Mads Østberg @MadsOstberg 1m1 minute ago
4th run shakedown 2.13.3 Who's Otsberg btw? He's keeping my exact pace :-P @OfficialWRC
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Mads Østberg @MadsOstberg 1m1 minute ago
4th run shakedown 2.13.3 Who's Otsberg btw? He's keeping my exact pace :-P @OfficialWRC
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What happened to Neuville? Seriously.
Solowow, Sordo, Ostberg, Meeke, Neuville have all managed to bin it on various Shakedowns this year.
Gearbox problems for Kubica:
Latest:
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Thierry Neuville @thierryneuville
Good morning! How are u today? Shakedown will start soon & looks like we gonna jump a lot this weekend ;-)
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Can't say I'd heard anyone really tipping Ostberg for good things this weekend. He did a great job on the event two years ago. In the recent Motorsport Monday interview Matton said that they were going to instruct Mads to push harder for the rest of the season and not demand he plays it safe.
Let's see how he gets on in the rally proper.
Neuville car's fix is underway...
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Concentrating so much on the yumps that they forgot there are corners. (?)
SP stream with live driver interviews: http://www.wrc.com/live-ticker/live_popup_stream.html
Craig Breen crashed quite hard on shakedown. Don't know if it's possible to repair the car. Photo is here: http://forum.autosport.cz/viewtopic....tart=10#p78446
breen rolled just in shake
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Scott Martin @scottmartinat 2m2 minutes ago Toivakka, Suomi
We are both ok! We had front L puncture, only found out on entry to fastR corner. We hope the boys can fix it.
SD final times:
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Just came back from shakedown. Latvala and Mikkelsen pretty crazy over the big jumps, Mads was very aggressive , Tänak and Ogier looked smooth and it seemed they didn't push much, especially Tänak.
Lucky Riku Salminen took to the Neste Oil Rally Finland Shakedown stage with Ott Tänak this morning. Here's what the YLE reporter had to say after the experience!
"I have driven this road many times, but never like this! I knew that the speed would be really fast but the thing that was really amazing was how he handled the car under braking. When we were approaching a corner things happen that you don't think are possible. It was a really great experience and I think our time was pretty good too! Maybe I should think about becoming a co-driver one day!"
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Time was 2:17.2 :)
Yesterday rainy service park : :p
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Some work to do for Sainteloc !
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Mikkelsen spin on SD:
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Neuville says he was lucky to escape uninjured from a 100mph crash at the shakedown stage for Rally Finland.
The Hyundai driver went off the road backwards and straight into the trees on his first run through the final test for the Jyvaskyla-based event.
The team is now working on rebuilding the i20 WRC, which suffered significant rear end damage in the shunt, ahead of Thursday evening's opening stage.
"[Co-driver] Nicolas [Gilsoul] and I were pretty lucky to get away without any injury this morning," Neuville told AUTOSPORT.
"When you go straight to the trees at this speed, it's not so nice.
"The problem came for me in the fifth-gear left corner.
"I saw some braking marks from some of the boys before me; I tried to adapt, but I couldn't make the apex.
"We come to this corner at 160km/h [100mph]. It was quite a big moment.
"I was understeering straight away and I had to take the handbrake to try to back the car into the trees."
Shakedown video - http://youtu.be/WbFlDOy3xBg
When will be the opening ceremony? 18:42 local time?
The jokers of this rally is: Meeke, Tänak and Paddon.
All there could end up unsettling the field, and fight for podium positions.
Shakedown-times WRC2
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Again a great morning at the jumps, so impressive to see those guys there!
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Some more at http://facebook.com/rallymedia !
Ogier's close call ...
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Luck of the champion:
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removed, Eddie was faster
SD vid incl Neuville off: :eek: https://youtu.be/SncM6Ki8QGU
More SD-times from WRC2
Tidemand and Protasov fastest !
Pontus Tidemand SWE ?SKODA RC2 2.21,3 Yurii Protasov UKR FORD RC2 2.21,3 Esapekka Lappi FIN ?SKODA RC2 2.21,5 Stéphane Lefebvre FRA CITROËN RC2 2.22,2 Eyvind Brynildsen NOR FORD RC2 2.22,7 Craig Breen IRL PEUGEOT RC2 2.22,7 Jarkko Nikara FIN FORD RC2 2.23,2 Eric Camilli FRA FORD RC2 2.23,6 Scott Pedder AUS FORD RC2 2.24,5 Valeriy Gorban UKR MINI RC2 2.24,5 Anders Gröndal NOR CITROËN RC2 2.25,2 Fredrik Åhlin SWE FORD RC2 2.25,3 Nicolas Fuchs PER FORD RC2 2.25,9 Sander Pärn EST FORD RC2 2.26,2 Martin Koci SVK PEUGEOT RC2 2.27,1 Quentin Giordano FRA CITROËN RC2 2.29,2
FIA say Breen's car ok to compete.. :)
"Oy oy oyy" as the Finns would say. That's a frightening off!Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Is Ogier close call and Neuville off same corner? just different problem solving solutions? Ogier flat pedal, Neuville handbrake...
Yes, same corner.
And some were blaming Lukyanuk to crash so early on his first Fiesta WRC test here:confused:
Photos from shake: http://www.rally-mania.cz/photogallery.php?id=1377
Seems like wet road will play a role for this event.Quote:
Originally Posted by Viking
People can crash in rally cars. I don't think that's news to anyone on here.Quote:
Originally Posted by stefanvv
Comparing Neuville crashing - a guy with over 50 WRC starts, mostly in a WRC car, trying to set his car up for a podium - to someone crashing in their first taste of a WRC car in Finland is something different.
For sure though Neuville's stock right now is the lowest it has been in a long time.