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Just looking at his times from last year , I think he would want to do a better test in Ireland before the Circuit of Ireland - completely different road surface , I don't think that test will be of any benefit for him next week ....Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
It was his first drive after 5 months just to remove rust, not a real PET ;)
I think he did very well last year in CoI. He lost some 5 minutes with an off and damage caused by the off but otherwise his times were good.
I wonder whether the Fabia R5 will handle the bumps and jumps in Ireland as well as the Fabia S2000?
Tom Cave with SpencerSport Fiesta R5 preparing for Ireland with tarmac test today..
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ce3MDKbWsAAWmEO.jpg
Desi Henry's R5 seems to work quite well so far. However we saw him almost go off after a small jump in Galway International Rally in February, car looked quite nervous and he went off big the following day. He has had more rallies since to aid setup.Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
Ypres rally. everyone will start in order of classification on saterday (not from 10 to 1)
So for any COI veterans - trying to plan my trip with the programme and looking at the stage maps. What is the situation with parking and spectating? Is it basically a "go anywhere you like" approach? With the maps it seems so, but that goes against every other rally tightening up its marshalling recently so I'd be surprised if that was the case...
If anyone could give a rough idea of how easy parking and wandering along the stages is that would be great. At Rally GB, Mid Wales Stages etc we always try and wander off past the marshalls - is that possible at COI too? Cheers.
David Bogie won in Longford a Cpl of weeks back , he was doing this rally as a shakedown for the circuit so going by his times the R5 was handling the bumps ok by the end of the day.Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
Yes it's handy to get past the marshalls just don't leave it to late. Parking is available on all approach roads unless stated in the program.Quote:
Originally Posted by pettersolberg29
Have you ever climbed over/through a thorn hedge? Marshals in my experience have been well drilled and fair on this event, the hedges are much less friendly in my experience and if you can scout out some locations before hand its well worth doing also if you plan to move about much on the stages don't wear your best trousers as they won't be by the time your home!Quote:
Originally Posted by pettersolberg29
I've climbed through thorn hedges more times than I care to admit... haha but I get the point! So the general consensus is as long as we arrive early we can pretty much wander anywhere that's physically possible as long as it's safe, and won't have to be penned into spectator zones? If so that's good news because after some Google Street View recces of the stages there are some beautiful sections that require a lot of wandering!Quote:
Originally Posted by Nornbugger
Be careful. The hedges are waiting...
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You can always try painter's overalls! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Nornbugger
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Blg7nIMCMAEod2r.jpg:large
Hopefully better than the Peugeot! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Blf7wFHIAAEibZM.jpg
I've never had to stand in such uncomfortable/precarious positions to get photos as I did on last year's Circuit. Basically yeah you'll need to probably be on or in a hedge at some point. After you've climbed over a barbed wire fence. It's all good though. Part of the challenge. Great rally!
Haha sounds awesome! Great photos too on your Flickr - are all the jump photos from the same place on Hamiltons Folly stage?Quote:
Originally Posted by Simmi
So damn jealous!!!! Find I could have made it now!Quote:
Originally Posted by pettersolberg29
Test session before Circuit of Ireland Rally - Koltun and Pieniazek on photos
http://rajdy.autoklub.pl/gallery/sho...459444726?pg=1
and in a video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qw0_XnZDtY
Pre Circuit test, Breen, Katjo, Bogie and more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-YB3Tn2QZ8
Breen on it in testing... :)
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https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CfJJUZ4WEAABcSA.jpg:large
Some more pictures from the Test today in County Monaghan ;
http://www.picturesofireland.ie/C.O....bum/index.html
Dont forget to make pickems ;)
You're free to join us! We've got the car space, though no hotel/flights I'm afraid!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mintexmemory
Federico Della Casa is testing his car in Ireland, too:
https://www.facebook.com/27857269897...type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/27857269897...type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/27857269897...type=3&theater
DMACK TYRES
Tricky conditions here at CircuitIreland test, slippery roads and damp weather https://t.co/bE6JXGEoYU
Bad news for Luky at Ireland pet....
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CfNQ7CgW8AA8C3S.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CfNTDY1WIAAuMF5.jpg
Start in doubt for Lukyanuk.. what a shame. :(
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYETfVmAZMk
Footage of Day 2 (Monday) of Pre event testing.
That doesn't look repairable :(
Its a real shame if Lukyanuk doesn't make the start, he really looked to use his head and learn the rally last year and I was really looking forward to seeing him push on a bit harder this year.
The weather forecast locally is for showery weather on Friday and Saturday, hopefully it will be much drier than this past weekend has been, the Buckshead stage has a lot of standing water on it today(it's my local stage, I'm sure the others are all much the same)
Blimey, he's done a proper job of that. It's the dent in the driver's door that could be the biggest hurdle, looks like it may be big enough to be hiding some damage to the cage. I know Tom Cave had a lot of work done to his car in a short space of time before the Mid-Wales, not sure it was such a mess and such a short duration though :S
Αrnautova at her twitter said that ''Lukyanuk's start is quiestionable''Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
yes that seems to be the difficult part,at least from what we can see from photos.Quote:
Originally Posted by MrJan
The front end is easy repairable if they have enough parts.
Let's hope M-Sport helps.
M-Sport will always help those with a big enough chequebook ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
This is exactly it. M-Sport will have huge resources available for customers on the event - it's just with Luky's threadbare budget he (literally) can't afford to be doing stuff like this.Quote:
Originally Posted by MrJan
Let's see - I hope it's not as bad as it looks. Obviously the start is always going to be questionable when you've just wrecked your car and need to assess the damage. Cave/Spencer Sport also had more time to get the car re-shelled.
Damn it! He hasn't crashed for a long time, so, in a way, we could have expected something like that. But I'm still surprised.Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
Kajto's press release before Ireland:
http://kajto.pl/en?i=1&t=news&n=707&...y_championship
If you are "touching" the limit, then you are awere also for this kind ofQuote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
"Situation"....