New engine revitalises Petter Solberg's World Rally Championship campaign - WRC news - AUTOSPORT.comQuote:
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New engine revitalises Petter Solberg's World Rally Championship campaign - WRC news - AUTOSPORT.comQuote:
Originally Posted by bretddog
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More photos from muddy DAY 1 HERE
Just got back from service park. They Citroën boys haven't even started on Ogier's. They'll get it bbl I'll say.
Some tension between the two Manu's. Ford people were over video recording the team working on Loebs car. They were looking at the roll cage and Citroën put their blind down to stop anyone looking.
That's typically French, no one should see and know what they are doing. Okay I know this long time but nobody wants to know that here at the rally fans.Quote:
Originally Posted by 6789
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Originally Posted by HarriK
It's important as I'd picked him for my fantasy rally team thinking Haydon would take it easy on this one to ensure a good finish. Clearly taking it easy is not in his DNA, Kosciuszo is no slouch but he isn't in the same ballpark as HP. Hopefully JK can do super rally if they fix whatever went wrong on SS3 and still score good points (he has a stage win which helps my points score :)
Rally Australia, well, more like a destruction derby. Loeb making a mistake , but with that Ogier should then have reigned back in a brought it home with a podium finish. To crash is just dumb. So Ford are left in the lead, probably the only way they can win events nowadays.
What this event has shown is the lack of competition - the two Fords seperated by a handful of seconds, the 40+ to Petter Solberg, and over 2 minutes to Henning, after only one day. Just more ammunition to people who mock the series.
Oliveira on side of road today.. pouring water into radiator and it just coming right out through holes.... (he hit a tree)
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It's not decided yet. Looking how slippery Day 1 stages were, if it continues in the same manner (how's the weather?), anything can happen - though of course less can happen in a cruise mode.Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyRAC
I don't know what happened to Ketomäki, but anyway it's a big shame. For a privateer driver like he is, getting to Australia is a major effort, even with a rent car.
EDIT: News from the most unexpected place, wrc.com: "Finn Jukka Ketomaki tore a wheel off his Lancer, which he has hired from Hayden Paddon, on stage three."