[WRC] Central European Rally 17-20.10.2024

Ogier's crash: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DBV6n...JsdDRmdg%3D%3D (sorry If a repost)

https://x.com/DirtFishRally/status/1...585801/photo/2 - the rear-right wheel off

Ogier is getting old but Neuville, Tanak and Evans are also at age when drivers usually start to decline a little. I think fact that this year he need to "catch up" due to missed rallies makes him little more desperate and more error-prone.

It feels Neuville is either simply quite lucky this year and/or he is good at understanding at which stages it makes sense to be more risky and where it's better to just accept less points. I keep my fingers crossed for him and hope this comment will not age like milk.

Two Poles in top 10 overall and 18-years old Hubert Laskowski is 4th in WRC3. I hope to see this guy in rally1 someday.

It is interesting that there is enough slack in the telephone cable to knock the pole down without breaking it.

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Originally Posted by Tauri_J

Btw Why no gravel crews on last stage?

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There was no time for them pass. The schedule is tight on Sunday with no mid-day break.

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Originally Posted by Tauri_J

This whole season Ogier has been over the limit. I remember so many moments from him that he has gotten away with.

Guess his luck is finally running out

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I remember it was a bit like this in his last year at Citroen, when he was trying to do more than was realistic and he would have offs that you expect from a new guy.

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Originally Posted by Integrale

It used to be different. Ogier getting away with it most of the times. Maybe he likes it more when he's the one being chased than the one who is doing the chasing. With Neuville it seems it's the complete opposite.

Manufacturers championship not over I think?

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Rovanpera was also getting away with everyting for 2 whole season and this year not so much. Weird season indeed

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Originally Posted by Backa

Ogier is getting old but Neuville, Tanak and Evans are also at age when drivers usually start to decline a little.

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We can say that there is lack of competition in the WRC, but listed guys have provided us really nice battles. In most cases it is not known in advance who is going to win. If we take them away, let's in 2-5 years perspective - what we have left? Rovanperä. For new guys, such as Pajari, it still takes some cooking before they are ready to think about fighting with Rovanperä.

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Originally Posted by Morte66

It is interesting that there is enough slack in the telephone cable to knock the pole down without breaking it.

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Those cables sag considerably and aren't usually tightly attached to poles (instead just run through a hoop).

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Originally Posted by meh

We can say that there is lack of competition in the WRC, but listed guys have provided us really nice battles. In most cases it is not known in advance who is going to win. If we take them away, let's in 2-5 years perspective - what we have left? Rovanperä. For new guys, such as Pajari, it still takes some cooking before they are ready to think about fighting with Rovanperä.

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If you look at our pickems this year, you can see how many times we actually predicted the right winners on all rounds, as much as I don’t like the new point scoring system, there’s no denial it added extra pressure (& competition) to all the crews, making the rally outcome, more unpredictable.

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Originally Posted by meh

We can say that there is lack of competition in the WRC, but listed guys have provided us really nice battles. In most cases it is not known in advance who is going to win. If we take them away, let's in 2-5 years perspective - what we have left? Rovanperä. For new guys, such as Pajari, it still takes some cooking before they are ready to think about fighting with Rovanperä.

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If we take away Neuville, Tanak, Evans, Ogier.. We stuck with Munster, Serderidis, Mikkelsen. One of those three would challenge for the title. :D