Mikkelsen loosing another 14 sec compared to his collegues at VW
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Mikkelsen loosing another 14 sec compared to his collegues at VW
Championship order. Those guys have points, Sordo does not.Quote:
Originally Posted by kirungi okwogera
Damage at Mikkelsen's car, he hit something apparently
Oh yes, makes sense. Hard to imagine Melicharek having more points than Sordo!Quote:
Originally Posted by jonkka
He wouldn't win anyway...let's wait for the afternoon loop of stages...it will be dirty also for front runners....Quote:
Originally Posted by kirungi okwogera
Meeke looking quite good on splits
Isn't he in JWRC too?Quote:
Originally Posted by rage82
Mads is hilarious, delighted to finish the stage without retiring - apparently he crashes here a lot.
Yeah too much time lost for many guys this morning - you can see the difference with WRC2 and WRC3, much closer pack.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ucci
Third best time for Chris, but still loosing about 5 sec
Kubica stopped in stage?
because he's last in the championship, mind you, he's yet to finish in the points this year. (or a rally for that matter)Quote:
Originally Posted by kirungi okwogera
Another off for Robert Kubica, moving again but not at full speed
Another disappointing time for Bouffier.
Edit: he is complaining a little bit about having a gravel gearbox, so loosing too much time in the technical sections
Game on though! As for the start order, I think Sordo would be a lot closer if not stuck behind Melicharek. There should be a 110% rule applied in s/d to deal with such entries. I'll never forgive him for precipitating the scrapping of the second Turini stage this year (bad memories of standing in pouring rain for 6 hours only to see a drive through!)
Kubica loosing about 4 min after his crash.
First of all Sordo is not running behind Melichárek but behind Protasov and second he has so far never got even cose to his rear wing. They start with two minutes gap and so far even one minute would be enough.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mintexmemory
I don't know if you can blame Melicharek himself for Turini entirely! I'm sure Sordo would be faster, but Neuville has been saying the Hyundai is not at the rally-winning stage of development yet so I doubt we'd see him fighting with Latvala and Ogier today as he could in the Citroen.
Then again, good time for Sordo on this stage!
If Meeke holds position today, running 3rd on the road tomorrow he should be quick far quicker. Mind you they are in Baumholder tomorrow, where I doubt as much cutting goes on!!
Anyway, good to see he's taking a decent amount of time out of his team mate.
here goes my pickem favourite....now I can go to the beach and enjoy sun&see(I'm on vacation....)Quote:
Originally Posted by wwbroe
I'm very surprised by the pace of young Mats van den Brand. On SS2 he is I think 3rd fastest of the Fiesta R2s in his first WRC rally. He was matching Gilbert untill split 3.
They'll run in reverse order tomorrow, you know.Quote:
Originally Posted by Doon
Sordo runs behind both Protasov and Melicharek but i think his problem is not the 2 mins gap but their drivings lines which makes road even more muddy and slipperyQuote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
Yes he is, it was my bad. Still he's a fast guy i his first event.Quote:
Originally Posted by EightGear
Sordo's problem is that he's 14th on the road, not Protasov's or Melicharek's lines.Quote:
Originally Posted by JTGANG
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Originally Posted by Andre Oliveira
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Yeah, it could be 13 Loebs in front of him and he'd still have been slow on the second stage - I think that was his complaint though, being so far back, not the fact that some of the guys ahead of him aren't factory drivers.Quote:
Originally Posted by jonkka
Mats has very good potentional and need to do more events abroad and not in Holland. He is already faster than van der Marel who is way more experienced.Quote:
Originally Posted by EightGear
And yes Camilli is doing JWRC in DS3 not Dmack Fiesta.
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Tough only a quick analyzis, the predictions have been quit correct so far;)
I really enjoy that Latvala is going so good. In our "Nose End First threehouse" we have talked about the possibility of Latvala challenging Ogier if he can contain him self a bit on the slow stuff. Really good that he now puts preassure on Ogier, very good for the championship!
Tough he is a high risk driver, and have to have all his stars alligned correctly if he is going to finnish this rally, one cant go unimpressed by the pure speed of Kris Meeke. And the slight madness in his own self belief;) (I mean this in the best possible way:)
But then again, he has done the Baja 1000, solo, ON A MOTORBIKE!!!
Sordo will be fast as soon as his road possition is better (I did a big misjudgement in not taking in account how much this would count for in time loss on some of these stages), and once again it is proven that the Hyundai is a fast car.
- Kubica off, not surprising. He is a marvelous driver, but needs to unlock some of the secrets of rallying.
- Neuville off on SD was not surprising in context of the test video.
- Meeke off (only a spin) was expected.
Ogier is overdriving a bit. He did this in the Helsinki Battle (after the very good run of Neuville), and in Finland (after preassure from Latvala), and now. He is not unaflicted by preassure in the way Loeb was, something that is very good for the championship, because then the other drivers can learn that he is not indistructable (at least not in one single rally, tough VERY difficult to beat over a whole season.)
Very exiting so far!
Not in tarmac ralliesQuote:
Originally Posted by jonkka
Mirek knew very well the point I was trying to make ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by kirungi okwogera
For tarmac rallies it isn't good enough to use 'championship' order. Melichareks points were gained by being slower than WRC2 and just surviving on the Monte. Protasov's points were WRC 2. For them to start ahead of the last year's winner is a complete farce. I'm not saying Sordo would challenge VW but he's already quicker than the team leader despite the handicap!
Kubica just a disappointment once more... nothing for him to show apart from slow speed and crashes. I was expecting him to be much faster here.
He just does not have the ability to do anything taken seriously at the top of the sport. He is a far better addition than those useless nobodies with sunglasses but that is that and nothing more unfortunately.
just 3 stages and we have nice battles for 1st and places 3 to 9 are quite open...
Yes, I am affraid you are right. Think it's "game over" for Kubica in the WRC.Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
a) Loeb was so good he was rarely under pressureQuote:
Originally Posted by Lundefaret
b) He was able to avoid pressure from able team mates when it suited by team orders (Sordo) or derating an engine (Ogier)
c) He wasn't immune though as the last ever rally showed - It was just very rare.
Exactly.Quote:
Originally Posted by jonkka
All good so far for VW.. but will the team stop them fighting for the win at some point to take the Makers title here at home..