Yes, I know that I should not get excited from shakedown results, but Virves is showing matching pace with Fourmaux (both Ford Fiesta Rally2)
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Yes, I know that I should not get excited from shakedown results, but Virves is showing matching pace with Fourmaux (both Ford Fiesta Rally2)
Still Friday will be mainly about surviving...
Yes, I fear Friday especially for rally2 and the lower classes will be carnage.
Kalle Rovanpera
Shakedown done and dusted ! 7th fastest in the end.
We saved our tyres on the 2 final runs as we will need them later on this weekend!
Friday is going to be interesting.
Ironic how WRC are basically sprint events now so everyone goes flat out, but at the same time they stopped mid-day service...Quote:
Originally Posted by PLuto
Pre-Event Press Conference.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre Oliveira
Meeke: “I will concentrate mainly on the first day, because I race for Hyundai Portugal and the Portuguese championship is only on Friday”.
more shakedown vids including Evans onboard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmhBKRaKyWk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuLE2qbOipM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9h6LgDDh1-0
I wouldn't expect many heroics from Meeke. Not just due to the circumstances and how close Kris and James were to Craig and the Breen family, but then you have the fact Meeke hasn't had a competitive outing at a good level since 2019. It's a new car and new Co driver, while all the other drivers are match fit and/or are used to their cars.
It's still great to see him back, but I can't see past Mikkelsen or Solberg for the rally2 honours. Solberg has shown some real strong pace, but still not sure he can manage a rally like Andreas can. Hopefully Suninen can be involved at the front as well, he has gone well in Portugal in the past and he will be wanting to make up for last years power stage drama. And it's also Greensmiths favourite rally, so it's all set for an intriguing battle.
Hopefully AllLive let's us follow the rally2 action properly, and the rally isn't ruined by puncture after puncture