Rally Portugal 2016

[Munkvy]

Well done to Camilli, finally proving he can actually drive reasonably well and stay on the road for more than one day!

[N.O.T]

Well done to Camilli, finally proving he can actually drive reasonably well and stay on the road for more than one day!

this statement makes me sad...

[skarderud]

According to Mads, he has a gearshift issue. it won't do downshifts always, and that hampering him alot. He had this problem all season, and tried several solutions to the problem.

What can this be? Is he to violent to the car/gearlevel?

He also struggle with confidence, both on the car and himself. He probably struggles alot more than it seems.

Weird, he done some norwegian rallies with a R5 and been normal fast, against competitors as Eyvind Brynhildsen and Anders grøndal. Can the swaps between cars been a problem?

[Simmi]

I'm afraid the seats in Škoda for next season are already full...

Kopecky, Kreim and ???

[janvanvurpa]

The nice thing on s/km is that the numbers are small. 0,7 s/km looks very nice, I agree. But, but how do You like 4 minutes and 17 seconds per Rally Portugal? It's the exact same thing You know... statistics, I love them. You can twist them whatever You like without actually lying. That's genial

Yeah yeah but as a driver I can conceive of 1 second every km --you know a tool is measured by its utility...its usefulness. And its a question of if its useful to the driver...And aside for 3-4 times co-driving in my advance years, I'm a driver and think like a driver---if it passes for thinking--you know what they say!

And in any cause I always remember what I learned dealing with bureaucrats and customs agents and der polizei
"never lie when half the truth will do"

In the absolute top of the sport little fractions are or can be decisive...but down amongt the normal humans and beginners having a clear target to carry along every meter of the event is good "just 0,7s"
That can be one time delying braking for (click) that much--every km (over the years I have found my attention span when on SS is about 0,5 seconds..I can retain thoughts for that long, then they're gone because the next corner is rushing up and that requires all the little brain power I have, then the next corner is rushing up..

It's kind of like in combat. You think of the few meters in front of your hole..Not the divisions positions, or the army's or the Front, not the campaign. Not "rodinu!" but the few meters in front of your nose.

[dimviii]

According to Mads, he has a gearshift issue. it won't do downshifts always, and that hampering him alot. He had this problem all season, and tried several solutions to the problem.

What can this be? Is he to violent to the car/gearlevel?

no,its just an excuse.

''the issues that we are having with the downshifts isn’t really a problem''

http://www.m-sport.co.uk/m-sport-new...l-section-four

Weird, he done some norwegian rallies with a R5 and been normal fast, against competitors as Eyvind Brynhildsen and Anders grøndal. Can the swaps between cars been a problem?

no the problem is when switcing competitors ,from Grondal to Ogier.

[dimviii]

Fafe

[bluuford]

@bluuford, a little question if possible... What will be the weather like tomorrow in Vieira do Minho? Just for the second run. Thanks in advance.

Rain should mostly stop in next few hours, maybe some light rain in the morning as well, just before the stage. Temperature will be quite low, for the second pass it should be between +9..+13 degrees, 4-5 m/s wind from NW, which should make the feeling quite cold. Higher part of the stage might be in low clouds, so, bad visibility.
First drivers might benefit here and in powerstage, I belive it is Neuville who will be first on the road tomorrow?

[RAS007]

Well done to Camilli, finally proving he can actually drive reasonably well and stay on the road for more than one day!

While I understand the sentiment, he's currently the top Ford driver, over 3 minutes off the pace, in 5th place. I'm sure M-Sport will be tweeting about how great this is, but its actually quite the opposite.

[RAS007]

imho without flat tyres or mechanical problems, yes they are enough,as its only 67 kms

Certainly hope you're right.