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Interesting that Thierry said there was a Marshall who was waving and him and Ott both lost massively in the end there
The others after them don’t loose as much. This will be interesting case now
Serderidis was pushing like crazy and went into snowbank :(
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Originally Posted by Lead
Oliver crazy sideways driving
Yep, that how it is then you are on the limit fighting for win !Quote:
Originally Posted by Lead
Interesting first loop, that last stage looked awesome to drive, lovely roads and nice ice condition.
Some surprises, McErlean was better than I expected, Munster and Sesks worse than I expected.
Rovanpera’s pace, or lack of it is the most surprising for me.
Adapting, both car and driver to the characteristics of the Hankook tyres is clearly quite tricky but I do sometimes wonder if some of the drivers are focussing almost too hard on making the car perfect and telling themselves they can’t go fast if it isn’t. Maybe I’m not correct, but it does feel like that sometimes.
I told you all that McErlean has a potential. There were signs in his earlier outings on fast lose surface.
Sesks - i would think he takes it steady, with very little seat and PET time, after messing up Chile, he can not have another DNF (day). Slight off in the first corner last night was also a warning. In his interviews he says that he would take it gradualy. I think more realistic times should be expeced tomorrow. Seat time matters here.
Formaux - seems that Hyundai has pulled the right loto, finally. This will be an interesting season.
Kalles struggles: as prognozed, lack of the overall focus. Top level sports gods do not excuse it. At this level smallest distraction is a deviation.
What I find the most interesting is the fact that he hasn't made that many mistakes. It seems he is building his speed without overstepping his boundaries.Quote:
Originally Posted by AndersX
You’re right, I am probably being too harsh on Sesks, he does need some seat time, so let’s see how he goes tomorrow and Sunday.Quote:
Originally Posted by AndersX
McErlean I haven’t really seen enough of to know, he seems to have a quite nice way of driving the car, I hope he can be fast with more experience.
Fourmaux doesn’t surprise me, I could see from early on he was good, just needed to get rid of the makes, which he seems to have done.
Kalle, yeah maybe he is distracted….hopefully he sorts everything out and we get the usual guy back soon!
I think Kalle has big pressure. He just gonna go and grab the WDC, everone thought.
I admit I had Kalle 1st in Pickems, but it seems harder than expected.
Let´s wait and see.
Fourmaux is the star.
Evans doing the job.
Kalle is a surprise tho, but If he is able to stay in touch with the lead, he can benefit from his starting position tomorrow and catch it back.. And Fourmaux.. He is a real championship contender bmo !
We will see how it will be with Kalle. There are different factors - one year break (but not full), new tyres, big pressure. But I think there is also one more factor - I am saying it from beginning, but I think he was the best driver in WRC who has adapted well to the hybrid system and was able to use its advantage. And now without hybrid...
Or maybe he had a far superior car with his only real competitor being Evans, who struggeled with the hybrid.
The season is still long. We'll see how it ends.
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Originally Posted by EstWRC
Any news or driver comments about getting time back ? They can look at the onboards and see the marshall.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
Seems not but like I said, they both lost 3 seconds there. Tänak was down 2.9 in last split and then suddenly 6.2 at the finish. Same with ThierryQuote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Even Josh didn’t loose as much
Sesks is talented driver deserving rally1 seat but results in Poland & Latvia lead to people having quite big expectations on him that would be hard to met this year. Not only those rallies were most suited for him from "fast gravel specialization" perspective but also his WRC rivals not competed on those roads for years while he was in ERC.Quote:
Originally Posted by doubled1978
McErlean from other hand is underestimated, due to sponsors allowing him to jump over drivers like Solberg or Gryazin in rally1 seat queue.
While I rate Sesks higher, I don't expect them to be too far from each other.
Tänak saying that he hoped more from the morning and basically he can’t get the tyre and setup work together at the moment, they must find something for tomorrow morning.
Says the spikes are good on Hankook but the pattern isn’t the best, especially when it’s snowy it doesn’t was the snow away.
I hope that's the case, I like him but risk of decade of his Loeb-like dominance scares me. If lack of hybrid doesn't suit him, then it will make WRC more exciting.Quote:
Originally Posted by PLuto
Hankook doesnt have so much experience with studded tyres and snow events from the past...
Haven't noticed before, but from Fourmaux's pedal camera I saw that gas pedal has a ,,side wall'' on right side..
Seat queue? There is no such thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Backa
Small off for both Fourmaux and Rovanpera
Neuville really flying on this one..
Neuville with his usual comeback after a bad set-up at the start.
Interesting that McErlean has gone faster than Evans AND Rovanpera through the first three splits of SS 5 !!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Backa
Think we’ll have to wait the end of the afternoon to have a better idea, especially if tyre management is needed
Seems Neuville got the things clicking
Taka had his sushi at lunchtime !
But Taka even faster underway, maybe taking the lead of the rally
I think the road position advantage is reversed here from the morning.
Taka new leader
Wow what a jump up by Taka !
Holy cow.
Evans has done well so far, but I think opening the next stage will also hurt, and the one after that will hurt a bit less. So he's up against it. But if he could end the day third or fourth and within 10 seconds, then with the running order for tomorrow...
I wish they'd shown their tyres at the stage and to see any differences in studs missing.
Evans taking the lead again, just 3.6 sec between top 3
"Me and my bestie when we want to experience group B rally but we’re Gen Z"
https://www.instagram.com/p/DGBEN3AsnoE/
And now we're back to position adavantage for the front runners.Quote:
Originally Posted by denkimi