Circuit of Ireland 2016

As Breen said, he grew up on these roads, but still a mega time.

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Originally Posted by Mirek

Starting first on an asphalt rally is an advantage nearly every time. Anyway it's pity he's out because it would be interesting to see if his tyre management works through the whole rally (he used more tyres on FP/QS than others).

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Exactly, it's a shame. Will he continue tomorrow?

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Originally Posted by Mirek

Simpson crashed.

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Thats awful news.. he's played his Joker here for the BRC. He must have really fancied doing well in Ireland..

Real shame for the event to lose BRC and ITC leaders Evans & Cronin so early... makes it a WRC-ERC battle for the win already.

Great clip of Breen 'on it' !

https://twitter.com/RallyingUK/statu...27822134542336

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Originally Posted by RS

As Breen said, he grew up on these roads, but still a mega time.

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Breen grew up about 250 miles from SS3, he may have grew up with a familiarity with this type of road but I really don't think he would have any great knowledge or familiarity with this individual stage, he would have needed to make notes and drive to them like the rest of the field. His performance over the stage was stunning, and was not because he was driving down his local stage.

This 'live coverage' is all very well but it must be the only sport in the world where this only means "people live talking about an event and interviewing those that have just finished doing it", rather than any actual action... :(

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Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC

Real shame for the event to lose BRC and ITC leaders Evans & Cronin so early... makes it a WRC-ERC battle for the win already.

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Yes, and considering Breen's 6th time in this event the end result is easy to predict :(

Rain for the afternoon...

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CfhmPQVW8AExLri.jpg:large

Gryazin 6,3 slower from Griebel overall. Lets see this nice fight. Tannert and Ingram close too.