AFAIK Toyota is pretty clueless at the moment where to find the speed for the WRC 2027 to match the speed of WRC 2.Quote:
Originally Posted by Belrally
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AFAIK Toyota is pretty clueless at the moment where to find the speed for the WRC 2027 to match the speed of WRC 2.Quote:
Originally Posted by Belrally
Crazy close times between the Top 3 Toyota's... you have to enjoy that.
All five were inside 1.6sec of each others on this one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
lack of competition? ogier vs solberg vs evans. neuville vs fourmaux vs sordo.Quote:
Originally Posted by Belrally
the only thing missing is competition between constructors.
Dead level fastest time now !
Armstrong off
He did well backing out of it, instead of trying to make the corner.
Yeah, he actually saved it well.Quote:
Originally Posted by becher
Bit of a silly mistake though, they are only racing themselves here as the car is so poor, after already having two close shaves earlier in the rally there was no need for it.
The lad is quick, but he does need to cut the mistakes out.
Hmhm although I found him "disappointing". His advantage of McErlean seems smaller than on any other rally so far.Quote:
Originally Posted by doubled1978
I agree. Armstrong has been a few seconds faster on most stages but has made a couple big mistakes. McErlean is doing comparatively well here.Quote:
Originally Posted by becher
It obviously can't happen, but, it'd be fun if halfway through the season once Toyota has secured the manufacturer's championship, they put Ogier, Evans, and Solberg in Msports while Armstrong, McErlean, and Fourmax get Toyotas
That is quite a crazy difference. Basically, we can say:
* Rally1 - Ogier, Evans, Solberg
* Rally 1.4 - Pajari, Takamoto
* Rally 2 top 3...
* Rally 1.6 - Hyndais
* Rally 1.8 - M-Sport
all hyundais slower from wrc2 cars without mechanical problems.
Unbelievable....
For some reason, I'm surprised that Lindholm is so good on tarmac. Was also good in Croatia. Is it just me, or has he found some improvements? Maybe some Finns can comment.
Amazing Ogier
https://x.com/i/status/2048304064048369793
The road started to dry out shortly after the I20 Rally1 passed. I am on that stage.Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
Amazing! He managed to go... around a bend! Wow! Incredible! Best driver ever! Yeah yeah!Quote:
Originally Posted by 106 sport
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I love how many times at stage end the driver does not hear the stage end journalist or does pretend to not hear him/her.
You would think that after 10+ years one would invent a system where the voice is directly input into the helmet of the driver, but no :D
Solberg now with most stage wins in the rally and just 2,2s behind Ogier with two stages to go. Battle intensifies...
It's Ben who to blame for. Drivers rather pretend they can't hear anything than saying something wrong and get stupid fines.
I miss Rovanperä and Tänak
Well it's 2.2 seconds and it's all about the next stage now, can Solberg dig something more out of his Toyota without overdriving?
I think now the main thing can make Hyundai's presence even worse could be Tänak driving a non-competitive Hyundai and giving no-filter stage end interviews.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
Most important for him is to stay calm and not dp smth wrong. Learning from last event was important.Quote:
Originally Posted by CeskyOndra
WRC2 - Lukyanuk fastest on SS16 !
Speaking about Estonians then quite an embarrassing showing from Romet and Robert so far.Quote:
Originally Posted by meh
As I haven’t followed much then I don’t know what’s the problem or if there is any actually.
Solberg stopped !
I love how we get that information from the co drivers or drivers….Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
... and Pajari to the podium again
What a disaster, losing all points.
Solberg's luck has well and truly run out.
If Solberg's own mistake, then very stupid..
Let Ogier take the win and collect good points from 2nd place.. but no. Now Solberg total 0 vs Ogier maximum and Evans high points aldo..
eWRC says he hit a wall so it's own mistake.
Someone needs to let Oliver know his real rival for the championship is Elfyn Evans. Throwing everything away at this stage of the season is suicidal. For his title chances.
Shame they weren't onboard for Solberg, busy showing others who arent in the fight for the win ...
My pickems:
1 Ogier 2 Solberg 3 Evans 4 Katsuta 5 Pajari 6 Fourmaux 7 Neuville 8 Sordo
After SS16 only Katsuta and Pajari should switch places, now Solberg ruined it all.
Thanks Oliver. You ruined my pickems
Now All-live showed the onboard/replay as well. This kind of stuff is always dangerous if the barrier has the potential to enter into the car. We can recall and remember Kubica incident. So in a way, Solberg was lucky.
Solberg crash onboard:
https://x.com/i/status/2048350021955833908
Missjudges the small gap/opening in the barrier.