Great disappointment about Bouffier but hopefully it means he can save the money for a different round instead. I expect he will try for Corsica?
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Great disappointment about Bouffier but hopefully it means he can save the money for a different round instead. I expect he will try for Corsica?
Breen confident after test :)
Craig said he wasn’t surprised that he was able to make “big strides” during a pre-event test ahead of round four of the FIA European Rally Championship this week.
He sampled his Peugeot Rally Academy 207 Super 2000 on gravel for the first time during a pre-rally test session on Monday, “It was my first time driving the car on gravel and I was really happy with how the it behaved. I won’t say I was surprised because I knew it would be good but everything worked really well and we made some big strides with the set-up of the car. Everyone was working really hard – it was one of those days when you change something it’s better and you don’t have to go round in circles trying to find a solution. The weather was not perfect but it looks like it will be the same for the rally.”
Breen has never competed in the Açores before and said the test had provided a timely confidence boost. “It was a bit of an unknown quantity coming here,” said the Irish ace. “I didn’t know what to expect from the car or the rally and I’m feeling a hell of a lot more confident now...”
Go Craig !! :bounce:
Next 15 hours will be very, very, very heavy rain. Thursday evening will be a bit better, night will me rainy again and from Friday afternoon.. it will be much better weather! Saturday and Subday will be good. Temperature all the tima around +16..+17 and windy (10..12m/s). It will be rally of survival.
Watching live the non-competitive City Show.
Direto RTP Açores - RTP Play - RTP or RTP Açores
Dear portuguese boys, are there any archives on the RTP.pt pages when we can found record with this city stage? No problem if released with 24 hours delay whatever but I would like to see that. (and I will face this problem again in saturday, damned girlfriend with her mountain bike :D ) Thanks a lot in advance.
Crews given another pass of recce through the stages that suffered from extreme fog yesterday. Kubica was prepared not to start without the extra pass:
MAXRALLY - More recce or no rally, says F1 star Kubica
Looking forward to the rally start :) Tonight' Grupo Marques stage live online?
Really good news about the live tv stages, especially some of them being available free to everyone online.
What happened with the airline strike?
SS1 Coroa da Mata could be cancelled. The drivers repeated the recce of this stage this morning, but it was covered with fog again. Moreover, the conditions of the road at the last part of the stage are bad.
organiseres gave the Teams extra time to recce, but the roads are so deep, it is impossible to drive...info from Team neubauer!
According to PLuto Bouffier will not start - engine failure.
It was SS 2 São Brás / Vila FrancaQuote:
Originally Posted by Kielder
Yes, he will not start. Instead of monday test his team was rebuilding his car from tarmac spec to gravel spec, on Tuesday I was the car going around port, but yesterday they put engine out of the car and didnt returned it back... It is a pity, but he will be missing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
OK. I read it here: Nevoeiro condiciona SATA Rally Açores - Autosport.ptQuote:
Originally Posted by PLuto
Actual picture from shakedown
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.n...30183604_n.jpg
Wonder if any stages will be cancelled?
Kubica fastest so far - 2.10.9, Kopecky - 2.15.8, Breen - 2.16.0
Actually they are talking about SS 2, but we will see later.Quote:
Originally Posted by noel157
I have seen on test, that DS3 is flying on wet gravel, it was big difference against atmospheric S2000.Quote:
Originally Posted by rage82
Results of qualify - Autosport
Sorry.. wrong post :-)
Anyway, looks like weather is getting a bit better already.. however, now the whole Friday looks to come rainy, but not as bad as today morning, just normal horizontal rain :-P
And here goes my pickem.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
Another picture from morning recce
https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.n...48152400_n.jpg
Starting order to first leg:
1 -
2 Raoux
3 Černý
4 Wallenwein
5 Sousa
6 Breen
7 Kopecky
8 Kubica
9 Ancian
10 Moura
11 Magalhaes
Isn't it better to be first on the road :confused:
Finally SS1 is cancelled. SS2 is now only the first 6.3kms. SS3 & SS4 will run as planned.
Starting order may change, as there will be changes in route it is not sure if starting order will stay also for tomorrow or not. New selection will be after stewards meeting.Quote:
Originally Posted by PLuto
Not all bad new... first stage now starts just as I finish work (5pm UK)... ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Kielder
It is not approved by stewards meeting yet, but it looks like it will be like you wrote.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kielder
New starting order for today and tomorrow:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BIs1W18CYAM0CAg.jpg:large
Final starting order to first leg:
1 Raoux
2 Černý
3 Wallenwein
4 Magalhaes
5 Moura
6 Sousa
7 Breen
8 Kopecky
9 Ancian
10 Kubica
I just looked that during last 10 hours the total precipitation in P. Delgada was approximately 25mm and total in S. Miguel was around 65 mm! That is 10% of yearly precipitation in Estonia!
But for now, the sun is shining :-)
SpotAzores.com - Azores Islands Webcams - Ponta Delgada Webcam
and the view to the other direction:
http://spotazores.com/lagoa
Wasn't it similar conditions last year ...?
It was Rally Portugal :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by noel157
It was Rally Portugal :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by noel157
Almost...LOL....Quote:
Originally Posted by bluuford
http://new.skoda-auto.com/SiteCollec...-acores-13.jpg
I hope this conditions don't cost to Rallye Açores the same punish as the Rally of Portugal had to paid after the 2001 edition. There are some rallyes knocking on the door of the ERC. Besides, next year the Rallye of Portugal could be moved to the North. Remember that that rallye in the South was part of the IRC in 2008. It could be a consolation prize, an intermediate solution for the (secular) controversy that has started between Portuguese fans from the North and South ones. Now, make no mistake: I don't want the ERC out of Açores.
Now at Ponta Delgada...
http://sphotos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphoto...56955720_n.jpg
Complete start list to first (and second) leg: Sata Rallye Açores 2013 - Start order - leg 1 - Rally-Base
This picture was done by me :)Quote:
Originally Posted by tolis