Tänak can’t even match Neuville on gravel while starting on better staring position
Where has the speed gone this season?
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Tänak can’t even match Neuville on gravel while starting on better staring position
Where has the speed gone this season?
So far nobody has been as fast as Thierry so it must be road conditions and/or tyre choice. Normally later runners would be progressively faster.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
Wait and see. There´s quite a lot of stages to go...Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
Thierry is just mega this year. Nothing to say
Yes the conditions may have played the part here but still
And same old whining from Tänak
Katsuta being the first driver to be faster than Neuville on any split, -0,3 faster on split 6.
And 1,2 sec faster at the finish.
Weird times honestly
Part time drivers struggling with the pace right away it seems
But yes. The times are also weird
Well at least Sordo is slow as expected
It´s a tyre game then...
I would call that not lucky but that opening position from Thierry Neuville has been fought very hardQuote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
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Seems this stage quite often works the other way around then
Lucky in the sense that it isn’t bone dry and dusty like it usually isQuote:
Originally Posted by Sergiow
Already time penalties for Greensmith and Pajari. Gus had a false start (!!!) and Sami 2min late to time control.
poor performance by munster so far, beaten by rc2 cars.
Pepe Lopez rolled and is in the middle of the road. cars can still get by, but they need to remove the car quickly.
Championship success building luck! Again - all these arrows of fate are pointing to TN as WDC 2024. He deserves it!Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
Ogier is on the same tyres as Neuville but as we hear at the stop from Ogier it is mainly about confidenceQuote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
I am wondering if Pajari has fixed his damaged car from yesterday in the road section to stage two, as he had to check straight into parc fermé after the opening superspecial finish and there’s no service until the end of Friday.Quote:
Originally Posted by JRodrigues
To the Yaris he left behind in 2019.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
Yes I know, it’s a broken record but imho there’s no other explanation that at the back of his mind, he’s kicking himself and it affects him in one way or another.
Stage delayed for 14 minutes cause of Yamamoto crash on previous stage
What happened thereQuote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
Ooouuschhh! End of rally for him.Quote:
Originally Posted by eib1
More like it from Tanak !
Great middle part of the stage from Tänak but the end is bad. Lost to 1.3 to Evans and even 0.2 to Neuville
Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
I dont know what it is but i have noticed this trend from him since last year, great start and middle but looses alot again at the end.
Agressive driving and cooks his tires maybe idk?
At least the part-time drivers aren't making big gains with their road position.
And kalle took 1.5 seconds back
Very very bad ending from Tänak
He is one of the best with the tires. Remember chile last year?Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyest
It’s something else. I have noticed it also previous years with Hyundai. Don’t remember it much from last year with ford
Neuville will loose a lot in the next 2 stages
One of the best besides ogier, rovanpera and neuville.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
At least for now he and Evans couldn't complain because theu lost only a pair of seconds. I feared it could have been more.Quote:
Originally Posted by CeskyOndra
lol Rovanperä? Don’t remember by heart which rallies exactly but remember many times when has even said himself he has to learn how to preserve the tires more.Quote:
Originally Posted by denkimi
I would say he is the next after Ogier. Last years Sweden and whole rally Chile are great examples of Tänaks tire preserving
Amazing ending from Sordo!
There are two more stages to go before repeat and temperatures are rising all the time. I fear that both will lose more.Quote:
Originally Posted by JAM
Is the next stage also delayed? (Since this one was delayed).
Yes, delays usually compound unless there is regroup between stages.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eli
What are they going to do with wrc2 times for ss2?
I hope Fourmaux didn’t cook his tires now…
Loubet fastest wrc2 through ss2, Meeke 2.5 back but 6secs faster than Suninen