Wow ... Østberg wants to quit... scared on high speed sections in case steering fails on this car :(
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Wow ... Østberg wants to quit... scared on high speed sections in case steering fails on this car :(
Wouldn't they have changed the whole power steering system last night?
He's quit the rally.
His priorities have changed since becoming a father.
Yesterday..
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DGY6cVqXsAAXo5f.jpg
Remarkable. Presumably he now won't drive the R5 in Germany with all those Hinkelsteins around.
In the Juniors, Huttunen is flying again... even faster then several R5's ! :cool:
Kajto gets safely to the end and will take the lead of the ERC. That was his priority here, not the win.
Top drive by Bouffier but a real shame to lose Lukyanuk and Ostberg who may have given him a real fight.
Great to have Bouffier back on form, well done to him.
Also good job by Griebel and Michel.
Disappointnents of the rally: Lukyanuk's crash, Ostberg in general and the lack of pace of Magalhaes and Cerny.
Some more massive crashes...
Gryazin
https://scontent.fprg1-1.fna.fbcdn.n...bd&oe=59F620D4
Botarelli
https://www.facebook.com/mateusz.cze...2460972151226/
I'm really afraid who's going to start in Barum after this carnage (nothing against the event!)
Crashes galore. Thankfully no competitors or fans badly hurt !
https://youtu.be/-Pu0MoNfbnw
Crazy amount of big offs!
That crash of Szeja into the car of Gryazin could have ended very bad. Luckily he didn't hit the crew!
Another (new for this forum) big crash from Rzeszow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMR4lLby0UI
This got to be one of the most costly rallies in a very long time. When was the last race when this amount of proper rally cars were pretty much completely destroyed?
Nice rally, difficult as always. Good competition, good but challenging weather.
Not best rally for us, but still nice memories.
A lot of big crashes, quite typical for this rally.
I think that other editions of this rally or of Barum weren't much better in terms of number of big crashes. This year's Ypres also had a lot of big crashes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Essaj
Bartek, do You know why fuel checks were done basically for everyone except Polish drivers?
http://www.rajd.rzeszow.pl/wp-conten...ficial-ERC.pdf
Lukyanuk got Colin McRae's Trophy. Strange decision.
https://www.fiaerc.com/lukyanuk-hero...at-out-trophy/
Autoklub.pl made a comparison of all ERC rounds of this year. They counted all retirements in each rally. And it's not Rally Rzeszow that is most destructive, but Acropolis.Quote:
Originally Posted by Essaj
ERC 2017 (crews at the finish/crews at the start, percentage of finished crews):
1. Acropolis 16/28, 57,17%
2. Azores 36/60, 60%
3. Rzeszow 57/92, 61,96%
4. Cyprus 46/67, 68,66%
5. Islas Canarias 89/124, 71,77%
Source:
http://rajdy.autoklub.pl/news/nie-ta...straszny,78417
Mads Ostberg fighting hard with his steering wheel after a power steering failure:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knKvG2WmRMQ
I have no idea. We were already out of the rally when they performed the fuel samples collection.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
Nivette near crash in the same place as several others: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttXg9glI554
'Retirements' are not a fair comparison... many on Acropolis were car breakdowns, not crashes like Rzeszow.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
The Eurosport ERC review tonight was good.
Nice interviews giving an insight from several of the top driver's.
Yes, it was dangerous as hell. Gryazin's co-driver only hurt his foot, but it could have ended much worse. Gryazin still isn't sure if it was his mistake, calls his driving "safety":Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
https://www.fiaerc.com/gryazin-refle...-rzeszow-exit/