[WRC] Rally Portugal 2023

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Originally Posted by Norm75

What a wonderful comment.

Some people need to remember why he is doing this. They could also do with watching the tribute auto sport did for Craig on YouTube, with Kris.
He did mention every time a driver goes out he risks his life, for the enjoyment of fans, and they should try and remember this instead of taking to social media and posting negative comments about drivers competing in the sport.

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Wonderful comment indeed.

What I meant was that driver like Meeke(experience wise) doesn't need some extra recce(only) experience. If he is doing recce, then he is competing. (Ewrc had the information, wrc had article about it and there was an empty slot with the same team he just drove for.., only start list correction came a bit later)

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Originally Posted by TypeR

Wonderful comment indeed.

What I meant was that driver like Meeke(experience wise) doesn't need some extra recce(only) experience. If he is doing recce, then he is competing. (Ewrc had the information, wrc had article about it and there was an empty slot with the same team he just drove for.., only start list correction came a bit later)

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You’d be surprised at the number of times people do the recce, sometimes to get notes ready for a future attempt, sometimes to help teams (setup, tyres etc) or younger drivers and/or co-drivers.
Or even just for a bit of fun without the expense of competing.

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Driver interviews:

https://youtu.be/nata-LCdcno

Only 24 hrs left for making your Pickems, guys!
Closing tomorrow at 10.00 CEST.

Shakedown kicks off right now!!

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Originally Posted by J4MIE

You’d be surprised at the number of times people do the recce, sometimes to get notes ready for a future attempt, sometimes to help teams (setup, tyres etc) or younger drivers and/or co-drivers.
Or even just for a bit of fun without the expense of competing.

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But in the case of Meeke, absolutely no reason to do recce only right now.

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Originally Posted by Rallyper

Shakedown kicks off right now!!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfogLeUW_Hg

Very very close times on the first run of shakedown

Lappi with some smoke in the car at finish.