88. Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo 2020

too early for conclusions guys!

Veiby blocked the road,stage cancelled

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Originally Posted by mknight

Evans who in 5 WRC starts never was better than 6th in Monte and never really fought for podium either now immediately fights for win. Tanak went from easily beating everyone last year (on speed) here to crashing from 4th.. but yeah Toyota is bad.

Try harder...I am sure you will as the year is long.

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where did i say the car is bad? and one crash in 2 years now means he cant drive at all?

i too expected Ogier to come here and dominate, most of all because of his Monte record no matter what the car but it hasnt happened, like i said it doesnt mean it wont happen this season.

Evans has had this sudden performance rises int he past too, Corsica 2019 the recent one. im not taking anything away from this weekend, he has been brilliant and i wish he would win.

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Originally Posted by dimviii

Veiby blocked the road,stage cancelled

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Currently only interrupted, not cancelled yet.

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Originally Posted by EstWRC

where did i say the car is bad? and one crash in 2 years now means he cant drive at all?

i too expected Ogier to come here and dominate, most of all because of his Monte record no matter what the car but it hasnt happened, like i said it doesnt mean it wont happen this season.

Evans has had this sudden performance rises int he past too, Corsica 2019 the recent one. im not taking anything away from this weekend, he has been brilliant and i wish he would win.

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All in all it's too early to make conclusions, especially because Monte is so special event. Going into a new car shuffles the deck and for Evans it has been a easier/quicker/better fit than for Ogier.

Could also be that Ogier is losing his motivation.

Veiby

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EPMhwxSW...pg&name=medium

SS14 Update

Veiby's Hyundai i20 has lost a wheel and it sounds like he could be blocking the stage.

Stage halted

Organisers have decided to halt the stage. More news as we know it.

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Originally Posted by EstWRC

hehe, totally fine. im not saying he wont be dominating in the future, you never know when something clicks suddenly.

But i mean, the one and only rally where you expect Ogier to win and dominate no matter what the car is Monte Carlo, his record here speaks for itself.

He was beating Evans left and right in M-sport days and is now struggling to match him the whole weekend.

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yep, cuz he felt OK with Fiesta basically straight away, getting some experience by every next rally. Now we got a 1 WRC rally winner beating 52 times rally winner and 6 times champion. It's not happen for nothing.
Loeb told as yesterday that he can't much Yaris speed cuz it too fast car. For me a point of 9time WDC matters and I believe him. And you?

Low speed from Ogier now only cuz he cut off himself, to prevent crashing. 3rd pos it's better than retire. Only JML and Meeke didn't know that.
PS Ott will lose this champ for sure. 2nd or 3rd this a question. He's move and reaction from Toyota was like crying kid.

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Originally Posted by AnttiL

This stage was shortened from the end for some reason, but the time control is still in the same place. Thus the distance from the finish line to the end interview is much longer.

Can't help noticing the big Pirelli signs on the banks...

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So why not switch to active car and show only interview on small screen?

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Originally Posted by AnttiL

All in all it's too early to make conclusions, especially because Monte is so special event. Going into a new car shuffles the deck and for Evans it has been a easier/quicker/better fit than for Ogier.

Could also be that Ogier is losing his motivation.

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What if Ford is closer to Toyota than Citroen in driveability. Then it is only logical that it takes less time to adapt the car. since there's less thing to adapt.
Both Ogier and Lappi were complaining about the behaviour of Citroen.