Wales Rally GB 2016

[Franky]

Mintex, I already thought that you didn't get any further than the pub. "Impressions of my weekend [...] shakedown [...] pub [...] more later"

[Mintexmemory]

Mintex, I already thought that you didn't get any further than the pub. "Impressions of my weekend [...] shakedown [...] pub [...] more later"

Well we did visit a number of pubs - the most pleasant and one all rally fans should visit is the Slater's Arms in Corris - It is the pub where Colin McRae played pool on the morning of his championship winning run.
I did the first report on the tube to work. I'll do further posts for each day later. This year was particularly brilliant as all 4 days were FOC thanks to Bing OS maps and 2 feet discount!

[stefanvv]

Watch a video of the cars going through the same set of corners. The DMACK car does not slide nearly as much as the michelins. It's not one driver, Meeke, Paddon, Neuville all look the same whereas Tanak could drive a much straighter line.

So did Ogier. But You are right - he struggled to keep the car straight sometimes, while Tanak not.

[dimviii]

Volkswagen engineers suspected the cause of the driveshaft problems were related to a new seal that was tested successfully before the penultimate round of the season but didn’t work in the unique conditions that have to be overcome at Rally GB.

Team boss Sven Smeets confirmed an investigation is underway: “The parts are on the way to Hannover. We have an idea but we’re not sure yet. We have to get to the bottom of this before Australia,” he said.
http://www.wrc.com/en/wrc/news/octob...1--12-12-.html

[dimviii]

watch clip of Sordo and the bale
https://twitter.com/RallyingUK

[dimviii]

https://youtu.be/dInOnaaY9r0

[Fast Eddie WRC]

I underestimated Tänak's pace and fair play to him, he was outstanding this rally and I think if he was 4th in SD it wouldn't have changed anything. But where were the other 2 from the top 3 in SD? Not on the podium, that's for sure

You say I cant let it go, well it was you who said the Shakedown wouldn't be reflected at the end of the rally, so I can answer that now the rally is over.

All I was saying, was that sometimes Shakedown CAN give an indication of rally pace. I never claimed that it provides the exact rally result.

And you cant predict crashes, punctures etc (like for Breen & Meeke) as well as the 1000 other factors that affect the speed of the car or attitude of the driver in the event.

If Breen hadn't rolled who knows what times he might have set later in the rally. Or if Meeke had needed a higher place for points, like when he was 2nd here last year...

Impressions of my weekend:
Shakedown... what a great morning. Tanak was visibly on form and such a thrilling series of runs..

But SD means nothing.

[dimviii]

nice small clip with Meeke
https://twitter.com/taagnew

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Atmospheric photo from Chris Ingram

[BigWorm]

You say I cant let it go, well it was you who said the Shakedown wouldn't be reflected at the end of the rally, so I can answer that now the rally is over.

All I was saying, was that sometimes Shakedown CAN give an indication of rally pace. I never claimed that it provides the exact rally result.

And you cant predict crashes, punctures etc (like for Breen & Meeke) as well as the 1000 other factors that affect the speed of the car or attitude of the driver in the event.

If Breen hadn't rolled who knows what times he might have set later in the rally. Or if Meeke had needed a higher place for points, like when he was 2nd here last year...

But then you gotta factor in that drivers like JM and Andreas had a troublesome rally, even more troubled than Meeke. They were looking stronger in terms of pace too. All we can stick to now is what we know and that's only one driver from the top 3 in SD was on the pace. I predicted none but that's the way of life, you win some you lose some.