Rally Portugal 2016

[dimviii]

But Mikkelsen, Sordo and Neuville went through ok..

nobody said that it wasnt a difficult spot.That most of drivers managed to avoid the crash,even those they had moment shows that there is a way to avoid it.
Its a rally,not a circuit.

[EightGear]

Wow, Mikkelsen took a lot of time back!

[dimviii]

Ostberg + 24,6 sec from Mikkelsen at 26km stage and he is happy with his driving. lololol

[dimviii]

Wow, Mikkelsen took a lot of time back!

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+0,5 sec from Ogier now

[Fast Eddie WRC]

nobody said that it wasnt a difficult spot.That most of drivers managed to avoid the crash,even those they had moment shows that there is a way to avoid it.
Its a rally,not a circuit.

Exactly, so those that went off have to take the blame for their error.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Wonder what VW think now.. let them race for 2nd ?

[bluuford]

Exactly, so those that went off have to take the blame for their error.

This time I would say that it was pure bad luck, when 50% cars go off or break down and other 50 are not, then it is more or less lucky or not. Like it was said, it is not cricuit. It was not that cutting more caused trouble. because Ogier cut more and was lucky with his moment. It was not case of driving faster or slower, nearly all drivers had the same speed, just a question of few cm here or there.

[kirungi okwogera]

Exactly, so those that went off have to take the blame for their error.

Paddon definitely did. He said he needed to work on his notes to identify points where the road can tear up like that in recce/morning pass. I'm not sure what Tanak has said about his crash. But it is apparent that while not every car crashed there, it was definitely a pretty tricky hazard.

[AL14]

Wonder what VW think now.. let them race for 2nd ?

Yes, as always VW give freedom to their drivers to fight. They can do it afterall. They've already won the two championships...
In any case I think we will never see Mikkelsen in a serious fight with Ogier unless we are in the snow..

[kirungi okwogera]

This time I would say that it was pure bad luck, when 50% cars go off or break down and other 50 are not, then it is more or less lucky or not. Like it was said, it is not cricuit. It was not that cutting more caused trouble. because Ogier cut more and was lucky with his moment. It was not case of driving faster or slower, nearly all drivers had the same speed, just a question of few cm here or there.

I grant that - I do think it is the right mentality from Paddon to try to use it as an opportunity to learn from though, rather than acting like he's a good driver so he's entitled to a good result and if it doesn't happen, it's just bad luck and out of his hands. Several other drivers come to mind...