Tänak asked Martin in the end if the rear hatch was open.
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Tänak asked Martin in the end if the rear hatch was open.
What's up with Neuville's time?
Suninen saying he's with hard tyres and everyone else probably with mediums, saving the hards...
Sordo already hit a stone and a little damage
Lappi with a tyre off the rim and he instantly lost his confidence
Catching up with the SD live stream, it was good to hear Gus Greensmith so happy with the Mk2 Fiesta R5 and see him faster than Rovanpera.
Rallirinki / Teemu
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Jari-Matti Latvala saying the rear wing regulation was changed so that now the 30 mm overhang will be measured from the car's road car equivalent, not from the rear bumper of World Rally Car.
What a rally to choose to drive your beautiful new car... :disturb:Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
Apart from that vague Suninen comment, do we know what drivers took the medium's/hards?
It's OK, it's a rental....Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Start list is ready - https://rally-base.com/2019/rally-tu...imeTypeId=1076
Last year 10th place (Ogier) lost to first (Tänak) 20min+. For Tänak-Neuville-Ogier only disaster is retirement (without Rally2). Otherwise they probably are on good points anyway. Team-mates sacrificed, if needed.
Meeke jumping the Yaris with the new rear wing:
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Tyres end like this:
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Maybe these tyres were deliberately worn for tonight's super special? Hard to imagine they would look this bad after 14 km of rallying.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Järveoja sayin the shakedown road is actually one of the worst on this rally, and tomorrow the longest stage is the worst, at least last year it was, the organizers have tried to repair them but he doesnt know if its enough. He also mentions the lottery factory by sayin that if you come from a blind corner or crest and theres a stone on the road you just simply cant ignore it.
I would confirm this. SS3/6 Cetibeli will have two short bits which are as rocky as the middle section of the shakedown. These are the roughest roads of the whole rally.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
wow...lucky escape..Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
http://www.rallyturkey.com/wp-conten...tion-1-TCO.pdfQuote:
Originally Posted by PLuto
Official one :)
http://www.rallyturkey.com/wp-conten...ion-2-TC1B.pdf
For Friday
Forecasts are still giving rain for tomorrow midday. Possibly already starting during SS4, and ending before SS5 starts, but of course leaving the roads damp.
Mikkelsen nearly rolled 3 times due to the ruts according to parcferme.no
Fun stat while waiting for SSS:
Toyota has highest number of stage wins in every single rally this season. Only in Argentina and Sardinia Hyundai matched the number.
In total it's 91 vs 58.
http://planetemarcus.com/saison-wrc/
Yep. Using SD tyres tonight.Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
I see there is only one 2wd car starting.... That's not going to be an easy wknd!
that was weird from Ott, like on road mode compared to others
Ott is turning into a bit of a moody princess thesedays with his persona and stage end comments. Not like he'll care about that, or what others think if he lands a title though...
He's been the same with all press stuff this week. Starts to be kind of annoying.Quote:
Originally Posted by er88
Totally ok from Ott's side.. +3-4secs from SSS is nothing if you think that, friday is more than saturday and sunday together..
agreed, he has been like that since Finland IMO, dont know what has happened...for me it seems he is just sick of all the same questions, yesterday two estonian reporters asked exactly the same what Emyr just asked. He doesnt like interviews at all anyway :DQuote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
and during Rally Germany some rumours rose that he and Martin dont get along anymore but those are just unconfirmed rumours so far.
Put yourself in a situation, where you lead the WDC and everybody keep asking same questions over and over again.. You have to keep calm and maybe seem rude or whatever..
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EESCItWW...pg&name=medium
My reaction to the stage as well.
It’s his job and he gets paid millions of euros a year to do it.Quote:
Originally Posted by TypeR
If he doesn’t want to respect the role of media in Toyota’s involvement in WRC, he can go back to Estonia and do national events...
Well, no...drivers are drivers, not entertainers and PR persons. Dumb questions deserve dumb/straight answers. Be it Tänak, Neuville "i would have won, if...", moody Ogier, or some local quy in his local championship. They can do it, they have the right to do it and it spices things up.
So this really sounds like a problem of modern era snowflakes...
With road position advantage etc, does anyone genuinely think we could get one of Mikkelsen, Latvala, Suninen or Lappi winning this?
I have Ogier favourite and it's always hard to look past the top 3, but I stuck a cheeky fiver on Mikkelsen as his odds were pretty decent at 11/1. If the first loop stays dry and it cleans a lot, I'd like to see at least one of those 4 make a push and challenge for victory. Sordo has great road position and car as well, but with him not being here last year I doubt he can fight for victory. Should be yet another interesting rally nonetheless.