[WRC] Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2021

[dimviii]

[EstWRC]

From the vid I see it more as a technical failure than Tänak screwing it up

[dimviii]

From the vid I see it more as a technical failure than Tänak screwing it up

do we have Hyundais statement?

[TypeR]

Tänak's onboard is up from SS14. Stayed surprisingly calm..
They suspected punctured tyre and loose swingbar, but kept going..

Tänak to team before they stopped: ,,aah just on the straight I don't know, something came loose on the rear and now.. it's a bit undriveable!''

a bit indeed

[tommeke_B]

Not sure what you mean. Mixed surface rallies were banned from WRC from 1997 to 2009 and before that servicing was more free, so you rarely had to drive on tarmac with gravel tyres. And even in those days, Sanremo and Catalunya had distinct tarmac and gravel loops. Actually even Portugal had distinct tarmac loops, but sometimes just had some tarmac stages or sections within the "gravel loops".

However, there is something cool about driving on tarmac with gravel setup/tyres. Amarante and Terra Alta are great stages, and there are many historical examples as well (Chiusdino, Meteora)

I mean like Cyprus had in WRC and IRC.

[EstWRC]

Tänak's onboard is up from SS14. Stayed surprisingly calm..
They suspected punctured tyre and loose swingbar, but kept going..

Tänak to team before they stopped: ,,aah just on the straight I don't know, something came loose on the rear and now.. it's a bit undriveable!''

a bit indeed

yeah, just watched it too...it was the same place on the straight i talked about yesterday...really unfortunate, Ott is quite surprised and confused...asking couple of times "what was this now?"

[TypeR]

Tänak's onboard is up from SS14. Stayed surprisingly calm..
They suspected punctured tyre and loose swingbar, but kept going..

Tänak to team before they stopped: ,,aah just on the straight I don't know, something came loose on the rear and now.. it's a bit undriveable!''

a bit indeed

e: morning service park
Porter: ,,Was it a driver clipping something or an actual failure?
Tänak: ,,It's up to you to discover that..''
Porter: ,,We can't quite work out.. soo?
Tänak: ,,There was no clipping let's say..'' (with a cheeky smile)

so.. seems like not his fault, except no stopping before or goint till the end of the stage..

no words needed

[mknight]

Could be that some rock/stone in line damaged things beforehand. But surely doesn't have to be Tanaks fault.

I also recall FX interview I heard last week "rally drivers never hit anything" ( after Latvala came to stage end with 3 wheels).

[mknight]

Looks like Neuville does really drive in road mode as I predicted yesterday.

[EstWRC]

Tänak has changed to open helmet