A proper Monte Carlo is like this.Quote:
Originally Posted by denkimi
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A proper Monte Carlo is like this.Quote:
Originally Posted by denkimi
It's the word he used, shitty, which will get him in trouble. If he would use bad, Hankook officials would have difficult time convincing FIA to fine Ogier of bad mouthing their product.
Of course it's classic Ogier reaction towards tires. If I remember correctly he also was criticizing Michellin's too, so I don't know which brand of tires would work for him, DMACK? Or none.
What a stage for Solberg!
It is 2nd stage of the year, but we have a proper candidate for the stage for the year! That is amazing mr Solberg!
Holy cow, there's a new kid on the block.
OTOH, he said "that was the craziest I've ever done, and I thought I was off many times".
Solberg 2026 champion
It seems all drivers think the tyres are shit, no grip at all.
To be fair Ogie got the worst conditions on this table
This could be a pretty good year to watch... Toyota doesn't do team orders, so we've got multiple skilled drivers competing on equal terms in the same car.
Basically it's like a spec series, with the hyundai and msport cars there too as a bonus sideshow
Hankook will do nothing, avoiding Barbra Streisand effect. Everybody else but us moved on already.Quote:
Originally Posted by deephouse
Armstrong showing natural speed...and also spending some of the jokers :)
Did solberg take another route? Gaining 15 seconds on everyone in less than 3km seems kinda impossible.
I can'nt imagine the last 3km of the stage.Quote:
Originally Posted by archie106
Solberg won more than 10sec to everybody on the last kms.
16 of the 31s that we won to Evans was on the last 3km of the stage.
That's 2 new kids on the block
Armstrong never used studs on a tarmac rally before and 3rd fastest on 2nd stage in Rally1. Pretty impressive!
Its a lot of snow at the end, good för OliverQuote:
Originally Posted by denkimi
Why they dont show offs? McErlean and Pajari.
Gryazin binned it also? Lost over a minute on the last split. Not a good day for lancia.
just imagine if they hadnt clear the snow, just before the start, how slower would be Ogier..
"In one corner I was just really slow but still went out. Now we have to repair."Quote:
Originally Posted by denkimi
Hit a tree with the rear left, damaged suspension
ExactlyQuote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
Nice time by Jürgenson!
Remember it’s his first ever Monte
Camilli just 4.4 seconds down on Ogier at final split, shows how much quicker the road is getting
edit: 4.4 seconds faster than Ogier at the finish.
Who would've thought. Wow. But why I have a feeling that at the end Ogier will have multiple scenes and still won this rally. It was always like this. No matter how much we wish it would be different, it probably will not be. The only one who is missing is Sesks. Then we would have 3 new kids on the block and M-Sport would be up there
Evans took out 40sec on Ogier so I dont think its completely about road positionQuote:
Originally Posted by archie106
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=88...gYduIctmot2Oty
Pajari hit a bridge and broke the suspension
Remember, whole weekend won't be much different than SS2.Quote:
Originally Posted by deephouse
Pajari and McErlean crashed on exactly same place/bridge, same type of crash, Irish went in the forest immediatly after the bridge, Pajari stops 200m later.
Dirtfish saying Armstrong punctured a tyre near end of SS2. With only 2 super softs as spares is he knackered for the next stage? I hope thats not the case as he's driven so well on the first two in such illustrious company.
Clearly not cleared and salted enough. He must've cleared a lot of slush for the others to be that slow. And blaming the tyres is just frustration.Quote:
Originally Posted by denkimi
An outstanding debut day so far for Jon Armstrong. I hope he can get through the next one and enjoy his night.
Armstrong
https://streamable.com/akwcdt
I dont think so, they parked 3 kms from each other...Quote:
Originally Posted by jcevc
Both videos are posted here. It was the same place. Pajari must have continued all that distance.Quote:
Originally Posted by PLuto
I hope Ogier can see out of his car, because I sure as hell can't.
They will stop the stage for sure
Are officials listening to interviews? Isn't the sport purely focused on safety and here they are completely ignore it, probably because of "money"
Oliver has been unbelievable today