Wrc Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2013

[wwbroe]

Looks like stage 3 was also disaster for Fiesta's R2, all of them loosing considerable amount of time. Cracco Jr now suddenly 2th in R2 with his Pug 208, only two places behind his father with S2000 Pug.

[GallardoGT]

It must be frustrating for Kubica when Lappi always passes him after the last split :, this time by 0.1s...

That is you call 'a Lappi lap'.

[PLuto]

Something happened on SS3 ??? Many of the latest drivers were driving like "tourists"...looks like they will get notional times

Kogler crashed and blocked the road. Crews behind him stopped there.

[Rally Talent]

What history about Lappi You mean? He hit a stone in SS1 in RMC but that can hardly be counted as such case as the rally hardly started. In NORF it was engine failure. He won all rounds of Finnish championship last year as well as Rally Poland where he first run for Škoda.

I was wondering the same. The SS1 incidence, however, was a really good lesson for Esapekka. He still made the fastest time on that SS, driving on 3 wheels... shows some real attitude!

[dimviii]

Prokop on the way to ss

[wwbroe]

Kogler crashed and blocked the road. Crews behind him stopped there.

So that is the reason why all Fiesta's R2 were loosing so much time, will they get notional time? I suppose they will, if not they are in very bad situation.

[smsgrafica]

[dimviii]

Colin Clark ‏@voiceofrally2λ
From PG 1/2 "Lost complete right rear corner !!! Before ss 4 i found that the hubb was lose and one m12 nut was missing"
From PG 2/2 "tried to fixit , but broke down 13 km in to the stage"

[Mintexmemory]

What history about Lappi You mean? He hit a stone in SS1 in RMC but that can hardly be counted as such case as the rally hardly started. In NORF it was engine failure. He won all rounds of Finnish championship last year as well as Rally Poland where he first run for Škoda.

Apologies to Lappi fans and those with a passion for the 'correct' - My memory played me false (early dementia is my excuse). Esapekka was clearly a victim of Solberg-Latvala syndrome on the Monte (a condition where inanimate objects throw themselves in the path of a car's suspension / wheels without any fault on the part of the driver, thereby leading to an outbreak of the 'Would'ves' among their fans).
To be clear, I hope this stays a 3-way battle for the whole rally and I don't mind who wins

[uranium]

Prokop on the way to ss

Surely obeying all the rules