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Originally Posted by seb_sh
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Originally Posted by seb_sh
and now Pajari...
I don't blame Pirelli there, maybe it makes sense to not drive stages where 50% of competitors will have technical issues.
The entire field has been through once and the Rally1 cars twice by the time the Rally2 cars do the second loop, so unless they're gonna stop doing repeat stages on rough gravel rallies..Quote:
Originally Posted by meh
This situation isn't doing Pirelli or WRC any favours.
Maybe they should split it - Pirelli for tarmac and Michelin for gravel.
Or just leave their tires to Formula 1, only.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Such a shame for Tanak, had real good pace this morning.
Pirelli have absolutely killed wrc2, even with drivers taking it easy it's impossible to avoid every rock. The tyres are too brittle
Pity we didn't get to see Meeke on it due to his progressive damper issue.
Only 3 guys haven’t had punctures in rally2 class
Solberg, Rossel and Bulacia
Evans stopped on stage
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Evans staying on SS7
Lappi Esapekka - Ferm JanneQuote:
Originally Posted by rp
"There are 10 million rocks and I don't know which one I hit!"
Rovanperä Kalle - Halttunen Jonne
"The stage is in much worse condition than I was expecting, much rougher than last year."
Evans miserable day is complete.
This stage is really rough in places!
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Rear axle also for Tänak on this stage
The car just can’t hold together for a full day
Rovanperä at stage end: "the others will be faster"
So far nobody is faster
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I admire you dimvii always protecting Pirelli but I don’t remember so much puncture and dramas with tires on Michelin daysQuote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
Maybe because it wasn’t talk as much
We don't have any stats to back our "feelings" on the topic, it may be that you don't remember puncture dramas from previous/Michelin years because we did not have any coverage from that era.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
i dont always protect pirelli.I just want to know more info before jump into conclusions.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
Of course maybe its pirelli false,but we need some evidence.
Rovanpera said that is rougher than last year,and Lappi that there are so many rocks he didnt know which hit.
How you say so?Quote:
Originally Posted by meh
We had also coverage on those days. Wrc plus came in 2015 if I remember correct
Suninen way off the pace now
Easy guys, more punctures expected so it's a lottery for everyone. 2 days to go with this lottery.
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weird that we didnt get any footage of Evans crash, not even onboard
the guys are OKAY, which is good
Rossel 40sec penalty
Rossel, also something to do with the tires
https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/evans...y-of-portugal/
Evans properly destroyed the car. I'll be surprised if thats fixable
Wow that’s massive
Could someone even image that after Day1 in this superb tight WRC2 field, one driver has to take it home safe now?
Fair play to DF getting to the car and providing the pictures but without making a big fuss about how they did so.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kras
vid too https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCQNRMkioUYQuote:
Originally Posted by Kras
Blimey, that’s properly bent. Glad the boys are ok…Quote:
Originally Posted by Kras
Yes, literally anyone can get a puncture here and Tanak only losing 50 odd seconds might be ok if others have to stop and change.Quote:
Originally Posted by cali
That said, with the way rallying is now such a sprint, a puncture has such a disproportionate affect on the result that I still find it weird we don’t have EMI tyres back. We only have 8 cars, so having a few of them taken out of the fight by a flat tyre seems madness to me from the promotion of the sport perspective.
Interesting that a tarmac sss is at the end of the day. I suspect that he who has the worst tyres will have the easyest time there
This stage seems like good opportunity to get rid of some wheels...Quote:
Originally Posted by Kras
Reading between the lines of Tänak it seems there were many issues during the day
I just can’t understand this, the car can’t even take a full rally day without problems
I was wondering why he was relatively ok and smilyng after puncture or stage later. If puncture was not his largest problem then what was it.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
Tänak Ott - Järveoja Martin
"We were not so sure if we would make it through this afternoon and in the end we made it."
Don't wanna think about how it will handle Sardegna, Kenya & Greece later this year.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
2014 to be precise, so a tiny bit longer, really hope we'll get Michelin & any other manufacturer come 2025.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
Both Msport cars can't last a day without niggly issues. Reminds me of the Peugeot 307 at this point. Fingers crossed Msport can try and get on top of things before the next two rough events......
Ominous performance from Kalle so far
Ott Tänak has revealed he was carrying a water pump problem throughout Friday’s leg of Rally of Portugal, and only sterling work from M-Sport’s mechanics in the remote tire fitting zone kept him in the rally.
“We were getting some water pump issues, but still on the tire fitting [zone] the mechanics did a bit of magic and some good massage to the water pump.
“So we never expected to survive, but actually it survived all afternoon. So did quite well but yeah obviously the main issues this afternoon were the punctures.
“We got one quite early on the stage and then we damaged the second one as well so we basically had no spare tires. We just had to come through, we couldn’t really risk anything anymore.”
https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/the-h...nak-to-retire/