He's coming up...
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He's coming up...
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What start position did Loeb have on the 1st run? Need to know if he's worth a bet or not...
Suninen having first km of test. 5th pass
Quite a gap waiting for Evans, Tanak, Sordo, Latvala, Neuville and Lappi to have another run.
all Toyotas were at service,now all going to shakedown again.
Rovanperä faster than Tidemand!
Wonder if all Toyotas are getting a ‘tweak’ - last year’s issues again maybe?
what issues? basically everybody went to service after 2 runs...Neuville and Tänak have now made their third run too but the times are coming through so slowly.
Neuville now 0,4 from Meeke
I guees Benito had overheat issues and that'swhy no took part of SD...
I see you later, the mountains, the dust and the camping house await me. First 500 km from Mexico City ... next, let's do rally
Lappi on stage with 0kph mark. Crashed?
Before beggining?
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The car of @EsapekkaLappi has stopped in the shakedown stage. All is OK, and we are investigating what caused them to stop. #RallyMexico #WRC
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Shakedown notes: Ogier looked really good on the first run, Toyota engine sounded mild but changed after that. Meeke using starting position to max, seemed to push really hard in shakedown already. Loeb first run didn’t look good, but got better.. no surprises. #wrc #shakedown
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We did five runs in Shakedown this morning. I feel much more comfortable with the car now as I did not have any pre-rally test this time. Rally Mexico starts tonight at 20.08 in Guanajuato.
Meeke couldnt improved his time at 4th run
Tanak and Latvala on 5th run. Testing session for Toyota
weird last runs by the Toyotas, way off the pace...Mikkelsen matching his 4th run time on 5th run
Maybe Mikkelsen isn't totally happy. 6 runs now, but still not on the top pace despite good road position on first passes and now on clean road. Only shakedown though so hard to read too much into it
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Shakedown complete! @SebOgier was third fastest and @TeemuSuninenRac was eighth fastest. @ElfynEvans' quickest time isn't showing, but it would see him placed in the top-three fastest times #WRC #RallyMexico #FordPerformance https://t.co/upgvp9nxG0
He didn't play golf during those 6y. I think trying different things in Motorsport may further develop rally skills. His age however is disadvantage, his brain and body will have hard time in the next 3 (I hope) days. I think nobody (even Loeb himself) knows what to expect out of this, but if he wins, Ogier has tough years ahead if he wants to do better than Loeb.
I don't think that touring car racing, GT racing, Dakar and rallycross can add anything to the rally experience that Loeb developed in 10+ years of WRC plus the earlier years in the national championship. For sure it's better that he has been racing rather than playing golf, but it's not the same as rallying in the WRC... we will see what he can do, it's hard to tell indeed. I'd only be happy if he could fight for a podium.
broken suspension?
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DXysmNUUMAAMcBQ.jpg:small
Stage rallying is a completely different beast. Co-Driver and pace notes carry a lot of weight. Lets hope Elena is on top of his game, which I am sure he is.
From the looks of it, Toyota already struggling with a few issues. Lets hope Loeb does better than 5th for the sake of Breen who if I were to bet on a position for this rally it would be 5th for Breen.
https://www.rallit.fi/sunisella-eril...kkeja-ilmassa/
Suninen says the roads have been cleaning considerably already during recce.
Loeb onboard
https://youtu.be/IZeK0XE9-qc
Hyundai video
https://youtu.be/IbS7MrfMpR8