LOTOS 73rd Rally Poland 2016

[Lundefaret]

And then comes Tänak faster

Yes, but dont forget starting position
Tänak is driving absolutely great, but he off course have an advantage. Hayden also has advantage to Mikkelsen starting a couple of cars back.

[Mirek]

Interesting how 2 juniors appear to be getting more from the DS3 than Mikko or Mads did (or is that just selective memory on my part?)

Meeke (and occasionally Loeb) has clearly shown that it's still a winning car in appropriate hands.

[AL14]

It seems like organisers' the road order rule is having exactly their desired effect.

Its great for us to have a variety of stage and rally winners, even if its not always the best driver.

...Not all of "us"

[Lundefaret]

Interesting how 2 juniors appear to be getting more from the DS3 than Mikko or Mads did (or is that just selective memory on my part?)

I think they still have a lot of improvements to do. If Meeke did this rally he surely would be in the top fight.
But they both do very well, especially with the pressure of competing with your team "mate."

(The whole "team mate" thing is off course a little bit of a joke, because the guy(s) in the same car are off course the first ones you need to beat to prove your speed.)

[dimviii]

Sat 12:17 - SS12: WRC 2 Evans
Nine-tenths quicker than Lappi and he inches closer to second position. "Pretty good but hard on the tyres. We found something by default last night and that seems to have made the car a lot better."

Sat 12:21 - SS12: WRC 2 Tidemand
"This is mostly about training for Finland. I'll try to push harder on the next stage."

[Lundefaret]

...Not all of "us"

Hope they change it back to one day sweeping next year. Its a little ridiculous with Ogier almost a minute behind.

[AL14]

Hope they change it back to one day sweeping next year. Its a little ridiculous with Ogier almost a minute behind.

You got the point

[N.O.T]

Hope they change it back to one day sweeping next year. Its a little ridiculous with Ogier almost a minute behind.

yes but still, he did not make up any time on the repeated stages yesterday...

[Mirek]

Interesting splits on SS13 (those whicha are actually there).

[seb_sh]

Great rally so far, very exciting battles both in WRC and WRC2.

In WRC of course people are making use of their starting position, but even so it's not necessarily 'easy'. Looks like it's now Tanak's turn to capitalise and if he can keep it on the road and build a gap he will have earned the win. The Citroen youngsters fight is also interesting and they are much closer to each other than I expected but overall they are still lacking speed. In any case it's good advertisement for them and even if one doesn't continue with Citroen he has a chance to get a WRC drive in the future.

About starting position I also think 1 day championship order is enough. Anyway, this rally is probably one of the worse ones when it comes to start order.