[WRC] RallyRACC Catalunya - COSTA DAURADA

[Eli]

Last rally In Spain, no? He will do Japan I think.

He will but Rally Spain won’t be on the calendar next year and no one knows when & if it will return.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Solid rally by Neuville and mainly happy with the car from the start for a change.

[EstWRC]

Congrats Ogier! Masterful drive this weeken and somehow I have a feeling he will be back full time

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Congrats Toyota - World Rally Champions !

[Eli]

Damn ,the one time I didn’t put him 1st in the pickems and he wins, huge congrats to him & Benjamin, was an absolute pleasure to watch throughout the weekend.

[EstWRC]

not surpised with the result. i put pickems differently but kinda felt Ogier will take it and also Neuville will do good, i have said in the past that i consider them 2 of the best tarmac drivers in the series

Kalle and Ott kinda dissappointing this weekend but every driver has these kind of rallies now and then.

Msport, well, their most cheapest rally considering repair costs? But no performance at all. Kudos to Fourmaux to finish the rally this time after sitting out two rallies. Gus has to go, he is horrible.

Bring on Japan.

[meh]

* Only Rally1 cars in top 10 and no one in Top needed super-rally for that.
* Only (known) impactful moments for M-Sporters.
* Tänak and Evans were a bit lost for finding setup, no other surprises. Maybe only that Ogier was that (dominantly) good.
* Rally was already settled after SS7, after that few position changes happened only for punctures.

[cali]

Also remember how Neuville won Rally Poland 2017 when Sordo was struggling to get a top 5 stage time.

Yes, 5 years ago... He was great in Sweden 2017 as well until he binned it. Recently not so good at fast rallies like Sweden, Estonia and Finland. Unfortunately we don't have Wales anymore in the calendar so that thing really doesn't hold any water.

Sordo has been 4th in Sweden and Finland around 2008-2009 and so on as well

On a serious note Sordo's major strength is his consistency which is very good value for a 3rd driver. To say that he is not good enough for a full season is a major statement and for me he has far better value than Meeke, Mikkelsen etc.

If HMSG and Dani decide to go with a full season for 2023 it would be the best solution IMHO.

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[meh]

RC2 field: https://www.ewrc-results.com/results...370580&ct=1018
* Suninen stable and clear winner
* Lindholm made really strong PS, 2 extra points against Kaijto (actually surprised that Kaijto made that good time in PS as well)

Will be interesting in Japan.

[Eli]

not surpised with the result. i put pickems differently but kinda felt Ogier will take it and also Neuville will do good, i have said in the past that i consider them 2 of the best tarmac drivers in the series

Kalle and Ott kinda dissappointing this weekend but every driver has these kind of rallies now and then.

Msport, well, their most cheapest rally considering repair costs? But no performance at all. Kudos to Fourmaux to finish the rally this time after sitting out two rallies. Gus has to go, he is horrible.

Bring on Japan.

I picked him 1st for every start he’s had, the one time I didn’t, I got it wrong.
Horrid weekend for M-Sport but like you said, at least the repair bill this time was relatively low.
Kudos for Toyota for taking the title even if it was a walk in the park.