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12th October 2020, 12:47 #41
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Grip level is hard to predict. To drag the car out of a ditch - very difficult. Look at Francois Duval in 2009:
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12th October 2020, 12:50 #42
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Even Thierry Neuville had problems in 2017:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXyT_l_sqcs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWjXyFCd8QA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7l8UjlfUZwLast edited by Jarek Z; 12th October 2020 at 13:03.
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12th October 2020, 12:52 #43
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Alex Lukyanuk vs The Ditches of Ypres 0 - 1 !
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12th October 2020, 12:54 #44
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Bernd Casier, despite his experience, ended in the ditch too!
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12th October 2020, 13:03 #45
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Deep cut and deep ditch - bad combination for Josh Moffett in 2015:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mOewJVak40
So, summing up - when you go to Ypres, stay away from the ditches guys!http://www.rallymadness.prv.pl - rally photos and movies!
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12th October 2020, 13:13 #46
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12th October 2020, 17:15 #47
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a small taste from what will seeat Ypres?
“They were some of the worst conditions I’ve ever driven in,” Breen told DirtFish. “It was just horrendous. We were aquaplaning all over the road. We’d have a 600-meter straight and we weren’t able to get the car beyond fourth gear – it was just sliding from side-to-side, all over the road.”
For his first time in the car, Breen had been hoping for at least some dry and consistent conditions. They never came.
“We went out on the slick tire for the first loop,” he added. “It was a disaster. It would’ve been nice to get a dry loop in, just one loop so I could get a feel for the thing. There was no shakedown or roll-out or anything. I took the car over the ramp and drove to the first stage and was then just fired straight into it.
“Having said that, it’s really possible that we’ll have these conditions at some point during the Ypres Rally, so it makes sense to drive [with a compromised set-up], but it was really, really tricky.”
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12th October 2020, 20:03 #48
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Condition were very bad indeed. Some of the worst I've ever seen in my 4 years as a codriver.
But the aquaplanning should be less of a problem in Ypres because of a different surface. Aarova rally had mainly concrete roads. While Ypres is mainly asphalt. On the concrete roads there is much more standing water.
But cuts and mud dragged on the road will be very similar.
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12th October 2020, 22:58 #49
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Note that the 2017+ I20 has always been in the top if not the fastest on slippery/tricky tarmac. It's when it's dry (and hot) that it struggled. So Ypres should definitely suit them.
Very much doubt Ypres will be ran though.
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13th October 2020, 12:01 #50
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Sadly, that won't be a surprise. Ypres move from earlier October to late November was quite puzzling; was any justification given? And is there a chance for a last minute route change, with the whole event being run on Francorchamps circuit area? After Monza inclusion, I fear circuit racing may become usual in the WRC before this damn pandemic ends.
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Turned out to be an interesting race. Glad I decided to watch it. Too bad Logan went out. At least it was from racing hard and not his own mistake.
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