Rallye Deutschland 2014

[Tom206wrc]

I can't believe Marijan Griebel(Opel R2) is doing times almost as fast as the JWRC

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Live interviews now on the WRC Live Stream ..

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Capito states 'no team orders' & he knew Ogier/JML fight could lead to a mistake and Ogier made it ...

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Is this the regulation - does this apply to all rallies ?

2014 FIA World Rally Championship Sporting Regulations
Application from: 01/01/2014 36/96
Published on: 30/06/2014

45.3 START ORDER FOR SUBSEQUENT DAYS
45.3.1 The start order for the first section on subsequent second days shall be based on the
classification at the finish of the final special stage of the previous day excluding super special stages if run
at the end of the day.

45.3.2 P1 and P2 drivers
P1 and P2 drivers shall normally re-start as a merged group in reverse order according to their overall
classification.

[kirungi okwogera]

OK we may have had a clash of know-it-alls in this forum but I grant that Lundefaret's predictions after shakedown have held pretty strongly.

1st day I am impressed with:
Camilli - FFSA just knows how to pick their junior drivers I guess. Who predicted an exciting battle in WRC3?
Reidemann - Yes it's his home rally, but he's been head-and-shoulders above the rest (if you discount his time penalty)
Maurin, Tidemand, Sousa - always nice to have a battle in the support categories and I am quite surprised that these three have fought well.
Sordo - wait, hear me out - he seems to be positioning himself for a repeat of last year; start slow and midfield, work your way up to top non-VW. No telling if that will give him a win as it did last year, but he definitely seems to be picking up.
And of course Meeke again impresses if he can keep it on the road. Maybe Ogier's consistence and Meeke's over-driving have somehow switched between the two of them.
Latvala looking serious on asphalt after 10 years training... practice makes perfect I guess.

Not happy about Bouffier, it's amazing to me he can privateer drive to the podium on M-C (and win it in IRC!), cross a little way over the border into Germany and be so much slower in a factory car. I would've wanted to see him do more.

Can anyone analyze how Evans is progressing this year? Is he driving better than when he started? Hard to tell since it's a different surface but he seems like Mr 7th Place at the moment. Bit like how Henning used to dominate that position... I know he's young, I've just not noticed any "flashes of brilliance" you sometimes get with young guys in his position (stage wins, one rally where everything goes right and he makes 4th or whatever, and so on).

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Can anyone analyze how Evans is progressing this year? Is he driving better than when he started? Hard to tell since it's a different surface but he seems like Mr 7th Place at the moment. Bit like how Henning used to dominate that position... I know he's young, I've just not noticed any "flashes of brilliance" you sometimes get with young guys in his position (stage wins, one rally where everything goes right and he makes 4th or whatever, and so on).

Malcolm Wilson just said this was Evans 'best day ever' in a WRC car ...

[Eli]

Malcolm Wilson just said this was Evans 'best day ever' in a WRC car ...

he was actually faster than Ostberg, Hirvonen, Neuville and Kubica

[Nornbugger]

- not contempt on being second,)

Content will be the word you were looking for, contempt is a different word entirely

[N.O.T]

Malcolm Wilson just said this was Evans 'best day ever' in a WRC car ...

Evans does a great job... it is a kind of performance he has to build on if he wants a career.

[Lundefaret]

OK we may have had a clash of know-it-alls in this forum but I grant that Lundefaret's predictions after shakedown have held pretty strongly.

1st day I am impressed with:
Camilli - FFSA just knows how to pick their junior drivers I guess. Who predicted an exciting battle in WRC3?
Reidemann - Yes it's his home rally, but he's been head-and-shoulders above the rest (if you discount his time penalty)
Maurin, Tidemand, Sousa - always nice to have a battle in the support categories and I am quite surprised that these three have fought well.
Sordo - wait, hear me out - he seems to be positioning himself for a repeat of last year; start slow and midfield, work your way up to top non-VW. No telling if that will give him a win as it did last year, but he definitely seems to be picking up.
And of course Meeke again impresses if he can keep it on the road. Maybe Ogier's consistence and Meeke's over-driving have somehow switched between the two of them.
Latvala looking serious on asphalt after 10 years training... practice makes perfect I guess.

Not happy about Bouffier, it's amazing to me he can privateer drive to the podium on M-C (and win it in IRC!), cross a little way over the border into Germany and be so much slower in a factory car. I would've wanted to see him do more.

Can anyone analyze how Evans is progressing this year? Is he driving better than when he started? Hard to tell since it's a different surface but he seems like Mr 7th Place at the moment. Bit like how Henning used to dominate that position... I know he's young, I've just not noticed any "flashes of brilliance" you sometimes get with young guys in his position (stage wins, one rally where everything goes right and he makes 4th or whatever, and so on).

"The clas of the know-it-alls", sounds like a brilliant title for a satiric comedy

I agree with You kirungi okwogera, Camilli very strong, also Reidemann.
Sordo has been hampered by a bad starting position, but will come on very strong (and proves that the Hyundai is fast)

Bouffier:
Regarding Bouffier I dont think its fair to expect more.
Firstly: A private car now is different to what it was before. See Pontus Tideman in Sweden in 2013. Se Bouffier in MC. Or what about Mads in a private Ford compared to a factory spec. A private Ford is only marginally slower than a factory one.
Monte is a specialist event, and Bouffier is a specialist. And the typicall tarmac rallies he has done before are very different to Germany.
Bouffier has talent, but Germany is very difficult for the drivers that dont fully understand weight management. First pass on a dry road You can perform okay, but You will loose time in the hairpins (and it doesnt help having the wrong gearing), but second passes, or stages with mud, they take no prisoners.
Hes chanses would be better in rallies like Corsica or Catalunya etc.
One guy I would really like to see in a Hyundai on tarmac is actually Paddon. He would struggle in germany to, but tarmac testing footage was more impressive than the gravel tests.

Evans:
I agree with You regarding Evans. He has not proved him self worthy of his current position, and should up his game. But how, if he dont know how?
Mr Wilson often have a three year plan for Young drivers, and a lot can of cource happen in three years, but absolutly not impressive so far - except for one thing. In the interview after the Power Stage in Portugal he said something that gave me a glimmer of hope in regards to what he needs to work on, but so far, not so good. Sorry... And the test before Germany, ouch...
I am actualy impressed of Evans speed compared to the testing footage, and the fact that he is still on the road. I would have predicted him understeering off already, so that is positive in my mind