I guess related to hot conditions but doesn't explain why Magalhaes suffers and not others.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
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I guess related to hot conditions but doesn't explain why Magalhaes suffers and not others.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
That's pretty rare issue for Fabia. Coul have been simply deffective one.
Magalhaes needs a push in the final stage but something seems to be wrong still.
Suarez now dropped down the leaderboard.. puncture ?
Our apologies, there seems to be timing issues for @JASuarezOficial and @diogogagorally in stage 13. We are looking at it now. 😬
#FIAERC #RallyIslasCanarias
Kreim is missing at the end of the last stage !
2 mins late.. stopped by Police !!
Hope thos doesn't affect his resut as he's had a good weekend.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Better job from Magalhaes in the last stage who jumped two places and defended from Brynildsen.
He will drop to 4th after 20s penalty acc to Radio.Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
So another comfortable win for Lukyanuk.
Looks like the Junior U28/U27 battles is all we will have to enjoy this year.
2/2 for Luky
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dccb0UuWkAAnVDK.jpg
That's shit.. what was the reason he was stopped by police?Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
The only other main guy (Magalhaes) doesn't seem up to the job sadly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Hopefully Gryazin and maybe Brynildsen will give Luky more of a run for his money on gravel. Also looking forward to seeing what Ingram can do when he's fighting fit again.
Crash of Llarena: https://youtu.be/7RsKvx5Deh0
Swerving from side to side to warm his tyres I think...Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
SS6 with Lukyanuk, fantastic roads, great scenery, excellent footage: https://youtu.be/KoMlO9SsnNY
@fabiankreimofficial 5 minutes ago: Yeees we have it! We are on the podium - according to recent information from the FIA there is no penalty !!!
Good, he deserved the third position.Quote:
Originally Posted by tc10a
Kreim is the biggest surprise for me. I didn't expect him anywhere near podium to be honest.
What's the reason of this crash? Something wrong with the brakes?Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
That's true. Magalhaes was the biggest disappointment of this rally for me. He was seventh overall. Even behind Grzegorz Grzyb. Grzyb is a good driver, but there are no such roads in Poland. I thought they suit Magalhaes perfectly.Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
Looks like he just lost the rear end and it pitched them into the tree.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
You are right. Llarena himself explains it in the same way here:Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
https://www.fiaerc.com/erc-junior-ll...anarias-crash/
Neil Cole:
The only sad thing about @FabianKreim’s time penalty being removed after the police stopped him is that I didn’t get to use this line in the script:
‘Kreim doesn’t pay’ :D
#RallyIslasCanarias #FIAERC
We all know that without the pop-off issues Magalhães would likely be fighting for the podium, but not for the lead. Like in the previous seasons, Lukyanuk is on a class of his own and only tech issues or driving mistakes can stop him to get the title, which he deserves for a long time. Still, let’s hope Magalhães and the others will be able to do better on the next events, putting more pressure on Luky and making ERC fight more interesting to follow.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
Already quite interesting is the U27 fight, with the duel between Gago and Sesks. Gago, the most talented Portuguese young driver, hasn’t yet plans to compete the whole U27, but the amazing wins at Azores and Canarias may help his sponsors to give him a chance; fingers crossed! Sesks has been the ERC revelation and it’s almost unbelievable how fast he can be with so little experience; certainly there’s a bright future ahead of him.
Did he have those issues during the whole rally?Quote:
Originally Posted by Rally Power
Apparently yes, as he said the last stage was one of the few without ‘pop-off’ issues; he also complained about some wrong tyre choices and not having the right set-up. If we remember that last year he was fighting till the last SS with Kajto for P2, it’s easy to understand that he had a terrible rally this time. Better luck for the next one!Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
Anyone interested in Chris Ingram - he flew straight back to the UK and was back in hospital and still having tests..
Wish him a speedy recovery.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
The next JERC U28 round isn’t until July so hopefully he will be fully fit by then.
It's common pratice here in Portugal with the R5 cars. When things don't go as plan, normally it's the pop-off valve. You never notice in the movies you see, but they we're there!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
He hopes to give the russians competition, and fight for podiums is what he said.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
But this being his first asphalttally since 2013, and working with a new team of engineers he did not reach that goal this time. He made a bad tyrechoice on friday, and just tried to get the trust in the tyres on saturday. Team did some set up changes on sunday, that he liked, but then the top drivers also just tried to protect their position.
At least I will give him a gravel rally to see if he is on podium level. But the two russians are quick, so he will have to fight hard!
Start with old WRC was an option. If you dont want to use it, you can take money for your ERC campaign.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
He really didnt expected he will win this rally. He was not driving on tarmac for more that two years and didnt do any rally since last year Wales Rally GB. And especially so abrasive and special tarmac in Canarias. So he did quite well rally there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
Maybe you dont know, but since 1.4.2018 was cancelled homologation of pop-off valve from company Oral with number 007, which was used by most of the teams (it looks like that this pop-off valve was quite stronger than others). So this should bring problems as drivers needs to use different pop-offs now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Really nice event we had in Gran Canaria, great to see the R2 battle (Gago, Seks, Llarena, Wagner, Solans), for me the bigest surprise is Seks in her first asphalt event but also Solans jr. who was the fastest R2 all the event.
Nice performance also of Pellier with the 208 T16, never imagined he could make a scratch. Congrats to Alexey, he seems to be the master of the Islas Canarias, three victories now and looks he could match the record of five consecutive wins of Carlos Sainz in the 80s
Grzegorz showed also last year that roads on Canarias suits him very well. So his great performance is no surprise.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
I hope he will be fit earlier...Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
How come he didn't know that when he claimed to go for the title?Quote:
Originally Posted by PLuto
Anyway the one who wants to fight for the title has to be competitive everywhere. Only six rounds remain and Lukyanuk already scored two victories.
Watching the highlights I have to say Eurosport still do the best job of rally coverage. Great editing and mixture of heli, stage-side & onboards giving a real feeling of speed and comparison between driving styles.
It is something like PR stuff. With so much experience you cannot really say that you are going there to gain experience and get back to racing rhythm. He did better than I expected and I think that he will be more competitive in Acropolis and Cyprus.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek