Neuville:
Shakedown done for us. Not the best feeling but the target was to try different things and get the best setup for the race.
#WRC #TourdeCorse #HMSGOfficial #TN #NG https://t.co/uNRRGiLfNA
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Neuville:
Shakedown done for us. Not the best feeling but the target was to try different things and get the best setup for the race.
#WRC #TourdeCorse #HMSGOfficial #TN #NG https://t.co/uNRRGiLfNA
Didn't he crash on shakedown last year in Corsica too!? I'm sure I remember seeing his car when I left the stage.
Järveoja in a good mood and joking after the shakedown that the organizers are lying, there aren’t 10 000 corners. He has 6100 in the notes !
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Originally Posted by EstWRC
Marc Martí Moreno
@MarcMartiWRC
Recce and notes ready for next @TourdeCorseWRC beside @NilSolans Do you want to know how many corners I wrote..?? Just 2.239 corners
hope he hasn't missed 1Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
Loeb just described that long stage as 'very bad'.Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
...probably simplier pacenotes :DQuote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
Yes, you are correct :) Torn last year shakedown
Meeke:
So we’ve been fastest on 3 of the 4 shakedowns so far this year, but as they say back home: Shakedowns are for show, the rally is for dough ! So here’s hoping we can keep the revs up and aim for a strong result this weekend @TourdeCorseWRC. #KM5 https://t.co/GTxtu2Ywms
Yes, somewhat interesting that he is fastest in in 3 out of 4 SD (75 %), well off course you have multiple "chances" on SD, but even with say 4 passes per SD it's only 16 runs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
.. and at the same time he has won only 2 out of 56 stages in the season so far, even though he drove all of them (no SR).
(Latvala won 5, Tanak 19).
Elena arrest Carlos De Barrio
https://twitter.com/RallyingUK/statu...44422673514496
How many broken rims will be seen in Toyota garage this weekend?
It maybe shows Meeke's pace when he's 'off the leash'.Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
I'm sure he's been holding back to some degree on the events so far, ensuring finishes, team points and showing he can be disciplined.
They have stronger rims now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Japé
I suppose he's still getting used to a new car? More comfortable to push on a SD stage he's run a few times but also conscious of delivering finishes in the first 3 events of the year. And saving the fastest stage times for when it matters on the Power Stages.Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
"I've been quickest there in the past, so it wouldn't necessarily be a surprise to do that again, but the feeling in the car was nice." Meeke added.
"There are no points for shakedown, which is a bit of a bastard given that I've been quickest on three of them this year.
"But still, this rally is going to be won by the driver who has the complete package. That means being comfortable in the car and having a real flow with the notes, the new notes from the new stages; it's about being the driver who had the clean recce and can interpret what they've found on the recce best.
"It's not about the driver who was quickest down a short blast of a stage. I have confidence and now I have to use it."
https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/1...nfidence-boost
Yeah possibly, but the problem with Meeke is that maybe mistakes could creep in the more he builds his pace consistently. That will be the next step.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
But he's had a pretty good start to the season all things considered.
No real mistakes, would've been fast enough for 4th in Monte and was closer to the top 3 in pace than the likes of Loeb/Latvala were, who finished ahead of him overall due to the two punctures. Nailed the power stage by a margin.
Sweden safe and steady in a rally where he's generally shit. Picked up places when others made mistakes.
Mexico - had decent pace again from 4th on the road compared to guys behind him. Even though he moved into the lead at the start of the 2nd day, the best he would've finished without the puncture was 2nd. Ogier was on another level that weekend.
He won one PS in monte where he did the same the year before in C3.Quote:
Originally Posted by rhm
Anyway there are many ways to read into this, but the contrast is definitely interesting. Similarly Lappi very often gets decent points from Power Stages (both last year and this year) even on rallies where his pace is not very good rest of rally (like in Mexico recently).
Meeke was often fastest on shakedowns in the Citroen as well
Loeb:
These are not the best roads for this car. We worked on it during the tests. The feeling is ok but I’m not sure we will be able to fight with Toyota and Citroën.
amazing caption from Meeke shake pass
https://www.instagram.com/p/BvjgMwqF...d=c5082wq4zbs0
Torn incar crash
https://twitter.com/OfficialWRC/stat...30318894710784
it would be interesting for the WDC if Meeke could win this one and get maximum PS points as well. It would certainly keep the present top 4 bunched relatively close for the next event (assuming no retirements by any of them).
Meeke wide on SD:
https://twitter.com/AlbertiniCyril/s...97791563456513
The i20 is shitty even for neuville. He is just a little bit better at driving around the shit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eric
Lucky guy on the left side of the road...Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
000 and 00 are civil Citroens, only 0 car was Citroen C3 R5. A bit useless to use not rally cars for 000 and 00
Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
Attilio Bettega memorial stone should be in stage 2 in this years edition? I gues same running direction as in 1985.
it's almost always like that, why it's useless?Quote:
Originally Posted by KKS
michelin video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_c...&v=omLBB_NDxSU
Isn't it that way because it's obligated in every rally in France?Quote:
Originally Posted by KKS