Yes. Let's hope he continues like that tomorrow!Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
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Yes. Let's hope he continues like that tomorrow!Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Magalhaes very slow in the first stage today. Should still be ok but its a worry if he's lost confidence.
Good pushes by some others fighting for the leg 3 points.
And Luky started the day by hitting trees... :D Fortunately it wasn't serious. Will be interesting how everybody manages their gaps. Magalhaes lost a lot to Herczig, but it is possible he is saving the car for the final two stages.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Looks like only Brynildsen have fighting position for today
Up to 4th now.Quote:
Originally Posted by KKS
A great time by Luky on SS10. Speed-wise he's a different class.
Brynildsen is flying in Grammeni 2!
And spectators safety is a joke..........
Bruno Magalhaes safely through. One to go and he really needs to get there for the win and points to try to catch Lukyanuk.
But if Lukyanuk doesnt win the Title this year it will be ridiculous and his own fault.
Bruno did it! And in our pickems competition, nobody put him to first place ;)
Bruno Magalhães wins. Smart drive pays off.
Brynildsen able to keep the 4th, with only fwd on last stage and issues with backdiff all of the last day.
But again the russian is in his own league when the Fiesta works.
But still Fabia seems to be the car to have.
If you as a driver are able to master it, then it generally seems as the fastest R5.
Also seems like Pirelli has better options for R5.
I think it is more about driver than about the car. Each car suits differently to every driver. If you look here, Lucas was different league. Nordgren was able to make good times, also Habaj was usually between the fastest. Brynildsen also on top. And also Tsoulotfas was able to be fast with "crappy" Citroen :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Sulland
Top two fastest guys in recent years, Kajto and Lukyanuk, both use Ford Fiesta R5's.
Other driver's are choosing Škoda's for their own reasons.
Mistake of Herczig on SS 10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Bt0IUzdPW0
I feel sorry for the specators... thank god that there is no ticket to watch these amateur level drivers go through all this...
Good job by Magalhaes. It was an intelligent drive, but personally I found the problems and punctures ruined this rally as someone following it.
All in favour of diversity of events, but maybe Acropolis and Cyprus in a short championship is a bit much.
They are good rallies to have if the competition is high... a bit of drama never hurt anyone.Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
But in ERC where you have 1 proper driver and then an assortment of disgraces for the sport in R5s then it becomes bad...
It is good if there are events where it is not only about speed, but also about thinking and driving more carefully. But I agree that it should be enough to have only one of those so rough events in the calendar. We will see next year...Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
Bullshit, like usually from you. No sense to any reaction to these words ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
But there is more interesting topic to discuss about Acropolis. Efthimios Halkias was excluded after final scrutineering due to fuel cell ventilation valve tampered...
Here is the reason of exlusion.
excluded from a missing ball from fuel cell ventilation hose?
are there any advantages from that?
Yes, one big advantage. Your car will not catch fire...Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
with the ball installed if i undesrtood right?Quote:
Originally Posted by PLuto
...which means that those rallies make sense in WRC only.Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
In ERC the level of competition will not be higher and the level in Greek and Cyprus championship is extremely low...
extactly...Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
I think calling the level of greek rally drivers extremely low is actually an overstatement...
Really?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sulland
ERC 2017:
Skoda Fabia R5 - number of wins: 3 (out of 8 rallies)
Ford Fiesta R5 - number of wins: 5 (out of 8 rallies)
ERC 2018:
Skoda Fabia R5 - number of wins so far: 1 (out of 3 rallies)
Ford Fiesta R5 - number of wins so far: 2 (out of 3 rallies)
It's a matter of drivers, really. Whatever car Kajto, Lukyanuk or Bouffier drive, wins :)
For example Bouffier was fastest with Citroen DS3 R5 :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
Congrats to Bruno, Hugo and ARC Sport for this deserved win; it’d be great to see them repeating P1 on Cyprus Rally. Força Campeões!
Surely there should be tyres able to better withstand these rough rallies ?
It would be good to see driver's able to test their speed and car set-up and suspension here, rather than mainly who can best protect their tyres...
I agree.. of course you are always going to get more punctures on an event such as this but here (and in Portugal WRC2) it was excessive, and I fear the same again in Cyprus and Sardinia.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Maybe someone can tell us, do they really use the same tyres here as they would use in Finland, or New Zealand for example?
Anything is possible but there is one principal issue with that - without proper involvement of the works teams tyre manufacturers won't bother to prepare anything special. But people are calling for ERC to be a privateer championship and that simply means that the teams are bound to use what is possible to buy from the shelf.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
That's why I also think that it would be good for the organizers to rethink the route and consider skipping some of the roughest sections. The works teams can cope with that for sure (remember Škoda Dakar-like setups for IRC Rally Sibiu for example) but for the privateers it's more or less an expensive lottery.
Actually there are no other options. You have few tires to choose from, and have to figure out how to survive in different conditions.Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
The experience of Magalhaes paid off here re tyres and the others need to learn the lesson.
Luky was also trying to be more careful with the tyres and slowed down, but maybe this caused another problem - a drop in concentration...
Congrats fr your pass at 13,2 km of Thiva.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lehus
World class pass!
Attachment 1604
These are two pics I took from Acropolis Rally. First is from SS Grammeni an second from SS Amfissa.
That was the last Acropolis.... :(
https://greece.greekreporter.com/201...years-of-glory
Putting aside that our exclusion from the calendar was fair, where the .... was he, the years before to write just even one sentence about the event. I hate this kind of media, they appear only when they smell pain and loss...
Bad news always sells...