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Technically Gorban won the WRC Trophy category today. I was just think of something pretty much impossibleQuote:
Originally Posted by stefanvv
It's some VW, what a surprise!Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
So incredibly lucky! Even looks like there is a piece of Citroen lying on top of it...Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
Against who?Quote:
Originally Posted by Franky
It's 2 out of 2 for Gorban. Guy's dominatingQuote:
Originally Posted by Franky
Mother nature :DQuote:
Originally Posted by stefanvv
That's an amazing footage! If Matton doesn’t call Mikkelsen soon he’ll certainly end the season with serious heart problems!Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
Probably the best ‘Meeke moment' so far, just a bit behind 'Solberg vineyard Fiesta tour' on WRC craziest off’s list…
Anyway, huge congrats to Meeke/Nagle and Citroen. They deserve this win!
It was Gorban vs Gorban.Gorban won...
Although lucky a very deserved win for Kris. Great drive all weekend. Certainly knows how to entertain!
+ Mexican road engineering. Don't forget the engineers!Quote:
Originally Posted by Franky
Neuville is priceless https://twitter.com/RubnPerez/status/841028822099251200
Desborough just keeps rambling even when the anthems are played...
He's needs to be in the mix to replace Lefebvre!Quote:
Originally Posted by Ross99
+1 happy with the win of Meeke but the last stage shows again it will be difficult to win any title for Citoren with this driver lineup. Matton was egoist when VW drivers were on the market and refused to discuss with Latvala and Mikkelsen - he will remember to this during the yearQuote:
Originally Posted by Rally Power
They were priceless when Meeke was drifting in the car park though.Quote:
Originally Posted by eddy707
Summary:
Meeke - did very good. However he got a decent lead just from the road position alone which meant he could drive without pressure. When pressure was there (Power Stage) he almost binned it again. Also his performance is very much what he did last year on the gravel rallies where he had good start position. So not really convinced how there is any chance of WDC challenge. First time Citroen has shown pace comparable to the other cars over more stages.
Ogier - stable performace. Still doesn't look very comfy in the car. Specially on SS.
Neuville - Measured performance. Car trouble on chocolate put him behind and imo on saturday he just decided (for once) to play safe. Or he simply couldn't drive fast on saturday due to confidence issues ( seen that last year).
Tanak - okish, had nothing to fight for most of the weekend
Paddon -quite dissappointing imo, seemed slowest of the i20s whole weekend... on his best surface.
Sordo - very surprised by his performance. Sure he had nothing to loose, but beating the other two cars consistently is impressive.
Toyota - disaster, though probably not so surprising given their lack of experience in Mexico. Their post-Sweden talk about going for manufacturers champ. looks totally funny now.
Lefebvre - no pace and crash, gl in manu champ. Citroen.
Neuville´s thoughts: i would have lost at least one wheel .... :)Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
Laughing in tears?!?Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
Me too. For a few seconds I thought he made just the car undriveable. And then, seeing him driving between parked cars was un unbelievable moment.Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
Dani Sordo*@DaniSordo
Congratulations to my friend @krismeeke and @paulnagle1 for the win! Still shaking you legs fool Racing? ������
Wow, what a historical moment fo Meeke. Very, very, lucky. First he didn't roll, second didn't hit the car, and third he found the way out.
Anyway, congrads to him and Citroen team.
Well, he did it that CC Passat (last page or the one before that has a picture). Thanfully very luckily.
I agree, he was just comfortable in most stages, when came down to PS, clear overdriving the car, sliding all over the place, and it came to (almost) disaster.Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
Agreed. Not yet as 1 in 1 as with VW, but he can always take the most of every situation - the champion.Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
Safe mode for him whole rally, nothing special, solid points.Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
Same as Neuville. Friday had lost a lot, played safe, but still fast times, somewhat impressive. He will progress in the season.Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
I can't agree here. Toyota is taking the most of each rally so far, results and data. The only thing stopping them fighting in the top at the end is the weak driver line-up (except the "new" Latvala of course).Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
no car because of tanak's accident i supposeQuote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
What pacenotes he used?
Camilli did recce these stages but with a normal roadcar not suitable for "fast and rough" driving. Probably his was given to Tänak after the crash.
@NOT
The Finnish village team is getting more and more pros. Today I will grade them as semi pro, give them time.
They have just begun, and will become pros with experience, but they need to gain data and finetune the cars!
Rallying is the coolest sport in the World - end of story!
3 rallies 3 exits for Kris this year.Hope he reconsiders his thoughts for being world champion.
WRC putting their most viral moment of 2017 behind a paywall while all others around them rip and share the video for free - https://twitter.com/OfficialWRC/stat...23831766663168
Surely the opportunity to grow the sport (your brand) trumps making a few extra Euros? Obviously not.
I wouldn't be so harsh. From leg1 road position he got a 15 second advantage/lead. On leg 2 with equal road position he increased the lead by another 10 seconds. I'd agree with you about road position advantage, if the entire leg1 had been run and he would had got a 40 second lead from the gravel stages.Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
Aaaaaamen.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lundefaret
That's a nice fairytale, but did You watch the PS? It was disaster.Quote:
Originally Posted by Franky
You can see the car was the owner's baby. With plastidipped rims and decals, tinted windows, etc. the nicest car on the lot. He's partially at fault for parking so close to the road. I'm always astounded at the stupidity of spectators standing on outside of corners but apparently the organizers aren't much smarter allowing spectator presence there.Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
This is my first post so let me introduce myself. My name is Kris (Krzysztof to be exact). I'm Polish and have spent the latter half of my life living in the States. Been following rallying since the 90's with Holowczyc and his group A Toyota Celica and later Subaru Impreza followed by Janusz Kulig's ERC performance until his unfortunate death in 2004.I was aware of WRC since early 2000s. Skipped majority of the Loeb's era as I didn't find it interesting and came back to it with Kubica's appearance at the WRC stage. Love playing rally games on PC with ColinMcRae 2005 being my first and most played game back in the day. I currently have RBR installed in multiple versions and Dirt Rally. Even though it's too late for a full fledged rally career I'd love to take part in a few local rallies at some point in my life, time and money permitting ;)
After Kubica's departure I started cheering for Kris Meeke (he's been a good friend of Kubica and always spoke warmly of him, he's also been involved in the development of Dirt Rally and I hope he'll be able to make the game as close to the real thing as possible). I like the Hyundai's performance thus far as well minus the luck they've had.
Congrats to Meeke. I'm glad he won.
As for driving efforts, I presume Sordo should have won this, giving 110 of himself most of the time. May be this will be his season?!? Who knows....
There's just nothing that beats it... absolutely nothing!Quote:
Originally Posted by Lundefaret
Nagle trying to forget
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