I mean it in the terms of TV coverage and results excitement ... In WRC just just know who is going to win , however things could get very interesting in the WRC this year ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Juha_Koo
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I mean it in the terms of TV coverage and results excitement ... In WRC just just know who is going to win , however things could get very interesting in the WRC this year ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Juha_Koo
Imagine Loeb, Sordo, Ogier, Solbergs, Mikko, JML, Hanninen, Mikkelsen, Loix, Wilks, Meeke, Kopecky, Ostberg and specialists like Andreucci and Pech all competing in the same machinery....Quote:
Originally Posted by urabus-denoS2000
Sorry - just a little daydream!
Yes, it is! Piquet is a genius!Quote:
Originally Posted by GigiGalliNo1
- long brake since last rally + lots of people trying to prove something on first SSQuote:
Originally Posted by FabiaFan
The mistake wasn't that huge, Kopecky on intermedias + 2 slicks, Hanninen on intermedias + 2 winter tires, Loix 4 winter + 2 studs?, dunno what Vuilloz had but this seems like trying to spread the risk. Hanninen's choice to change winter tires already on the car for Solberg's choice is his own fault.Quote:
How can such a professional team like Skoda be so mistaken?!?
He'll do anything and everything to get even a single extra point, remember Poland 2 years ago? Shame is a word he doesn't know.Quote:
Does Quesnel believe those small points will really help Wilks? Was the shame worth it?
- new car(latest 207)/ almost no testing.Quote:
Why there was such a difference in Baso´s performance day 1/day 3?
- stage characters, day 3 afternoon was like italian tarmac (hairpins)
- nothing to loose on friday and everything to proove
- old car, long time since he drove last time, technical issues and tony is not so fast as beforeQuote:
Why was the performance of Gardemeister so poor for the whole rally?
He was better than Solberg on Monte (Solbergs worst rally all the time) in a Fabia vs Peugeot with Solberg never driving it on dry tarmac or snow before. Not sure if that's a big achievement.Quote:
Can we conclude that Hanninen is already better than (or at least even with) P.Solberg?
His statistics on monte are appalling, nothing to ruin there. On the other hand can't see mr.Q giving away points to Kopecky(who will run whole IRC) and Vuilloz for free.Quote:
Solberg - did he retire because of the alternator or not to spoil his "biography", his statistics?? Why was he so "empty"??
Solberg was "empty" only on friday afternoon (even friday morning he was fast), think it was mostly lack of testing and motivation. Seemed to struggle a lot in the hairpins on the onboards.
Without tire lottery (so results up to ss6) Mikkelsen would probably be somewhere between Solberg and Hanninen. H. Solberg around 4th-5th place.Quote:
What would be the outcome of this rally if H.Solberg and Mikkelsen finished?
He is the clear favorite.Quote:
Will Mikkelsen win the IRC?
Well, the mountains weather is really hard to predict :-) Next time I will ask Delecour.-P
Just looking the stats.
There were
15 207 S2000 cars at the start. 8 of them retired
7 Fabia S2000 cars at the start. only one retired (crash)
2 Protons, 2 retired
2 Fords 1 retired (crash).
Looks like Skoda was the most reliable car. There were almost no problems with the Skoda.
What was the reason for Ogier to retire in 2010? The same?
What can we expect from the season?
There is only one Peugeot confirmed (Wilks) and probability of one more (Bouffier).Magalhaes didnt had TMN logo anymore, so, his season seems to be not very secure.
There are many good Skodas (Loix, Mikkelsen, Kopecky) for the long season and many others who are doing some rounds (Hänninen, maybe Kruuda, etc.) Looks more like Skoda season ahead again.
That forced time penalty on Sarrazin really makes you dislike Quesnel even more.
Live coverage is amazing, especially for an unpredictable rally like Monte Carlo. I did got the impression that the commentators were playing a game of who can say the most in one minute. I mean, they were rambling on and on. They did however know what they were talking about, as opposed to my native commentators, who on there part were a bit more quiet at least. Those interviews in between were ridiculous, I wouldn't call that journalism. I think I've seen Marc van Dalen more than any other person this rally!
But overall very enjoyable, again.
I feel the same! So stupid, so disbalanced from Eurosport. Was there only Kronos?!? What about Hrabanek and others???Quote:
Originally Posted by Josti
Hrabanek doesn't normally speak, it is usually Pavel Hortek who is the public face.Quote:
Originally Posted by FabiaFan
I think that's optimistic on both counts. Andreas is a good driver for sure but he had never done Monte before. Henning I think would have been more likely to be fighting with Gardemeister. It's a shame he crashed so early as we never got to find out.Quote:
Originally Posted by ridder
So where was he? Bad job of him or Eurosport??Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
noooo...friend of mine was there...Quote:
Originally Posted by FabiaFan
So tell him!Quote:
Originally Posted by piquet20
The last real rally that Delecour competed was long time ago, but he won the Driver Rally Show in Italy in December 2010 in a 206 WRC.Quote:
Originally Posted by mm1
Neuville (7), Böuffier (10) and Wilks (10+) are confirmed to defend Peugeot's honor in the championship. Magelhaes indeed in doubt, depending on his result rally by rallyQuote:
Originally Posted by bluuford
Skoda has the best equipes: Mikkelsen, Loix, Kopecky. Plus Hanninen on some occasions.
Too bad Ford equipes are letting down, only Al Attiyah brings some serieus Ford interest in IRC, he has 4 rallies in his mind.
I think that was mentioned during the coverage - the lack of Ford Fiesta challenging. Could it be that M-Sport would prefer to support people doing S-WRC and not a rival series? Similarly, there aren't many 207's in the S-WRC....Quote:
Originally Posted by alleskids
https://torrentzone.net/ great place to get motorsports of all kinds.
Is Bryan Bouffier's first name pronuonced like English Brian or kind of "Brie-Ann" - to get things right.
I'm very happy to see Bouffier winning this though he wasn't outright fastest of the lot. Still he was very much picking up the pace before those two snowy stages. Didn't realize he hadn't score an IRC point before.
Of course I would've hoped victory for Juho, but most importantly he showed that his development in tarmac pace hadn't gone to worse over the off season.
It's "Brie-ann" I believe . And he has one 3rd place on Barum with Peugeot Polska in 2008 if I'm not mistaken , so not his first IRC pointsQuote:
Originally Posted by Hartusvuori
It's true he had points in 2008. So this Autosport's article states wrong.Quote:
Originally Posted by urabus-denoS2000
Mads Ostberg was on the verge of a Peugeot Norway supportive project, he even got advise from Loeb during test. So PSA did want to be present in the S-WRC.Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyRAC
I think the S-WRC drivers did not pick a Peugeot 207, because it was not competative enough in 2010, compared to the Skoda Fabia and the Ford Fiesta. PSA has no problems with a S2000 car cross reference both championships. But Ford/M-Sport does not want to give too much publicity to the "them", the "other championship".
Hennings crash
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xgo...-17-45-31_auto
Nice livery on the Fiesta :) . cold tyres for Henning?
More likely, too hot.....as in he came into the corner 'too hot' ;-)Quote:
Originally Posted by alleskids
IIRC, it was on SS1 and the forestry section didn't start until well into the stage so his tyres should have been suitably warm, by then.
A possible cause is that the shade at the corner meant that some of the morning frost left on the road made it a little slippery and Henning didn't have that in his pace notes.
Finally back home. What a rally again! It was great even on dry tarmac. Turini this year was again one great party with excellent atmosphere :D
For sure I wanted Juho to win but finally I'm happy that it's Bouffier. He was one of the most underrated drivers in the world.
I drove through SS1 till Saint Jullien du Gua (after Henning 's crash) approximately 1,5 hour before start and there was no sign of frost anywhere. It was completely dry ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Rally Hokkaido
Gravel crew for some competitor or spectator only?
What a pitty! As for me, I missed him most of all SS-SS2 retired crews :-/ So curious about his (and his car's)potential pace and placing...Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
I believe clear failure of the crew - came too fast, look at the wild braking there.
No gravel crew but wwbroe was in that role ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Barreis
For what crew?
For Freddy ;)
other news from Monte Mirek?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
I can see we were on several same places like Saint Jullien du Gua or Col de Turini :)
Nothing really special. I was only sad that Mr. Qusnel decided to spoil even a centenary edition of this magic event by playing tactics. But it happened. It's especially sad for Sarrazin who was clearly faster than Wilks.Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
When speaking about those two. In SS3/4 on the crashing bump I noticed that Sarrazin had much softer car while Wilks had it very stiff and low. He was the only one from top crews who hit the bump by sumpguard.
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Originally Posted by Mirek
+10;) :s mokin: :cool:
Must be driver/codriver with experience.. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
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Originally Posted by Mirek
Because you really believe SKODA wouldn"t have done the same in identical situation ???? :rolleyes: