Rally Portugal 2022

[Winner]

Greensmith now the leading M-Sport... but he's not a points scorer.

No points given out for leading with one stage to go on the Friday last time I checked the regs!

[AnttiL]

cheers to antii

I've been busy today, I've managed to watch/listen every stage but not write anything on forums or twitter. Once I did, it went straight into All Live

If someone missed it, I tweeted that last year Ogier won this stage first on the road and now Kalle did the same (wasn't run before that in a long time).

Anyway, Portugal serves once again plenty of drama!

[meh]

Early days, but if you watched entry-list and made predictions.. do you have Katsuta, Greensmith and Loubet in Top 6? Especially instead of Loeb, Ogier, Tänak, Neuville.

[seb_sh]

Well this is getting ridiculous with all the punctures.

[dimviii]

They probably could but teams are concerned about the weight. If tyre weight goes up, they have to strengthen whole suspension assembly proportionally (engineer-guys in this forum can give you specifics).

very right.Same problem with mousse.Extra weight requires extra strength at suspension arms etc=redesign=extra money.

[dimviii]

dust problem into the car problem,imho has to do that they havent chassis but spaceframe.

[AnttiL]

Early days, but if you watched entry-list and made predictions.. do you have Katsuta, Greensmith and Loubet in Top 6? Especially instead of Loeb, Ogier, Tänak, Neuville.

the rally is not over yet.

[denkimi]

After almost every rally i can't help but wonder how much rally's and titles neuville could have won, had he not stayed at hyundai. Ogier was smart enough to walk away from citroen after 1 year, neuville just keeps sticking with the amateurs year after year.

[Eli]

After almost every rally i can't help but wonder how much rally's and titles Neuville could have won, had he not stayed at Hyundai. Ogier was smart enough to walk away from Citroën after 1 year, Neuville just keeps sticking with the amateurs year after year.

Could say the same about Tänak staying there after a torrid run for(much) less time, yet still he is signed until the end of next year. Of course Neuville is there for much longer but don't forget only since 2016/17 has he actually started challenging for wins and titles.

[RS]

very right.Same problem with mousse.Extra weight requires extra strength at suspension arms etc=redesign=extra money.

Would it be such bad value when they spend hundreds of thousands of euros entering an event only to have it ruined by punctures?

Will be interesting to see how the other rough gravel events go this year.