IRC Rally Scotland 2009

Here is a link to my short video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZU4STjLjWf4

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Originally Posted by farquar wrc

Totally agree ste,anybody that seen the rally would have seen how hard Alister was pushing,he was by far the pushing hardest all weekend,but the car is nowhere near the pace of the Pugs and Skoda,if he had Wilks's car,he would have walked the event

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I also agree, on all the stages i was most impressed by mcrae, i thought he was the most sideways but also very smooth.

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Originally Posted by farquar wrc

Totally agree ste,anybody that seen the rally would have seen how hard Alister was pushing,he was by far the pushing hardest all weekend,but the car is nowhere near the pace of the Pugs and Skoda,if he had Wilks's car,he would have walked the event

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walked it? dont think so... Alister was a little too sideways

I think Alister's problem is that fact that he has had very little competition time (particularly top level competition) in the last couple of years. Guy & Kris have been driving S2000 cars all year where as Alister has only done 2 events, in APRC too (Indonesia & Malaysia) so nothing like the flowing roads in Scotland either. Given all of this I'd say that he & the cars performance was very good & the car will develop quicker (& possibly better) with Alister doing the development rather than Guy.

Being in Australia I have never seen the Eurosport live coverage but we recently got the Eurosport channel so I got to see it this weekend. I think it would be quite easy to make the coverage better. Pick a "split" in the stage and set up a couple of camera's on the ground at the split as well as at the start & finish of the stage. Follow the cars via in-car/helicopter up to the split change to ground then once through split move onto next car. Make sure you get the cars going through the finish & find someone that can speak more than 3 words to "interview" the drivers at stop control. Any incidents in the stage you would have to work around but it's live & that's how it will always be. Having said that I think a 15-20min round-up before the final stage would be good too.

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Originally Posted by PLuto

Time for Matt Wilson on SS 8: 11:18,7

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What was the source for this? Zero cars' times aren't usually given out, right?

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Originally Posted by cut the b.s.

Been loving Meekes interview style all year, comes across as a genuine guy, loving what he is doing. I know english is his 1st language and gives him an advantage but he interviews better than any WRC or F1 stars IMHO

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I agree. The guy is just oozing flare and determination. The Peugoet podcasts are excellent, especially last weekend. What surprises me is how clear and precise his focus, and interviewing, is at the end of a stage.

He seems to be able to raise his game on-demand, and select his stages to demoralise the opposition. I think Meeke is ready to take on anyone.

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Originally Posted by Hartusvuori

What was the source for this? Zero cars' times aren't usually given out, right?

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That doesn't mean they can't be measured ;)

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Originally Posted by 'Mirek Fric [Cze

]That doesn't mean they can't be measured ;)

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Just looking through Meeke's blog. I think this where it came from. http://blog.krismeeke.com/2009/11/ss8-achray-1/

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Originally Posted by Buzz Lightyear

Just looking through Meeke's blog. I think this where it came from. http://blog.krismeeke.com/2009/11/ss8-achray-1/

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Thanks Buzz! Kris' blog is often a good source for interesting details. I have it on my bookmarks, just didn't go through this time since I couldn't follow Scotland in real time.

Would be nice to know Wilson's time for other stages as well. Running as a zero car and loosing little more than 1 sec/km to Meeke indicates that - if not a winning car yet - Ford have a good base to continue their work for Fiesta S2000.

SS3 time for Wilson
Start time 08:41:00.0
Finish Time 08:57:42.7
= 16:42.7