[WRC] 91e Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo (16-22 January 2023)

[bwallace]

So it's official monte coming back to gap region ? (https://www.ville-gap.fr/le-rallye-m...ur-gap-en-2024)

[Eli]

So it's official monte coming back to gap region ? (https://www.ville-gap.fr/le-rallye-m...ur-gap-en-2024)

Not according to Simon Larkin, at least not for 2024...sometimes their decision making process is beyond me: https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/w...snow/10424403/

Edit: Sorry for double posting, didn't see the other article from motorsport.com outlet until after the post.

[dimviii]

It's coming out of a slow hairpin, it's not really a dangerous spot, the dangerous thing are the marshals or what they are just pointlessly running around doing a half assed job of slowing cars down. It's the same as the Greensmith situation in Kenya.

driver of 208 at French forum

We stayed in the car until the spectators came to put us back on the wheels, but as already said the gendarmes were against the idea. Result the car remained too long on the roof (while we cut it in 3s), and the engine was blocked so abandonment, thank you cops...

http://forum-rallye.com/index.php?/t...r-wrc/page-102

[Co-driven]

Oliver was still fastest. Sorry.

Has Oliver got the Power Stage win points?

[Rallyper]

Has Oliver got the Power Stage win points?

Should he?

[AnttiL]

Doesn´t take away what he did in RMC.
You "mockers" always find excuses...

I'm a "mocker" but I said what he did was impressive.

But it's a big psychological load to be leading a rally, to maintain that and not being allowed to make mistakes. Very different than being driving outside points, with a time loss at the start of a rally with nothing to lose and everything to win. And I think this is what Oliver needs to learn, to win rallies, to keep lead overnight, day to day. It's not easy. But I'm sure we'll see this soon

Has Oliver got the Power Stage win points?

I assume it's a rhetorical question

[Rallyper]

I'm a "mocker" but I said what he did was impressive.

But it's a big psychological load to be leading a rally, to maintain that and not being allowed to make mistakes. Very different than being driving outside points, with a time loss at the start of a rally with nothing to lose and everything to win. And I think this is what Oliver needs to learn, to win rallies, to keep lead overnight, day to day. It's not easy. But I'm sure we'll see this soon

Circumstances, circumstances...

For sure you´re right about (maybe) less pressure - I´m not sure myself if that´s correct, because of all things happened for Oliver being sacked from Hyundai and stepping down, starting with a known hard rally to begin with.

However - pressure or not. He was fastest guy in RC2 car (Note - I changed from WRC2 to RC2)

[bandit12]

Well. Great discussion, but it really suits to Oliver's personal thread.

[EstWRC]

So what’s the status of going back to Gap or not?

Yesterday I saw many French people in Twitter saying it’s confirmed but haven’t seen anything official yet

[bwallace]

So what’s the status of going back to Gap or not?

Yesterday I saw many French people in Twitter saying it’s confirmed but haven’t seen anything official yet

It's look like ACM do not take decision yet might there is some word agreement only and they take it seriously.