[WRC] Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2021

[Eli]

yeah tomorrow is a monster day with long stages, IMO it was very interesting day but i have to admit the interest here has been very low today for some reason. comments wise at least

Perhaps because nothing major happened until the penultimate stage? Other than that it was a Hyundai 1-2-3 until Neuville mucked it up (as always). Anyhow, like you said, tomorrow should be (more) interesting.

[dimviii]

Selective reading.

I wrote one his problems might be that he is running a hybrid that was never run by the main team ( so needs different setup).

Picking spec by reading chassis numbers doesn't work. MSport cars have a new engine spec homologated just a rally ago, new front aero from 5 months ago, etc...

the problem is not how old it is,but that this spec hyundai was difficult to setup by teams main drivers.

[EstWRC]

Check the tyre

[dimviii]

lol

[pantealex]

Well, Loubet has 0 points.

You don´t need latest spec WRC to beat Rally2 car drivers.

For me Loubet has been biggest loser this year.

[mknight]

Ingram got time back for dust. (https://storage.googleapis.com/downl...5935&alt=media)


Suninen did not (yet?), I checked his onboard and it's a bit hard to prove though. There surely are multiple moments with dust where he has to slow down, but they are spread over long period with clear view in between. Hoping he does get some time back in the end.


Solberg still has that wrong time on SS7. That one I do find ridiculous, cause as the times are listed now he is 48s behind Ogier on last split and 21s at the end. So this means he would have to be some 4+ s/km faster than the fastest WRC car over that section. That's simply impossible.

[EstWRC]

count how many times the guys say the word tires https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8MzUFBQbHw



tomorrow will be even more a lottery

[dimviii]

Mads Østberg
@MadsOstberg
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A disappointing day. On the pace this morning, but after the puncture in SS3 I didn't feel comfortable. It turns out that we had some damage to the car. Broken rollbar, bendt arms, wheels pointing in every direction++ The win is gone, but we can still get some good points #WRC2

[KiwiWRCfan]

God dammit Thierry.

He makes lot of costly mistakes honestly. Shame to say, I wish he would get that one title but on such a short season things like these are horrible.

We are looking at a 12 round season. As Covid vaccination continues around the world we should be feeling increasingly confident that 12 rounds will occur. 2021 is not likaly to be a short season

[Myrvold]

Do anyone actually know what happened with Loubet? I cannot find anything about him at all. Just that they are ok, and and can't continue. No pictures, no other info. He wasn't mentioned on the highlights, and for some reason he didn't have an onboard for this event.

I know I am pretty alone being somewhat of a fan of Loubet, but wtf?