it doesn't matter... WRC retirements from mechanical issues are very rare nowadays only that junk village team have them...Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
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it doesn't matter... WRC retirements from mechanical issues are very rare nowadays only that junk village team have them...Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
his turn was already in mexicoQuote:
Originally Posted by rp
You should know that the engines are coming from Germany!Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
Wow Evans is now fast
plus.wrc.com - works fineQuote:
Originally Posted by AL14
regular wrc.com - missing a lot of functionality
+ first time having major issues on AndroidTV app :/
1 if these days..
Tanak hit a big stone with left front wheel.
Tänak hits stone quite heavy - not a fault of Toyotas engine
Let´s continue the discussion over team status after Portugal. But we are many who seen the opposite from Toyota. Now on to the rally.Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
Now Paddon finally outdid Tänak's first split
Sordo flying.
Stage appears to be cleaning a lot with later runners recording faster 1st splits than Ogier and Neuville. Wow, look at Paddon's 1st split!
Sordo, seemingly in the twilight of his WRC career, is pulling out some top stage times lately. Not sure where this has come from!
from the magical world of road cleaning....Quote:
Originally Posted by Simmi
Paddon!
didnt saw that. where the stone was, middle of the corner?Quote:
Originally Posted by tc10a
Not a good start from Toyota boys.
Two gabbage-sized stones in the ideal trajectory i believe.
What I saw it was just after going wide after exit of a righthander with an lefthander coming up directly. Might be wrong.
Missing split for Ostberg - likely a timing glitch?
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ddd2lhkUQAAuDMZ.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
well, he could have avoided those? or not?
ah nevermind, definitely i wouldnt call it a mistake.
shame, i think he would have fought for victory
How, after coming from a righthander? Ideal trajectory and speed calculated in recce. Not so easy.
wrong picture
Greensmith faster than Tidemand on split 4. Tidemand probably with a problem.
Right i believe, he carried on for a while.Quote:
Originally Posted by stefanvv
No.Quote:
Originally Posted by stefanvv
Rear right puncture for Tidemand
Shame that for Tanak and the team, sheer bad luck it seems. Thats the kind of thing that usually affects Meeke.
Championship could've looked more congested at the top between 4 drivers, had Tanak not had bad luck that was out of his control in Mexico and now here (unless this retirement was his mistake? I've not seen it yet but it sounds car related again). And had Meeke not had two podiums taken away due to the co driver error in corsica and the unavoidable puncture in Argentina.
Shame, but the Toyota cannot be trusted despite the clear speed they have. If Seb and Neuville get decent to good finishes here it'll be hard for Tanak to catch Seb considering how consistently quick the champion is.
Right, my mistake. Now looked closer on the replay. So he wasn't wide anywhere it was just on the racing line.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
Wouldn`t blame him nor the car in this case, just lack of luck.Quote:
Originally Posted by er88
rallybase have paddon and sordo mixed up....
Yes but you can totally blame the car for Mexico and Argentina PS. And you can blame the driver for Sweden error when trying to pass Meeke.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tarmop
Best time of the earlier runners. He has had some decent drives on gravel in the past and maybe all his experience is finally paying off.Quote:
Originally Posted by Simmi
Yes maybe more in the raceline. So where did those stones come from? Lying where they did.Quote:
Originally Posted by stefanvv
Well Argentina PS problem wasn`t crucial, didn`t cost a place and everyone has those small things. With Fiesta he drove on 3 cylinders, without a rear wing, wiperissues etcetc. Sweden error cost him 1-2 places so not that big of a difference.Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
Puncture for Nordgren to ? 1 min 12 s after fastest WRC2
Bad start for the Skoda-crews.
Neuville again slower than Ogier on the splits. Perhaps the cleaning needs more cars to pass and Ogier is better at managing it than Neuville?
Looks like problems for Nordgren on SS2 as well.
Skoda might have a fight on their hands to win this one for a change.
Meeke on the road repairing: "They have cleaned the roads up quite a lot, taken out some of the big rocks which would stop you cutting and that's good, that's made it more enjoyable. But this layer of sand on the top of the road is too much."
This didnt help Tanak did it...