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Munster is exposed so badly but Nasser and Sesks
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this Pumas are so nice cars, and you can see if there are drivers who know to do theire job, they can be also fast. i really hope to NOT see this Munster and Mcerlean guys anymore in this cars..
M-sport leading the rally!
Take a picture while it lasts
so happy for Sesks! Even if it doesn't stay like that, then it is a nice motivation boost for sure.
Neuville broke windshield from heavy landing, but said it didn't affect too much..
difficult to drive, but pretty cool to watch tho, something totally different
Evans lost 12.8 to Ogier on SS2
What a time by Tänak but car falling part right away when you start to push
,,bad luck Bryan'' season continues for Neuville :D
First windshield, now puncture
What Martin said to Ott and pointed to the screen?
The drivers can complain all they like. This style of rally / stages has been missing, and it's a great inclusion. So far they look pretty spectacular.
Any driver saying it shouldn't be the last event, should have done a better job over the rest of the season.
Ott on a mission.
M-Sport crew watching splits, scratching their head and questioning, is it something extra put into their morning coffee or tea...
Or Pumas working well down the order...
It’s just shows how bad Munster and Josh are. Not only Sesks but veteran Nasser also showing it
Remember this rally so far is slow speed rally. Differences smaller when not so much guts needed. And also road position matters a lot here, when Oliver is faster than Ogier and Evans at split 5...
I don’t care if he is over pushing or not but this is great to see and very good for Msport
Any chance Kalle had is almost gone, he would need to somehow climb back and hope Evans and Ogier have serious issues, basically DNF. Not surprising it's Kalle and Thierry to get punctures with Hankook, again.
Seems Tanak hasn’t setup his car for the sandy stages for stage 1 and stage 3 while the more hard based stage 2 suited him
Very well.
Same stupid mistake from Sesks that Evand made..
Turned in too early and missed the right lane..
Hopefully now stays calm
Stupid mistake indeed, how come the team didn’t notify him after seeing the others also went wrong there
Good second half from Sesks tho, took back 2sec
...but, but, he is only the fast rally specialist...this can not be true...
Sesks delivers well, but let's hope that the usual "Friday hero" (this time Thursday) is small and he can keep it up.
As Rally2 cars are delivering the same pace as Evans and Ogier, then at the moment, we can not underestimate the road position to have an actual and realistic comparison with Evans-Ogier-Rovanperä-Tänak.
Glad that M-Sport got something to celebrate, I guess the team needs this a lot.
True, but the reference point for those on cleaner road are the ones around, in Sesks case, his reference are Fourmaux, Pajari, Munster, McErlean and Al-Attiyah. Check top 3 after the first loop. With much less seat time. This is very important for M-Sport moral boost, especially seeing how they celebrated Munster's Monaco stage win.Quote:
Originally Posted by meh
But punctures will decide this rally either way.
Cleaning or not, the main thing is that Ford at least in this rally, is not that bad as McErlean and especially Munster try to show us. I think we all knew that but to get a proof is another thing.
It's not like Munster or McErlean have been fast in at any other level of rallying, so i'm not surprised they are miles off the pace in WRC. If anything the Rally1 car will amplify the lack of raw speed, not mask it.
It's sad Msport has to pick whoever pays the most instead of talented drivers.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
I think the intense criticism is a little harsh on McErlean considering he has been relatively on the pace on the 2 stages after the initial puncture, beating Al-Attiyah on both and far ahead of Munster.
Take away the puncture he would be running around 7th. Yes I understand he is not on Sesks pace but I think Martins is flying
Happy for Sesks and M-Sport, great to see the Puma back at the front.
Am I the only one that enjoyed those stages? 3 different challenges and something different. Yes a lot of cleaning in the last 2, but that’s not exclusive to Saudi.
I like watching the stages, with no times. As a competitive sporting event, I'm less fond of it...Quote:
Originally Posted by doubled1978
Stages are surprisingly exciting, Sesks is surprisingly quick and Ogier-Evans-Rovanpera right on the backfoot so still Evans has a chance to climb back to Ogier
No you're not the only, as much as I hate the fact they have a contract for 10 years, and as much as I would love to see Wales back on the calendar, I have enjoyed the first 3 passes of the stages, and each were different so chapeau to the organizers.Quote:
Originally Posted by doubled1978
Scenery is just great. If you are following Dakar and also Extreme-X in it first seasons, you already would expect this. WRC needs this type of rally, just timing is the question.
Yeah, a 10 year contract is a bit strong before the first event had even run, but what I saw was good.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eli
Don’t get me started on wales, it’s an utter shambles that it is gone from the calendar. I went out on Friday to the historic RAC rally and remembered what we are missing, actually made me wonder if WRC2027 cars actually need to be 4wd?
If the twisty/hilly SS4 Khulays was a tarmac stage, with a bit of dust on it at the start so the cleaning roughly cancelled the pollution as the stage went on, it would be one of my favourite stages of the year.
Quite a variety of tyre choices for the afternoon.
Nasser lost has lost tailgate and spoiler, but still showing quite good time
Sesks another stage win, nice
Wow the tailgate off after a hard landing !
Isn’t the first time. I think Sesks lost the spoiler at some rally this year also after the jump.
Spoiler off yes, but the whole tailgate is something else. It just shows, like with Fourmaux on the last rally, how flimsy the bodywork is on these spaceframe cars.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC