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michelin video day 1
https://twitter.com/i/status/1121880243659321345
As someone already said commenting the dog chasing his car.Quote:
Originally Posted by USER47
"These kind of things have to happen to Latvala" lol
Actually this time he was probably lucky because he had a puncture.Quote:
Originally Posted by AL14
I thought it might be that. And (I think) JML did slow down, and later Sordo complained about getting no warning that Lappi was in the road. If so, it wasn't ideal but it wasn't completely foolish either. And it's not the end of the world -- only JML was affected, and they can give him a notional time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
[It's very important that they do give him a notional time, because otherwise drivers will have a reason to ignore manual red flags in future.]
everybody quite relaxed in the media zone...Ogier said it was a one wheel moment in the morning and he thought they will roll! Ott said they had brake problems in the morning after watersplashes and they discovered the driveshaft problem already after SS7 and it was just a matter of time when it breaks completely.
Ogier lucky escape from outside
https://twitter.com/inforallyes/stat...93561853784066
Lappi incar crash
https://youtu.be/oYdbeqHyQ_A
Ogiers lucky escape from another angle
https://twitter.com/KiwiWRCfan/statu...03084509077505
All I see in that Lappi onboard is wrong line over the small crest. He drove the first pass with puncture at that point so didn't know what it was like over there at full speed.
Absolutely exhausted after day one! We went to Santa Rosa-San Agustin for both runs, sitting right at the first corner on the first one and on the left right corners at the end of the straight past the first water splash. Tanak looked consistently fastest all day; Latvala, as always, the biggest crowd pleaser; all the other drivers looked fairly clean, except for Mikkelsen who chucked a huge stone at my head (luckily the visor on my cap, and my hand, deflected the impact) and Suninen who had a wild ride over the watersplash.
The stage was fuuuuull of drunk Argentines, and I had the pleasure of meeting a group of Bolivians going specifically to see Marco Bulacia, and I saw who are likely the only three Estonians in Cordoba again, with their signed Estonian flags :)
Those three pics are from SS7 and Tanak's massive run through that bit. He and Mikkelsen were the only ones who chucked stones and dirt at us in that place.
(And maybe it looks unsafe, but every safety car met us with thumbs up. If it was good enough for Mouton, I suppose it wasn't so bad).https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...09440cce8d.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...191febfb24.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...2f9bc8baaa.jpg
the last picture is amazing...
Hard crash of Lappi,....lucky spectators
https://twitter.com/carloszayasf/sta...21730732281858
Look at the tyre...
https://i.imgur.com/AJMa2ge.jpg
I do what I can with my phone camera :)Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
Spectators standing in a very dangerous and stupid place!Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
Another angle of lappi crash https://twitter.com/pepomatiauda/sta...852088832?s=21
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D5H5GgSXkAEyBE4.jpg
A lot of luck in Lappi's crash.
Then his idiot comes over to the crashed car...and takes a selfie
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D5IBMZ8WkAcEjgw.jpg
to me it looks like Meeke's crash. Look at the shell! It's destroyed and even deadly. That thing wasn't supposed to destroy like this...Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
If you are talking about Meeke`s Portugal crash, then i can`t see any similarities. Quite different situatuions also, one being a direct hit with a large tree and otherone...
https://www.wrc.com/images//News/201...01_896x504.jpg
Lappi explained in a Finnish interview that it was the spectators' luck that the car bounced off the bank and rolled on the road, but in turn that wrecked the car badly
I wasn't talking about the crash itself but shell of that ca. (my bad for wrong expression). When Latvala crashed at the Argetina 2016 with Polo he was rolled pretty much worse and practically destroy everything except the shell. Now you could imagine why Citroen don't work on safety over their egos about costs. I hope that Lappi & Ferm are all okay. And I really hope that if someone will hit the similar trouble that they will not hurt themselfs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tarmop
Lappi crash... he was just too fast.. maybe tightened slightly.... https://twitter.com/pepomatiauda/sta...31108852088832Quote:
Originally Posted by deephouse
If you watch the heli for Ogier on Amboy... the car is very very unsettled. Any less a driver that Ogier, would not have got the times from it.
Ogier even mentioned that in regroup. All is not well at Citroen... but still he is only 11s off the lead.
Lappi... well... the clock is starting to tick already.. At least Meeke was leading rallies.
It depends on the angle, again. A smooth roll on a large area doesn`t have a bad effect as something, a corner for example getting a direct and hard hit. I`m pretty sure Citroen knows how to build a NCAP 5* chassis and Citroen Sport knows how to improve it with a rollcage. One of the easiest jobs when building a competitive car...
maybe... maybe not. citroen built a pig in the C3... and 3 years later its still not right.... despite being totally re-engineered... think the roll cage was the last thing on their 'to do' list.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tarmop
Not sure if posted before.. but ogier near roll
https://twitter.com/pepomatiauda/sta...94598824083457
Ogier seemed in a jovial mood at media zone after last stage of the day, laughing while telling becs his wife had called him and said I'm no engineer but the car looks like it's moving around too much.Quote:
Originally Posted by wrc2017
Guess he's happy to be in the mix when it's clear to see the Citroen is still a bit of a pig.
Because it`s the first thing in the list, usually done to the max, even for testing and also the easiest thing to build, especially for a division with such experience.
Toyota #WRC drivers fortunate to survive potential rally-ending incidents in Argentina; Citroen driver Lappi is unable to resume
https://www.motorsport.com/wrc/news/...blems/4376678/
Says Lappi got puncture before the off. Could explain the wrong line.
https://www.rallit.fi/tallipomo-kert...-kaikki-hyvin/
Budar says Lappi's crash was due to a puncture
EDIT: I was late :D
Lappi
We are okay,
BUT SPECTATORS PLEASE!
Spectate safely ! Keep distance from the edge of road and stay safe. Our cars are very safe, but you were very lucky.... https://t.co/05YvnKXONu
FIA need to have strickter rules for the safery cars to check the ss before the rally and before the start of the ss!Quote:
Originally Posted by cali
Kajto will not restart
Ogier minute late from service, time penalty?
nope, they just confirmed he was on time.
start list
Suninen Latvala Sordo Evans Mikkelsen Meeke Tanak Ogier Neuville
#Tyre info - Day 2 morning All the Michelin @OfficialWRC drivers with 5 MICHELIN LTX Force Medium (M6)