And maybe Cherain aswell, because it wouldn't surprise us he won't do any WRC rallies :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
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And maybe Cherain aswell, because it wouldn't surprise us he won't do any WRC rallies :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
Kajto's day 3 highlights:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCgn25uB4DM
I think we will see Delplace in Barum Rally too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
I know :)
Summary of the fight in JERC, including Griebel's crash into a tree:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VzLPUTpv2g
Two corners before Griebel had passed a slower competitor.
Lots of fair play from Luky, saying he was delighted with Açores and their rally, happy for Moura and glad to see the public excitement on Moura’s win.
Moura was also pretty clear head talking on local TV. He recognize he got some luck and that Luky and Kajto were a bit faster than him but he also knew that Luky takes a lot of risks and at any time a chance to win could appear. He never ease up the pace and he didn’t mind to lose 20s on SS15, because he had a better tyre choice for last stage, that enable him to attack and defend first place.
Today it come out that Moura will be on Madeira Rally and Gago can be at Ypres ERC Junior round.
Moura/Costa on Sete Cidades amazing scenery: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0xzVKkzupA
Lukyanuk's on-boards from Azores compilation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnXG1Zp4eSc
Very nice article about the rally itself and the environment around it. Great to see another pleased mind, and of course, Jean-Pierre Nicolas showing his passion for this little strip of land in the middle of the Atlantic...again :p
http://www.motorsport.com/erc/news/o...r-view-745062/
I think its good to have a local driver win... nice for the local people and organisers who deserve some reward for their efforts.
On-board of Botka on SS16 - Tronqueira 2, where he came from 6th to 4th overall.
Tronqueira is the mythical stage for the locals, it's a very twisty and tricky stage and year after year it takes drivers out of race. Kopecky crashed when leading the rally, Kevin Abbring and Bernardo Sousa almost did the same on live TV 2 years ago, and I could go on for a while...
https://youtu.be/RFCHtedDVks
The biggest reward for the organizers is that they stay in the ERC for another 3 years :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
https://www.fiaerc.com/azores-airlin...ing-erc-years/
It was the first 1-2-3 for Ford Fiesta in the ERC:
https://www.fiaerc.com/fiesta-festiv...in-the-azores/
It’s not only nice to local people or organisers but it’s also important for the series. In current ERC status, with no manus officially involved, having local guys fighting for victory and strong local fields to complete entry lists it’s a positive input. Breen, Moura, Loix and many others are more than welcome to give an extra excitement to ERC events.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Actually it’d be great to see Eurosport taking an Italian and a French (if FFSA brings R5 to top) event on next year calendar, in order to have top local drivers fighting alongside ERC usual contenders on their home rally.
I agree completely! But... do you know why Jose Pedro Fontes never uses this opportunity to win his first ERC rally? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Rally Power
Beautiful video summary from Kajto's team:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0rsJBx9DAQ
I know he is a bad driver, but the video is good. Here's a summary of Tomasz Kasperczyk's performance in Azores Rallye:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzPiueGHqiA
Full onboard of Lukyanuk at Sete Cidades. Amazing pace!
https://youtu.be/667by1wk1Ds
A slight off-road at 16:39
And to those who speak russian or a similar language, what the hell happened at 7:40 ???
i know what Cyka means... if that helps.Quote:
Originally Posted by Iraquiano
Alexandre Ramos, Carlos Martins, Gil Antunes, Joao Correia, Luís Mota, Paulo Babo, Ricardo Teodósio and Diogo Salvi completely destroyed first part of stage...Quote:
Originally Posted by Iraquiano
The car is too slow for his taste, that is.Quote:
Originally Posted by Iraquiano
Race director said on TV that the first part of the stage will be done again next year.Quote:
Originally Posted by PLuto
Now I would love to see the onboard from "Graminhais 2" !
Such onboards make me wonder why we loose our time with wrc?!?Quote:
Originally Posted by Iraquiano
nobody forces you to do so.Quote:
Originally Posted by stefanvv
The stage is gret however the first part is useless. I find hard to understand why it is used at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by Luis Pacheco
True, and I don't feel obligated to. Just wondering for the whole bunch of fans. That it is devaluated I already know long ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
I hope for it. And I am trying to do maximum for it ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Luis Pacheco
This section (but in reverse) was first implemented in the route of the rally in the late 80´s and at the time the drivers from the mainland threatened not to compete if the special was not canceled. In the end all of them did the stage but some years ago the race director of that time confessed that he did not sleep and only rested when the last competitor has reached the end of the stage. We can see him at 10m10s in the stage :Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaxxuJQCC9w
I think the word for that stage, and especially with that driver is "relentless"Quote:
Originally Posted by Iraquiano
Great stuff!
Certainly when I've seen official footage from WRC2 recently it looks a bit slow. I'm not for one moment saying those drivers are slower, but I think maybe because the rallies are so long and people tend to hit problems and the gaps become so big they just end up cruising a lot of the time.Quote:
Originally Posted by stefanvv
Either that or the WRC TV people deliberately choose footage which makes the WRC2 cars look very slow compared to the WRCs.
Of course R5 cars are slower than WRC. By time and also to watch. Also, dont forget that in WRC there are very long sections without service, so you must try to bring your car to the next service in one piece...Quote:
Originally Posted by RS