[WRC] Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2019

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Was it just Meeke's off and the delayed start for Tanak that gave them chance to see Ogier's time and decide what time they needed to do before starting ?

[wrc2017]

That was simple not good enough by Meeke... very frustrating.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

[Fast Eddie WRC]

That was simple not good enough by Meeke... very frustrating.

Meeke's 1st retirement of 2019

Latvala's 4th
Lappi's 5th

[Morte66]

Meeke's 1st retirement of 2019

Latvala's 4th
Lappi's 5th

I think Meeke is top equal for completed rallies.

But did the bad Kris come back, the one who reacts to adversity by driving too hard and crashing?

Most of the year we've had this new sensible Kris, the one who reacts to punctures and brake failures and so on by doing the sensible thing to get the most points he can under the circumstances. There was just the one crazy moment in Mexico, before this.

[AnttiL]

I think there's also a difference in the tone of Meeke's stage end interviews. In Monte it was just "I love this car so much and I love so much to be driving", now it's "f-king hell" and "simple stuff!" when things go wrong.

[KKS]

Was it just Meeke's off and the delayed start for Tanak that gave them chance to see Ogier's time and decide what time they needed to do before starting ?

They at any case will know that. 4*4min=16min between Ogier and Tanak starts and stage time was 6:35 so you get 9min to calculate. Another reason is Meeke position. If Meeke stays its 12pts for Ogier -not 15 as it now. So that extra 3pts playing role to do tactics

[mknight]

Meeke's 1st retirement of 2019

Latvala's 4th
Lappi's 5th

Also crash on 4th rally in a row. (Corsica 2nd puncture was crash, Argentina and Chile also crashes), just that they didn't lead to full retirement.

Anyway here the spin was ok, no big deal. But after that someone in Toyota should have told him to take it easy. There was no way he would catch 7s on PS and going for PS points when he has no chance in driver championship and can potentially take points off Tänak was pointless. Especially with the state of mind he was in after the spin (Tommi commented on this on allive) . So for me it also looks like team fail as well.

[dimviii]

So Latvala is up to the 7th now, whats the manufacturers standings after that? wrc.com hasnt updated yet...

[Morte66]

Anyway here the spin was ok, no big deal.

Yes, exactly. Spins happen. It's overreacting to the spin that is a problem.

But after that someone in Toyota should have told him to take it easy.

True. I wonder if they did?