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I think Ogier took it little easy today after what happened to Latvala. Waiting for tomorrow when the "real" Rally begins
First day coverage will be on Portugal's Sport TV 3 00:05 CET
Ready to fall asleep, but few thoughts on Himos 2 first. 20 years it was the same square kilometer where the first run pairs on super specials. Now it was 30 second intervals, 2 loops and heats. As a concept it was nice, but shame that the downhill part was as in bad condition as it went. During the top 40 it rained a lot which made the road very slippery. We saw the braking to the tunnel and many drivers had difficulties there on first loop especially, sliding a little wide. Kubica approached less on brakes than others, slid wide and stalled. Brynildsen's car stopped there for a half a minute, he had it back going, but it stopped again a little later for another half a minute. One other car retired right after the tunnel, also two of the very last cars retired one after another after the first loop. Saw one tire change, front left. Also two other front left punctures at least (Riedemann, Consani) and one damaged front left suspension (Burger).
The rain that ruined Hirvonen's evening came hard from Jyväskylä, but it stopped about 1 km after Himos area. No rain in Jämsä center for example.
And in reference to my previous post, we were not in Latvala's place on SS2.
Night night, then Jukojärvi.
Moreover when Lukyanuk drives N4 while Salo drives R4 car. N4 Evo X is very heavy car compared to R4, not speaking about shorter suspension travel which must make a lot in Finland.Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
Speaking of Lukyanuk, he was very unimpressive on the two spots we saw him, unlike his fame. Perhaps tomorrow he shows the craziness..
Again no mentioning Sordo.Seems is finished at Citroen
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x12...de-jour-1_auto
Karl Kruuda Spin SS1 Rally Finland 2013 - YouTube
Kruudas spin
I was also there in Killeri and watched all the cars. Yeah, Hirvonen drove pretty great but maybe the most surprising thing to me there was Matias Kauppinen's pace. When I looked at his stage time, he was one of the thirty fastest drivers, if my memory serves me right. Anyone knowing why did Yazeed slow down at the end?
Made me a good laugh when Campedelli drove with his trunk open :D
Meeke's performance is impressive to jump into the car and be in the pace right away. Sordo has been really disappointing in this rally and the whole season, probably it is time to put pressure on him to try and improve a bit, as they did in 2010 when he was replaced by Ogier in couple of rallies. Meeke showed he deserves his seat