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Thread: Rally Liepaja 2021
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3rd July 2021, 12:56 #121
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Rather disappointing rally in terms of battles due to the road position tactics. At least the clear fastest driver won - excellent job by Gryazin.
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3rd July 2021, 12:56 #122
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3rd July 2021, 13:01 #123
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Happy for Gryazin, he was no doubt fastest driver in this rally and deserved the win. I bet Gryazin and Mikkelsen will be main contenders in Estonia for win in WRC2 class.
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3rd July 2021, 13:06 #124
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I agree, it's not nice to leave these things hanging.
Mature drive by Gryazin this weekend. He was clearly fastest.
Mikelssen actually better than i expected this time, seems he's getting on top of the car/setup now.
Kudos to Breen/MRF.. yes, they benefited from the running order trick, but they were still fast when on a more level playing field too.
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3rd July 2021, 13:10 #125
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Good job from Gryazin. If it takes going in "safe mode" to finish the rally then that's the speed he should go, not flat out and have a moment every second stage (Poland, Croatia). But I praised him already after Portugal and he went back to his previous style in Poland.
Good rally from Mikkelsen, 2nd fastest and clearly beating Lukyanuk from one position behind him on the road on Saturday as well as catching Breen today. It's obvious there was some confusion at start of SS2 and he certainly didn't gain any sporting advantage from it. Whether or not they keep the penalty is then a political decision that will decide who leads ERC. Good call on letting him keep road position for today at least, else the rally would be basically over and it wouldn't matter how they decide on penalty.
With regards to qualifying and road position, it was clear already after half of first day in Poland that this will be an issue that people will try to exploit. FIA should have reacted at once, not wait until after this rally (and no gravel rally soon). Kinda reminds me of WRC powerstage issues. Ogier did it in Sweden but FIA didn't react until after Mexico when Neuville and Tanak did it.
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3rd July 2021, 13:18 #126
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3rd July 2021, 14:54 #127
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More the time passes, more it seems they wont call off 1min penalty to Mikkelsen. Its just makes no sense to delay decision for so long.
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3rd July 2021, 15:16 #128
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3rd July 2021, 15:34 #129
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This season for Veiby has been brutal so far...
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3rd July 2021, 15:38 #130
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At 19:15 Saturday, the FIA are announcing a new WRC event for 2025 at Sardegna. The event, I don't know - perhaps Paraguay.
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