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[Got Mail]

I dunno about Gryazin tbh. He has his "Russian driver" moments...like Lukyanuk and Novikov before that. What I mean by that is moments like he had in first stage, going so much over the limit at a given place that you wonder if he missed a note. (Novikov often just ignored the notes, like here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCmc7SRvo38 )

I'm afraid that's bollocks.

Is a driver not allowed one mistake?

He has set the most fastest stage times in what is a slower car.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Suninen quotes suggest they are using the event to test a lot of things on the new Fiesta:

"It's been okay, taking steps forward all the time. Getting better, good pace to start racing. Been testing transmission, suspension - really good challenge, I really need to go on the limits to get the fastest time."

Lots of fast corners where you can feel the balance of the car. Good testing, car is improving."

[mknight]

(Gryazin)

There is a difference between an off with a small mistake and going completely wrong speed.

I remembered his R2 season which was basically just a long list of crashes, interestingly he became more stable with R5 though.

EDIT: Btw. Solbergs Polo just lost powersteering.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Becs Williams
I’ve been really impressed by @nikolay_gryazin here at @RallyEstonia. Really strong pace on day one, shame about the brutal jump at the start of the day. Bodes well for Finland!

[drive]

Nikolay Gryazin

It was a big push on SS13. Yes, we tried to drive cleanly, but at the beginning of the stage, we jumped into a rut and knocked the front tire from the rim, which resulted in strong vibrations.

This time we don’t slow down on the jumps and in one of the last turns flew too much again – if it were not the bank, we would hit the trees. In general, we were lucky – apart from the knocked rear right tire.

Now we are going to the service and feeling the big vibration. Our guys in the team will check the geometry.

https://www.facebook.com/gryazin.nikolay - some info after each stage

[drive]

some v8 sound in estonia rally https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiIU4dP13Hk

and https://www.facebook.com/BenediktasV...4466112979542/

[Fast Eddie WRC]

I like Gryazin. He is so dedicatrd to testing and learning. He didnt go to WRC2 until he thought he was really ready, even though he could have done so sooner.

And he's still not taken his ERC U28 prize drives yet this year. Wating until the tarmac events in Rome & Barum as he knows he needs to learn more on tarmac.

[dimviii]

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Great clip of Lappi
https://twitter.com/ChristianWRC1/st...99431620366338

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Solberg Oliver
SS14 - "Now power-steering works and now the time works !"