I made a table of manufacturer points scoring drivers for this season: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...n6SgZI/pubhtml
The most interesting observation is that Lefebvre has actually been the biggest points scorer for Citroen.
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I made a table of manufacturer points scoring drivers for this season: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...n6SgZI/pubhtml
The most interesting observation is that Lefebvre has actually been the biggest points scorer for Citroen.
Wow, Evans really far down.
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It's tough to be better than Ogier or TänakQuote:
Originally Posted by steve.mandzij
The difference to Breen is 2 points... if Breen was nominated for points in Monte where he ended 5th in DS3 he would be some 10? Points ahead. Yes it's not possible to nominate 2016 car.Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
Nice chart!
Tänak so close to Ogier even with two rounds without points? Very surprising
Ogier did not score manufacturer points in Argentina for being the third best Ford. And Tänak has scored manufacturer points in all events except Poland.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
Furthermore, Latvala is the only one who has scored Manufacturer points in all events. Lefebvre in all events he has started in a 2017 car. All others have a some sort of zero result.
Tanak has 20% less points than Ogier, that's not really small difference.
Yes but in 4 out of 5 cases this was after crashing out and finishing well below 10th place. Kinda shows the beauty of manu point scoring atm.Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
I have the same here: http://www.autosport.cz/souteze/bodo...?id=111&sk=494Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
But Lefebvre had advantage in events where he was starting. And "overtake" due to big points in Poland, where Craig lost due to technical issues and Lefebvre is so high due to disaster of Toyota, retirements of Tanak and poor performance of Evans and Mikkelsen.
To be fair, he has been hampered by his tires a couple of times this year, but he did do worse than Tänak on most rounds when they were in the same car with equal tires. I am pretty sure that most of us agree that Evans is in the mid range of drivers in the championship whereas Tänak and Ogier definitely are in the top.Quote:
Originally Posted by steve.mandzij
It's very hard to compare Evans with anyone when he is the only car with different tyres (well Østberg had same in Portugal).
Depending on your angle every time he does good it has to be a tyre advantage (Monte tarmac stages, Argentina, Poland SSS 3x...) or every time he does bad it's not his fault cause he has bad tires.
However, I do like what Ogier said in Argentina: tyres can give you an advantage but you still need to be able to use it and drive at that speed.
Asier from his tyres, Evans' inconsistency has always baffled me. I love the guy, but on one event he's challenging for the win and on the next he's barely in the top 8. It's always been that way too.Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
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One for the MMA fans if there are any on the forum...
https://twitter.com/PontusTidemand/s...94260977094656
Pontus Tidemand and UFC star Alexander Gustafsson - one of the best fighters in the world.
Ostberg and Floene parting ways!
http://www.madsostberg.no/Home/PressArticle/1136
Wow. Didn't Floene leave Mikkelsen because Ostberg was able to provide more long term assurances?
Hmm.....
Østberg's career seems to be in a bit of a crisis...
Does he have a career? I am not really sure what he does, who pays for him? Is it family?Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
Isn't it banned in France? Yet they sponsor Ogier.Quote:
Originally Posted by GigiGalliNo1
It's been available for quite a few years now.Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
As for Mads - looks like Torstein will stay will Fredrik Ahlin for the remaining BRC rounds. They have a great shot to win that championship. Germany clashes with Ulster - so seems that Patrik Barth will be co-driving for Mads in Germany. Less pressure with the R5 car.
Tanak possibly to go to Toyota??? I don't think so
This could happen. I have no idea how much is Tanak getting paid driving in M-sport.
What i mean is, i belieave tanak has to start thinking of money. If Makinen offers him couple of millions, then this could happen.
Interesting car Neuville is running at Eifel Rally. A weird '16/'17 WRC car hybrid.
https://youtu.be/Zjo7hmtA4p0?t=2m25s
TGR launches an EchoCam app/service. Take a pic with your smartphone on the stage of a TGR car, send it on the app and you'll receive an incar video clip of the same spot.
http://tgr-echocam.com/pc/
Antti, you was faster than I but I post my version as well.:)
Colin Clark @voiceofrally 9m9 minutes ago
This is an enormously exciting innovation from @TOYOTA_GR and @Microsoft. Interesting to watch how this develops
A NEW SERVICE FOR WATCHING RALLY
“EchoCam is an entirely new service for watching rallies by utilizing the cloud system of Microsoft Co.Ltd., a technology partner of TOYOTA GAZOO Racing World Rally Team. The first trial of the EchoCam service will be launched at Neste Rally Finland in Jyväskylä, Finland from 27th July to 30th July 2017.
EchoCam is a service that "connects" rally fans and TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Yaris WRC. By submitting the best shot of the Yaris WRC snapped by smartphone from rally fans watching WRC at Rally Finland and submitting it on the special EchoCam webpage, fans will receive a video from the vehicle's onboard camera recorded simultaneously when the photo was taken.
"EchoCam" is a new way for fans to enjoy motor sports utilizing the latest technologies.
Get connected with Yaris WRC and enjoy an entirely new service for watching rally!”
http://toyotagazooracing.com/wrc/echocam/2017/
EchoCam WEBSITE
http://tgr-echocam.com/pc/
“EchoCam will be available at Neste Rally Finland in Jyväskylä, Finland beginning July 27, 2017.”
Says on the Eifel Rallye Festival 2017 entry list - Neuville's car is a 2016 WRC Hyundai i20.
http://www.eifel-rallye-festival.de/en/news-en.html
So weird. Like a 2016 car, but 3-door and with '17 aero.Quote:
Originally Posted by Simmi
Will anybody be there to try it out?Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
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Boy, that is genuinely innovative and clever. Between Red Bull's coverage and Toyota's approach, it almost feels like Liberty Media have taken over WRC as well as F1. There's that vague sense that things are getting better rather than worse, isn't there?
Is that Neuville Hyundai - Eiffel Rallye Festival - a 2016 i20 WRC 3 door that was started then HWRT had to change to the 5 door car because there were problems at the factory meaning there were not enough 3 doors road cars built for homolgation?
The Finnish yellow papers are full of headlines about Jari-Matti Latvala's depression last year
It's definitely confused me. According to ewrc it's certainly never rallied competitively before. Looking at the numberplate it's sort of between the '16 and '17 cars, so I wonder whether this was the initial mule car maybe when they started testing? It's got 2017 headlights and rear wing but not much else.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zeakiwi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7kKfuPFRzQ
I think that car is just a mash up by Hyundai for this event, that rear spoiler it has is the 2017 spec and would have surely been illegal to use in 2016.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zeakiwi
All good guesses, here is the final hint.
https://cdn-7.motorsport.com/images/...17-testing.jpg
Fun and follow the wrc drivers of the future today (both sixteen and fifteen) and tomorrow we will see if they still have the goal in sight. Looks very good today. http://www.autorally.lv/
I think you are right.Quote:
Originally Posted by Simmi
I was at the factory to check out the R5 car, and there we saw what i am very sure is this car - then in white.
It was meant to be the WRC car, but as you say - regulations forced them to use the 5-door.
It then did work as the "mule" for the 17 car.
https://www.rallye-magazin.de/wrc/ar...er-2018-einig/ Latvala has signed a deal for 2018 with Toyota, has anyone else heard anything?
Timo Jouhki says they have a contract in this Finnish interview: http://www.ksml.fi/urheilu/Se-tuli-k...5a84621c7eef17Quote:
Originally Posted by Eli
PSA Group announce that Loeb will test C3WRC 2017 soon → http://bit.ly/2eNbMis
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