Most likely he already drove on a dry road while the top drivers on damp.Quote:
Originally Posted by Essaj
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Most likely he already drove on a dry road while the top drivers on damp.Quote:
Originally Posted by Essaj
That would make sense. His time on SS3 is not that great anymore =)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
Two Russians still in the lead!
Four different R5 makes in the top four at the moment.
Unfortunately a very bad time on stage 5 from Magalhaes - only 12th overall :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Rally Power
Also very bad time by Zawada on SS5, beaten by some R2's... what happened ?
Some fog on SS6 and a few punctures happening, even double front ones for Neubauer !
Pop off valve problem.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
Some nice video clips on FB:
https://m.facebook.com/Motor-Directo...6515765101103/
So the 6 proper stages of day 1 done and only Gryazin anywhere near to Lukyanuk (+21.9s)... it's a good job he is back in the ERC !
Disappointing day from the other 'challengers'.
flash info (23 - Zawada Aleks / Dachowski Grzegorz): On the previous stage we went wide and hit a curb. We lost a lot of time, but we are here and still going.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Chris was sick for whole week. Not so proper recce and also thats why he did only one FP. Last evening he was taken to hospital for inspection, he stayed there whole night. He tried to start today, but when I have seen his condition in the morning, I was almost sure he will retired...Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Cant find any tv for the SSS, just one interviewing the fans earlier. Shame.Quote:
Originally Posted by tc10a
(12 - Botka Dávid / Mesterházi Márk): This super stage is perfect, but the previous six stages weren't so good.
:D
Complete SS2 with Gryazin: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vLEdroPS8TY
Maybe Botka is in wrong motorsport :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Yes, Lukyanuk dominates even though there are drivers with big experience in WRC in this rally. Brynildsen, Loubet, Suarez... they can only smell the fumes from his exhaust...Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
I'm not sure about that interpretation. I think it's a push to say any of them have 'big experience in WRC'. More importantly none of them have been overly impressive in the WRC. Loubet actually has very little overall rallying experience though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
Maybe the word "big" is a little exaggeration from my side, but I have just checked them out at www.ewrc-results.com and...Quote:
Originally Posted by the sniper
Brynildsen drove as many as 46 rallies in WRC! That's even more than Lappi, who is a factory driver for Toyota :)
Suarez drove 30 rallies in WRC. He was competing in WRC on a regular basis for 6 years.
Loubet drove 24 rallies in WRC. Is that not many?
95% of drivers in this event can only dream about such experience.
ERC is in interesting shape currently, Lukyanuk is clear star who could be contender for WRC2 wins in almost every event but he is Lukyanuk and we all know how he is.
Then we have Gryazin who is fast somewhere and not so fast in others and is still very unstable - kinda like Lukyanuk.
Ingram could have potential but he has 0 to none 4wd experience so it's not easy to push against people he needs to beat to really prove himself against + also his funding seems to be on thin ice and one wreck could end his season, also missing Canarias due to illness is not helping.
And for people who Jarek Z mentioned, Brynilden hasn't atleast to my knowledge proven anything in international level so far, he is been fast in Norway and in sweden but that's pretty much it.
I have nothing to say about Loubet and Suarez, have they actually won anything or shown any speed?
When Kajto decided not to do ERC this year the whole series lost a great benchmark, he wasn't as fast as Luky but he was consistent.
Losing to Kajto speedwise ment you really need to build up your speed but beating him you could be up for something bigger.
Sadly ERC is currently just Luky vs the rest.
I have the feeling that Luky has learnt to drive sensible this year and isn’t being pushed too hard so far. Gryazin might give him a run for his money on gravel though (remember he beat Rovanpera on Liepaja last year)
Ingram showed real potential on Azores but it’s probably one year early to push for wins.
Biggest disappointment for me is that Griebel couldn’t put together a proper programme in a decent car, he did a great job last year.
He did beat Kalle but that was Kalle's first rally in Fiesta with little (50km's or so) testing. But he also gave him run for his money during Latvia's national season when they were both driving Fabias.Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
And yeah Ucci seems to be the only one making 206 working for them and Griebel seems to be struggling with it a lot.
Has Griebel done any DRM rounds with it yet?Quote:
Originally Posted by Essaj
Support of a national supporter might seem attractive but if he’s really serious about a career in rallying then I doubt the German Championship is the place to be, let alone it seems that as part of the deal he had to use 208 in ERC, which didn’t go too well on Azores.
Ewrc shows 1 drm race before the azores for him, retired due to "engine", 206 seems to be struggle for most of the drivers.Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
Suarez won Peugeot 208 Trophy in France a few years ago and that opened the door to WRC and ERC for him. As far as I know he didn't win anything important in those championships despite being backed by Peugeot.Quote:
Originally Posted by Essaj
Yes, he has. Unfortunately his Pug broke down already before the first stage!Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
You're right about the loss of Griebel this season... and the year before we lost an ever better young talent, Ralfs Sirmacis.Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
It's such a shame such guys cant get the funding. The ERC could be so much better and the competition for Lukyanuk would be real.
The stupid thing with Griebel is that he does have some funding - enough to buy him a drive in a 2016 WRCar on a WRC round. I guess that would have been enough to buy him three or four ERC events in a Fabia.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
This weekend he's doing Sulingen.Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
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Bit of a strange U28 prize really... it would be better just being the cash. He might then be able to do the ERC again and try to win it outright.Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
Zawada still battling on..
(23 - Zawada Aleks / Dachowski Grzegorz): Today we were still fixing things from yesterday, when we didn't have all needed spares. We are late now, but we are here. Thanks to my team.
Magalhaes very slow at every stage
Gryazin is impressing.
He drove some winterrallies in Norway this year, and was also quick on the white stuff.
The Hyundai teams are also up there, so the i20 is improving, looks like the jokers are working.
Larena crashed and stage stopped.Pitty he was ultra fast
edit seems like a big crash
https://twitter.com/FIAERC/status/992711510161088512
Nice battle between Kreim, Suarez and Pellier for third.
Well that is the deal he took, but unfortunately he decided to spend it on a Peugeot.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Did Brynildsen really claim that he wanted to go for the title?
Loubet out with technical issue on the i20.
I wonder why the Škoda of Magalhăes is having this pop-off valve problem ? It seems to have destroyed his chances.
Again.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC