Kajto stayed on stage, near finish, after last split.
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Kajto stayed on stage, near finish, after last split.
WRC3 Leader Kajto:
Unfortunately, right ahead of the finish line on Friday’s final stage the car of Kajto & Maciek slid off the road. Despite the lack of damage, it was not possible to push the car back on the road and continue...
Just like FX said two weeks ago in the interview... rally drivers never hit anything.Quote:
Originally Posted by meh
Prokop (the 4th and last MSport car) also had some issues on the last stage but as the only one of the 4 actually managed to finish the first leg.Quote:
Originally Posted by meh
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Ogier is extremely impressive so far. If we add rain on top on Sunday he might even fight for win.
some of them they roll without knowing the reason.Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
“It was a left-hand corner just after the start,” Mikkelsen explained.
“I cut the corner like first pass but then suddenly the car went to the right just in the cut, so I’m not sure if I hit something.
“I didn’t feel anything in the steering wheel so I was sure that something snapped but then we rolled, and it looked like when the car was actually upside down so we rolled it back and we continued driving. But in the end the rollcage has the damage and we’re forced to retire because of that.”
https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/mikke...ly-retirement/
"We can divide this day in two. In the morning, I couldn't find the rhythm and the confidence. I didn't feel comfortable to attack. Then there was the afternoon which could have been spent clearly Better. We were slowed down by two punctures and we had once again a problem with the engine. The engine stalls suddenly, that happens to us quite often. I was lucky to be able to start again quite quickly, but it still costs us a few precious seconds ... and therefore a position on the road for Saturday ", enumerates the Belgian at our microphone.
"It's frustrating! Without that, we could have come within 10 seconds of Ogier's 3rd place. We had the best intermediate times before the puncture. It was a slow puncture, we drove a long time on the road. rim. I had to slow down at the end because the rim was starting to break. I lost the brakes, it was a hassle the last two kilometers. We have been talking about tires for many rallies this season, "he continues.
Before concluding on a positive note: "Apart from the first two stages, the performance is there. We were as fast or faster than the Toyotas in front of us. It looks difficult, but we still believe in the podium. You have to see the scenario. The drivers in front of us had no problems. We hope that luck will change sides and that it will run better for us. "
https://www.rtbf.be/sport/moteurs/ra...mp?id=10776412
“I think pressure is part of this job, so if you can’t deal with it then that’s not our problem,” he said.
“It’s down to somebody else’s problem to solve it himself, we can’t do everything for them. We give the drivers the best car we can and the best team we can and the rest is down to them.”
Describing the incident, Suninen said: “Under braking I pulled the handbrake and stalled the engine, and then I didn’t have the engine to pull through the corner and just slide off.”
While it was undoubtedly a driver error, Suninen pointed to the fact he had no competitive experience of Pirelli’s gravel tires on the World Rally Car prior to SS1 and the fact his last gravel rally in the car was this same event last year as to reasons how this could have gone wrong.
https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/the-f...s-better-than/
After the last stage Ott was talking tyres not suspension. Confirmed by Estonian media.
Tänak won five of the day’s eight stages but there was some sort of problem on SS8 as a vibration could be heard as he drove from the finish boards to the time control.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tauri_J
The 2019 World Rally Champion hopped out at the end of the stage to assess his Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC.
“It’s nothing new,” he said. “It was the same in Portugal and that’s why we need to be very focused for tomorrow as well.
“I had it since the beginning and have just been coasting through, I’m glad I got here.”
https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/tanak...f-rally-italy/
I looked on the onboard, there is no obvious difference in how he drives it in first and second pass. Doesn't mean the road didn't change slightly or different suspension settings affected how the car reacted.Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
You know some people loose a wheel without a reason as well (in Portugal) ;)
Millener on Suninen starts:Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
Adamo is the opposite.... make snap decision immediately (Solberg to Arctic after Monte this year, Loeb out last year after Monte etc etc...). So Adamo is not wise enough or not old enough.Quote:
"We’re old enough and wise enough to not make snap decisions,” he said. “We need to think about it but it certainly hasn’t helped.
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Anyway as they point out Suninen never drove the tires on gravel and never even tested them (on pre-Portugal test he drove Rally2) and didn't get test before rally. When MSport is using so much money/effort on it wouldn't it be a good investment to give him half a day or a day of testing?
By his own admission, he’s driving somebody else’s car right now. The i20 is, understandably, seen as a Neuville car.
“The [Ford] Fiesta, I work myself since the beginning and we worked the other one (Toyota Yaris WRC) out as well,” said Tänak.
“It depends how the car is first meant to be driven and sometimes these things are not easy to change.
“If you want to find the speed to dominate then you can’t just do this with adjusting your driving style. If you want to dominate, the car needs to work for you and you need to be free to drive as you wish and as your instinct works.”
https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/how-i...unnelling-for/
I slept in SS 10-12, lot of rain last night, but no mud.
Αdamo massage Neuville
https://twitter.com/thierryneuville/...48456639172608
Good morning guys
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E3GLuC-W...jpg&name=small
Evans have proper start... 4.1 up on Neuville in split2
the stage profile should suit Toyota more IMO
nice attack from Evans!
ououou, Tänak 3.2 up in split 1. I'm a bit scared now. Works like espresso btw.
Calm down Ott
Sordos car stalled after watersplash
Thierry 2 secs up on Evans in spl1
Morning.
Ouschh. Katsuta just hit somth very bad. Seems going on.
Interesting comment from Neuville: he is using dampers developed for Safari, but he's not feeling comfortable with them.
Sordo +3.3 to Ogier in spl2
the Toyotas are really good on the second part of the stage here
not sure if Adamo approves Neuville's comment about using damper meant for Kenya and them not working..
and Ogier is past Sordo
Sordo not even putting up a fight.
finally non Hyundai stage win
Hyundai is in delicate position. Toyota has outscored them and now is their chance to claw some points back. But if Sordo goes off, it's Evans behind him ready to exploit that and Neuville doesn't seem to be able to do anything but complain how difficult things are. So from Hyundai's perspective, it's better to maintain current positions and have slight advantage pointswise than to risk a lot and potentially lose a lot. Anyway, Sordo vs Ogier is somewhat risky proposition, if you ask me.Quote:
Originally Posted by krissucool
I think Sordo is a bit Friday hero - using road position advantages. When road position is equal to others, he will not match times anymore. If to take in account he's seat-time compared to others, I think it's quite normal.
Well, at this pace Evans will catch him as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by jonkka
Too early to tell, it's been just two stages with the watersplash incident included. Sordo vs Evans is much more even fight and difference is still 23.9 secs or so - but that is a possibility, yes.Quote:
Originally Posted by krissucool
Even Neuville will skip Sordo it today, in my opinion ...
Suninen 17 secs faster than in the morning
Loubet should go back to R5 for some rallies..
no picture?