Good gravel crews will help after that storm. Or do you have an argument with that too, Mirek ?
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Good gravel crews will help after that storm. Or do you have an argument with that too, Mirek ?
Well even if it melts, it's quite hard to make notes on where to cut or not when sides of the road are covered in snow.
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Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
The dude has been totally on fire the last couple of days.
It`s slush, sun, many plus degrees and as one can read, its gone already.
you are a clown...Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
you are too old to use the intrnet and have an opinion.
Suninen:
Yes, it’s snow ! Did not expect to see snow and slush on the stages of @TourdeCorseWRC but that is how it was. The overnight storm in Bastia was quite rough and the forecast promises more cold during the rally. Not that this rally would lack excitement otherwise...#WRC https://t.co/AERDQY3m73
At this level, aren’t they all good gravel crews?Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
wow i somehow missed that news, thats amazing :DQuote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
or 'snow/ ice and gravel' crew if that happens.
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https://www.facebook.com/TourdeCorse...type=3&theater
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Ole Christian Veiby
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3 days of #TourdeCorse recce done ✅ Stages are all looking good, especially the new ones. We had all kinds of weather, from snow to sunshine. The long stage (SS9/12) will probably be the most tricky and technical stage, we are talking 40 kilometers of grip change! #WRC2
https://twitter.com/OCVeiby/status/1110904885069914118
You are very good at the Tour de Corse, your car too, so it would be disappointing not to win this weekend right?
"I do not want to hide that the goal is to win. If we do not win this weekend, we can not say that we will be 100% satisfied. After, if we think of the championship, it is not mandatory to win this weekend, which would mean sweeping Argentina, and finally put me in a difficult situation on a rally that I have never won. After, if I can win, I will not deprive myself. A podium would be a good result for the championship. "
Who can beat you this weekend?
"Thierry and Ott obviously. For the others, we know that Kris can go fast on this field Jari is one of the former winners of the Tour de Corse, so why not and we know that the Yaris is fast everywhere now. At Hyundai, there are Seb and Dani again, two very very good references on asphalt. On paper, there are a lot of possibilities. "
Do you consider the C3 as the reference on the asphalt?
"It's hard to feel it in tests to be honest and behind the wheel. I was already very comfortable with the Fiesta on asphalt. Now, it's always interesting to put time in comparison with the feeling. Know whether to be at 110% with the car or not. A priori, lately, it was fast, so we have something to be confident. "
Do you have an opinion on the Hyundai, which some say is lower on the asphalt?
"Certainly if you ask the Belgians, they will always say that the car is not good here or there and company. After, they can only blame themselves, it's been six years since they are in the same team, so they just have to adjust the car as they want. "
What do you think about this 2019 course, which has been largely renewed?
"I am rather fond of new courses, it puts us all in the same conditions. Of course that adds some difficulty, because with 2 passages of notes, we are never sure that everything sticks and can go to block from the beginning of the rally. And right now, it's a bit of a tactic to get started. He has very nice special news, answer Friday if we did a good job during the two and a half days of recognition. On Friday, rather broad type and circuit overall, especially the first, a little hill climb. The second, we did it in 2015, so it is not completely new, it remains quite broad profiles and fast as the third. On Saturdays in the long run, it's likely to be a big chunk with dirty parts, old enough to say, and a lot of stones lining the roads and it's likely to be a weekend justice of the peace. On paper, there is no reason that it does not go with the C3 if we put everything together. "
Do you think you can make a big entrance gap like last year?
"It would not be to displease me but I think it will be a little different, already compared to the length of the stages. But the fact that they are new opens the door to make differences. We will see Friday even if for me the justice of the peace will be the long Saturday. "
https://www.rallye-sport.fr/ogier-lo...est-de-gagner/
*shots fired* :DQuote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
Obviously he is a bit right, that since they drive in same team for ages they should be able to adjust it. Could say the same about Meeke and C3 development though...
Neuville was quite vocal when Loeb was signed that now if he confirms what all other drivers are saying maybe finally "some people" will listen (engineers/team leadership). Now it looks more like Neuville adjusted his style to the car (during 2017-2018)
About the first part: Ogier was commenting in just about every second stage in last rallies of 2018 how Toyota is so much better.... so no real difference there.
Ogier has had little to do with the development of the C3 where it is at now. We all know how the C3 has come to be where it is at now.Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
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sources https://www.facebook.com/pg/damiensa...21&__tn__=-U-R
https://www.facebook.com/pg/BastienR...25&__tn__=-U-R
Ofcourse that is true. Neuville has adapted to the Hyundai on tarmac despite it's limitations though, so I can understand why he still moans. Seb Ogier moans all the time as well even when he sets great times (like in Mexico), but it's just because he's never satisfied and always striving for perfection. It's a good quality even though fans might hate it.Quote:
Originally Posted by wrc2017
Neuville is like that too, but for Ogier to say Thierry hasn't adapted to the Hyundai is wrong and just a little playful dig ;). It's the likes of Mikkelsen who haven't adapted to the hyundai on tarmac, but that's because he's not as good a driver as Thierry. Plus in Thierry's defence, it sounds like Hyundai have had the same issue as Citroen did for a while by not listening fully to the drivers, about certain problems with the car.
Neuville gets near enough the maximum out that i20 nowadays, the only year he didn't was 2017 - when he had to win the title but didn't due to his mistakes in Monte , Sweden etc etc
Some people were predicting how both Ogier and Lappi will massively struggle with C3..... that did not happen.
Some people were predicting how Loeb will be fastest Hyundai straight away and win first two rallies... that certainly did not happen either.
your friends that thought of that are retarded... maybe that is why they are your friends...Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
nobody predicted those stupid things you mention...
Good morning guys!
Just half an hour left till the shakedown, it will be LIVE again on facebook and WRC Plus.
Meeke-Meeke
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xqTG3Y4SEo ))))
Shakedown live https://bit.ly/2YonKkK
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D2u2t6dWoAEo7un.jpg
No big surprises there.
Loeb said the car slides everywhere.
first run done and all the Hyundai guys looked with long faces.
quick search just for picks:Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
Ogier & Lappi:
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So why has he gone to the worst car then?
(many more on Loeb cause I posted this once before)
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I checking this I also found another prediction that sadly did not happen:
Now go back to the cave on the end of my ignore list.Quote:
Originally Posted by tommeke_B
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Point of the comments is not to "hang out" people, but to emphasize that predicting how driver/car combinations perform and what is the cause of them not performing is difficult and quite likely to be wrong.
mknight....for fucks sake stop quoting me from CRYSTAL BALL THREAD because everything i wrote there was with a JOKE.
get a life man.
What was the relevance of this?Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
And most of the comments you have taken are probably from that crystal ball prediction thread where some people are making bold claims for a laugh or because they want it to happen...
If Ostberg and Breen could fight at the front on certain events after the mid season updates with the C3, Ogier was always going to be able to despite the fact he wants further obvious improvements (which is ominous). Meeke won in the C3 when the car was at it's worst and he's not the level of a driver Ogier is...
The GOAT isn't a faster or a better driver that Thierry anymore, im sure he's said that himself. He wouldn't beat Thierry across a whole season, or in most normal circumstances imo. So to expect him to come in and wipe the floor with Thierry after little testing and a Dakar behind him, was a pipe dream. The GOAT has nothing to prove and is only driving for the pleasure, and to do a job for the Hyundai team in the drivers and manufacturers championships. He's only at Hyundai because your boy Mikkelsen failed badly at that last season, and this is probably the reason you're so butthurt about things...
If Loeb gets beaten by WRC2 cars maybe...Quote:
Originally Posted by Eric
So tell me which if your predictions was a JOKE:Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
To me the parts that could be considered "jokes" are:Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
- 1.
-Nandan getting called back
- and Tanak winning title in Finland
If you mean all of the rest is a joke then your sense of humor is somewhat special.
lol...ok i dont bother anymore.
have a nice day.
and yes, i am special
he is one sad individual
No, Loeb doenst needs to get beaten by WRC2 cars. Its enough that he ends up far behind top three. Loeb is No.1 on tarmac. He showed that last year returning to Spain, winning the rally. If he struggles this weekend that shows how shitty the i20 is on tarmac for everyone except Neuville. Its as simple as that.Quote:
Originally Posted by er88
first pass re-live https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPkpga0_0XI
Meekes adventures https://twitter.com/AlbertiniCyril/s...97791563456513
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Impressions of shakedown. Tanak driving neat, Meeke very aggressive, Citroën looks stiff and hyundai struggling with understeer! #wrc #shakedown
https://twitter.com/Krisse_Sohlberg/...94361583357953
look at all this snow on the shakedown...
gravel crews are going to be very important in this rally with all the ice on the road...
he has black and white TV.. give him a break..
Third run. Meeke has been on fire
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https://www.rallit.fi/jari-matti-lat...jaanyt-kesken/
According to this article, The Castagniccia stage will have a "gravel section". The tarmac is being renewed but it's still under construction and the other lane is on gravel.