wow lol...just stop itQuote:
Originally Posted by mknight
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wow lol...just stop itQuote:
Originally Posted by mknight
and we have our first shakedown vid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUxRrxQfsHM
You've been dying to post something like that to try and make your boy Mikkelsen look better ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
Shame you've blown your load before the rally and season has even started
Do tell and quote people that were expecting Loeb to be effectively last WRC on every single pass at SD. I certainly wasn't, even though he rarely pushes hard on SD.
final result
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DxrGNsTW0AotjEm.jpg
It doesn't surprise me at all tbh. The fact that he has been away from the sport for years still stands in my opinion, he probably still lacks some rythem to be on the pace straight away. Combine this with the fact he has come straight out of Dakar and most importantly, he has only driven the Hyundai for what, 1,5 days? No it doesn't surprise me at all, he'll be there or there about tomorrow I'm sure.Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
Meeke:
Feels so good to be back doing what I love, happy with shakedown this morning and looking forward to getting started for real. #KM5 https://t.co/lKvWcUOXS6
Hyundai 6, 9 and 10. I know its only SD but I wouldnt be surprised if this is the positions we will see from Hyundai on tarmac this year. At least the first half of the season. Their new boss has a big job ahead of him..
Duval was once quickest on shakedown driving a Fabia WRC, and that was in Catalunya when it was still full tarmac... Shakedown isn't that representative for the rally itself, especially in Monte.
But this rally will be more than just dry tarmac.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eric
you location matches your IQ... no surprises there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eric
So Meeke gets the fastest single time by a whisker, and Ogier got the most consistently fast times.
If I'd had to guess, that's what I'd have guessed. :)
Sebastien Loeb Shakedown Obviously a little disappointed with our lap times but it was a new shakedown for us. The feeling was better at the end but the road had deteriorated. We continue to gain experience with the i20WRC
And thats why I said on tarmac, not Monte carlo. Luckily for them germany and spain is in the second half of the seasonQuote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
Ogier looking so so sharp and precise through those tight corners.Quote:
Originally Posted by KKS
Yes, Ogier seems a champion for the 7th time ..Quote:
Originally Posted by er88
anybody knows the conditions for first two stages?
Apparently according to Ogier SS1 is covered in snowQuote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
not a good news for the first starters i guess ?Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
Some pictures from Shakedown: http://www.ir7.at/content/fotos_best...arlo_2019.html
http://www.ir7.at/content/fotos/2019/monte/1.jpghttp://www.ir7.at/content/fotos/2019/monte/4.jpghttp://www.ir7.at/content/fotos/2019/monte/2.jpghttp://www.ir7.at/content/fotos/2019/monte/19.jpghttp://www.ir7.at/content/fotos/2019/monte/12.jpghttp://www.ir7.at/content/fotos/2019/monte/5.jpg
On stages with snow/ice/wet/gravel I expect Loeb to do well here.Quote:
Originally Posted by theracingelf
But the dry/easy tarmac (lack of) pace is nevertheless surprising. Meeke, Lappi and Ogier also drive new car and have 1 or 2 days of testing on dry tarmac, yet they are 1-2-3 on the SD.
Loeb won last tarmac rally, so "being away from the sport for years" doesn't fit much. Little testing is right and he does quite well compared with his teammates with more experience in same car, but all 3 are too slow.
Btw. check out the twitter pic of Loeb's face from Neuville/Hyundai from discussions in service park during SD.
Please Monte, just start already
Oh come on, don`t humiliate yourself. It`s just a SD. They guy has been driving non-stop, jetlag and everything else. I would never be on top of it a few days after a trip from a different timezone, he in addition had 5k km drive for the win...Probably hasn`t had a good night sleep this year.:D
What? that must of come lately...was pretty much dry all the wayQuote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
Q. "Tyre choice for tonight?"
Sebastien Loeb: "I'll have 8 cars in front of me, so a good idea of what to do!" :D
When do they make a call on the tyre choice?
In service before they go to the ceremonial start?
Or after the ceremonial start?
2 hours before stage, tyre choiceQuote:
Originally Posted by er88
@autosport
5m5 minutes ago
Snowfall is expected to complicate tonight's opening Monte Carlo WRC stages, with Ogier and Loeb predicting action and incident.
Surprised to see so few Meeke fans shout in joy over him being fastest.
I was expecting the thread to be overflowing with "yeee m8, ar boi is gonna take the championship" and similar crap from people who have no understanding of the long game what so ever.
It will be an interesting rally nonetheless.
Thought nobody did that in rallying anymore. I was sure that was something we left behind with the group B mentality of "we're all invincible".Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
conditions of SS1 https://twitter.com/FRST_CH/status/1088475188348502016
AUTOSPORT:
World Rally champions Sebastien Ogier and Sebastien Loeb predict that late snowfall will make Thursday night's opening two stages of the Monte Carlo Rally extremely challenging.
WRC crews face a pair of 12-mile tests in the mountains to the east of the event's host town of Gap, but the opening mileage of the 2019 season has been complicated by snow falling after Wednesday's recce.
Follow the Monte Carlo Rally with Autosport Live from 6.30pm UK time tonight
After a shakedown stage run in dry, sunny conditions, snow and ice are expected on the after-dark Le Breole-Selonnet opener.
"The snow has certainly made things interesting," said Ogier. "There is a lot of change in the conditions, with a lot of snow and ice in places - we can expect things happening tonight.
"Tonight's not a time to win the rally, but certainly you could lose it."
Loeb said the snowfall had changed his approach to his opening evening with the Hyundai team.
"It's difficult to know much about tonight, but the rally will be very different to shakedown," said Loeb.
"The conditions will be difficult and many things can happen tonight.
"I'll try to stay on the road and not make mistakes or go too hard.
"I hope the feeling comes and I can fight at the front in the dry tomorrow."
To complicate matters further, much of the opening evening's action is new.
"I come from this area, but many of these stages are new for me - I have never been in these at all," Ogier said.
"But I like this feeling. It's the same for everybody: we make our notes and then we go for it."
British WRC 2 Pro driver Gus Greensmith added that the change in conditions took everybody by surprise.
"We went through the stages on the recce and then a couple of hours later, after the snow had arrived," he said.
"We got some pictures - it looked like a totally different road. That's Monte Carlo for you."
Is that the tyre choices on wrc+
They are too busy praying he keeps it on the road.Quote:
Originally Posted by itix
Not covered in snow then, so don't see any big disadvantages for Seb and the other few guys at the front.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC