The worst thing is that I can imagine them to stop the ERC program for next year. Of course I hope they'll continue...
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The worst thing is that I can imagine them to stop the ERC program for next year. Of course I hope they'll continue...
At least Breen now fastest on two stages so far (SS2 & 4) showing the car is fast when it runs... sad for Abbring though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eli
We allready knew that the car is fast, Abbring has proved it many times before, the problem is that it is not reliable at all, only exception was Rallye Alsace.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Broken driveshaft for Mark Higgins :(
Where is this very icy photo of Kajto's car in parc ferme?Quote:
Originally Posted by HarriK
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B0sk8YBCEAEGqno.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
It looks strange to see Wiegand leading the rally, we are not really used to that. Lappi isn't very convincing sofar for me.
Abbring out - clutch.
Yes, but Lappi said before the rally, that he has different goal here. He is mostly interested in collecting points to win ERC, so I don't think he is pushing very hard.Quote:
Originally Posted by wwbroe
So summing up - just 3 stages and 3 problems for the 208:Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
1) brakes
2) starting the car
3) clutch
Sad to see that after his good result in Rallye de France.
Clutch problem for Abbring it seems..
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Breen complaining about some issue on his car now, alltough he is faster as Lappi by 6 sec.
You can not always give the car the blame! A driver can kill brakes and clutch when overdriven also. Rally driving is also getting to the finish within the capabilities of the car you have.
Yes, but as far as I know Kevin Abbring isn't famous for killing cars :)Quote:
Originally Posted by AdvEvo
In the case of 208... Well....Quote:
Originally Posted by AdvEvo
How can you even kill the clutch in R5 with overdriving? Especially as R5 doesn't need any "clutch kick" out from hairpins like S2000s do sometimes...
If I saw one photo right in morning service, Wiegand has one spare tyre, Lappi has 2 tyres onboard.
And after SS5 Lappi takes lead! ---but let's wait still Kajto's time.
And Abbring came out of service.. U can't overdrive it on road section..
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Second best time for Kajto, third overall, but not too far away from the Skoda's
And another second best time for Kajto, he is now second overall at about 10 sec from rallyleader Lappi
But the Skoda has proven superior on asphalt mostly this season..Quote:
Originally Posted by wwbroe
Breen deserves credit with 4 stage wins here.
Lappi controls his speed, no attack at all! Superb job!
Breen has the speed but his problem is that he makes plenty of mistakes such as the puncture yesterday. When You watch him on stages You can clearly see why. He is all over the place taking a lot of risk.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
I am not so sure that Skoda has proven faster on asfalt. Abbring was quicker as Loix in Ypres and also in Barum he was fast, only not for very long. The car is just way to fragile, especially when you are trying to attack with it. Only exception was Alsace and also in Italy with Andreucci.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
You guys wont give Breen any credit - criticise him if he's slow, but when he's fast he's taking risks and when he has bad luck (punctures) its his fault...
You can not call bad luck something what happens all the time for years. It's his way of driving which causes the so called bad luck. It's extremely spectacular but also too risky. If You have ever been to an ERC rally You must have noticed that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
I am not criticising Breen, i think he is doing ok, but i absolutely agree with Mirek about his driving style. Even as a heavy fan of Craig you must have noticed that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
yep he does tend to push the cars to their limits..Quote:
Originally Posted by wwbroe
Second run trough stages is now live
If some of You thought that we had too long time without technical problems for 208 T16...
[SS8] Sierre-Annivivers 2
Craig BREEN (PEUGEOT)
"Not so bad, but unfortunately the handbrake is broken. It put me off a little bit as in places it is very slippy and you need the handbrake."
Breen broke the handbrake now, this Peugeot is really not well constructed.:(
That was the same problem for Petter in his last years. Very fast and spectacular but so many punctures...
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Current list of problems in the 208:
1) brakes
2) starting cold engine
3) clutch
4) handbrake
I do it all to help Peugeot engineers ;)
I really hope that Breen finishes this rally!
Besttime for Kajto, good for him and Fiesta!!:)
SS10, Lappi fastest and Wiegand had puncture and lost 45sec.
Abbring will probably restart tomorrow.
That would be good, he can show some pace then.;)Quote:
Originally Posted by EightGear
so with all the trouble with the 208 Craig is 3rd, not bad at all
to me the starting problem is the most weird....We knew Peugeout had problem with heat's dissipation, why also with cold engine????Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
Starting the engine in temperatures under zero is quite frequent problem but as somebody already said it shall be tested during the development (for example I know that such tests were done with Fabia S2000).
By the way we can add
5) Magalhaes's transmission broke on SS11
Extra points are just for 2nd leg or 1st+2nd leg together?