Rally Wrc Monte Carlo 2017

[Barreis]

[QUOTE=dimviii;1122976]one photo a thousand words.




'you must pay to get what you want'

[itix]

i can believe he remembered it, but i don't believe it was in his notes since there was nothing special about that corner.

you only describe what the road's like , and what could hurt you on the edge of the road (gravel, don't cut, full cut, don't go wide, ...).
they don't add notes like "wide field on exit".


that was a beautiful example of a corner that needed that note.

It wouldn't be impossible to have "free outside" or similar call in the notes... Makes sense to give the corner an optimistic grading also of course.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

WRC Manufacturers points
1 MSportLtd 40
2 TGR_WRC 24
3 HMSGOfficial 20
4 CitroenRacing 10

What a great sight.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

The final split of SS17 was 5.76kms from the end. @OttTanak took 32.4secs from @DaniSordo in this sector to retain 3rd place. https://t.co/CUJYAUgpPz

Just awesome. My driver of the rally.

[dimviii]

congrats to Ogier Ingrassia for the win,a little bit luck,but luck is with capables we use to say.
Tanak,very good driving,at early stages faster from Ogier with same tyres/car/team.Very promising for the rest of season.Also no mistakes in a rally with pressure due to champ.Pitty that his fiesta had several problems.
Neuville excellent pace,nice smooth drive while pushing,but catch some hot moments at some videos.Moments that everybody had,but he wasn't lucky.Again big promises for the rest season.
Sordo is Sordo,when slippery is not up to do the job.
Latvala,surprised that he didn't had major moments as he has used us.Maybe that he is in a team without the shadow of Ogier make good to his psychology? He done the job,he returned the car in one piece and with valuable data to analyse.
Meeke...what to say? pitty that after his crash was in safe mode,must be the 3rd? rally with driving error?
Lefebvre I cant see the reason he is in works seat.Try to remember something he had done to worth the seat,but cant.
Breen nice drive,he did all the rally without mistakes,but at some videos we saw some overdriving that he could avoid.
Evans excellent drive when circumstances allowed his tyres to perform.Didnt wait to win stages in straight fight with other fiestas,but we don't know yet if he had a tyre advantage.We keep it for future analysis.
Ogier did a great rally,he was always in touch with leader,and finally with a bit of luck he managed to take the win.For sure he deserves it with extra pressure of new team and not so much preparation for Monte.

About the cars now.
Hyundai seems that they are top, also the most reliable as I don't remember any problem at any car.
Fiesta not reliable,plenty of problems,and imho not as fast as hyundais right now.Ogiers driving wasn't as smooth as we have used,after so many videos I watched.
Toyota wasn't as fast as the others,when stages were drier,they were away from the stage winers,and there is where you will see the dynamic of a capable car.They were generaly reliable,except some small problems he had Latvala.Also powerfull enough as they were at same speed at long straights from videos with Hyundais and Fiestas.
c3 was a bit of mystery.Was fast enough at early stages at Meekes hands,but after his retirement we didn't saw some potential.Imho this has to be due to Meekes determination after the retire.Lefebvres stage win doesn't count for me as he was the only one with proper tyres for this only stage.Reliability problems too.
I keep all these in mind and see how they will evolute at next rallies.
Roll on Sweden,i cant wait!

[A FONDO]

TzRallye0412 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2Wubjv419s plenty of moments to see

pay attention to the old man with red jacket at 2:50, what natural childish happiness he feels

[steve.mandzij]

Missed the powerstage because my phone didn't ring Anyways, unpopular opinion, but Latvala was my driver of the rally. In a slower car, with little testing time, he managed to control himself and his pace and got himself to second place without making mistakes. Truly a showcase of at least a desire for more consistency this year. Tanak a close second for me.

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[dimviii]

'you must pay to get what you want'

taking the chance from Barreis,as you see if M sport will to pay, he has the chances to win rallies/championships
of course even without the Ford backing,M sport is capable to produce a fast car,as they did it for years.
So no more excuses please, they are ''private team'' they don't have the resources etc
Its his choice if he wants to win and sell,or only sell.

[Oliverk]

Little comment from Tänak. He was running out of fuel in the way back to Monaco,sick car was useing more than intended. He switched the engine off driving down the mountains and had fumes when he reached pit area. Drama till the last meter.

[A FONDO]

SS3 full https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzbQZz1pqgQ from THAT corner