Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2012

According to http://www.rallydeportugal.pt/Handle....pdf&menuid=19,

there were given stage times to the competitors in SS7 (based on their SS5 and SS6 results). Results will count until SS7 for day 1. You can get the day times at World Rally Championship - Results - Vodafone Rally de Portugal

Looking at the leaderboard and analyzing the times, Ott Tanak, that will Rally 2 tomorrow, has lost 15 mins as he slid off in the first stage of the day. Breen has bravely finished SS5 with a 20 minute gap from Sordo, after lots of stops and moves. It would have been better for him if he retired after the first stop - he would lose way less time...

I think that Rally 2 regulations must be reviewed for the upcoming years....

ALMrally.ru photogallery

http://www.almrally.ru/imageModul/foto/27807/27893.jpg

Special stages

Evgeny Novikov

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Originally Posted by mousti

He went only forward to cut the hairpin and then got stuck because it's very steep there. With turning and try to get back on the same road he was driving on, who's saying that he would get stuck there?

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How can you turn in a wet green steep of maybe more than 15% angle?? tell me!

Colin Clark saying on Twitter that Petter only has 5 mins of Superrally, and JML 10 mins as SS7 was cancelled. This isn't correct is it?

Results after Day 2: World Rally Championship - Results - Vodafone Rally de Portugal

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Originally Posted by pettersolberg29

Colin Clark saying on Twitter that Petter only has 5 mins of Superrally, and JML 10 mins as SS7 was cancelled. This isn't correct is it?

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Looks like it is correct, but it is completely unfair. Ford is lucky that three stages were cancelled.

Horror regulations.

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Originally Posted by Jajá

Breen has bravely finished SS5 with a 20 minute gap from Sordo, after lots of stops and moves. It would have been better for him if he retired after the first stop - he would lose way less time...

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Yes, this is an injustice for Breen. He is now surely right out of the running. Of major interest today will be whether Paddon can chase down the SWRC cars in front.

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I think that Rally 2 regulations must be reviewed for the upcoming years....

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Interest in Paddon's progress aside, rejoining through super-rally or other means has no place in real rallying.

pictures from today:
rallysport.hu - Rally de Portugal 2012 - csütörtök/péntek

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Originally Posted by pettersolberg29

Colin Clark saying on Twitter that Petter only has 5 mins of Superrally, and JML 10 mins as SS7 was cancelled. This isn't correct is it?

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No, it is not correct, Petter has 10 minutes and Latvala +Tänak+Neuville each have +15 min. But the 5 minutes is added for the stage winners time on their class. So, Sordo was extremely fast and therefore Solberg loses only 7.5 minutes and Latvala around 11 minutes