the R2s and locals etc were massively struggling and going as far as getting stuck in water crossings. For these guys the stages just had to be cancelled in my opinion.
they did not cancel them for the crews they cancelled them because if something happened the emergency vehicles would no reach the area in appropriate time...
was a perfect decision... this was not rallying this was stupidity and tomorrow it will be the same.
I know that was the reason for the cancellation, but even without that reason, the stages were becoming literally impassable for some of the lower cars. In my view, and I may be alone here, for some cars to literally be unable to complete a stage due to high water crossings etc is absurd and the stage shouldn't count for that class. Obviously the struggles for the emergency crews mean there is an easy reason to cancel stages.Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
Day 1 - Part 1: WRC 2012 Portugal Day 1 - Part 1/2 - YouTube
Day 1 - Part 2: WRC 2012 Portugal Day 1 - Part 2/2 - YouTube
Don't forget that SS11 will be live here: http://www.tvdez.com/rtp
I think we know what you are trying to say here, we'll never know, as he did not try it. In the video it looks too steep for sure, you would think he would try to parallel the road first and if it didn't seem like he'd make it then straight line down.Quote:
Originally Posted by mousti
When it's like that they try not to stop the car, keep it moving, so to do that he tries going straight down. What bad luck, he goes off, runs over a pretty big rock, then runs through a ditch hitting a MUCH larger rock.
I can also understand Mousti's point. It's clear that Tanak attempted to regain the road without losing momentum (and time) and unless you're in the seat you don't know what he saw. With the benefit of video, and hindsight, there was possibly an opportunity to stop soon after leaving the road and back up ... I don't know so much about 'turning'.
One thing a bit of age & experience teaches you is that once you've left the road you've already lost time. Take a few moments to get a breath, survey the scene and make the best decision. Of course if he had have regained the raod it would have been a brilliant manouevre.
It's easy from an arm chair isn't it?
My photos from yesterday:
SuperMotores | Rally, Fórmula 1, WRC
Va fan! You just don't know, dooooood... Here's the solution on the works cars:Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
http://ww2.justanswer.com/uploads/dr...6_160655_1.gif
And everything is all better. eller...?
Couldn't agree more. If i understand you correctly, you are saying that the framus intersects with the ramistan approximately at the pater noster. Right?Quote:
Originally Posted by janvanvurpa
Great true rallying in Portugal. Real drivers manage these conditions. Rally is again RALLY.
Ketooma used Michelin's for shakedown and qualification.Quote:
Originally Posted by COD
I'm not sure about the whole race.
Someone mentioned earlier that because of the regulations you must use the same brand of tire through the entire rally. I think dmacks plan to compared their tire to Michelin on this rally will backfire as this isn't a usual condition so the data they will collect wont be overly relevant to the surface where dmack needs the most improvement.Quote:
Originally Posted by aykutbilir
Here is the link about Ketooma DMACK and Michelin :)
Ketomaa na Michelinach - Rallyonline.pl - rajdy samochodowe!
the photos i ve see.are all without the brand at the side of tyre.So probably Michelins.Quote:
Originally Posted by aykutbilir
There has been some absolutely magic photos so far on this event. Thanks to everyone who posts them. Supurb effort by all concerned
hmmm.....if Petter can manage to keep on the road, he still can score good points and maybe will be Fords No.1 in Argentina.....can´t wait for todays first stage times!
before 1 hour from service park.Photo from twitter of Gerard Quinn
https://twitpic.com/show/large/93l72m
Now we know why he is so damn slow, he drives this on the special stages :laugh:
http://www.rally-mania.cz/fotogaleri...948de7953e.jpg
That's one of the most beautiful rally pics I've ever seen. :up:Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
Today's stages seem to be in better shape than the ones yesterday :confused:
But it seems to still raining though :mad:
SS11 is live. :cool:
Neuville on the way on SS11 ;)
Few mud in this stage the portuguese radio said.
Perfect roads.
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Yeah...the first on the road isn't advantaged anymore now :p :
Live TV SS11 http://bit.ly/HBoyWZ ;)
Sordo can be again very fast today
Sordo still faster than Latvala and Solberg though :)
Where's Tänak :confused:
Edit: he's here but...was he late out of service :confused:
So is this an EXCITING rally guys?
link dosent work properley.