Rally Italia Sardegna '16

[dimviii]

no decisions yet about wrc2 ? is it so difficult?

[Martins Tolks]

no decisions yet about wrc2 ? is it so difficult?

too much vine apparently

[AL14]

no decisions yet about wrc2 ? is it so difficult?

It is a big shame. Not worth a world event. For sure they should have taken a decision before the next stage.

[PLuto]

New times for SS 12 are ready - http://rally-base.com/2016/rally-ita...016/?ssId=3532

[Simmi]

Looks like they've given everyone times now. Suninen fastest. Gaps back to him based on the afternoon run of the stage which is what they were probably waiting for.

https://twitter.com/KiwiWRCfan/statu...873730?lang=en

[Mirek]

no decisions yet about wrc2 ? is it so difficult?

It's done now. As I expected they gave notional times based on the second run through the stage. Which means that Fuchs lost his second place to Kopecký who was given a time nearly half a minute better than him.

Despite I'm an obvious fan of Kopecký I have to say I don't agree with this way of making notional times. It shall be done as someone (Simmi?) suggest - all shall have same time of Kruuda and it would be more fair than this.

New times: http://rally-base.com/2016/rally-ita...3532&cupId=161

[PLuto]

Qilbert was loosing a lot of time before that already, but he is nearly one hour behind anyway, so, 20 minutes behind competitor in front
Maurin was driving with normal speed
Kremer was loosing ca 20 seconds before he was affected by slower drivers and lost 1:18 by the end of stage, but in his case only question is if he is in front of Maurin or not.
So, we should have
1. Sunninen leading
2. Fuchs second around 1minute behind
3. Kopecky third, around 25 sec behind Fuchs
4. Kruuda three minutes behind Kopecky
5. Kremer over minute behind Kruuda
6. Maurin, 2 minutes behind Kremer

Very precise calculation

You were almost correct. Only Kopecky "beaten" Fuchs because of his notional time on SS 12. Great job by Clerk of the Course. He made important change to the results because of his STUPID decision...

[itix]

Calm seas never produced a good sailor.

True that! I am a sailor and I confirm!

[bluuford]

You were almost correct. Only Kopecky "beaten" Fuchs because of his notional time on SS 12. Great job by Clerk of the Course. He made important change to the results because of his STUPID decision...

Well, It took me whole 5 minutes to calculate and type it here

[AL14]

The withdrawal of Umberto Scandola confirmed

"Though we had decided to take a quiet step and hard tires to avoid the risk of abnormal wear, we paid suffered a slow puncture in ps .10 that made us lose more than a minute. in the long Monte Lerno we found ourselves without water. it is cut lower radiator hose, perhaps ruined by a stone. we tried 2/3 times to stop and fill up with ' water that had Guido, but the engine remained dry and soon took a warmed. Expect the car to the park in the late afternoon and then we will evaluate with the engineer what to do. " This upgrade Skoda Motorsport Italy, but on the question of whether they think they start tomorrow, the sad faces leaving little hope.

the car is in park and the team has 3 hours to put it back "running" to return tomorrow. There was a consultation with Skoda engineers to see if the engine suffered from a lack of cooling, all caused by a microscopic hole on a sleeve.
Unfortunately update comes the confirmation by Skoda Motorsport Italy: there is no guarantee that by continuing it can not damage the engine, so the choice is forced: the Rally of Italy Sardinia for Umberto Scandola and Guido D'Amore end here, but l ' applause is a must and leadership in WRC2 after the second day of competition is not cleared. Well done !!

via google translate from rallylink.it

This is the tiny hole that left Scandola at home.