WRC Croatia Rally 2021

[mknight]

Anyone read an explanation about what happened to Mikkelsen. I just watched his onboard from SS2.
Car seems very twitchy from the beginning, already a big moment shortly after the start.
Than later in the stages (this start around 9min) he first went of slightly with an obvious bang that bend/broken his rear right suspension. Bit later he goes wide again with a crabbing car, hits something again and fully brakes the suspension and goes off. He tries to continue, spins again and then stops to repair.

Well after the small off in the grass it's kind of clear what happened cause you can hear the bang. What is weird is how the car behaved many times before in right corners (same direction as the one where the off happened).
Either some setup/technical issue or something with tires. It seems to get better after a few minutes though... and then he has the off.

Also interesting they fixed it and had "faster than road speed" times in the remaining stages of the loop.

[Myrvold]

Still nothing form SS6 and on post-Arai?

[dupanton]

Well after the small off in the grass it's kind of clear what happened cause you can hear the bang. What is weird is how the car behaved many times before in right corners (same direction as the one where the off happened).
Either some setup/technical issue or something with tires. It seems to get better after a few minutes though... and then he has the off.

Also interesting they fixed it and had "faster than road speed" times in the remaining stages of the loop.

Exactly my toughts, car behaves weirdly... You can indeed hear 2 clear bangs on his first 2 offs, so that is obvious like you say.
If the replaced the part (maybe they have a track rod or something in their car) it's not that strange. Just replacing it roadside when you don't have the tools, skills nor practice of a mechanic, can take quite some time.

[PLuto]

Still nothing form SS6 and on post-Arai?

Notional times for SS 6 finally added - https://rally-base.com/2021/croatia-...021/?ssId=6101

[dimviii]

watch how much dirt there was



De Cecco




Neubauer

[EstWRC]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whuD4Tb4rsc

[AnttiL]

Gary Boyd KiwiWRCfan
@KiwiWRCfan

virtual #WRC drivers points at end of day Friday

Neuville 35 + 25 = 60
Ogier 31 + 18 = 49
Evans 31 + 15 = 46
Tanak 27 + 12 = 39
Rovanpera 39+0= 39
Breen 16 + 10 = 26
Katsuta 16 + 2 = 18
Greensmith 6 +6 = 12


edit Kalle from leader to 4th-5th!

Good road position to Portugal

[AnttiL]

so day 1 done and TOP3 covered just by 8 seconds.

Neuville - super, very very good speed like always from him on tarmac, on second loop wasnt so fast but i guess it was bcs the conditions were more even.
Ogier - the old fox has habit these days to get up to speed stage by stage, reminds me of Monte this year and still is my pickem for the win - afternoon loop was very good from him.
Evans - like always, quietly minding his own business but very good day also from him.
Tänak - 2015 Rally Corsica springs to my mind, where Evans was second and Tänak 10th overall, 3 minutes down from his teammate Evans. i have noticed These kind of tarmac rallies doesnt suit him at first, but he gets up to speed eventually.
Breen - good debut with this car on such a level, exactly the performance i expected.
Formaux - super debut IMO, very good stage times.
Greensmith - quite okay actually for his standards IMO, at least trouble free day.
Loubet - same as Greensmith
Katsuta - many mistakes again unfortunately.

I think Neuville, Ogier and Evans have been doing what we expected them to do. Super fast, every stage, all the time.
Tänak has been a bit behind them except for SS5. Maybe he is struggling with the Hyundai on tarmac?
Breen is also a bit lost. These stages should suit him, but he's just losing time on every stage. Also struggling with Hyundai?
Fourmaux has been superb on his WRC debut on a difficult rally.
Greensmith has also been above his usual level, difficult to say is it because of the new engine, new co-driver or full tarmac rally (he was also relatively good in Deutschland 2019)
Loubet has been the usual Loubet, but none of the surprise pace like in Monte and Arctic, no mistakes either.
Katsuta has been below his usual level.

[Integrale]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfyjGBUrmL0

Some nice spots from today

[SubaruNorway]

Do they use salt on the roads in winter? Maybe that's why the section Rovanperä went off was so slippy as it makes the roads more dirty and not much rain yet to clean them