2008 Rallye Deutschland - official thread

That's not a pleasant video to watch, that is a hell of an impact :( Hope Gigi gets better soon but his year is over :(

Huge hit for Gigi. It just shows that in places this rally really can bite. It reminded me somewhat of Schwarz's crash in 03 into the trees on a similar right hander, but Gigi was airbourne in this one.

It looked like a stone had been dug up due to cutting to the corner throughout the previous run. It didn't look to me like Gigi was cutting excessively it was just an unfortunate accident.

I'm sure Gigi will be fine to get back in the car again eventually, he just maybe wont be able to apply as much force to the brake pedal - which could be an advantage!

wow, really sorry for Gigi. Lets all hope for a fast recovery.
It was a huge impact, I think its testimate to the improved safety of the cars nowadays. In the past I think it could have turned out much worse...

Huge crash indeed....thank god that tree gave way....

Weather update:
My model was right today:-) There was no rain.
For tomorrow, there is very, very tiny chance of rain between 14:00 and 17:00 but the possibility is as small as the possibility that Loeb gets 1:30 min penalty because he slept in and could not reach to car in the right time :-) For Sunday, it looks that there wont be any rain before the end of rally :-) It looks like it could be rally Germany without any rain:-)
PS! There is no chance for overnight rain as well

Damn shame for Gigi, we'll miss him for the rest of the season, but great that he didn't got killed! i whish him promptly recovery, and hope that when he's ok to get on the car, he actually has one to get on.

I hope Gigi will recover and return to the stages as soon as possible.

Assume "Monster" hasn't been sighted this weekend as looks like he's going to be leaving in the next few days:
http://rallybuzz.stagetimes.com/adac...-1-loeb-leads/

:eek:

I hope he recovers soon.

And once again, Subaru have failed to design a competitive car.