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Interestingly enough, Subaru had an engireer with a speed radar after a junction at stage 20. Above him there was some bloke who managed to look at the recorded speeds, Rautenbacher had the best speed of 98kph, Loeb 96kph, Mikko, 94kph and Gardemeister were something like 88-89kph. ;)
While I was spectator in South-Estonian rally then I found out that Rautenbach was actually as fast as Aava through the junctions (sometimes even faster) but was much slower on faster corners. So, in slow places he is actually quite good but in the corners where Aava didnt lift it was clearly visible that Rautenbach slowed quite remarkably.Quote:
Originally Posted by janneppi
Aava on tarmac with WR car is still unknown factor, because it will be his first rally on tarmac with WR car. With front wheel drive car he was actually quite good. Last year he was second in JWRC in Germany 49.5 s behind Prokop (Aava was actually 12th in general classification). And prokop was with Citroen while Aava was with Suzuki which is not that fast car on tarmac. He was even faster that Prokop in France.. until he retired.
Possibly a bravery thing?Quote:
Originally Posted by janneppi
Everyone, even you and I, could possibly be the same speed through a given set of slower corners but its the faster corners where bravery has a major impact leading to better stage times.
Im assuming that the Rautenbach's of the world arnt quite as brave as the Special Agent 007's like Loab (sorry, been watching Bond movies:P).
Well, I read some interview on autosport.com (even though an F1 driver was quated, it's still the same in rallying I suppose), and one championship leader said smth like this: "Slow drivers are driving on either 120% or 80% of the winning pace, while top drivers are constantly on edge, going at 95, lim->100%, and that's what makes you the best".Quote:
Originally Posted by grugsticles
And you can clearly see: Rautenbach is either damn slow, or too fast in places, which leads to crashes. At the same time you can rearly see Loeb or Hirvonen making strange crazy drives like Galli or Latvala perform, and see: who's leading the championship?
You guys are close to two of the simple truths of rallying.
1 The best drivers always drive the fast corners fast and the slow corners slow.
2 The best rally driver in the world is the one who makes the fewest mistakes = Seb.
You know what is Rautenbachs secret? He enters to the junction very slow.. losing quite a lot.. but then he can accelerate faster (because he could set the car to the right direction very easily) and then he is faster after the junction.. but in summary he still loses some time (because he was so slow before the junction ):-)Quote:
Originally Posted by grugsticles
PG Andersson not wearing his HANS very good here, see how it comes loose from the seatbelt.
http://wrc.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk=310...n%20stage%2016
Nice photos from DoN:
http://www.rallyphotos.cz/photos/nesterallyfinland2008/
Beautiful photos.....
Great pics as always :up:Quote:
Originally Posted by jbanbury