FP/SD/QS Times...
https://www.ewrc-results.com/shake/8...s-rallye-2023/
Identical QS times for Loeb and Mikkelsen !
E. Mikkelsen faster by 0.02s :)
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FP/SD/QS Times...
https://www.ewrc-results.com/shake/8...s-rallye-2023/
Identical QS times for Loeb and Mikkelsen !
E. Mikkelsen faster by 0.02s :)
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TER starting order...
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fsiw9VSX...pg&name=medium
Live on FB...
https://www.facebook.com/azoresrallye
Loeb is smashing it... quelle surprise ! :)
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FsjggRLW...pg&name=medium
Loeb - hold my beer, I'll do some driving... so far :)
Loeb 4/4 stage wins so far and...Quote:
Originally Posted by drive
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FskNqI6W...pg&name=medium
Mikkelsen has woken up a bit today and won both stages so far, chipping away at Loeb’s lead.
Loeb today starts first on the road.Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
Good point, we’ll see what happens on the second pass.Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
Solans getting into the groove now. Just 0.2s off fastest time on SS8 (in the old Fabia Evo).
Did Cais take a shortcut on Groupo Marquez?!
He's just on it... second fastest on SS10.Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
Mikkelsen closing in on Loeb, but only two stages left.
EDIT: Its all over, lost some significant time on SS11 (puncture?)
https://i.imgur.com/dCl4SLn.jpg
Cais is flying - fastest on SS11 :bounce:
Veiby also lost a lot on SS11, positions 3-6 up for grabs on the final stage.
With this rally Loeb ended Mikkelsens hopes to get any seat in WRC main class
Not that there was much hope anyway
Puncture for Cais. Solans in the old Fabia Evo beat Veiby in the new Rally2 RS.
And el Maestro beat everyone, even on the power stage💪💪Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
First time with fabia and new team,co driver his girlfriend (her first big rally) new michelin tyres he havent drive again,first time at Azores where at recce he had to make new notes,and was full of fog.
What can you say about this Legend...
And on top - all of this while being a semi-retired 49 year old!Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
If Loeb can do this now, this makes you understand how good he was in his prime. The Maestro
Get him back in the Puma asap M-Sport Ford !
dont know how old are you,but the older ones here we have witnessed his first years at wrc,and his performance against multiple world champions at this era.Quote:
Originally Posted by focus206
What he achieved vs world champions is mind blowing.
A trully amazing talent.
Simply epic... no words
Don't know what I did in the past message but anyhow, this just shows he is the very best at what he doesQuote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
The first time I started following WRC was end of 2006, when Loeb had to miss the final 4 rallies and Gronholm was trying to win them all or almost to get the championship. He got 3x 1st and 1x 5th, and was not enough. I thought: how good is this Loeb guy, winning a world championship with 12/16 rallies run!Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
However, that put the nine-time world champion first on the road for Saturday’s seven stages, and therefore at even more of a disadvantage to Mikkelsen who helped develop the Fabia RS Rally2 and has won the Azores twice before.
But Mikkelsen’s victory bid would unravel on Graminhais 2 when, pushing hard, he hit a bank with the right-rear of his Škoda and caused damage. WRC2 driver Cais impressively won the stage, but more importantly Mikkelsen fell to 18.2s off the lead with just the powerstage remaining.
Loeb was off the hook. Suddenly he was under no pressure, and the 49-year-old was clear to claim the 106th victory of his distinguished rallying career as well as the powerstage win.
https://dirtfish.com/rally/sebastien...-azores-rally/
so a bit younger than me.Quote:
Originally Posted by focus206
I had the chance to watch him first time at Acropolis with saxo s1600
TER footage: https://youtu.be/7BhPyec8-60
Pure sound is great. Especially compared to the TER tv highlights which always have some terrible American commentor.Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
Wait, it's on tv?!Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Yes I saw Round 2 on a Sky channel called 'Sporty Stuff'.Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
Well, Mikkelsen already looking like a bit of a mug. Stupid comments again about wanting do win all events he enters this year and "do a Lappi".
1st event: a man who has spent the majority of his career driving Skodas of some sort, developed the last few fabias get crushed by a retired old man who has never been to the azores or driven a fabia before iirc.
Not looking good for Mikkelsen, but everyone knows that there was the GOAT and he would have probably beat also Ogier, Tänak, Rovanperä and Neuville if they had been competing in Azores. Simply the best!
I wouldn’t be sure about him beating the ones you mentionedQuote:
Originally Posted by rp
Get your Loeb car here for DR 2.0 :)
https://www.racedepartment.com/downl...ye-2023.59403/
Mikkelsen blames the rubber...
https://dirtfish.com/rally/where-mik...zores-to-loeb/
Agree, but the other half of the WRC1 drivers quite probably yes.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC