RACC Rally Catalunya 2018

[Allez Andruet]

@eWRCresults
We received special task by @AnttiL_WRC @KiwiWRCfan if @SebastienLoeb 's win on @RallyRACC is #WRC record by win from the worst position during event (27th Loeb SS1). Answer - YES! So far Richard Burns on @WalesRallyGB 2000 won from 21th, special list https://www.ewrc-results.com/loeb.php

Sorry to spoil it, but that's not the record. Markku Alen came back to win after being as far as P35 in Portugal 1981, and Hannu Mikkola was even further down the leaderboard (somewhere around P170) in 1000 Lakes 1983, after getting a time penalty of 1:50 for being late at the start of SS2.

[dimviii]

Sorry to spoil it, but that's not the record. Markku Alen came back to win after being as far as P35 in Portugal 1981, and Hannu Mikkola was even further down the leaderboard (somewhere around P170) in 1000 Lakes 1983, after getting a time penalty of 1:50 for being late at the start of SS2.

probably they will see this post and fix it mate.

Lappis huge spin from another angle
https://twitter.com/RallyingUK/statu...10632476758018

[KKS]

Loeb had also his chief mechanic from his championship years.Is the guy who takes in his hug Budar at video.
https://twitter.com/CitroenRacing/st...24289527164930

Did Loeb bring him back for his rallys or he work for Citroen WRT anyway all this non-Loeb years?

[Atob WRC]

Hello all!!!

Here our video from the more spectacular Catalunya from last years!!!

Enjoy our video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjK5gyD1KqE

[wia5958]

who is art mccarrick?

irish rally journalist and competitor

[scn]

I was in the middle of Riudecanyes, first stage in Sunday. During the first pass early in the morning, the road was damp everywhere and the temperature was only 6 degrees Celcius. Not a single point was dry. Loeb actually looked the fastest in the eye and very "clean".
When I learned in the afternoon that he was the only one on hard tyres, I was stunned. Not even one tyre manufacturer suggests the use of hard rubber in such conditions. Actually all of them, including Michelin, have these conditions out of the limits of hard compound. However, Loeb chose hard tyres, used the abrasiveness of spanish tarmac to reach their working temperature despite dampness and cold weather, and was much faster than anyone else.
For this choice alone, even if he hadn't won nine championships, I regard him as THE true master of the sport. And I hope to see him again next year.

[mknight]

Hello all!!!

Here our video from the more spectacular Catalunya from last years!!!

Enjoy our video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjK5gyD1KqE

Check out the comparison of Neuville at 1:05 and Ogier at 4:55.

This is what Neuville has been doing on tarmac most of the year. Make the car slide on start of the turn and then more or less slide out rest of it. Ogier is just driving like normal.

[jparker]

@artmccarrick
Probably the most amazing thing about Loebs win today was it was against the best of today’s crop of drivers in the midst of the closest fought WRC title battle in years. And he lands back and pisses on their chips. Class

Well, to be precise Loeb wasn't able to beat Tanak and Latvala sleedwise. So, it wasn't miracle after all, just some exta luck.

[Rally Power]

Sorry to spoil it, but that's not the record. Markku Alen came back to win after being as far as P35 in Portugal 1981, and Hannu Mikkola was even further down the leaderboard (somewhere around P170) in 1000 Lakes 1983, after getting a time penalty of 1:50 for being late at the start of SS2.

Alen 1981 win in Portugal was epic and is still remembered here. In one of the initial Sintra stages (Peninha) he crashed and ripped off a front wheel, getting to the finish in reverse. After a quick repair, wich included the use of a bonnet from a spectator’s car, he managed to continue, beating the leader (Toivonen on a Sunbeam) during the last leg.

Here’s a TV piece about it, made 26 years after, when Alen returned to Peninha, 'reuniting' with the lost whell https://youtu.be/z9pyazNGvtA?t=21

[stefanvv]

Well, to be precise Loeb wasn't able to beat Tanak and Latvala sleedwise. So, it wasn't miracle after all, just some exta luck.

Yeah, but for compensation he was faster in Mexico Sorry, I just couldn't resist