Circuit of Ireland Rally 2015

[dimviii]

if i remember correct ,its not the first time this trophy goes to a crew that didn t finish the rally.






incar of Tushkanovas crash
https://instagram.com/p/1D5oA3wRYd/

[Ounin]

How can you win the price Colin McRae flat out trophy when you didn´t finish the rally, also electing not to start 2nd day?

Winning or the amount of days is not the issue on this Trophy. It's the fighting spirit that counts and Jon Armstrong was the bravest this weekend.

[RS]

Congratulations to Craig Breen on the win, great to see him genuinely emotional about that.

Impressed that Kajto managed to get so close to the home boy on his first attempt though. Also Charles Martin did a pretty solid job, was that his first drive in the R5?

[mousti]

Martin did this year already Touquet in the 208 R5. I am not so impressed..

[dimviii]

Question to Craig Breen
It’s another win but it was far from straightforward. Can you explain what was wrong with your car and what about that spin on the penultimate stage?
CB: “We had a small niggly problem with the turbo which pretty much scuppered us in qualifying on Thursday and all of Friday. It was only at midday service today that we actually rectified the problem. To be honest with you they rectified the problem because they changed just about everything they could do. And finally after a process of elimination they fixed it for the last three stages. So we started our push and then on the second to last stage in Banbridge just after the start there was a fast left-hand corner at crossroads and a compression. On the first time we went through we filled the road and went away but on the second time we were a little too fast and spun and was very lucky not to do any damage to the radiator. Then on the last stage we had an overshoot about five or six kilometres into the stage. I stalled the car twice trying to get it restarted. Scott in fairness said ‘don’t stop believing now’ and I’ll never forget that. Then it was a bit of a push from then on in.”

http://www.fiaerc.com/news

[cardy]

impressed with Euan Thorburns pace and only 2nd time on tarmac in the fiesta s2000 first rally in ERC hope he gets budget for more ERC rallies

[makinen_fan]

Barrable after getting stuck in the ditch

[Rallyper]

Winning or the amount of days is not the issue on this Trophy. It's the fighting spirit that counts and Jon Armstrong was the bravest this weekend.

Well, I don´t really know what the problem was never starting 2nd day. But ERC-live said he elected not to start. Electing should be he coosed himself. Why? Because of penalty of 5 mins?
That´s not fighting spirit for me. Rather the opposite.

[Simmi]

Well, I don´t really know what the problem was never starting 2nd day. But ERC-live said he elected not to start. Electing should be he coosed himself. Why? Because of penalty of 5 mins?
That´s not fighting spirit for me. Rather the opposite.

I have to admit this was my first thought too. Toys out of the pram? No specified issue. Okay it costs money to compete but that's a big error to make and there has to be consequences. It's a shame because he was night and day ahead of the other much-touted juniors. Looked great out on the stages.

[Nornbugger]

Well, I don´t really know what the problem was never starting 2nd day. But ERC-live said he elected not to start. Electing should be he coosed himself. Why? Because of penalty of 5 mins?
That´s not fighting spirit for me. Rather the opposite.

He apparently had a mechnical issue on the 2nd Ards test, the last test of friday, this possibly was before the missed tyre check? Not sure on that as I have been told different versions of the story. Certainly he was pushing hard on friday