Wales Rally GB 2016

[dimviii]

. On arrival at our usual hairpin .

NOT likes it.

[the sniper]

Anyway, at Dyfnant 00 car had to stop to tell the marshals to move away from the red taped area on the outside of the hairpin. They didn't, which resulted in the radio controller having to come from his location to ensure they did.

It was even worse than that mate, remember, the 0 Car stopped to warn them too! I can't ever remember seeing a 0 Car stop on rally to ask people to move, let alone Marshals!

NOT likes it.

Haha, I was with Mintexmemory on Dyfnant and I did mention at some point that NOT wouldn't approve!

It was a great weekend. I spent Friday with Mintex and his crew and crossed paths with him on two other days, so with them and various other friendly like-minded rally fanatics about it made for an even more enjoyable weekend. The weather was relatively kind to us too, the temperatures were ideal.

As for observations, I think my main one would be my surprise that José Antonio Suárez managed to get his 208 R5 to the end of the rally! That must be the strongest 208 going... He was one of the most exciting guys to watch, in most places I saw him he was either going massively sideways or entering a corner way too quickly, or both! On the first run of Alwen on Sunday he had a huge moment, coming down a hill way too fast into a quick left and right flick he ended up off line, bounced off (and took a chunk out of) the embankment on the outside which threw the back of the car nearly a metre off the ground. This must have been at about 80kph. He'd already done something to the front before he got here, but how he got away with this I don't know! Looking at various videos online he seems to have been pretty wild everywhere. As much as I enjoyed his antics, I think he could do with a bit of help from Lundefaret...

[Mintexmemory]

Regarding Suarez we were surprised that there was no damage to the car as he approached the finish of Clocaenog 1. He'd remedied that by the second run!!

[Morte66]

Hope you stick around and get involved; it's a fun sport to watch by footage, but nothing compares to it in person.

The UK is a great place to live for rallying, the historic scene is great, the national championship is resurgent and there are great international events close by, not just in Wales but, depending on where you live, Sweden, Spain and Germany (despite the idiots voting to leave the EU making these rounds a bit more expensive now!).

Whereabouts in England are you based?

Surrey. I'll look into it after Xmas.

[MrJan]

A long drive to Borth followed - arriving in time to get an Indian take away and a hostel-sold beer.

It was a longer drive for some though, almost bob on 200 miles...worth it for the drive and the curry alone

As for observations, I think my main one would be my surprise that José Antonio Suárez managed to get his 208 R5 to the end of the rally! That must be the strongest 208 going... He was one of the most exciting guys to watch, in most places I saw him he was either going massively sideways or entering a corner way too quickly, or both!

Yes!! Probably my favourite driver of the weekend, always seemed to be completely thrashing the nuts off the thing and shedding panels!

[dimviii]

http://www.ewrc.cz/ewrc/fotogalery.p...9&fotograf=100

[dimviii]

[dimviii]

cup from GB


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http://www.ewrc.cz/ewrc/fotogalery.p...9&fotograf=335

[Jasper]

Had a great weekend in Wales. My first WRC gravel event. We did 11 stages, thanks to our great rally-guide (Tommeke_b) .
A couple of pics (more => https://www.facebook.com/pg/rallyima...76357295709485 )

[Simmi]

Nice pics Jasper.

Also here are my photos from the four days if people are interested - https://www.flickr.com/photos/949985...h/30434249830/

10 by Richard Simpson, on Flickr

2 by Richard Simpson, on Flickr

3 by Richard Simpson, on Flickr

5 by Richard Simpson, on Flickr

4 by Richard Simpson, on Flickr