this is the fight of the tiny chance to do something tomorrow. If tomorrow's start-position is again crap, then it's basically game over for this rally.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tauri_J
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this is the fight of the tiny chance to do something tomorrow. If tomorrow's start-position is again crap, then it's basically game over for this rally.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tauri_J
What a stage from Tänak without hybrid
Lol. You still believe that? He better shuts it down for the rest of the rally then, it makes him faster.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
Oh, ffs.Quote:
Originally Posted by denkimi
He would be even faster then.
Yeah yeah he is lying and also made a deal with ALLIVE that they show that his hybrid is not workingQuote:
Originally Posted by denkimi
What the hell is lately wrong with Neuville and his fans
Loeb want to make clear who is the King / GOAT here :)
Didn't you see? Neuville lost, because he had to drive without gearbox..Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
Goat
Sordo could take 10s penalty to give Tänak better starting position, but.. he is very good friend with Neuville :)
A great day from Loubet. This year he has impressed me, not only with consistent scoring and controlled drives but also I think he is slowly improving. Of course he had massive help from the cleaning today but still he has to drive the car and use the advantage. If he continues improving he should absolutely get a full time drive next year.
Totally agree. He has been good this yearQuote:
Originally Posted by seb_sh
Ahh that's crystal clear from January alreadyQuote:
Originally Posted by meh
EDIT: for me personally more than 10 years :)
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Loeb and Loubet won in one day as many stages as Breen, Fourmaux and Greensmith have won combined all year with the Puma (6). Definitely food for thought...🤔
at least Serderidis is behind Breen...so he is not the slowest Puma....it´s time to say goodbye Mr. Breen.
Whatever you or he think is wrong it's not making him any slower. So either his hybrid also does nothing when it does works, or it worked just fine today despite the telemetrics showing something different.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
I'll put my money faulty data transfer.
You forgot the third possibility that everybody's hybrids aren't working (but are nevertheless sending data to all live).Quote:
Originally Posted by denkimi
I might have missed one, but this feels like the first time for a while that the guys towards the back of the start order have really taken advantage of it.
Really impressed with Loubet, after last year it would have been easy to completely write him off.
Loeb is just Loeb. I love that he still drives all these different cars and series, turns up and is still quick.
Personally I think Tanak still has a good chance to win. His recent form is so good, with a decent start position tomorrow I think he can still be a factor for the win.
Man. This year has just been a progressing journey. Last year it was in general very though to be a Pierre-Louis Loubet - fan. This year it's been something to cheer about!
Cannot remember the last time I actually did a small "YES!" shout during any kind of motorsport event, but today it happened. Hell Yeah! :D
M-sport won all stages today, one tied with lappi.
I knows it has a lot to do with cleaning but still great to see the team doing good after so many bad rallies
But okay, long way to go
Great day by Loeb and Loubet; especially important for Loubet as it was almost his last chance to show himself this year (Catalunya may be a bit harder against the top).
Difficult to assess for the rest, Katsuta is nowhere, Evans not really good and Kalle suffers but ok, he is still on the road.
In WRC-2, big day by Lindholm who crushes them all (well, except Mikkelsen but he is out); if he is able to go to the finish like this and even without making Japan, he may be the main competitor to Kajto for the end of the season, considering what he did in Catalunya last year. Rossel a bit disappointing today as in Ypres, not fully able to match the best guys.
In WRC-3 Junior, close fight between Virves and Armstrong until the last one where Armstrong lost 1m20s. Well, Virves has an option on the title if he is able to do it steady to the end but tomorrow will be VERY long so it’s far from done like in the other categories.
Breen actually drove pretty well today I thought. That puncture was one of the unlucky ones (well the tyre of the rim)Quote:
Originally Posted by WRC1
Yeah, in fairness to Breen, without the puncture he could have been somewhere between the Hyundais, which is kinda OK under the circumstances.
Yeah I think without the puncture he would have been around Neuville, which would have been fine. Tomorrow will be a tough day for him.
but is it really pure "bad luck" if out of 12 Rally1 Cars in 6 Gravel Stages HE is the only one who gets a puncture??Quote:
Originally Posted by er88
Some pictures from Friday: https://www.ir7.at/content/fotos_bes...llye_2022.html
https://www.ir7.at/content/fotos/2022/acropolis2/1.jpghttps://www.ir7.at/content/fotos/2022/acropolis2/4.jpghttps://www.ir7.at/content/fotos/2022/acropolis2/5.jpghttps://www.ir7.at/content/fotos/2022/acropolis2/3.jpghttps://www.ir7.at/content/fotos/2022/acropolis2/2.jpghttps://www.ir7.at/content/fotos/2022/acropolis2/11.jpg
just got back from a fantastic friday... i will not visit the rally tomorrow because i respect my self and i will not become a dog now... the organisers can shove the worthless stupid stages of tomorrow up their retarded asses.
the safety was very forgiving today thank god... so no cancellations.
i witnessed the biggest jump of my life today... and at the spot there were maybe 10-15 people and maybe 1 or 2 pros... the rest of the pros were probably taking pictures of flowers and logs and maybe a car on a hairpin... if the stage is included next year there are going to be x10 people there.
so from tomorrow i will follow the rally with you guys in here... lets see if you survive.
some unedited samples from today, full album sunday.
https://imgur.com/a/Js35Yml
https://imgur.com/a/pyow34V
https://imgur.com/a/IJCna9h
https://imgur.com/a/Aeh0c2p
this was the dust situation in loutraki....
https://imgur.com/a/zc9NtpY
in general the cars are equally fast as last year which is good, or at least its hard to find any huge differences in speed with naked eye.
tanak kalle neuville Loeb and Loubet were good, breen was overly agressive. the rest are smaller dogs.
huge improvement for Loubet in the ford in terms of speed to the spectator... Hyundai is a bad car, but veryy powerful probably the most powerful. i feel sorry for tanak and neuville.
lets see if Loeb and Loubet can hold on to podium places today... i do not think so but i would like so.
Quite a wake up for the drivers. 33km stage being the first
the long stage is starting, let see what will happen
Lets see if breen catches serderidis... 33km and they start that fat worthles dog first ?? breen might lose some time due to his dust towards the end
Jeez Serderidis is hella slow.
At this pace I dont think Serderidis's car throws up any dust lolQuote:
Originally Posted by NOT
wow its almost painful to watch serderidis... even that brazilian clown Nobre was better than this.
Ott's hybrid working I guess
Lot of cleaning for Serderidis :)
wow... serderidis complains that he cleans the road and loses a lot of time at the end...
thats why we need a filter on who can drive a wrc... delusional dog 10 seconds away from a heart attack has an opinion about road positions
This is some vintage Tänak on this stage
Loubet down 5.9 Split1 wow
Tänak is an animal this year