[WRC] Rally Catalunya

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Loeb today... 10th - 9th - 6th - 4th - 3rd - 1st !

[rhm]

Loeb is pure class, just turns up, builds the pace through the day and finishes in the lead. Fairytale stuff. Adamo will be very pleased with himself

[TypeR]

Partly I agree with you but I wanna see him on same starting positions as Neuville, Ogier and Tänak.

Tomorrow on tarmac I can see.

Yea, I know the starting pos helped a lot, but still awesome to see the speed is still there and he was 9s faster than Meeke with a very good position too.

[EstWRC]

So Ott needs to catch sordo tomorrow. 13 secs, that’s a huge task with Hyundai being so fast recently

Otherwise we go to Australia with the title fight

[dimviii]

I wrote a few days ago that Sordo and Loeb will likely lead after first day, but the first few tarmac stages tomorrow will be really exciting to see tarmac speed. Especially Loeb's tarmac speed.

you want to see really Loebs tarmac speed or Hyundais tarmac speed?

[mknight]

you want to see really Loebs tarmac speed or Hyundais tarmac speed?

I have no doubts about Loeb's tarmac speed.
I have all the doubts about Loeb's tarmac speed with Hyundai. Being second-slowest WRC on Corsica does that.

[KKS]

So Ott needs to catch sordo tomorrow. 13 secs, that’s a huge task with Hyundai being so fast recently

Otherwise we go to Australia with the title fight

If Neuville go with 30 pts from here, Ott need be 2nd and min 4th on PowerStage
If Ott finish 3rd or lower - it goes to Australia anyway

[TypeR]

If Neuville go with 30 pts from here, Ott need be 2nd and min 4th on PowerStage
If Ott finish 3rd or lower - it goes to Australia anyway

If Ott finishes 3rd, he needs 1p from PS to win the WDC in Spain

edit: sry 4p

[doubled1978]

Rallirinki / Teemu
@HartusvuoriWRC
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Here we go...

"Some service park speculation has already begun that Sebastien Ogier could now jump ship from Citroen to drive his final season before retirement in a Toyota."

https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/1...ta-for-hyundai

World Rally Championship leader Ott Tanak has signed for Hyundai and will drive alongside his current title rival Thierry Neuville in the 2020 season.

Autosport's sources have confirmed the deal was completed earlier this month.

Tanak, who has been driving for Toyota for the last two years, denied any such agreement was in place and insisted his focus remains firmly on securing a first WRC title in Spain this week.

A service park source said: "Hyundai is the good option. Working with [team boss Andrea] Adamo, Ott knows what he will get and where he sits."

Asked if he had signed Tanak, Hyundai Motorsport director Andrea Adamo replied: "No. I want to see how the situation is going on.

"I don't know if Ott has signed with someone. I am watching the movie and I love the movie. I see lots of actors playing in the movie who are much more clever than me and much more good than me.

"I'm the new kid on the block. I'm not able to fight at the same level as them."

While Tanak leads the championship in a Yaris WRC, he has suffered a variety of mechanical problems through the season.

Power steering failure in Sardinia was arguably the most costly, with that failure on the Italian island costing him victory - a win that would have had him across the line and celebrating as a champion already.

Toyota team principal Tommi Makinen told Autosport: "I don't have anything to say about this at all. We are still talking, still waiting [for Tanak]."

Tanak's move would seal off Hyundai's team, with Neuville in the second full-time car and Dani Sordo and Sebastien Loeb rotating a third car. It has also fielded Andreas Mikkelsen and Craig Breen this season.

Where Tanak's exit leaves Toyota is another question.

Kalle Rovanpera is the only driver with a contract for next season, with Kris Meeke and Jari-Matti Latvala in 2020 negotiations at the moment.

Some service park speculation has already begun that Sebastien Ogier could now jump ship from Citroen to drive his final season before retirement in a Toyota.

Big story if it’s right, David Evans must be confident in his sources to publish something like that.

[dimviii]

I have no doubts about Loeb's tarmac speed.
I have all the doubts about Loeb's tarmac speed with Hyundai. Being second-slowest WRC on Corsica does that.

as we have seen plenty of times,almost every driver can make miracles, when setup the car properly for a particular round.
If his setup is good, he will be fast.
The strange with Loeb is he still can match the speed of current drivers at his age ,with partial program,at a much faster car from these he used to rallied.