[WRC] 86th Rallye Monte-Carlo 2018 (Jan 22-28)

**steve.mandzij** · 26th January 2018, 17:32

Originally Posted by mknight

Disagree totally with Latvala, he is last Toyota and decimated by Tanak in his first rally.
Also Sordo is not doing that good, especially considering the lack of ice today.

Yeah Latvala's lacked speed so far, but keep in mind it's only Friday, and for the championship keeping it safe like this pays off. He's likely got the speed but not the will to risk anything to make up one more place.

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**denkimi** · 26th January 2018, 17:33

Originally Posted by mknight

Note that Neuville lost 36s on first stage due to puncture.

As last year, he is the fastest of them all. But, as last year, he can't stay out of trouble.

**dimviii** · 26th January 2018, 17:38

hot moment for Sordo
https://twitter.com/inforallyes

**dimviii** · 26th January 2018, 17:40

Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC

**Mirek** · 26th January 2018, 17:41

Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC

State of the road here !

I think that it's not the actual road but a cut.

**A FONDO** · 26th January 2018, 17:58

Dams https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mMYkbbRF-A

**mknight** · 26th January 2018, 17:59

Giving heads up for SS1 onboards which are now on WRC+.

Breen has very detailed pace notes on grip patches on the road and even has a reminder to change engine map there. The contrast between the snail pace on ice and fullthrottle right after is very impressive for most drivers, but especially Mikkelsen is moving all over the place right after the icy part and seems close to crashing (time 11:00-11:20 on his onboard).

Latvala's onboard is missing all the interesting parts, possibly took then out for highlights and uploaded wrong file.

**AL14** · 26th January 2018, 18:00

Originally Posted by steve.mandzij

Yeah Latvala's lacked speed so far, but keep in mind it's only Friday, and for the championship keeping it safe like this pays off. He's likely got the speed but not the will to risk anything to make up one more place.

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Latvala is driving Monte as he has learnt to do. Just going through. Whenever he did this strategy he manage to get 5th and 2nd twice.
Whenever he thought to push a bit to gain some positions he crashed badly. Latvala is a person who wants to have everything under control and struggle to find a better feeling with the car. Montecarlo is the worse rally for a driver like this. 5th position is ok, he is going to overcome Lappi and if something happen up there he will be in the podium once again. I think he's being very clever and should keep doing like this.

**KKS** · 26th January 2018, 18:09

Originally Posted by mknight

Tbh for me one of the biggest positives coming from AllLive is this coverage of what is happening away from stages.

Sure live coverage from stages is very nice, but that was expected.

This extended coverage out of stages is unexpected and drags you much more into the atmosphere of the rally. Off course it's not like there will always be dramas, but during the course of the season there often will be. Technical issues, arguments, tactics, etc. Even without dramas it is something different than watching a single live stage and then depend on a few twitter updates for 3-4 hours between the stages.

That provide for a years now on rally radio and old livestream from servicepark