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You obviously didn't get a bit of what I wanted to say.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr C1412
Very interesting article. I think every driver should listen to some expert as Paddon does with this one. Well maybe they already do it but I doubt everyone does since I saw some of them eating normal sandwitches between legs. On the other hand I knew that Bertelli had a chef among his team and a sort of kitchen in his stand if I remember correctly, but he is italian and that goes without saying :DQuote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
I remember reading an article of the Toyota Gazoo Racing chef and he said some services are so busy the drivers don't have time to sit down for a meal so they just replace it with sandwiches.Quote:
Originally Posted by AL14
Most of them have training programs, team chef also prepares their menu according to their need. Some fast hydrocarbs to give them a boost on those days full of action isn`t comparable to getting fat behind the desk.
Bertelli would have had black truffle grated over his ragu d’anatra con pappardelle. Washed down by a good vintage of amorone
My friend if you cook pappardelle I strongly suggest you ragł di cinghiale (boar) instead of anatra :D.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mintexmemory
Amarone is always welcome, cheers
But a pasta with boar would make me want to shout ‘saaaaanglier’ before eating and I’d end up being ejected from the trattoria!Quote:
Originally Posted by AL14
Ah, this is why Ken Block suddenly wants to do WRC again ! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
Well, this was my first ever Monte Carlo rally and it was nice but very long We arrived very late during Sunday night and I had 3 days of recce with Toni first and then with Martin and Kuldar. Nice. I found it really important to understand the weather to learn the stages etc.
Wednesday was really easy day, SD conditions were very easy for me.
Thursady evening was slightly more complicated but with Monday recce, I consider it was reatively easy for me and chosen tyre was right. But this night was crazy, it was long day and service very late and next day was expected to be the most tricky. So , engineers left around 2AM and I worked until 03:30 AM and was not still entirely satisfied. So, then I slept in service truck in sofa until 6AM when first engineers arrived and I also continued with my work.
Morning loop was almost OK, I think with better decision we would have been 5-7 sec faster in stage nr 4, but nothing serious.
Afternoon loop was perfect, all as expected.
By eveing, it was almost sure that next day will be snow and this was the message before the last service. Finally I had time to drive back to my hotel and take a shower. Then I slept an hour, woke up 10PM, took one beer with gravel crews and prepared Saturday until 2 PM, at 5PM I had breakfast and I drove to service where I started at 05:45.
Saturday morning was perfect, exactly as expected, preparation for that day was good. Afternoon was also perfect, no mistakes. We had some discussion regarding last stage with engineers and it was so, so, finally we agreed some kind of solution and it wokred out fine. Then I had to drive to Monaco, it was long drive, I arrived there around 10PM and then I had short discussion with engineers and little walk around the seaside, because I could not fell in sleep. So, finally I managed to mess up with alarm clock and I woke up when I had to start breakfast. So, no breakfast and run to Service instead. Weather was easy, but the extension of black ice was really big unknown factor for me. So, big thanks for the gravel crews once more. We managed to cover almost everything, when I had lack of info or not so clear info, they filled all the caps. Without them, the weather looked more like supersoft + soft but they convinced to play it safe, so, some studs were really good decision! Also for the second loop. So, On Sunday, I would say that I lacked a bit of preparation (no recce on those stages) and my hands were a bit short for such conditions.
Finally, I had to drive Nice to pick up Martin and Kuldar and I didn’t see the powerstage as our plane left just after 3PM already, otherwise, WRC all live is really nice addition!
By the way, Toyota team is really nice. Working with such a professionals is pure enjoyment! I like this "village" :P
PS! That other Estonian in M-Sport was doing quite OK, he made some mistakes, and I was able to see where he might make mistakes as he used same methods as I did before (well, he had to produce info in similar way as I did there, and quess what I changed my approach this year and went one step further, which is secret;)) but otherwise I rate his perfomance as quite OK :)
Interesting season will be ahead :)
Cool that you share such information! Good luck! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by bluuford
Are the MC winter tyre softer than the studded tyre?
So if there's just snow and slush you want the winter tyre, but for frost like on Thursday and Col De Turini you choose the studded.
Well, I carefully look what I can share and what is not harmful for me or the team and is nice to read here:)Quote:
Originally Posted by TypeR
Awesome bluuford! So proud!
Continue this diary kind of writing :)
I know this situation very well, sometimes is very difficult to find what should be published...Quote:
Originally Posted by bluuford
Thank you for this review, despite the exhaustion it must have been a great feeling to be with the team and tackle a challenge and successfully fulfil it.Quote:
Originally Posted by bluuford
Was this a one-off because of the specific nature of this event, or you are booked for next ones aswell?
My video from Rally Monte Carlo 2018 https://youtu.be/M9sBigvuzCU Attachment 1513
Winter and studded tires are exactly the same compound - same tire, just one is with the studs and other without.Quote:
Originally Posted by SubaruNorway
Plus two slick compounds, super-soft (probably used only in Monte) and soft.
We did whole rally without using even one studded tire, mostly due to budget, but still managed to set pretty decent times on the slippery stages.
Kristian Sohlberg's VLOG part one from Monte Carlo, inspecting the conditions on Sisteron and Bayons-Breziers. Would have been better to see this before the rally https://vimeo.com/253244644
So basically out of the WRC drivers, only Mikkelsen retired from the rally (for mechanical) and Sordo for crash? That is quite a low number especially considering it's Monte.
Every driver took the Ogier approach... hope it doesn't turn the season into no one is taking any risks anymore and they all "cruise" till the end.
It's just a part of Ogier's long-term tactics. He used all of 2017 to lure all his competitors into cruise mode so he can win all the rallies in 2018.Quote:
Originally Posted by spiderem
Yes, it was fun:) whole season, easier events from my office and more difficult events on site.Quote:
Originally Posted by A FONDO
I wouldn't be surprised if this were true.Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
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I see on the highlight there are tyres without studs, but holes made for them eventually. May be this answers Your question. There is a possibility those are used tyres with studs gone though.Quote:
Originally Posted by SubaruNorway
I was just wondering since studless road tyres are softer than the studded ones.
Studdles fades really fast though, scared myself once only after a few corners on dry tarmac since it was suddenly like driving on marbles.
Did DJI stop doing WRC btw?
Perhaps it depends on the manufacturer?!?
Actually I had a thought like that to. I don't think it's intentional but everybody repeating the mantra of just taking home points gives him the opportunity of opening the tabs a bit more.Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
Interesting indeed... let's see what Sweden brings in terms of risk versus good points. Ogier finished with 1min advantage the Monte, they may all use the same approach now, but they are not 5x champion with natural raw speed...Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
Don't know how it is now but at least few years back the Monte Carlo tyres without studs were actually pretty crappy on snow in comparison to anything except what was available for Monte. In 2010 we had Prague rallysprint with snow (on asphalt - so just like Monte) and no studs allowed. P.G. Andersson was using Monte tyres and he was completely destroyed by guys using stock winter tyres or even protector tyres with a 30-years old rally pattern (used by rallycars in 80'). P.G. himself told me the Monte tyres were really bad without studs exactly because they were too hard.Quote:
Originally Posted by SubaruNorway
Check this stage (full snow technical stage quite similar to what You can find in RMC): https://rally-base.com/2010/tipcars-...43&ssGroupId=1
Less than 7 km and PG was 37 seconds slower without spinning or some other mistake. If I remember Valoušek - the fastest guy was on stock 18" wide Nokian WR tyres with additional hand cuts. I don't remember all other but Pech and Štajf were on very old narrow Matador non-studded snow rally tyres (the softest snow rally tyres ever produced I believe).
PS The stock Nokians were gone after 20 km if I remember.
Think that's why SubaruNorway is asking.
"Studless snow tire" can mean extremely different properties depending on the compound. Stock example since you mentioned Nokian would be the difference between studless Hakkapeliitta and the "Central Europe" WR D3. In full snow/ice conditions it is about as much of a step between them as there is between summer tires and the WR D3. But this also counts the opposite way if it's wet tarmac. The studless Hakkapeliitta feels like jelly compared with the WR D3.
Thank you for the story.
And and this is why i find watching the cars on snow in MC a bit of an anticlimax since i know i could go faster in my own STI in most places. (If I'm brave enough)
A third tyre option for full snow would be good and safer, i wonder if they have tried a stock Michelin winter tyre before to see how it works.
In America they use this funny thing called tractionizing if you haven't seen it before.
https://youtu.be/P5bnYgI30ZQ
Does anyone know what was the trophy that Kalle received at the finish?
2nd of class RC2? My father-in-law has a trophy in his bookshelf for being third in 1000 Lakes Rally in the 80's in some small Group N class, but it's still a proper trophy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Essaj
But the trophy is bigger than Jan's :confused: https://twitter.com/MotorsportSkoda/...56616668684288Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
No, Kalle is smaller - still growing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Essaj
Rallirinki picture gallery from RMC
https://rallirinki.kuvat.fi/kuvat/Ra...te+Carlo+2018/
He was best privateer. (Driving with TGS car)Quote:
Originally Posted by Essaj
Check out this video with many crashes from Rally Monte Carlo including a completely slippery passage at Col de Turini
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPKsFOUIPnA
The truth from Meeke ... they were nowhere on pace:
http://www.wrc.com/en/wrc/news/febru...8--12-12-.html
This is why I said stage-winners Evans or Neuville deserved to finish above him.
Meeke also had a stage win and the finish time matters, not the stage wins.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
It`s RMC, everyone who finishes it ahead, deserves his place.