Rallye Wrc Monte Carlo 2016

[Lundefaret]

All the top boys in this awesome flat-out section ! Meeke just quickest for me...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Itl2rr-QUYQ

Meeke with best line and fastest.
But also look at how stable the Citroën is on high speed tarmac compared to the others.

[rage82]

gravel crews wasnt only for wrc cars.

Dimviii this is from FIA regulations:

11.5 ROUTE NOTE CARS
11.5.1 For sections of a rally run entirely on asphalt, one route note car may be used for each driver
entered with a World Rally car.
Such cars shall:
- Contain no more than 2 persons.
- Comply with the requirements for reconnaissance cars as in Art. 25.1.
- Carry any required FIA signage on each front door including ‘Safe Drive’ logos.
- Operate the speed control device as used during reconnaissance.
- Respect the speed limit for the special stages which will be announced by the clerk of the course.
2016 FIA World Rally Championship Sporting Regulations
Application from: 01/01/2016 18/100
Published on: 09/12/2015
- Operate within a schedule issued by the organisers and run under the authority of the clerk of the course.
- Respect the list of route note exchange points which may be issued by the clerk of the course.
- Cover no more than one passage of each special stage.
- In no way interfere with the schedule of the rally.
- Be used only for their allocated World Rally Car driver and withdrawn if this driver retires from the event.
If not the RNC crew, then one team member per competitor may be present in the RNEP for the sole
purpose of handing over the notes to the respective crew(s).
11.5.2 The rally organisation may also run its own route note car to provide advisory route notes for the
other competitor.

Edit: now I saw Pluto's answer so as I understand it it's a FIA decision for RMC.

[dimviii]

@rage82

Athanassoulas had a gravel crew.
Dimitris Amaxopoulos and Dimitris Sainis,here with co-driver Nikos Zackhaios.

[rage82]

@rage82

Athanassoulas had a gravel crew.
Dimitris Amaxopoulos and Dimitris Sainis,here with co-driver Nikos Zackhaios.

Oh, I know that he has a gravel crew on Monte. That's exactly my point, that every competitor has had a gravel crew on Monte and the regulations are saying that only WRC crews can have a route note car creating some controversy. But as explained by Pluto it seems it was a decision from FIA to allow everybody a gravel crew just for RMC. Cheers!

[dimviii]

Meeke with best line and fastest.
But also look at how stable the Citroën is on high speed tarmac compared to the others.

a guy at a Greek forum copied the 6th gear ratios and final drive between polo vs ds3 and ds3 has 2km/h more top speed from polo.
Just for reference.

[itix]

These are fantastic pictures... wonder why I haven't seen them before!

[SubaruNorway]

Is 2:45 the incident where the driver was so angry because his co driver hurt his back, from pushing the car back on the road then...?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5tw0ub942w

[MartijnS]

Yes.

[SubaruNorway]

Right.

[nafpaktos]

Dim i have the impression that the second picture is not in a ss,can anyone confirm?i am confused by the black marks in the tarmac of course!