Rally Mexico 2018

[steve.mandzij]

Nah, here he actually had pace before the crash. No chance he is getting dropped before end of season. So plenty of rallies to prove himself.

I'm not saying before the end, I'm saying for next year. There aren't many drivers in the pipeline (maybe Tidemand but I don't see how he'd be faster than Lappi, for instance) to replace him but he's not doing himself any favors.

[cosmin_sb]

I don't agree that FIA should change the rule in the midle of season. I know that what happened in the last two power stage are not fairplay but they didn't violeted any rules

[stefanvv]

PS was nobody's fault except the FIA. After they saw what happened in Sweden they should have taken action, it was bound to happen again given how tight last season was.

Neuville's pace on PS doesn't justify this circus, I said it before - rerun gravel stage doesn't make such difference as in Sweden.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Ogier: "I'm also very pleased because I think we improved a lot since last year, the car seems faster on gravel. Together with Ford our engineers have done a good job to prepare this rally, at high altitude, now we have to see in Europe if we improved the same. That's good sign anyway!"

[KKS]

IMO the solution should simply be to apply the penalty for checking in late to the stage time, just like the rally2 penalty is applied, instead of directly to the overall. It's a small and simple tweak that reaches it's goal without too many complications. Of course the FIA will instead make some complicated decision that affects too many other things, grab the popcorn...

Really good point!

[SubaruNorway]

Everybody had the chance to do it now, so no reason not to change the rules before Argentina since it's more fair now than if they had done it after Sweden.

[steve.mandzij]

Everybody had the chance to do it now, so no reason not to change the rules before Argentina since it's more fair now than if they had done it after Sweden.

Everybody had the chance in Sweden too. Only Ogier had the idea.

[olemann]

Congratulations to ogier ;-)
and for a smart drive to Andreas even if the times did not match the way he is used to.
All in all a nice rally.

[KKS]

Everybody had the chance in Sweden too. Only Ogier had the idea.

Everybody know that trick, only Ogier start play with it (I even don't wonder... only one man in championship who can play dirty games) and he benefited from this and not been penalized. Soooo circus started and all other play this game too.

[focus206]

Really great rally by Ogier, no significant mistakes, everyone else had spins/punctures/technical troubles.
Great performance by Sordo, all in all good rally by Meeke as well. Neuville managed to scrap up some points at least.
Loeb, much faster than I thought he would be, can't wait for next event to see what more he can do.
And Toyota should up their game.