Wrc RallyRACC Catalunya-Costa Daurada Rally de España 2012

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Originally Posted by Viking

But this dont give you stage wins...

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He is just following the route. Everyone had to do same doughnut...

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfTxkN7a2LI

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Originally Posted by Viking

But this dont give you stage wins...

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Was it required by organisers to do doughnuts in that roundabout? Because I have seen a video that every driver did it!

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Originally Posted by TG

He is just following the route. Everyone had to do same doughnut...

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Thank you, i thought Petter was just bored :D

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Originally Posted by Viking

Juwra says Petter still has some speed (at least compered to Mikko)

Stage wins
Loeb, Sebastien (FR) 67 (25.9% of stages)
Latvala, Jari-Matti (FI) 55 (21.2% of stages)
Solberg, Petter (NO) 44 (17.0% of stages)
Hirvonen, Mikko (FI) 30 (11.6% of stages)
Neuville, Thierry (BE) 11 (4.2% of stages)
Sordo , Daniel (ES) 11 (4.2% of stages)
Ostberg, Mads (NO) 9 (3.5% of stages)
Tanak, Ott (EE) 6 (2.3% of stages)
Novikov, Evgeniy (RU) 3 (1.2% of stages)
al-Attiyah, Nasser (QA) 1 (0.4% of stages)
Atkinson, Christopher (AU) 1 (0.4% of stages)
Ogier, Sebastien (FR) 1 (0.4% of stages)

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can you please calculate from this 17% of stage win, what percentage is at 1st day-2nd day-3rd day?

i mean that most of stage wins were when the leader had a safe margin.

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Originally Posted by makinen_fan

Was it required by organisers to do doughnuts in that roundabout? Because I have seen a video that every driver did it!

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Yes that was a special requirement (on an info note on RACC website) to improve spectacle for spectators at that roundabout
Rally Catalunya 2009 Shakedown - Solberg / Mills Citroen C4 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

You can see that Petter knows it well (as do all the experienced guys - it used to be part of the shakedown route)

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Originally Posted by TG

He is just following the route. Everyone had to do same doughnut...

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Rally Catalunya 2012 - Riudecanyes stage - YouTube

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Latvala gets the big OLE from the Spanish crowd :D

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Originally Posted by dimviii

can you please calculate from this 17% of stage win, what percentage is at 1st day-2nd day-3rd day?

i mean that most of stage wins were when the leader had a safe margin.

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I could, but that would take some time...

It is also somewhat interesting that Ford this year has more stagewins than Citroen,
it probably means that Ford had an fast car and fast drivers but (team and drivers) did not use it well.

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Originally Posted by Viking

I could, but that would take some time...

It is also somewhat interesting that Ford this year has more stagewins than Citroen,
it probably means that Ford had an fast car and fast drivers but (team and drivers) did not use it well.

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Alternatively it can mean that the Citroens were usually so far ahead after Day1 they could cruise to the end allowing Ford to set the majority of stage wins for 66% of the rally

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Originally Posted by Mintexmemory

Alternatively it can mean that the Citroens were usually so far ahead after Day1 they could cruise to the end allowing Ford to set the majority of stage wins for 66% of the rally

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your English are much better than me :D
Thats exactly what i tried to say.

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Originally Posted by dimviii

your English are much better than me :D
Thats exactly what i tried to say.

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Not sure my English am much betterer ;) (that's the problem with being a Londoner!) However, I thought that your point didn't need extensive calculation to prove what everyone has been able to see this year. Whether it was a crash or a tyre mis-management that left Citroen way out in front, Ford were allowed to drive like crazy while Loeb and Hirvonen (to a lesser extent) could afford 3rd and 4th best stage times for days 2&3 of most rallies.