Stunning rally by Lappi... congrats.
What a future he has.
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Stunning rally by Lappi... congrats.
What a future he has.
seems Neuville will get the 3 points
Lappi wins
So who leads the championship now ?
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Neuville on equal points.
Lucky Breen, Suninen & Lappi werent on it in the PS.Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
26 points for Ford, only 14 for Hyundai. Citroen gets 18.
Neuville wasn't on it on this rally,but he found the courage to push at power stage.Same could do Breen Suninen and Lappi.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
So that's not lucky.
watching monitors as Juho passes stage end
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Lappi!!!
congrats to Toyota and Lappi,well deserved win,they were untouchable all days.
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One good stage result when others werent trying and gets points for it IS lucky.Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
Top speeds from the very long straight at 2:30 in:
All Hyundais: 188 km/h
Breen: 191 km/h
Hannien and Lappi: 196 ish
Only Ford I saw was Evans and the telemetry cut-off too early.
Toyota still a barn joke NOT?
:DQuote:
Originally Posted by A FONDO
Incredible by Lappi, this is something pretty special. And Neuville now equal to Ogier... This season just keeps giving.
Well Suninen has kind of excuse, he can't do anything with a broken car.Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
I'm sure I saw Hanninen crack 200Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
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others could push but didn't want to take the risk.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Lucky is not this who take risks.
yes but that's doesn't make Neuville lucky,when he was so close to destroy a car at previous stage.Quote:
Originally Posted by stefanvv
Great rally! Great battle. Happy for Suninen and Lappi future.
What a season we have on our hands...not since 2009 (and 2007 before that) we have seen someone besides a Frenchman lead the championship in the second half of the season! Unusual times for the current world champion I suppose. I can only Imagine what Lappi will be capable of once he completes a full season, same goes to Sunninen, most impressive on only his second rally....Great Job by Evans at the end there snatching that well deserved second place. Also congrats to Thierry, leading the championship now, will need to win Germany to have some breathing space from Ogier. Also hope Breen & Citroen will improve that car so we will see him go better than 5th.
cant wait for Germany...
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Bring on Germany!!Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
What a great rally! Obviously happy for Lappi, Suninen, Hänninen and Huttunen, but also sad about Latvala's technical failure, Suninen and Hänninen losing positions on the last day, but still a super great rally!
Neuville into the lead and will have a clean road on the first day of Germany.
I'm very happy.
Congrats to all top 4, pity for Latvala 2nd consecutive misfortune.
So why do you think Hyundai are not fast in Finland. Looks like their car is prepared well for any other surface but not these fast gravel with lot of big jumps. Could it be there is no fast enough driver for these during development phase? Neuville & Sordo were never fast here, probably Paddon was their best bet, but I don't know how much his input was decisive in car development. On shakedown it was clear the car doesn't handle jumps very well with nose lifting in the air. Could be they have more downforce at the back (or just more weight), which bodes well for more technical roads to get the maximum of the torque from corner exits, but the drivers must be careful with big jumps and taking them with more braking. Bigger downforce also increases the drag on the fast straights and that's another weak point, which was inclined by Neuville saying he has more confidence in the car when there was more grip at the second passes. Thoughts?
cant wait to listen Ogier about dirty roads due to cuts.https://www.petrolheads.gr/images/sm...ooth/crazy.gifQuote:
Originally Posted by BigWorm
Some ideas:Quote:
Originally Posted by stefanvv
- generally too low grip in the rear (their main issue in 2016), the car always looks very tail happy, after the Citroen dif. changes I'd say it's now the most tail happy of them all. Watch also the comparison vid vs 2017 polo in Finland.
- car reacts very fast to steering input, makes it too nervous on the very fast and long corners
- not enough aero grip (compared with Toyota and Ford)
- not enough top speed
this about less top speed is it confirmed? maybe somebody must watch also the exit speed for previous corner?
Someone is NOT amused..
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The flat out section was so long I doubt exit speed mattered.Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
Fantastic Lappi, fantastic Toyota, fantastic Rally Finland and fantastic WRC! Best season for ages and a big lesson for all the doubters: Makinen has managed to turn his small Finn team into a leading WRC team; Lappi has managed to add rock consistency to his rocket speed and he’s now a top WRC driver! Sunninen deserved to be at the podium, but he’ll get there, sooner than later. Amazing races from Huttunen and Ciamin. Lots of talented young guys showing there’s a bright future for WRC. The icing on the cake: Neuville and Ogier are tied, so we’re back to start line with only 4 events to go!
except if they were for many secs at limiter with top gear,exit speed from previous corner matters.Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
edit is it Evans best result?
What a rally! I could not follow it that closely as I was visiting another rally event but I tried at least on my phone. I have always been pretty critical about Lappi but what he achieved this weekend is kind of historical achievement. Maybe Jonkka can help with statistics who needed how many events in top tier car to achieve first victory?
And a another special achievement for me is Huttunen's victory considering his experience. Happy for Juho Jäninnen as well.
Overall it looks really good for Finnish rally future!
Great result for Lappi. He's quick! Great results for Evans and Hanninen as well. Hope the Toyota boys continue doing well moving forward. The battle between Ogier, Nueville, Sordo and Latvala in Germany will be epic. Lappi showerd good pace last year in WRC2, but he's not a tarmac guy.
He was second on Corsica 2015.Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
Actually he has always been pretty fast on asphalt. He has been just crashing way too often.Quote:
Originally Posted by racerx1979
Will be interesting to see him in action. I'll be spectating Germany as well. Will try to upload and post as much info as possible :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
yesQuote:
Originally Posted by GigiGalliNo1