Rally Guanajuato Mexico 2013

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Originally Posted by EightGear

So, in Mexico 2012, Monte Carlo 2013 and Mexico 2013 JML and Novikov managed to crash together on the same stage.

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They've got to stop meeting like that - people will talk!!!

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Originally Posted by Mintexmemory

Almost 10 secs quicker than Citroen on the first real stage - what was that doubt about the VW engine? Sorry Sprocket Mikko lost time between the last 2 splits just not as much as Sordo

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9.	8	S. OGIER	-13.6	-22.7	-29.8	12:50.7
10.	4	M. OSTBERG	-11.4	-19.3	-25.4	12:55.7
11.	11	T. NEUVILLE				12:57.8
12.	5	E. NOVIKOV	-9.0	-10.4	+7:27.3
13.	2	M. HIRVONEN	-6.1	-14.4	-20.6	13:01.1

Looks to me like 7 seconds at first split, couple more at split 2 then steady. Not engine, Mikko admitted he had terrible start to stage with his driving.

Sensor issue for Evgeny on SS3. :(

But he's as good a mechanic as he is a driver and get the car up and running again ! :)

Looking like Polo having some more power, explaining Hirvonen not equaly fast, that he should be...?

Ogier is not completely happy with his setup, Ostberg has understeering issues. What is left for Citroen :)

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Originally Posted by Sprocket

9.	8	S. OGIER	-13.6	-22.7	-29.8	12:50.7
10.	4	M. OSTBERG	-11.4	-19.3	-25.4	12:55.7
11.	11	T. NEUVILLE				12:57.8
12.	5	E. NOVIKOV	-9.0	-10.4	+7:27.3
13.	2	M. HIRVONEN	-6.1	-14.4	-20.6	13:01.1

Looks to me like 7 seconds at first split, couple more at split 2 then steady. Not engine, Mikko admitted he had terrible start to stage with his driving.

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7.5 (bad start) / 8.3 (+0.8 lost) / 9.2 (0.9) /9.4 (0.2)
Accepted that getting going was the main problem BUT he has blown his chosen road advantage in one stage. Your hope that SO is over driving and will blow it is all Mikko can hope for. Personally I think the Polo has got something to spare ;)

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Originally Posted by Rallyper

yeah, but seriously, they can be thrown as well. I was wondering, didn´t it happen to JML a couple of times before?

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So You suggest there is some anti-Latvala terrorist fraction putting stones in front of his car every second rally in several years?

Congratulations to Ogier for winning WRC 2013 - and maybe the following years too :cool:

SS4 running ;)
If split times want to work properly :mad:

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Originally Posted by stefanvv

Citroens are quite equal in performance, the engine role :confused:

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I guess that no presence of Loeb shows that Citroën has never been some über space machine and that Fiesta has never been so much underdog like many used to suggest...