Rally Portugal 2016

[EstWRC]

so, he wanted to burn whole portugal down?

http://www.autosport.com/news/report...-crash-actions

[Rallyper]

Lack of warnings very extraordinary.

[PLuto]

so, he wanted to burn whole portugal down?

http://www.autosport.com/news/report...-crash-actions

I was reading the words of clerk of the course and I must say that I completely disagree with him. Main problem is that he is watching it only from rally perspective - stage is not blocked, nobody is hurt, so we can continue. But rallysport is also about symbiosis with nature and local people. Stages are done on public or private places and you must do maximum not to destroy them. His decision about not stopping stage in this situation was completely wrong...

[Rallyper]

From Emil Bergkvist Facebook:


"Mental utmaning i Portugal

Rallye de Portugal gick inte enligt planerna för Emil Bergkvist och Joakim Sjöberg. En rad händelser bortanför teamets kontroll kom i vägen för en framskjuten placering. Starten på torsdagen i teamets Citroën DS3 R5 driven av J-Motorsport gick bra och man var med bland de absolut snabbaste i WRC2-fältet. Efter ytterligare tre dagar med bra sträcktider varvade med problem som i många fall hör sporten till, så som en punktering, fick de två dock kasta in handduken på söndagen då man tvingades bryta mellan sista sträckan och slutmålet. Detta pga orsaker som fortfarande utreds.

”Vi ska inte påstå att vi är nöjda med helgen, men vi tar med oss många positiva erfarenheter trots hur helgen fortlöp. Vi satte en bra tid på torsdagen och när väl allt stämde på söndagen var vi snabbaste privatbil på Power Stage och kunde visa att vi mycket väl hänger med de snabbaste i klassen.” Emil Bergkvist fortsätter; ”Att vi sedan faktiskt har fått köra alla sträckor i rallyt och fått den erfarenheten är mycket värt för oss som team.”

Co-driver Joakim Sjöberg imponeras av sin närmaste kollegas ovilja att tappa modet. ”Emil visade hela helgen en fantastisk kämpaglöd och vägrade låta motgångar stå i vår väg. Trots att vi inte hade någon position att köra för på söndagen så fortsatte Emil att pressa, testa inställningar och köra med målet att sätta bra sträcktider. Det är inte lätt i det läget vi befann oss i då.”

Nästa planerade start för Emil och Joakim är första juli i Rally Poland."

[Mirek]

To look at this from the other side... are people honestly that satisfied when someone beats Ogier when they have completely different road conditions ?

Were Paddon and Meeke's recent wins as creditable as Ogier's when he wins from the front ...

Were they satisfied when someone beat Loeb or Makinen or Kankkunen or whoever who was in that moment sweeping?

[dimviii]

Were Paddon and Meeke's recent wins as creditable as Ogier's when he wins from the front ...

were Ogiers wins creditable when Loeb was cleaning the road and Ogier also wanted same status against a 7 times champion?

[N.O.T]

The best system is for the leader to clean the first day then run in reverse, the way rallies are nowadays is just around 60k maximum of sweeping, if you are a rally driver and not a dog you can overcome that easily.

[dimviii]

The best system is for the leader to clean the first day then run in reverse, the way rallies are nowadays is just around 60k maximum of sweeping, if you are a rally driver and not a dog you can overcome that easily.

agree and i give you the best photo of Portugal

[PLuto]

The best system is for the leader to clean the first day then run in reverse, the way rallies are nowadays is just around 60k maximum of sweeping, if you are a rally driver and not a dog you can overcome that easily.

Why not do it like in the history - the best driver always first on the road? First day according to the actual championship standings and other days according to the results of actual rally? In the past it was working...

[dimviii]

nice video including the small clip Kielder posted with Meeke.More drivers from same spot
https://youtu.be/N3A0F4rA_z0