Rally2 (ex-R5) News

[manthey]

It's good to have a rich father in this sport.

is he connected with Total PL?

[ChristianArp]

Jensen tittle is his second national champ with the 208.

Please don't regard those two titles as something to prove the competitiveness of the car.
Last year his main competition was Ib Kragh in an older, self-run 207 S2000. Kragh would have been champion if he hadn't gone off in the dark during the last round of the championship.
This year Kragh upgraded to a DS3 R5, but struggled mightily with it early in the year to get familiar with it and get it to drive to his liking. Still the championship came down to the final stage of the final round.

Add to that - there are basically never any stages run in the dark in Denmark anymore. Except for the final round these last two years. That round is held around Ans, which is where Jensen lives and is a bit of a legend in the community (he runs a very succesful business in the town). If Kragh has a weakness, one that he doesn't even try to hide, it is stages in the dark. Coincidence? I highly doubt it!

When you run with significantly better backing than your closest competitor (Jensen is supported by the importer of Peugeot) and the rest of the field has significantly worse equipment, you have to win.

That Kenneth Madsen was able to win a round overall in what can best be described as a modern-day interpretation of a 306 Maxi (a Swift with a 2l racing engine around 300hp, FWD) and his younger brother Jacob was 2nd overall after the night stages of the final round IN AN ADAM R2 says everything about the current level at the top of Danish rallying. Sad but true.

EDIT: In fact, I just checked. If you look at the results overall for the year, this provides a better overview of the performances of the year than the championship standings, which disregards certain competitors and only goes by classes.
His championship results were: 1st, 1st, 4th, 7th, 1st, 1st.
His overall results in the rally: 3rd, 3rd, 5th, 17th, 1st, 1st.
If the results of the rallies were the basis of the championship, Kragh would have been champion with 92 points to Jensens 85.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Simpsons ŠKODA ‏@SimpsonsSkoda
Good first stage in the brand new SKODA Fabia R5







A quick spin on the 2nd stage hasn't helped the times too much. Now lying 2nd overall.

[Mirek]

Man, I love the oldschool circular numbers. I hope they come back one day...

Eddie, can You post link to the live result system?

[Fast Eddie WRC]

http://www.rallies.info/res.php?e=19...n=999999&i=300

SS3 just started..

[Fast Eddie WRC]

[Jarek Z]

Hyundai i20 R5 in Ypres?
http://rajdy.autoklub.pl/news/hyunda...-w-ypres,64556

[Jarek Z]

Man, I love the oldschool circular numbers. I hope they come back one day...

Yes, it reminds me some oldschool racing cars from my childhood
To be honest everything is better than the current awful number plates

[Mirek]

Hyundai i20 R5 in Ypres?
http://rajdy.autoklub.pl/news/hyunda...-w-ypres,64556

I think that it was the original plan but I doubt it's possible. Maybe as zero car.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Simpson quickest again on SS4. Getting into the groove of the new car..