WRC Croatia Rally 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whuD4Tb4rsc

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Originally Posted by dimviii

Gary Boyd KiwiWRCfan
@KiwiWRCfan

virtual #WRC drivers points at end of day Friday

Neuville 35 + 25 = 60
Ogier 31 + 18 = 49
Evans 31 + 15 = 46
Tanak 27 + 12 = 39
Rovanpera 39+0= 39
Breen 16 + 10 = 26
Katsuta 16 + 2 = 18
Greensmith 6 +6 = 12


edit Kalle from leader to 4th-5th!

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Good road position to Portugal ;)

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Originally Posted by EstWRC

so day 1 done and TOP3 covered just by 8 seconds.

Neuville - super, very very good speed like always from him on tarmac, on second loop wasnt so fast but i guess it was bcs the conditions were more even.
Ogier - the old fox has habit these days to get up to speed stage by stage, reminds me of Monte this year and still is my pickem for the win - afternoon loop was very good from him.
Evans - like always, quietly minding his own business but very good day also from him.
Tänak - 2015 Rally Corsica springs to my mind, where Evans was second and Tänak 10th overall, 3 minutes down from his teammate Evans. i have noticed These kind of tarmac rallies doesnt suit him at first, but he gets up to speed eventually.
Breen - good debut with this car on such a level, exactly the performance i expected.
Formaux - super debut IMO, very good stage times.
Greensmith - quite okay actually for his standards IMO, at least trouble free day.
Loubet - same as Greensmith
Katsuta - many mistakes again unfortunately.

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I think Neuville, Ogier and Evans have been doing what we expected them to do. Super fast, every stage, all the time.
Tänak has been a bit behind them except for SS5. Maybe he is struggling with the Hyundai on tarmac?
Breen is also a bit lost. These stages should suit him, but he's just losing time on every stage. Also struggling with Hyundai?
Fourmaux has been superb on his WRC debut on a difficult rally.
Greensmith has also been above his usual level, difficult to say is it because of the new engine, new co-driver or full tarmac rally (he was also relatively good in Deutschland 2019)
Loubet has been the usual Loubet, but none of the surprise pace like in Monte and Arctic, no mistakes either.
Katsuta has been below his usual level.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfyjGBUrmL0

Some nice spots from today

Do they use salt on the roads in winter? Maybe that's why the section Rovanperä went off was so slippy as it makes the roads more dirty and not much rain yet to clean them

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Originally Posted by SubaruNorway

Do they use salt on the roads in winter? Maybe that's why the section Rovanperä went off was so slippy as it makes the roads more dirty and not much rain yet to clean them

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Lot of roads in Croatia are very slippery. It is also because of type of tarmac.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EzsPvq0W...jpg&name=small

#CroatiaRally Tyre info:
OGIER/FOURMAUX/KATSUTA/EVANS/GREENSMITH:
5x hard compound

TÄNAK/NEUVILLE/BREEN:
2x hard compound, 3x soft compound

LOUBET:
4x hard compound, 2x soft compound

Good morning guys, so all three Hyundai's with same tyrechoice this morning.

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Originally Posted by matija_1988

Good morning from SS11/15 https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...c4989900b1.jpg

Poslano sa mog M2007J17G koristei Tapatalk

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Goog morning, and have a great day out there.