Rally Wrc Monte Carlo 2017

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Originally Posted by bowler

Monte is certainly a lottery, with so many conditions possible, and so many actions needed to allow for the changes. But it certainly is a real rally, and one unlike all of the others, which is its value.

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Many drivers have said it is lottery, but they only mean the tyre choice (and probably influenced by the closeness of Monte Carlo's Casino). It certainly is not a lottery itself. The fastest driver wins, as in any other rally/racing in the world.

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Originally Posted by Bartek

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ycptDHzb-g

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Fans reaction @13:02 is speaking itself.

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Originally Posted by stefanvv

Fans reaction @13:02 is speaking itself.

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Elfyn 'Mad Welsh' Evans..

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Originally Posted by macebig

Elfyn 'Mad Welsh' Evans..

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I don't think he is mad. But can't deny he has some speed to show coming.

My video rallye Wrc Monte Carlo 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6xyGr3IIfs

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Originally Posted by dimviii

So Evans Neuville and Breen didn't lift at all.All the others lifted and some lifted and braked. These are the videos I like,to compare passes at near limiter.
Thanks for posting Slowson.

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pleasure to share with fellas who appreciate the same.

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Originally Posted by pettersolberg29

Got back today from an incredible time in the south of France - new cars, mixed weather and surprise performances helped create a top quality week/weekend of rallying! Delighted for M-Sport and Ogier for the win, although it was perhaps one of the more fortunate ones after Neuville threw away what would have been a well-deserved and potentially quite easy win. Top performances and speed from Evans, Tanak and Breen too, as well as Mikkelsen and a fascinating debut from Toyota who performed much better than I'd expected.

SS3/6 was a beautiful stage to visit around St Disdier, and Savournon is one of the most beautiful spots to watch rallying in the world. Save for SS16 being cancelled while we had a top viewing spot on Col St Roch, it was the perfect rally for us to spectate! Not even -14 degrees and a huge amount of awful driving from spectators on the access roads ruined it!

Anyway, for those interested here are some photos from the event - certainly think the new cars are more photogenic! https://flic.kr/s/aHskMxpn4Q

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Brilliant shots Ian - great having an SLR insn't it!!

for all with facebook account, here are my MONTE pictures:

https://www.facebook.com/pg/Rallyepi...50003891755093

hope you like them ;)

better view of Juho's ditch https://youtu.be/ZReNdn8SOzw?t=1m1s

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Originally Posted by mknight

Nitpicking here and off course it's impossible to know exactly how much difference tires made, but loosing 8 mins in 6 stages by driving (and 3 mins to an R5 car) does not qualify for "top performance" in my eyes.

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Fair point, he was visibly much slower on Friday and seemed to massively struggle. However on Saturday and Sunday he looked really top notch and was among the very fastest drivers. I think Sweden might be a massive struggle based on his speed on snow on the Monte, however his speed bodes well for future tarmac events this year!