Azores Airlines Rallye [ERC, PRT, ERCJ]

wow Luky -16 from Kajto at the long one. Leader with 9,8 sec difference.

A real shame for Ingram having the puncture... he didnt need that in such a close battle with Gago & Griebel. :(

Griebel in the lead of JERC after second day. Great fight in JERC just like in the overall classiffication.

According to Pluto both Botka and Lukyanuk were very lucky to finish the day as both lost the alternator belt on the way back to service.

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Originally Posted by PLuto

Please, can you make next time more optimistic weather forecast? I think that there was enough rain on the island, we will prefer more beautiful weather...

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Why didnt you aks it before? Here it was for afternoon:) Rest will be saved for Rally Estonia :P

Tomorrow I will send some low clouds and very ligt rain again :P and couple of degrees will be saved for me (+15.. +16 for you) ;)

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Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC

Big stage win by Ingram in the JERC on SS7 and he's into the lead ! :)

"All the other times on that stage it has been dry. We had a massive attack at the end there. So happy now."

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Chris likes Sete Cidades stage, he was always fast there.

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Originally Posted by bluuford

Why didnt you aks it before? Here it was for afternoon:) Rest will be saved for Rally Estonia :P

Tomorrow I will send some low clouds and very ligt rain again :P and couple of degrees will be saved for me (+15.. +16 for you) ;)

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Today afternoon was much better. You can keep the weather like it is and dont make any changes :)

ERC Azores Airlines Rallye 2016 | Leg 2 | SPEED and ACTION [Full HD]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Gz9tUzmjTA

I think that the first day from the same account hasn't been yet posted: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=It19k3MrYbU

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Originally Posted by Mirek

I think that the first day from the same account hasn't been yet posted: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=It19k3MrYbU

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Fan vid at its best. :) Some great jumps there... the kind of thing the TV coverage just doesn't capture !

wow Moura 13,6 faster from Sirmacis.Lets see Luky and Kajto what can do.

Kajto lost big time on SS11 !! Driveshaft broke. :(

Ou, that sucks.

problem for Kajetanowicz, lost 1:44min in the first stage of the day

I think they normally carry a spare driveshaft or no?

What a shame to end the battle on the very first stage today... seems to be the way this season in the ERC.

can Kajto reach 3rd overall with 81 km stages remaining?


https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CkGg62NXEAAAL6q.jpg

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Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC

Fan vid at its best. :) Some great jumps there... the kind of thing the TV coverage just doesn't capture !

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Exactly. I will never understand, why so many fan videos are better than the videos made by a professional TV crew. It is so both in ERC and WRC.
Thanks for sharing!

Fingers-crossed that battle in the Juniors will go to the end.

What does it look like from the technical point of view? Do we have any mechanics here? Is it end of the rally for Kajto?

I dont think they can repair a D/S so he will lose more time in the next two stages... :(

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Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC

What a shame to end the battle on the very first stage today...

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Lukyanuk apparently agrees with you:
Big shame, we had a great fight. Here it was really big fight, I'm sorry for Kajto

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Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC

I dont think they can repair a D/S so he will lose more time in the next two stages... :(

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that

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Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC

I dont think they can repair a D/S so he will lose more time in the next two stages... :(

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Only if they had a spare one but I don't think they have.

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Originally Posted by RS

I think they normally carry a spare driveshaft or no?

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I don't know but I don't think so. You can't carry everything with Yourself as every spare part means more weight and slow You down.

Power going to only 3 d/s may do more damage, so he could end up with just 2WD...

Shit, I didn't think the stages over there are that narrow. Here's Kajto's day 2 summary:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0piB7cB2Vag

Gago take the lead from Griebel for 6,6 sec. Nice fight at juniors.

Gago quick time in the Juniors...

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Originally Posted by Jarek Z

Is Antonin Tlustak driving the best rally of his career? He is 5th overall after SS5!

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It seems I praised Tlustak too early. In the course of the day he quickly dropped from 5th to 9th. But Portuguese drivers are so slow, that he still manages to stay in top 10.

In the meantime Jaroslav Orsak moves from 36th (after SS1) to 5th (after SS11). Well done!

Sirmacis broke steering arm

According to Live Results Ralfs Sirmacis has broken a front steering arm on SS12. Did he crash and is out?

Kajto loses another 90 seconds on this stage.

@AlexeyLukyanuk after SS12: « I had something wrong with the pacenotes. I hap a spin and lost a lot of time » #FIAERC

Luky now only 20,5 ahead of Moura.

Kajto seems can be 3rd now at finish. Valuable points for championship

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Kajto seems can be 3rd now at finish. Valuable points for championship

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Yes, SS13 has 4 km long only and then service park! Let's keep our fingers crossed for him!

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CkGtiYGWUAA19yH.jpg

Kajto after SS12:
"Broken is front left (driveshaft). We have only two wheel drive. It is hard driving, but we have no idea how it happened."

Moura in a league of his own among locals.

Sorry for Sirmacis. He was never in contention for the win but he was doing a very good job again on only his second R5 drive.

Looking forward to seeing him on Estonia and Latvia (hopefully?)

Griebel crashed

I go out for an hour, come back and there's more drama. The battles in ERC & Juniors are back on. :)