Matton went from not changing anything for 4 months.... to changing everything, preferably all the time.
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22 points between them.
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Do Powerstage points count towards the Manufacterer championship?
Great rally from the sporting perspective with many close battles and excitement all the way through. Poor Tänak to suffer from the polish syndrome 2nd year in a row.
Horrible rally from a safety perspective. Even the south european and south/north american rounds look safe and well managed in comparison. I'd be surprised to see it back on the calendar. With all the rally enthusiasm there is in Poland, you'd expect the marshals wanting to do a good job as to keep the round in the WRC but you get the sense they couldn't care less about the task that was given them.
so out of 4 only 2 now left for the title...for sure Tänak and Latvala still have chance but only if Neuville and Ogier hit troubles at least on two rallies. But it is far from over for them.
This was actually third rally in a row where Tänak was fighting for the win but funny thing for me is that in sardinia he drove like a champ with being very smart but in portugal and here again he just thinks about speed and winning the rally not title. Okay i understand his frustration with losing the rear wing yesterday and the rally going away from him second year in a row by not his fault. Okay both the mistakes in portugal and poland were very little but very costly.
Great to see Paddon on super form again and this time also lucky!!!! i can see him climbing up the leaderboard in championship in next rallies. You could see in Ogiers comments after last stage he was not satisfied at all, still a third place but a horrible rally and he definitely has to up his game big time if he wants to hold Neuville back.
Lefebvre surprised big time, fastest citroen, didnt expect that at all.
Yes so they change for PS so that rally 2 crews og before normal ones. This was the case in monte, portugal etc. So Latvala sound have started before Breen as first on the road (3 cars earlier). He didnt and in the end that might affect the champ. So I wonder why.
I think we all need to eat our words about him, he did a good job, let's hope he can keep it up when he returns in Germany or Spain is it? Citroën knows it needs those points.
Great to see Paddon finally scoring some big points after two disappointing rallies.
Ogier even though he wasn't the fastest, is playing the long game here and imho that will give him the edge at the end of the year, because in contrast to the last 4 years, when VW took away everybody with their speed, this year the leading crews (minus Citroën) are all very fast but consistency is the key for winning both this year's titles.
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The last two rallies have been pretty poor for Ogier (either his speed and/or road position) but he still leads the championship. M-Sport still also lead the Manufacturers and would've been even better were it not for Tanak's costly error here.
But I think they are still strong and can fight Neuville/Hyundai til the end. The car is reliable and Ogier must come good again before long.
Ok, the Polo was really flattering Ogier and Mikkelsen. They are not sick dogs (©NOT) but they aren't the drivers VW made them to look.In retrospect, it seems like the German car was much better than we thought it to be. Weirdly, JML who looked the worst of the 3, has adapted very well to the new conditions. The Norwegian and the Frenchman need to get their heads down, work through the summer with the Fiesta and the C3 and come back very improved, because what we have seen so far isn't really satisfying. And please don't play the Ogier leads the WDC card. If Neuville hadn't thrown away 2 wins and Tanak made crucial mistakes in TdC and Poland he would have been 3rd.
If, if, if. If Ogier didn't made costly mistake in MC..... etc.To the VW. Yes, unbeatable car, but not by miles. Ogier was also struggling last year sweeping the road 2 days, remember. This year hyundai are in same position as VW was, clearly the fastest car, but Neuville is still chasing Ogier. Long game is the way to go.
What a rally it was, sometimes very difficult to spectate, but most of the time a pure boost of adrenaline watching the 2017 WRCs on the best stages of the world. Really enjoyed this one!
Watch all the highlights of our rally in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqBt2jE3uys
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SS23 Paprotki 2 (Power Stage)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12M1JnvOu-Y
What an incredibly biased argument. Ignore WDC (which is after all what they actually fight for) and "ignore" Latvala, then use him to prove he is good, while at the same time ignoring he has been slower than Ogier on most rallies this year. But hey let's do this properly:
Monte: Neuville fastest, Ogier best of the rest by far, Latvala clearly 4th, Mikkelsen class above anything else in WRC2 (he was 2nd in shakedown in R5 ffs)
Sweden: Neuville fastest with road position advantage, Latvala fastest on Sunday, Ogier 3th, Power stage: Latvala, Ogier
Mexico: overheating issues for most, Ogier faster than Neuville, Power Stage: Neuville, Ogier
Corsica: Meek fastest before technical, Ogier and Neuville same speed with technical issues for Og,Power Stage: Latvala, Ogier; Mikkelsen again far ahead everything in WRC2
Argentina: massive roadcleaning, Neuville fastest, with Evans having tyre/road adv. , Power Stage: Neuville, Evans, Tanak
Portugal: Ogier fastest, Tanak about same but off, Power Stage: Tanak, Neuville, Mikkelsen clearly fastest in WRC2, including Sunninen
Sardinia: Massive roadcleaning, on Saturday about same speed from Neuville, Tanak, Latvala, Paddon, PS: Lappi, Sordo, Ogier...
Poland: Neuville and Tanak, fastest, Latvala and Ogier after, Power Stage: Latvala, Ogier, Mikkelsen (complete VW podium)
Overall this season Ogier has been 2nd fastest driver, Tanak closing in now though, Latvala close to Tanak again, so 2 of the top 4 are ex. VW drivers (Mikkelsen obviously drove too little with Citroen)
Using the same argument you just did about VW we can say that Hyundai is flattering to Neuville. Can use Sordo (who is about as consistent as it gets), last year he was quite a bit slower. Also Ogier has been cleaning on all gravel events except Mexico. Yes it's just one day, but while other drivers get to adjust and drive on clean roads for a day it's like a new rally for him every Saturday.
VW was clearly faster that anything else for the first 3 years (2013-2015), last year in second half of the season, not so much. Sure those 3 drivers are probably not much faster than everyone else, but they certainly are not any slower.
I also still fail to see how the fact that positions 1. and 3. in WDC are ex. VW drivers does not count in World Rally Championship , but that's just me.
If Neuville had not thrown away two wins he would have been cleaning all gravel rallies since then, and would not get as good results. If Ogier didn't get car trouble in Corsica he would prbly beat Neuville. Tanaks 4-5th possible place in Corsica would not get him ahead of Ogier even with Poland win... then again he also had car trouble in Monte and we can keep like this forever. if if if
Tanak crash with better view
https://www.ewrc-results.com/video/2...ss21-paprotki/