Gap to Neuville is more important than to Breen..
Hopefully 2nd loop will make things a bit closer.
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Gonna be interesting evening loop. Kalle now has 50+ cars dirt on the road all over the place compared to clean road in the morning
What happened in WRC3 on SS2? Armstrong over half a minute faster than anybody else..
Interesting rally so far, dissapointed in Fourmaux, he's starting to remind of other young MSport drivers.
Shame Ingram not getting any coverage even though 2nd in WRC2.
Is there any footage of the Fourmaux off?
Thierry and Martijn totally exhausted after pushing the car into time control. Seems they had done it for a long time already.
Was late too, penalty coming in. arrived after Taka
Neuville got 40 secs penalty and is 4th now
Fourmaux has crashed now all tarmac starts since last year's Croatia. Ypres, Catalunya (just a minor off, damaging suspension), Monza, Monte and Croatia. Meanwhile, gravel starts in Portugal, Safari and Acropolis were decent and Finland good in the sense of no mistakes.
Was about to comment it's good to see Hyundais up there, now Kalle has a huge chance. Confirmation that speed isn't the problem for Hyundai.
If positions at the end are similar to now then Kalle is absolutely the favourite this year.
Rovanperä leading by 47.3 s, when was the last time P1 to P2 was this long in Friday midday service?
Chris Ingram had a great loop and is 2nd in WRC2 and leads WRC2 Junior by 52.5 sec !
https://www.ewrc-results.com/results...54733&sct=1970
Taking into account the early season performance of all the leading drivers, it's clear there were only four possible title contenders.
Throw-in a poor start for Hyundai for whatever reasons (Neuville &, particularly, Tanak) and add the combination of self-induced/plain bad-luck dogging Elfyn Evans, and you begin to see we may only have one real protagonist here - Rovanpera.
Still early in the year, but you feel Kalle can only lose it now.
Kalle 16 secs slower in split two than in the morning
seems very difficult for Kalle as he is not used to mud on road..
edit: but manages to drive fast tho
Problems for Gus?
+48s
FL tyre gone and rim is a wreck
FR rim and tyre also heavily damaged
disaster day for Ford..
puncture for Gus
Gus=right front tyre gone & left front rim damaged
lots of similar punctures, tires coming off from the rim...Pirelli's flavor?
We will have Sunday already tomorrow
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Evans pace is really worrying apart from that one stage win
Thierry now struggling a bit to see due to misted windscreen.
Just niggly things always for Hyundai drivers to deal with
wrc2 "scratch" for huttunen on ss5
Horrible conditions of wet, mud, fog and misting screens.
No luck for Neuville today.
Gus gone off but lucky. Solberg too.