Results 51 to 60 of 508
Thread: [WRC] Rally Portugal 2023
-
11th May 2023, 08:50 #51
- Likes: J4MIE (11th May 2023)
-
11th May 2023, 08:56 #52
Tänak fastest on second run also, Neuville and Kalle to come though, good time from Katsuta
-
11th May 2023, 08:58 #53
- Likes: cali (11th May 2023),Rallyper (11th May 2023)
-
11th May 2023, 09:03 #54
- Join Date
- Sep 2021
- Posts
- 553
- Like
- 139
- Liked 578 Times in 196 Posts
I would say Kris was saving tyres. I think this is about article 13-2-5 of the sporting regs, where you get 4 extra 'other compound' tyres if you use that compound for shakedown.
In this case, it's the hards - since they're expecting a dry rally, it makes sense to have as many good hard tyres as possible available. By doing your first run of shakedown on hards, you are allowed 4 more for the rally.
I guess what Kris is referring to by 'stupid rules' is the fact that you are allowed more first-choice tyres (in Rally2 the maximum you can use in total is 26 here in Portugal, so 12x can be hard, 14x must be soft) which wouldn't really be anyone's first choice...
- Likes: J4MIE (11th May 2023),Jewy46 (11th May 2023)
-
11th May 2023, 09:07 #55
- Join Date
- Aug 2001
- Location
- Zlin
- Posts
- 8,682
- Like
- 535
- Liked 4,025 Times in 1,804 Posts
Rules are different this year. This 4 extra tyres for shakedown is "quite" nonsense when there is new rule that each P2 participant must do shakedown at least once. And as the total number of tyres for the whole event is counted WITH shakedown, it has no sense to destroy the tyres on shakedown and it is better to save them for race. I am saying for longer time - keep the tyres for shakedown out of limit for the race. Then it has sense...
- Likes: er88 (11th May 2023),J4MIE (11th May 2023),ouvreur (11th May 2023),Rallyper (11th May 2023),seb_sh (11th May 2023)
-
11th May 2023, 09:39 #56
- Join Date
- Apr 2017
- Location
- Finland
- Posts
- 9,626
- Like
- 8,775
- Liked 10,524 Times in 4,616 Posts
Yeah, that's why many WRC2 drivers opt to do just one run of shakedown, to save the tyres.
-
11th May 2023, 09:41 #57
- Join Date
- Nov 2013
- Location
- Scotland
- Posts
- 3,301
- Like
- 2,598
- Liked 2,299 Times in 1,080 Posts
And we've seen punctures for Gus, Fourmaux and Zalvidar....
Meeke drove at a snails pace because of the current rules
- Likes: Rallyper (11th May 2023)
-
11th May 2023, 09:42 #58
- Join Date
- Jan 2019
- Posts
- 2,399
- Like
- 432
- Liked 1,770 Times in 822 Posts
Mikkelsen, Solberg, Greensmith, Suninen, Fourmaux, Meeke ...
What has been the longest list of ex-WRC-drivers competing in a WRC event but not in the main category?Last edited by meh; 11th May 2023 at 09:46.
- Likes: AnttiL (11th May 2023)
-
11th May 2023, 10:00 #59
- Join Date
- Mar 2010
- Location
- England
- Posts
- 20,582
- Like
- 3,614
- Liked 9,896 Times in 5,320 Posts
More interviews including Meeke / Fulton at the end...
https://youtu.be/-vOn9vFteKw
-
11th May 2023, 10:43 #60
The issue, as always, is money. All the M-Sport drivers need to bring some support. And the Solbergs (like Mikkelsen) dont believe they should pay to drive. The clash with Monster Energy wouldn't...
M-Sport Ford World Rally Teams