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    Good drive by Mikkelsen but helped a lot in winning by the misfortunes of Sordo and Lukyanuk. The luck usually evens itself out but Lukyanuk does seen to get more bad luck than good.

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    Mikkelsen has 176 points now on the championship.

    The best Marczyk can do is 175 with 2*40 (excluding worst result which would be Fafe in the best case scenario) so cannot be champion anymore.
    Lukyanuk cannot do more than 175 also.

    The last one who could beat Andreas is Llarena who could make 182.
    So Mikkelsen just need to make a daily top-5 (+ beating Llarena in the same day) to be champion in Hungary.

    Good drives from Mikkelsen since he is with Edmondson. Hope they can have some WRC shots next year. In the end, after a difficult beginning, quite an «*easy*» championship for him.
    In WRC-2, he should also win with Ostberg’s last result (at least, he is in a good position now as he would need 13 or 14 points in Monza in the worst case scenario). He may even just need to finish in Monza to win the championship according to Ostberg’s result in Catalunya + the number of WRC-2 competitors in Monza.
    Last edited by Danny0405; 3rd October 2021 at 16:41.

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    My surprise of the rally - Tempestini. Until his mechanical (?) problem and retirement showing some really great speed.

    Congrats to Mikkelsen. He did what he have to.
    Last edited by Lead; 3rd October 2021 at 19:29.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mknight View Post
    After these two rallies from Sordo, Poland and Liepaja with Breen, Finish championship win with Lindholm and Italian gravel championship results, I'd say it's safe to say that MRF is a competetive tire on gravel.

    Sure in some specific conditions one or the other might be better (Pirelli seems best when it's very hot, Michelin when it's very wet, MRF when damp?), but there are no huge differences.

    Tarmac is something else.
    the difficult for new tyre manufacture at gravel tyres is when really hot.
    Just remember Dmack.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dimviii View Post
    the difficult for new tyre manufacture at gravel tyres is when really hot.
    Just remember Dmack.
    It was extremely hot in Poland.
    Breens puncture om Saturday might have been some overheating. But Gryazin got Pirelli tire(s) seemingly exploding just one stage later.

    Italian gravel championship has also been very hot, and MRF is winning there.

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    Is it only my impression or do MRF drivers have many accidents? First it was Lindholm, then Breen, Huttunen and now also Sordo (who is not a driver who crashes a lot, is he?).

    Some examples:
    https://www.ewrc-results.com/media/6...ngo-2020/3080/
    https://www.ewrc-results.com/media/6...ngo-2020/3079/
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4BT-5nhRt8
    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FAttHYkX...pg&name=medium
    http://www.rallymadness.prv.pl - rally photos and movies!

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    Lindholm has had many crashes in WRC3 on Pirelli. Maybe more than in Finland on MRF (after all I believe he just won the Finnish championship).

    For Sordo and Breen, they are also driving the I20. Which is sometimes fast but seemingly tricky to drive.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Danny0405 View Post
    Mikkelsen has 176 points now on the championship.

    The best Marczyk can do is 175 with 2*40 (excluding worst result which would be Fafe in the best case scenario) so cannot be champion anymore.
    Lukyanuk cannot do more than 175 also.

    The last one who could beat Andreas is Llarena who could make 182.
    So Mikkelsen just need to make a daily top-5 (+ beating Llarena in the same day) to be champion in Hungary.

    Good drives from Mikkelsen since he is with Edmondson. Hope they can have some WRC shots next year. In the end, after a difficult beginning, quite an «*easy*» championship for him.
    In WRC-2, he should also win with Ostberg’s last result (at least, he is in a good position now as he would need 13 or 14 points in Monza in the worst case scenario). He may even just need to finish in Monza to win the championship according to Ostberg’s result in Catalunya + the number of WRC-2 competitors in Monza.
    And thanks to "clever" decision made by WRC Promoter, we will not see new champion in Canarias, because Mikkelsen needs to start in Monza. Very good start for WRC Promoter with promotion of ERC
    Last edited by Tom K; 4th October 2021 at 11:47.

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